Mark's 1965 Princeton In Progress Page
10/26/02

Mark, a local resident of Oregon, brought me this really pristine 1965 Princeton which was purchased in Florida by his father in 1965. The amp is considered a "family heirloom" and survived hurricane Donna which hit the Florida coast in 1966. We are going to replace as little as possible to get this amp back to a safe and strong electrical condition while preserving the original legendary tone.

Restoration Progress

Cleaned chassis, new FP can cap, power cord, tubes and tube claws. New cathode caps.

New on/off switch, power cord and power resistors. New Jensen C10Q.

In test.

Completed Restoration

A final pic of Mark's '65 Princeton next to my '66 Mustang. A white barrel '64 Princeton was my 1st Fender amp before I traded up to a '66 Deluxe Reverb which is long gone now. Sure glad I kept the Mustang!

What's left to do:

• completely clean chassis

• perform a complete cap job

• install new on/off switch

• install new power cord

• clean and tighten tube sockets

• remove and clean front and back faceplates

• install new Jensen C10Q

• Clean cab and polish hardware

• install new tubes, dc/ac test and burn in

• final test

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