So here’s the info on the new #amp from the last post: As many of you guessed, it’s a late 1946 or early 1947 #Princeton, a #Fender “#Woodie” - the first range of amps made under the Fender brand name. The Princeton was the smallest of the 3 Woodies (the other two were the #Model26 aka “Deluxe” and the “Professional”). This example is a bit of a “player”. The cabinet has been refinished and the grill cloth replaced. Normally I would not have wanted a refinned and regrilled amp...but how often do you see these come up for sale? (Hint: never! ) So I had to pounce on it. 😀 In the second photo (swipe left) you can see that the guts look to be all there except the metal Fender name plate is missing (note the clean-ish rectangular spot on the fabric at lower right where the plate used to be) but I am pleased to say that the amp has passed the City of Los Angeles safety test (the LA “approved” sticker is above the power cord at top right)! Internet sources say that Fender switched from a field coil speaker to a permanent magnet speaker some time in 1947, and I think that is a permanent magnet speaker, so I am guessing this amp probably dates to 1947 rather than ‘46 As I mentioned to Joe B. in the previous post, I have not actually played it yet. The seller said it was working the last time they fired it up, but that was a long time ago, and it could be dangerous and harmful to send a full 120 volts into a 72 year old amp without doing any prior testing. And I don’t own the equipment to bring the voltage up gradually. So I’ll be taking it to my amp tech @marshalllespaulfan in the next few weeks for him to give it a clean bill of health before I send the full wall voltage into its delicate antique guts! 😀 PS: it’s also #MusicmasterMonday, so that’s a 1957 Musicmaster in the photo. Of course when this amp was made Fender didn’t make any electric Spanish guitars...they only made lap steels in 1947. But this is the oldest #Fenderguitar I have! 😆 #guitar #guitars #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamp #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs5-1rlHlMC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xrvlbuuj1duf
