Lunchtone Report: Fenders and Voxes....and Fenders. Oh my!

[barrymclark]

The Princeton and Princeton Reverb amps have a cathodyne phase inverter, where the other larger Fender amp have a long tailed phase inverter. The inefficient cathodyne pi limits output in the power supply and has a different "feel" when the amp is pushed, when compared to the long tailed pi. The Princeton amps also use the same power transformer as the Champ amps. The 12 watt output transformer also saturates much sooner than a larger unit would. In theory you could build a larger wattage amp to try to capture the sound and feel of a Princeton but the sum of the components and how they react within the circuit design make it what it is.

So a microphone and PA is really about as close as you might get unless you get a modeler that does something scary close.

 

Not that Slider needs my 'amen' but in my research on the Princeton circuit, all of what he posted I have seen to be the case. So... +1