Vintage Sound, Allen and a few others already do and they are better then what Fender would put out.. Plus they are less expensive with a better warranty.
I think the brown Princeton sounds amazing! I don't know about $2000.00 amazing though. I love reverb on my amps, It would even be nicer if it came with it. One of the great things about handwired, It is generally cheaper to repair if something does happen to go wrong with it. The bassbreaker sounds good and it is nice that they made it with a foot switch, I'm sure it will be heavier then a lot of people will want to deal with. The 15 watt model is heavy as well for a low wattage amp. The clean sounds much like a HRD clean to me. As far as clean sounds go, I thought the Princeton was much better IMO.
Sweet I’ll check him out. He did a great job here showcasing the tones of these amps with various styles of playing. it allowed me to focus more on the amps as opposed to the demo player showing off.
The Bassbreaker 30R is 95% the same as my (discontinued) Laney LC30, which I love. When the four EL84s start cooking, everything sparkles. As to the demo, ever notice how every pro demo uses a Telecaster? That's because no amp sounds muddy through a Tele. I think they should always also demo a humbucker-equipped guitar through the clean channel if they want to be honest about the amp's tone. I think this amp will be fine though, because of the Bright Switch.
Very nice! But, I would love to see Fender do some MIM low watt studio amps along the line and price line of what Marshall is doing with the DSL. Like a 1watt Deluxe Reverb or Bassman head,
Check out the Vox Pedal Board SE Tonelab. I think you guys might save some money. You can plug it into just about anything and get your tone. That includes the PA.
..."regulations?" What laws are keeping Fender from building it like they did in '62? Sounds really nice, and $2K for a hand wired amp with cover is more than fair.
The handwired myth... it is a nice selling point, but why not just sell a pcb version for $700, that’s how much this amp should cost. I can buy some decent vintage amps for 2k
The BassBreaker will thump metal but they need 2x10's @ 30 watts and someone that understands how to shave some mids and create a metal tone to demo it. IMHO. A 1x12 at 30 watts pushed is like asking for mud. Even my Marshall jcm 800 50 watt combo doesnt break up well in the small 1x12 cab. but in the 2x12 it sings. Fender needs to get this down. Orange made the rocker 32 2x10 which is a great little balanced amp. They get it. If Marshall were smart tho they would make a 2x10 open and closed back combo with their 25 watt silver jubilee and make a 25 watt jvm to fit as well.
It’s not about being an Internet tough guy most of these people to try to do videos one through five minutes of fame laddies guys have never seen 10 minutes on a stage in front of even 50 people I look at some of these videos and commonsense tells me we could’ve edit this because I subtracted that big of a concentrated more on the sound and benefits of a product instead they just want to hear themselves talk and talk and I believe a lot of it has to doWith substandard playing
Wow, you couldn't be more off base if you tried. Premier does a great job of covering products at the show but they don't have a ton of time to get great tones, redos or edits because they have to cover a ton of stuff at the show so it's always rushed. Honestly, if you're trying to judge buying an amp from NAMM videos then you're doing a grave disservice to yourself and to the products. As far as the talking goes, I know that I have limited time and that I have no control over how the video will sound so all I can do is give detailed info so that people can decide if they want to check it out further. The moral of the story, go try it for yourself and see if it works for you. :)
It’s a reissue of an actual amp from 1962, the Princeton. Its a different circuit, transition amp from the tweed to blackface, they didn’t have reverb, like the tweeds but had trem like the blackface
@@justingarcia7722 The 6G2 Princeton is a hi-fi version of the 5F11 Tweed Vibrolux. I own both amps and I am astonished people don't make the connection. The transformers are different manufacturers and they redesigned the circuit for bit more stability otherwise they 90% the same. The 6G amps are way underrated and should never be looked upon as transition amps. For me they were best amps ever made by Fender, but the marketplace demanded all in one amps with reverb. The engineering staff made the decision to design the next series of amps to have less mids to keep the overall sound from getting too muddy when using reverb. This choice makes the blackface cleans really great, but its overdrive never really comes close to the earlier tweed or 6G amps. The main problem with this reissue is you can still find the original for less money. They should have done a 6G3 Deluxe reissue, but no one currently famous uses one. Ditching the Filson made cover might chop off a couple hundred dollars.
