Originally released as a Three Part video series, I've edited it into one massive video. Enjoy! Stewmac '65 P-Reverb 15W Amp Kit - stewmac.sjv.io/0Zq9qJ Stewmac Solder Monster stewmac.sjv.io/baXOXk Guitar Electronics Deluxe Tool Kit stewmac.sjv.io/3eQJQd SnufferStick stewmac.sjv.io/NkL9L2 Music Nomad Tools: sweetwater.sjv.io/y2MjAv Matte Waterslide Decal Paper geni.us/WaterslideDecalPaper *Guitars* Heritage H-535 ruclips.net/video/hzNbF8aS-2A/видео.html Fender Telecaster ruclips.net/video/y6bhA6fkeME/видео.html Fender Stratocaster ruclips.net/video/ZEM5y8epk5M/видео.html Gibson Les Paul Special ruclips.net/video/iYu1K0IvkOs/видео.html *Microphone* Royer R-10 ruclips.net/video/wMQgQiRliSY/видео.html *FX Pedal* Origin Effects DCX Boost sweetwater.sjv.io/75PQRA *Audio Interface* Arturia Audiofuse Studio ruclips.net/video/azVAG5ruO8w/видео.html *Timestamps:* --------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 - Hello and what this video is about 1:08 - Unpacking all of the parts and accessories 4:57 - Setup 7:16 - Custom Decal 8:03 - Chasis Setup 13:58 - Board Setup 20:22 - Board Soldering 22:37 - Board Installs 26:27 - Amp Testing 27:53 - Final Assembly 29:00 - Played in a mix 30:12 - I didn't die 30:28 - What is the amp? All the Specs 32:30 - My Experience & Thoughts about the kit 34:17 - Humbucker tones with the Heritage H-535 39:30 - Single Coil Telecaster tones with a Fender Made in Japan Hyrid II 42:25 - P90 tones with a Gibson Les Paul Special 43:13 - Single coil Stratocaster tones with a Fender Custom Shop GT11 44:41 - Outro Played in a mix
Thank you for showing people that you can successfully build a fairly complicated amp without issue. The Stew Mac documentation makes it almost foolproof. They did a fantastic job, as did you Landon. The parts are from Mojotone and can be purchased from them without the Stew Mac add ons if you’re already experienced enough to get it done. Not recommended for a first timer though! I have a feeling that the Princeton won;t be your last build. Everyone needs a Tweed Bassman or JTM45(which are far less complicated).
I've built a few amps. No full kits, but major components available or repurposed chassis. My favorite is my 6G2 Brown Princeton. I started the project before I knew of Chris Stapleton's Princeton. This circuit is basically an up powered 12 watt) Tweed Vibrolux (10" 10watts). I built mine with a Weber 12A125S 12" Alnico Speaker. It has more of a Tweed characteristic then the later models, but is sweet. The 12" speaker adds to a fuller sound. I also tweaked the Tremolo to a slower rate range and slightly reduced depth. I love playing it paired with my Vox AC-15C-1X The two paired will give you a blues-rock tone to die for! I did get the idea of trying the two together from Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) and I instantly fell in love with the tone. Just like Rich, it sounds great with a Tele or an ES-335, or any of my P90 guitars. I've been playing mostly bass the last couple years, but I want to build a Musicmaster Bass head or a Bassman 10 head. Either build will have to be from scratch, as there is nothing available for either. I could repurpose a chassis and maybe some transformers.
You know more than soldering your doing a good job putting those RCA jacks on with the braided cables that's tricky work and you did a fine job. building the jack for the speaker excellent work.😎 I'm an electromechanical build technician so I shall critique your work😁😂🤣 seriously you do know what you're doing and you're doing a great job God bless you sir can't wait to see the finished product.
Colour me impressed! The Princeton is pretty complicated for a first build. Mine was a 5E3 (narrow-panel Tweed Deluxe), which is a much simpler circuit.
You Sir are officially a electromechanical build technician, after you're done building this you can be mil-spec certified and work anywhere. They will just have to train you how to do surface mount and you will be rocking in the manufacturing of electronics. There's a lot of other stuff like winding coils and solder flow machines and different types of wiring and connectors and stuff like that but you learn that as you go, you are natural.😎😁
I've been looking at the 64 Fender hand wired Princeton but felt the price point was not warranted for what you get. This kit looks to be the way I will go. Really appreciate this video and congrats on a successful first build. Cheers ...
