I use a pair of late 80s "red knob" Fender Princeton Chorus amps and I love them. They also are great for acoustic instruments, too. Fender was really looking ahead when they designed this amp - input one has 1 mega ohm impedance, which is really handy for acoustic transducers. Also has mono and stereo effects loops and true stereo chorus (each 10" speaker is served by a separate 25w power amp). Very cool amps and very under-appreciated IMHO.
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Joined: May 04, 2008 Posts: 81 Lubbock, Texas 
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Posted on Jul 08 2010 03:39 PM
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Joined: May 23, 2006 Posts: 209 Costa Mesa 
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Posted on Jul 09 2010 07:17 PM
Anyone attending the SG101 Convention or the afterparty at Don's on Sunday is welcome to check out the Quilter Slantmaster 50, and unapologetically solid-state 1-12" 50w combo designed and produced by my brother Pat (the "Q" in QSC Audio Products). Pat started his career building guitar and bass amps in an industrial unit in Costa Mesa over 40 years ago, and produced 100 of these to commemorate QSC's 40th anniversary (and I got one!). I use it all the time---it's louder than snot, weighs less than 20 lbs., AND, (due to my input, thankyouverymuch), has a killer spring reverb, that can be either post or pre (yes!) the pre-amp section. You can hear John Blair play rhythm through one at: http://www.youtube.com/user/tompotts0615#p/u/12/ChCzEcVZbNc Bob Spickard plays "Pipeline" here, but he didn't crank the reverb or the output: http://www.youtube.com/user/tompotts0615#p/u/3/Jio9fnbkko4 (I know what you're thinking. Why didn't they use the Showman? It started making funny noises, but it turned out to be somebody's crappy cord). You can briefly see it on the chair |
Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 584 Adelaide 
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Posted on Jul 09 2010 11:40 PM
Thank you misterkarlov, this is probably the only time I can put my gear here - CRATE G-60: It's a clean sounding (and loud) little amp. I bought it for a tour back in the early 1990's and still use it. Not a surf amp but the inbuilt reverb makes a good sound when you give it a sharp kick I'd like to try it with a nice reverb tank one day.... thank you...that is all. —Tim O |
Joined: May 21, 2007 Posts: 220 Redland City, Australia
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Posted on Jul 10 2010 02:20 AM
I used to gig with one, they are great amps. Mine got stolen after after a gig. I also had a red knob Studio 85 which is similar to a Princeton Chorus ,same tone and gain controls minus the chorus but with a 65 watt output and a single 12" Eminance speaker. |
Joined: Oct 29, 2009 Posts: 271 Dallas |
Posted on Jul 10 2010 10:54 AM
I have a FM212 and it gets the job done. You can hear it over the drums and it is light weight (50 lbs). The onboard reverb sucks, but I don't use it. Not a bad amp for $300. —
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Joined: May 04, 2008 Posts: 81 Lubbock, Texas
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Posted on Jul 10 2010 05:35 PM
Another great things about the Princeton Chorus - 38lbs. I can easily carry two at once. |
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Posted on Jul 11 2010 11:46 AM
I second the princeton chorus. I get A phenomenal sound when I run 2 of these in stereo. When the chorus is turned on..........WOW |
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Joined: May 04, 2008 Posts: 81 Lubbock, Texas
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Posted on Jul 12 2010 11:47 AM
Do you slave one to the other? Or run them parallel? |
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