Cranked the Princeton to 9 and guitarist plays probably the worst possible thing to showcase its ability. I wanted to hear some ripping tele riff playing, not acoustic chords.
It really depends... For guitars, having bought both from Indonesia and Mexico, I would say that the indonesian spend more time on the hard work like frets polishing but Fender tell them to put cheaper components so that they don't compete with their other lines of products. In the Mexican factory, they spend less time on the frets (I had to filed and polish the last two of my Telecaster and the frets on the edges were kind a sharp) but they will give you better components (electronics). Having said that, I bought a Fender Bassbreaker 007 head in 2017 made in Mexico and I have no complaints at all. Also, my Vox AC4 was made in China. Both are some of the best amps I have played and kept for home/recording use.
Obscene price. Shitting demo who’s that hack on the tele?? 2k ... let’s see I gotta tech that can build me a screaming champ platform for a 1000 gig ready with reverb ...
Say what you want to about the price (actually pretty fair for a hand-wired, made in the USA amp) and your "tech" building you a copy (kinda uncool but it's your choice) but I can say with all honesty that this guy played circles around 95% of the players at NAMM. Look him up if you don't believe me. He's playing simple stuff here to highlight the amp.
Jim Marshall stack at Marshall’s music store build a prototype of the 62JTM 45 it was an exact clone of the 59 fender baseman the most coveted Marshall amps are fender baseman knock offs so it is not on cool for my tech to build me a platform app for less than $1000 let’s take Gibson for a few seconds 25 to 3500 hundred dollars for a substandard guitar are we forgetting that it’s bankrupt and has a new president that Hass to turn it around I again could have another friend of mine build me a very nice guitar for $12-$1400 that would blow any custom shop away is that Uncool?
Yeah, it is pretty uncool but people do it all the time. Whatever works for you. I guess what I was really trying to say is that you also judged this guy on a five minute clip that was done with no redos and not mic'd correctly. He's an amazing player and if you don't believe me, look him up. I just get tired of internet tough guys that love to talk shit on other players. I don't understand what the reasoning is, I guess. Don't like it, don't post! @@mrflipperflopper3495
I know that I'm majorly in the minority but man I just find Chris Stapleton to be really pretentious and overrated and one of those people who chronically overdo it. I just think he way over sings and I know that puts me in the minority but I'm just not a fan at all and I heard nothing in that amp that screamed "$2,000" to me.
I wonder how much Chris Stapleton gets for the 1K extra Fender is charging for his name? What a bunch of nonsense. Sell it all you want but NOTHING justifies another 1K. Fender must be taking lessons from Gibson....
Nathan is a phenomenal guitar player. He was really being modest in this video
Premier Guitar, thanks for the NAMM coverage! I'd love to see a Stapleton rig rundown as well.
Honestly, Fender should be making a handwired '65 Custom Princeton Reverb with a 12" Celestion AlNiCo driver.
I agree, I don't want it without reverb and I'd like the tremolo/vibrato to start off slower as well but I want a greenback in mine :)
Just order one from George Alessandro. My Deluxe Reverb is fantastic!
Vintage Sound, Allen and a few others already do and they are better then what Fender would put out.. Plus they are less expensive with a better warranty.
Brown princeton WITH reverb AND a celestion gold.... that would be the stuff of dreams.
@@ffbai ok bro
Is that Nathaniel?’ Yep it is. He’s a great player saw him on the Chicago music exchange Instagram. Now he’s at namm. Great job Nathaniel.
Yes to that Stapleton amp!!!!
Clean.
I think the brown Princeton sounds amazing! I don't know about $2000.00 amazing though. I love reverb on my amps, It would even be nicer if it came with it. One of the great things about handwired, It is generally cheaper to repair if something does happen to go wrong with it. The bassbreaker sounds good and it is nice that they made it with a foot switch, I'm sure it will be heavier then a lot of people will want to deal with. The 15 watt model is heavy as well for a low wattage amp. The clean sounds much like a HRD clean to me. As far as clean sounds go, I thought the Princeton was much better IMO.