Hey Landon, I’ve been eyeing one of these amp builds a while but haven’t taken the plunge yet. Beautiful job man, Maybe I’ll try one of them out next winter when it’s too cold to do much outside 🤙 Well done.
As a ham radio operator, I've built lots of electronics stuff. I built some test equipment and a color TV once. I used to work at Collins Radio, too. I'd love to have a Princeton Reverb! But, the cost of building one is only $100 less than one from Fender. It would fun though!
Also don't leave sinkholes in the solder joints where the pins go through you wanted it to flow up the pin slightly on both sides smooth and shiny don't keep the soldering iron there too long or you'll get a cold solder joint if it's not shiny it's not a good joint.
I've built the same amp kit, made in germany (tube amp doctor TAD), without such a guide book, only a schematic. I added a bias adjustment with a potentiometer, and put a 12" speaker (G12H30). This is a great amp. I would have liked it to crunch at a little lower volume, that's the only criticism I can make. The day I have to change the tubes, I will correct that with a selection adapted for that. Currently the sweet spot is at 7. The volume is already high. I would like to lower this setting to 5/6. Ps: Better structured cabling, with more varied colors, will make troubleshooting easier. One should see the circuit diagram at first glance.
Landon, it looks like you did an excellent job building this amp. Or you did an excellent job editing this video. 😂 Just kidding. A project like this is something I've thought about doing for decades. Kudos!
Next time don't bend the pins up to clip them just clip them just get as close as you can get. because bending them can mess with the solder joint bending them can also damage the pads.
In Europe you find a similar kit At Tube Amp doctor. They do not Deliver thé tools. I used an existing housing and a 12'' alnico gold. Plenty of head room.
Just some tips of the trade, I can't see close enough to see how well you soldered but it kind of look like one of them was kind of sunk in so I just wanted to give you a couple hints to make it happen for you without any issues.😎
@@landonbailey I checked it out; you rock man. I really dug “I Know You” and “Take Your Time,” but the others are really good too. Your vocals are great and you have a good sound with just a guitar. Subscribed for your gear reviews, awesome you write and perform too!
Is this dangerous at all? I’ve just completed two pup projects to learn soldering. Going well! Only have a 1 watt amp, want another one, also looking for a new project. Idiot proof from a safety / electricity harm standpoint?
Wouldn't it be much easier to buy an already assembled Prinston type amp¿! Perhaps maybe a Headstrong Amp, "lil king". ~°~ raja ... have a good time with the build Landon.
@@landonbailey I’m not sure many who watch this will appreciate the levels of skill you have shown here, Landon (Sounding like a REAL fan-boy here!😬👍). I wish I could still sit and work like you have ably demonstrated to assemble your beaut of a Princeton. The current Fender offerings are just pale imitations of the originals on which yours is based, full of cheap components on cheap PC boards connected by, equally cheap, ribbon cables. It’s great to see custom offerings like this alive, and obtainable, in the World. There’s virtually nothing of equivalence in UK - in fact, without the (highly import taxed) parts, etc. imported from N. America, customisation opportunities here are really extremely limited. Unlike the US and, presumably, Canada, even before online became so huge, the number of physical retail outlets in most of this island were few and far between, and most catered, primarily, to the lowest end of the market, and those offering parts of any quality have always seemed to be more or less permanently out of stock of the item you desperately need to elevate one of your instruments to another level.
Does having all those orange caps affect the tone? I saw somewhere that other more expensive caps make a big difference between a brittle sound vs vintage smoothness. Not sure, but that amp sounds great.
💫👍Landon this is a good amplifier build video... Suggest you make a series of 3 of these Bailey Amps and give one away in a Bailey Reverb Amp Giveaway...You got skills. Perhaps number 2 could be the Bailey dumble style amp... and the 3rd one could the be called the Bailey supreme hi•end hybrid amp with Contour knob... just an idea...🎆🔥
I'm enjoying the spatial ... in outer space... it's been said that you are out their Landon. Wasn't me, Ameigo. Now no throwing you tools across the room *?÷
It's $1299. You can pretty much get a fully assembled Fender Princeton fort the same price. Not sure this is worth it unless you just want to build one and have it lose a ton of value as soon as you solder the first connection (you can't return it, and it isn't a 'real Fender' even if you believe it is better than the original).
