Fwd: [Harp-L] '65 Princeton Reverb Reissue

["John Kuzloski" <jkuzloski@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Paul Routledge <kingley@...> 
wrote:

Has anyone tried the '65 Princeton Reverb Reissue?
What are the opinions of it for harp?

Thanks

Paul

Sorry, no experience with the re-issue, but someone posted that it is 
comparable to the original, so I will post a little bit here about the 
original.  I really like the original, but I think it can be a bit 
harsh/trebly for harp even with the treble all the way down and the 
bass all the way up.  There is a guy over on the Weber Harp board who 
has mucho experience modding these for harp (and I suspect those mods 
could also apply to the RI -- contact me offlist if you want some of 
tyhose details).  Because I have other amps, I have not experimented 
with modding the BFPR.  However, I recently purchased a Lone Wolf "Tone 
+" that is a harp-specific pedal that does some impedence matching and 
has harp-specific designed tone controls.  I find it makes the BFPR 
sound richer and fatter for harp.  Now I am not saying that one could 
not play out with the amp stock, but I think the Tone + really fattens 
it up.  It is cool to have a pedal that does a fine job of "harping" a 
guitar amp w/o internal mods to the amp -- especially if you have a 
nice vintage amp that you would prefer top leave alone.  Another 
thought, the Silver Face PR's up to a certain year (sorry I don't know 
what year),I believe have the same curcuitry as the BF and cost less -- 
considered a smart buy for a player.  Maybe closer to the price of the 
BF reissue -- and you get a hand wired piece of history.  Obviously 
everyone has their own priorities and tastes, but I thought I would put 
this stuff out there FWIW.  One more thought-- I have found that the 
AFB+ pedal increases the usability of relatively smaller amps, like the 
Princeton, by allowing significantly more volume before feedback.
--jk
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