Re: Gear Post: Tweed Princeton

[The Bernadettes <mdestefano@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew,
    As far as I know the tweed Princetons only came with an 8" speaker.
The only tweed amps with a single 10" speaker was the Harvard and
Vibrolux, (the Vibrolux was basically a Harvard with a tremelo effect.)
The tweed Princeton shared the same cab and controls (single volume and
tone control) as the Harvard but they were quite different internally, the
Princeton was a single ended class A, cathode biased amp using a single
6V6 power tube into a single 8" 4 ohm speaker, I'd guess pushing around 5
watts.  The Harvard/Vibrolux was a push/pull class AB, fixed bias amp
using a pair of 6V6's into a single 10" 8 ohm speaker I'd guess pushing
around 12 watts.  The Vibrolux used a bigger cab than the Harvard, same
cab as the Deluxe.
    Both the tweed Harvard and Princeton make great harp amps obviously
with slightly different sound.  The Princeton is a bit more compressed and
"squisshier" than the Harvard as can be expected with a single ended class
A amp, the Harvard is crunchier and much more dynamic, bolder sounding.
I've owned a tweed Harvard for years and absolutely love the amp, always
my choice for recording work for both harp and guitar.  I've had in my
possession and worked on a couple tweed Princetons, these too are great
amps...if I had to choose between the two, it would likely be the
Harvard.  Harvards are pretty rare and highly desired by both harp players
and guitarists...considered one of the best recording amps ever.
Everytime I've done a recording session with my Harvard the studio
engineer or studio owner invariably gives me an offer for the amp, stating
how much they'd like to acquire one as a house amp for the studio...don't
ask, it's not for sale!

Good luck,
Don D.
http://www.thebernadettes.com

Andrew Wimhurst wrote:

> Does anybody know if the tweeds ever came with a 10" speaker? If so,
> which model was that? What was it rated at - same as the 8" models? Or
> is it BS...?
> thanks
> Andrew
>
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