Lando, while you were unpacking the box, you pulled a board out and and turned it around and looked at it. I am betting the words that came into your mind were, WTF is this?
I don't understand why they have you numbering the components on the board when they laminated the board they should have put the numbers on it and they should be built into the laminate🤔😐😑
@@landonbailey $2700 with a discount. That seems like a lot of money for what you are getting. A youtuber who has been around for a while and used to own a music store recently said, equipment manufacturers will charge as much as people are willing to pay. If that is true then if they charge a fortune, it might not be because it costs them a fortune to make a product.
I think he's right,it's what people are willing to pay. because this stuff's not really worth that kind of money all the components a very inexpensive and you saw how easy it was to build. and it didn't take you that long to build, the prices of everything has gone up out of control. Also they want huge money for the old vintage ones but it's still cool that you can buy a kit that's just like the original I just wish it was less expensive
@@Mikex0123 they really don't have to charge that much they could sell them for a couple hundred dollars and they'd make more money because more people would buy them, if it was only $300 I'd buy one.
What does the wattage has to do with price? Are you assuming lower watt amps should be less worth? Just asd up the price of the parts and plus tolls shipping and cabinet construction etc, and youll see thats what things cost nowadays
Originally released as a Three Part video series, I've edited it into one massive video. Enjoy!
Stewmac '65 P-Reverb 15W Amp Kit - stewmac.sjv.io/0Zq9qJ
Stewmac Solder Monster stewmac.sjv.io/baXOXk
Guitar Electronics Deluxe Tool Kit stewmac.sjv.io/3eQJQd
SnufferStick stewmac.sjv.io/NkL9L2
Music Nomad Tools: sweetwater.sjv.io/y2MjAv
Matte Waterslide Decal Paper geni.us/WaterslideDecalPaper
*Guitars*
Heritage H-535 ruclips.net/video/hzNbF8aS-2A/видео.html
Fender Telecaster ruclips.net/video/y6bhA6fkeME/видео.html
Fender Stratocaster ruclips.net/video/ZEM5y8epk5M/видео.html
Gibson Les Paul Special ruclips.net/video/iYu1K0IvkOs/видео.html
*Microphone*
Royer R-10 ruclips.net/video/wMQgQiRliSY/видео.html
*FX Pedal*
Origin Effects DCX Boost sweetwater.sjv.io/75PQRA
*Audio Interface*
Arturia Audiofuse Studio ruclips.net/video/azVAG5ruO8w/видео.html
*Timestamps:*
---------------------------------------------------------
0:00 - Hello and what this video is about
1:08 - Unpacking all of the parts and accessories
4:57 - Setup
7:16 - Custom Decal
8:03 - Chasis Setup
13:58 - Board Setup
20:22 - Board Soldering
22:37 - Board Installs
26:27 - Amp Testing
27:53 - Final Assembly
29:00 - Played in a mix
30:12 - I didn't die
30:28 - What is the amp? All the Specs
32:30 - My Experience & Thoughts about the kit
34:17 - Humbucker tones with the Heritage H-535
39:30 - Single Coil Telecaster tones with a Fender Made in Japan Hyrid II
42:25 - P90 tones with a Gibson Les Paul Special
43:13 - Single coil Stratocaster tones with a Fender Custom Shop GT11
44:41 - Outro Played in a mix
Soldering Iron skills are the most critical to complete the task. Top Shelf instruction.
Thank you for showing people that you can successfully build a fairly complicated amp without issue. The Stew Mac documentation makes it almost foolproof. They did a fantastic job, as did you Landon.
The parts are from Mojotone and can be purchased from them without the Stew Mac add ons if you’re already experienced enough to get it done. Not recommended for a first timer though!
I have a feeling that the Princeton won;t be your last build. Everyone needs a Tweed Bassman or JTM45(which are far less complicated).
Being a Radiohead fan and a Canuck such as yourself, I would also have accepted a "Yorke"ville as a name for it. Sounds great! Well Done!
