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SixStringSurfer
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Link Posted on Jul 05 2018 02:59 PM

I probably did all of the above, tubeswell. All this because I wanted a black faceplate that says Princeton on it. Was it worth, I don't know... Laughing Thanks for taking a look at my amp for me.

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Link Posted on Jul 05 2018 04:14 PM

tubeswell wrote:

Its an old rule of thumb with amps, that if the problem happened after you did the mod, it was because of something you did in the mod.

That's got to be time-honored wisdom that applies to modding guitars as well. At least in this case, the amp repair will probably be pretty cheap - much less costly than a new speaker.

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Link Posted on Jul 07 2018 06:47 PM

Typing from phone so excuse any errors. It is a blown speaker! I plugged my Jaguar into my Peavey amp and it was still very quiet, something was just not right. Turns out the switch was stuck in between lead and rhythm. I pushed it all the way down to lead and it was loud again. So then I hooked my Princeton up to my 1x12 cab once more and it sounded absolutely amazing!

I wanted to keep playing but amp is 8 ohm cab is 4, hope I didn’t do damage. Plugged Fender speaker back into Princeton and the awful buzzing sound was back. Definitely a blown speaker. Do I need to worry about Those loose washers? Please say no, lol. Thank you guys so much for all of your help, I couldn’t have found the problem without it.

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Link Posted on Jul 07 2018 07:38 PM

Great...I'm glad you figured it out!!!
Yes, you should take care of the loose washer issue. Obviously, you don't want a loose piece of metal floating around in there because that could easily cause a major short or shock!!! But, also...the control pots and input jacks rely on a tight and secure ground connection to the brass plate the are mounted to (on the inside of the chassis). This will be relatively easy and safe to do if you want to.

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Link Posted on Jul 09 2018 07:52 PM

Ben, I think I did it! Thanks again to you and everyone else for all the advice. I figure as long as I don’t touch a capacitor I’ll live to see another day. Laughing

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