1959 #Fender #5F2A #Princeton. . I used to have a tweed #FenderChamp but I could never turn it up loud enough in my home to make it sound good. Most amps sound better when cranked to some degree or other but I found the problem was especially apparent with the tiny box and diminutive 8" speaker of the #5F1 #Champ. It just didn't sound great at the low levels I needed to play at where I live. Then I found out the #5F2Princeton was just a Champ (with a separate power switch and tone control) in a bigger cabinet...and I knew I wanted one! . Of course the Princeton has the same sized speaker as the Champ, but the bigger box makes it sound larger and fuller at lower volumes. What would make this amp absolutely perfect would be a 10" speaker...but alas, that was never to be. The next amp in the range was the 5F10 #FenderHarvard...it had the same size cabinet as the 5F2 but a 10" speaker, which would have made it the ultimate 5 watt vintage Fender amp for me! Except the Harvard was not 5 watts. The Harvard was 10 watts. It packs 2 6V6 power tubes instead of one...making it quite a bit louder than its more student-oriented siblings. I mean, in the world of amps 10 watts isn't THAT much louder than 5...but it would have been so cool for me if Fender had made a 5 watt-er in a Princeton box with a Harvard speaker! Que sera sera I guess... . . #fenderfriday #guitar #guitars #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamp #vintagefender #tubeamp #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography #fenderharvard #tweedtuesday #tweedamp #fendertweed https://www.instagram.com/p/CLw-ogPByvR/?igshid=5hw8algahvpw