Amps are getting better every year
The vintage market would argue otherwise.
i regret selling that amp. one of the first amps i've owned.
I laughed when he said it came with a Filson cover! Filson charges almost $40 just for a bandanna and $258 for a scarf. That’s a $400 amp cover lol
Would have been a better idea to reissue a 6G3 Deluxe with no Filson cover for $500 less.
Nice demo job by this guitar player.
his playing on insta is insane
he works for Reverb demoing guitars as well - he's a monster player !
Sweet I’ll check him out. He did a great job here showcasing the tones of these amps with various styles of playing. it allowed me to focus more on the amps as opposed to the demo player showing off.
The Bassbreaker 30R is 95% the same as my (discontinued) Laney LC30, which I love. When the four EL84s start cooking, everything sparkles. As to the demo, ever notice how every pro demo uses a Telecaster? That's because no amp sounds muddy through a Tele. I think they should always also demo a humbucker-equipped guitar through the clean channel if they want to be honest about the amp's tone. I think this amp will be fine though, because of the Bright Switch.
People hating on the Chris Stapleton amp are the ones who can’t afford it. LMAO
So... fender made a “orange” bass breaker this year .... and orange made a “fender” amp this year ...
Very nice! But, I would love to see Fender do some MIM low watt studio amps along the line and price line of what Marshall is doing with the DSL. Like a 1watt Deluxe Reverb or Bassman head,
Brown sound! Killer
Wow! That bassbreaker sounds like my kind of amp! Can i use a power atrenuator with it though?
Pretty sure it has a built in power scaling
Why wouldn’t you be able to?
Not sure why you would need an attenuator with the Bassbreaker though. It has a master volume.
Making me really wish I still had my old Blackface Princeton and external tube Reverb.
which kills this garbage
Both the clean and overdrive sounded pretty good on the Bassbreaker! IMO, way better than this Princeton.
yesssssss blew away the bloated 2k fake non reverb trash
@@soofitnsexy Get an education. Idiot.
That amp sounds awesome 3:15
more Brownface pleeeese
Check out the Vox Pedal Board SE Tonelab. I think you guys might save some money. You can plug it into just about anything and get your tone. That includes the PA.
I got a real one for less than 2k.... that's spendy, man.
Henry Smith ikr that’s enough to start looking at the vintage market. A dream AC 30 would be less
I have an original white knob Princeton. Got it for $275 . Barks like a dog when you crank it up.
Made in California...yes!!!!!
Hey I am wrong.... 30 years of playing live recording and opening for national acts, and lack liuster managers don’t account for a thing....
..."regulations?" What laws are keeping Fender from building it like they did in '62?
Sounds really nice, and $2K for a hand wired amp with cover is more than fair.
it could be the transformer thing
3 prong grounded power cord, no death capacitor for starters. Needs reverb before I'd want it.
probably cost 300 to build
The handwired myth... it is a nice selling point, but why not just sell a pcb version for $700, that’s how much this amp should cost. I can buy some decent vintage amps for 2k
@@tassajohn what's the transformer thing?
I played that Bassbreaker and it is not a great amp for the price, it is great for any price.
Nice job Jason....the player has my job...lol.
The drive tones are not quite there
That bassbreaker sounds like a modeler and kudos to fender for making it footswitchable channel now. Lol.
The BassBreaker will thump metal but they need 2x10's @ 30 watts and someone that understands how to shave some mids and create a metal tone to demo it. IMHO. A 1x12 at 30 watts pushed is like asking for mud. Even my Marshall jcm 800 50 watt combo doesnt break up well in the small 1x12 cab. but in the 2x12 it sings. Fender needs to get this down. Orange made the rocker 32 2x10 which is a great little balanced amp. They get it. If Marshall were smart tho they would make a 2x10 open and closed back combo with their 25 watt silver jubilee and make a 25 watt jvm to fit as well.