Wish I still had my Yorkville RockBlock amp :D
It just sounds great. Solid amp build. Wouldn't turn that down at all. Fantastic job Landon
I've built a few amps. No full kits, but major components available or repurposed chassis.
My favorite is my 6G2 Brown Princeton. I started the project before I knew of Chris Stapleton's Princeton. This circuit is basically an up powered 12 watt) Tweed Vibrolux (10" 10watts). I built mine with a Weber 12A125S 12" Alnico Speaker. It has more of a Tweed characteristic then the later models, but is sweet. The 12" speaker adds to a fuller sound. I also tweaked the Tremolo to a slower rate range and slightly reduced depth.
I love playing it paired with my Vox AC-15C-1X The two paired will give you a blues-rock tone to die for! I did get the idea of trying the two together from Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) and I instantly fell in love with the tone. Just like Rich, it sounds great with a Tele or an ES-335, or any of my P90 guitars.
I've been playing mostly bass the last couple years, but I want to build a Musicmaster Bass head or a Bassman 10 head. Either build will have to be from scratch, as there is nothing available for either. I could repurpose a chassis and maybe some transformers.
👍🎸
Good job Landon! All the various guitars sound great 👍🏽
Thanks!
You know more than soldering your doing a good job putting those RCA jacks on with the braided cables that's tricky work and you did a fine job. building the jack for the speaker excellent work.😎 I'm an electromechanical build technician so I shall critique your work😁😂🤣 seriously you do know what you're doing and you're doing a great job God bless you sir can't wait to see the finished product.
hey thanks!
Colour me impressed! The Princeton is pretty complicated for a first build. Mine was a 5E3 (narrow-panel Tweed Deluxe), which is a much simpler circuit.
You Sir are officially a electromechanical build technician, after you're done building this you can be mil-spec certified and work anywhere. They will just have to train you how to do surface mount and you will be rocking in the manufacturing of electronics. There's a lot of other stuff like winding coils and solder flow machines and different types of wiring and connectors and stuff like that but you learn that as you go, you are natural.😎😁
Man, with all the money I’ve spent at stewmac and for being a stewmax member, I sure wish they would hook me up with a goodie box like this.
start a YT channel!
I can’t assemble a cardboard box…..
Magnificent job, both in assembling the amplifier and in editing the video.
thanks! it was fun work
always make a nice mechanical connection with the components before solder, almost like they hold themselves in
👍🎸
Just WOW ! An amazing Joy to watch and then hear the result. Nicely done . . . :-)
Sounds great !
I've been looking at the 64 Fender hand wired Princeton but felt the price point was not warranted for what you get. This kit looks to be the way I will go. Really appreciate this video and congrats on a successful first build. Cheers ...
Right on
Some trippy music !
Looking forward to hearing how this sounds side-by-side with your other Princetons!
Hey Landon,
I’ve been eyeing one of these amp builds a while but haven’t taken the plunge yet. Beautiful job man, Maybe I’ll try one of them out next winter when it’s too cold to do much outside 🤙
Well done.
As a ham radio operator, I've built lots of electronics stuff. I built some test equipment and a color TV once. I used to work at Collins Radio, too. I'd love to have a Princeton Reverb! But, the cost of building one is only $100 less than one from Fender. It would fun though!
Incredible.. Wow. What a project!!
👍🎸😀
Also don't leave sinkholes in the solder joints where the pins go through you wanted it to flow up the pin slightly on both sides smooth and shiny don't keep the soldering iron there too long or you'll get a cold solder joint if it's not shiny it's not a good joint.
@dorfsteen you are giving good tips here, you must do this for a living?
@@wilhelmrogue1 milspec certification 😀
Oh I need this.
I've built the same amp kit, made in germany (tube amp doctor TAD), without such a guide book, only a schematic.
I added a bias adjustment with a potentiometer, and put a 12" speaker (G12H30).
This is a great amp.
I would have liked it to crunch at a little lower volume, that's the only criticism I can make. The day I have to change the tubes, I will correct that with a selection adapted for that.
Currently the sweet spot is at 7. The volume is already high. I would like to lower this setting to 5/6.
Ps: Better structured cabling, with more varied colors, will make troubleshooting easier. One should see the circuit diagram at first glance.
