Fender Princeton

Even though the Fender Princeton has been in the Fender product line (on and off) since 1946, the classic version most players think of is the model made between 1961 and 1979. It sported 2 6V6 power tubes, doubling it's power to 12 watts over the 6 watt Fender Champ, two 12AX7 preamps tubes and a 5U4 tube rectifier as well as a single 10 inch speaker. Like the Fender Champ, the Fender Princeton was employed often as a recording amplifier - you could crank it all the way and get a huge sound on tape.

With the onset of the 1980s, we saw Fender offer a number of addtional lines based on the Princeton like the Princeton II, and later in the 1990s, the Fender Princeton Chorus and some DSP models like the Fender Princeton 65 and the Princeton 112 (which are solid state amps). The Princeton also has a long history of being modified and forming the basis for a number of new amplifier companies - Rivera is probably the best example.