HUGE NAD: Fender Princeton Chorus for $100

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:50 pm

Just scored a Fender Princeton Chorus amp for $100!

I used to have one back in the day, and the cleans are insane. Bought my old one for $250, traded it for a fucking delay pedal (regret). THANK YOU, CRAIGSLIST!

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:01 pm

WEKED

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:04 pm

NICE!

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:24 pm

Like!

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:36 pm

Love those amps. Nice catch!

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:01 pm

If anyone has ever managed to get the in-built distortion on this amp to sound good, I'd love to hear how you pulled it off.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:03 pm

If so, I've got money on it involving setting the treble to ZERO.

GOOD BUY, SHADDO!

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:30 pm

I have a 210 version that I got for $40, the cleans are awesome, distortion sounds like total crap. the only way I could get it to be bearable was but setting the gain as low as possible. and I only did that in an attempt to make it louder when my main amp died on tour last year.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:56 pm

GREGSLIST

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:07 pm

I forget how, I will look at my settings, but at one point I only used the drive channel. The gain and erthang was so low it was mostly clean, but it had a bit of bite too it. IT sounded a lot like a gypsy attempt at a DRRI

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:47 pm

Lucamo wrote:I forget how, I will look at my settings, but at one point I only used the drive channel. The gain and erthang was so low it was mostly clean, but it had a bit of bite too it. IT sounded a lot like a gypsy attempt at a DRRI

DRRI?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:53 pm

Deluxe Reverb Reissue.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:55 pm

I GUESS YOUR HUGE NADS GOT IN THE WAY OF YOUR ACRONYM RECOGNITION SYSTEM.

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:27 pm

aen wrote:I GUESS YOUR HUGE NADS GOT IN THE WAY OF YOUR ACRONYM RECOGNITION SYSTEM.

GAWD

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:31 pm

i had a red knob version for years and it was pretty solid.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:45 pm

Sloan wrote:i had a red knob version for years and it was pretty solid.

That's what my old one was.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:08 pm

My brother had one when we were growing up, so I got his Peavey Bandit 112.

I'm pretty sure they were designed to have one of their two input jacks broken, or perhaps they were broken on purpose at the factory.

I'm kinda joking, but not really. I haven't ever seen one in person without one of those jacks at least missing a washer or something. It's even an IRL meme to my dad, who doesn't play guitar. "Princeton Chorus, eh? Buggered jack socket, then?"

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:42 pm

paul_ wrote:It's even an IRL meme to my dad, who doesn't play guitar. "Princeton Chorus, eh? Buggered jack socket, then?"

I love the thought that in paul_'s house everyone sits at the kitchen table and trades guitar memes over dinner. Rather explains things.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:44 pm

paul_ wrote:I'm pretty sure they were designed to have one of their two input jacks broken, or perhaps they were broken on purpose at the factory.

Completely true.