Very cool!
Great job man! Also love the Radiohead & sometimes Manic street preacher riffs I hear 👌
Thanks! Ya two of my fav bands
Landon, it looks like you did an excellent job building this amp. Or you did an excellent job editing this video. 😂 Just kidding.
A project like this is something I've thought about doing for decades. Kudos!
that hardest part was the editing!
Next time don't bend the pins up to clip them just clip them just get as close as you can get. because bending them can mess with the solder joint bending them can also damage the pads.
Love your amp,very talented!
Thank you kindly!
I was quite interested in this until I saw the UK price £825 and they claimed that was with a £191 discount, I just bought a Vox AC 30 for £725
Fantastic build, I've always wanted to build a tweed of some sort, maybe a 5f11
Thanks!
Nice job. Sounds great!!! ☺☺☺
In Europe you find a similar kit At Tube Amp doctor. They do not Deliver thé tools. I used an existing housing and a 12'' alnico gold. Plenty of head room.
Great job!
Sounds great😎
My Princeton is starting to buzz...sigh, gonna have to poke around and clean the pots....Hey Landon, since you are a amp builder now .... :p
Like a hum sounds or metal buzzing? Good luck! I’m no troubleshooter yet 😝🎸
sounds great!
Just some tips of the trade, I can't see close enough to see how well you soldered but it kind of look like one of them was kind of sunk in so I just wanted to give you a couple hints to make it happen for you without any issues.😎
thanks for all the recommendations! appreciated!
Where did you get the bailey logos made and the sticker for you amp , thanks
Kind of cool, but its almost as expensive as the real thing. $1200 vs $1350(at places like Sweetwater and Guitar Center w/ 10% promos going on).
the handwired version? :)
Do you have any original music? Always looking to check out stuff I haven’t heard!
I have a bunch :) ruclips.net/p/PLUKDOD2AiVCgbkbajAPCxSme0w_zLGLF6&feature=shared
@@landonbailey I checked it out; you rock man. I really dug “I Know You” and “Take Your Time,” but the others are really good too. Your vocals are great and you have a good sound with just a guitar. Subscribed for your gear reviews, awesome you write and perform too!
Is biasing the tubes required after assembly?
No biasing with this amp
great job
thanks!
Is this dangerous at all? I’ve just completed two pup projects to learn soldering. Going well! Only have a 1 watt amp, want another one, also looking for a new project. Idiot proof from a safety / electricity harm standpoint?
very
@@landonbailey Awesome, going for it. Your channel has helped a lot in convincing me I could tinker, thanks from southern Canada (Michigan)
Summa gum - I'd have never guessed that it would've sounded like anything but a.......Fender.
Wouldn't it be much easier to buy an already assembled Prinston type amp¿! Perhaps maybe a Headstrong Amp, "lil king". ~°~ raja ... have a good time with the build Landon.
Enjoy your lasagna!!!
It would be way easier to just not even get up in the morning! 😝😂🎸
Great video, Landon. Very impressive work!
BTW: Where did you source the speaker grill badge, presumably quite pricey?
hey thanks! here's the company. not expensive actually www.droplightind.com/products/badges
@@landonbailey I’m not sure many who watch this will appreciate the levels of skill you have shown here, Landon (Sounding like a REAL fan-boy here!😬👍).
I wish I could still sit and work like you have ably demonstrated to assemble your beaut of a Princeton. The current Fender offerings are just pale imitations of the originals on which yours is based, full of cheap components on cheap PC boards connected by, equally cheap, ribbon cables.
It’s great to see custom offerings like this alive, and obtainable, in the World. There’s virtually nothing of equivalence in UK - in fact, without the (highly import taxed) parts, etc. imported from N. America, customisation opportunities here are really extremely limited.
Unlike the US and, presumably, Canada, even before online became so huge, the number of physical retail outlets in most of this island were few and far between, and most catered, primarily, to the lowest end of the market, and those offering parts of any quality have always seemed to be more or less permanently out of stock of the item you desperately need to elevate one of your instruments to another level.
man you have a lot new looking guitars, do you buy new and sell used often? do you have a reverb shop? thanks!
I don’t buy and sell often. All my links including Reverb are here linktr.ee/landonbailey
I had a 78 Princeton reverb . I traded it for Laney aor in the 80's . I wish I never did that.
Where did you get the fender inspired “Bailey” name plate for the front name plate on the grill cloth? Thanks, great video!
right here: www.droplightind.com/products/p/deluxe-badge
Does having all those orange caps affect the tone? I saw somewhere that other more expensive caps make a big difference between a brittle sound vs vintage smoothness. Not sure, but that amp sounds great.
I have no idea! Maybe I'll do more and learn more :)
💫👍Landon this is a good amplifier build video... Suggest you make a series of 3 of these Bailey Amps and give one away in a Bailey Reverb Amp Giveaway...You got skills. Perhaps number 2 could be the Bailey dumble style amp... and the 3rd one could the be called the Bailey supreme hi•end hybrid amp with Contour knob... just an idea...🎆🔥
Bro.
In my day they just sent us a flat piece of steel and we had to bend it into the shape of the chassis by hand.
well that sucks!
I'm enjoying the spatial ... in outer space... it's been said that you are out their Landon. Wasn't me, Ameigo. Now no throwing you tools across the room *?÷
G'Damn yer fast, that is what she said.
😱😁😝
It's $1299. You can pretty much get a fully assembled Fender Princeton fort the same price. Not sure this is worth it unless you just want to build one and have it lose a ton of value as soon as you solder the first connection (you can't return it, and it isn't a 'real Fender' even if you believe it is better than the original).
Where can you get a handwired Princeton for $1299?
Lando, while you were unpacking the box, you pulled a board out and and turned it around and looked at it. I am betting the words that came into your mind were, WTF is this?
I don't understand why they have you numbering the components on the board when they laminated the board they should have put the numbers on it and they should be built into the laminate🤔😐😑
they want to see how high you can count for fun!
Where are all of the lead dress trolls?
I guess your peeps are a nicer than average bunch :)
I don’t even own a dress
@@landonbailey never too late!
Hope whole bunch of people dont end up burning their bedrooms down !
ya I hope they dont too lol
you didn't die! 😂
Must be an expensive kit if they are giving you the tools too.
Neanche un minimo ronzio?????
No buzz :)
@@landonbailey se no sei un tecnico elettronico davvero complimenti!
Heathkit.
If people start making their own amps it will wreck the economy
I would do it like this and my Buddy would measure every wire and straighten every lead, techs are fussy.
😀👍😝
It seems like a lot of money to pay for parts.
here's the alternative: www.fender.com/en-US/guitar-amplifiers/vintage-pro-tube/64-custom-princeton-reverb/8181000000.html
@@landonbailey $2700 with a discount. That seems like a lot of money for what you are getting. A youtuber who has been around for a while and used to own a music store recently said, equipment manufacturers will charge as much as people are willing to pay. If that is true then if they charge a fortune, it might not be because it costs them a fortune to make a product.
I think he's right,it's what people are willing to pay. because this stuff's not really worth that kind of money all the components a very inexpensive and you saw how easy it was to build. and it didn't take you that long to build, the prices of everything has gone up out of control. Also they want huge money for the old vintage ones but it's still cool that you can buy a kit that's just like the original I just wish it was less expensive
@@dorfsteen Yeah it's cool. I wish the prices were better too.
@@Mikex0123 they really don't have to charge that much they could sell them for a couple hundred dollars and they'd make more money because more people would buy them, if it was only $300 I'd buy one.
$1300 for a 15 watt amp? No chance in hell
what about earth?
Blahahaha...someone is jealous!
@@HALWASRIGHT Why be jealous of that, when I have an EVH 5150IIIs EL34
What does the wattage has to do with price? Are you assuming lower watt amps should be less worth? Just asd up the price of the parts and plus tolls shipping and cabinet construction etc, and youll see thats what things cost nowadays
@@MariJu1ce yes
Why would anyone pay $1200 to build their own amp ? A real one is $1450
this one? www.fender.com/en-US/guitar-amplifiers/vintage-pro-tube/64-custom-princeton-reverb/8181000000.html
Are you kidding me $1300.00 bucks and I still have to build it myself? talk about gouging you can get one for cheaper than that already built.
just kidding
A rats nest! terrible.
Super helpful! Great comment!