It’s not about being an Internet tough guy most of these people to try to do videos one through five minutes of fame laddies guys have never seen 10 minutes on a stage in front of even 50 people I look at some of these videos and commonsense tells me we could’ve edit this because I subtracted that big of a concentrated more on the sound and benefits of a product instead they just want to hear themselves talk and talk and I believe a lot of it has to doWith substandard playing
Wow, you couldn't be more off base if you tried. Premier does a great job of covering products at the show but they don't have a ton of time to get great tones, redos or edits because they have to cover a ton of stuff at the show so it's always rushed. Honestly, if you're trying to judge buying an amp from NAMM videos then you're doing a grave disservice to yourself and to the products. As far as the talking goes, I know that I have limited time and that I have no control over how the video will sound so all I can do is give detailed info so that people can decide if they want to check it out further. The moral of the story, go try it for yourself and see if it works for you. :)
Please make some MIM brown voiced amps.
That's what I thought too. They are already making the '65 Re-issue so they are set up for it.
@@fanoboss right. Like, the 65RI's aren't perfect, but they're solid for the money, and the brownface is a virtually untapped market
That price is obscene
Greedy, what?
For sure
Kevin Nash has sure shrunk lately
He sure was nervous about announcing the msrp of that princeton. As he should be. 2k for a princeton!!!!! Outrageous
I would be happy with a Blues Junior. The Hell with those other amps.
HMMM... INTERESTING
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That awkward moment when the second amp outshines the first and costs half as less........
Except it didn’t
@@shawnglass108 You got me. I guess the moment wasn't that awkward.
listening on RUclips, the Bassbreaker was way better IMHO.
RD Patterson , the Bassbreaker does sound ok but it’s made cheaply. Some people don’t mind low quality.
$2000.00 Princeton Reverb with no reverb. Nice!
SuperMarioZombies Yeah, that's kinda crazy...
it's not a princeton reverb, it's a princeton.
SuperMarioZombies if you don’t know what it is it’s not for you. Just enjoy your prri it’s a nice basic amp and let it be.
This is a reissue of a different amp from a different era with a different circuit
Completely different amp, circuit and sound.
I need 100 watt head 😡😡😡 not less!!!
4:26
2 Grand?!??! LOL man I can find vintage stuff cheaper than that, I see Plexis for about $1500 on FB Marketplace everyday
2k for a Princeton? Who buys these amps?
i keep the bassbreaker
And i bet they put the shittiest electrolics possible. Illinois caps! And charge out the ass for it.
They should have used chicken head controls for the bassbreaker,and it does sound better than the Princeton,far more versatile
non reverb princeton? WHY?
It’s a reissue of an actual amp from 1962, the Princeton. Its a different circuit, transition amp from the tweed to blackface, they didn’t have reverb, like the tweeds but had trem like the blackface
@@justingarcia7722 The 6G2 Princeton is a hi-fi version of the 5F11 Tweed Vibrolux. I own both amps and I am astonished people don't make the connection. The transformers are different manufacturers and they redesigned the circuit for bit more stability otherwise they 90% the same. The 6G amps are way underrated and should never be looked upon as transition amps. For me they were best amps ever made by Fender, but the marketplace demanded all in one amps with reverb. The engineering staff made the decision to design the next series of amps to have less mids to keep the overall sound from getting too muddy when using reverb. This choice makes the blackface cleans really great, but its overdrive never really comes close to the earlier tweed or 6G amps.
The main problem with this reissue is you can still find the original for less money. They should have done a 6G3 Deluxe reissue, but no one currently famous uses one. Ditching the Filson made cover might chop off a couple hundred dollars.
Cranked the Princeton to 9 and guitarist plays probably the worst possible thing to showcase its ability. I wanted to hear some ripping tele riff playing, not acoustic chords.
The irony is that Chris Stapleton mostly just plays cowboy chords anyway. Why in the world he feels the need for a custom amp is beyond me.
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 Well, I was just thinking how good the Midnight Train to Memphis riff would sound cranked on that amp. It would be wicked.
After all that " Research " ! Are people going to spend $2000 for the Princeton ???
2 grand, no reverb, nope.
If it had reverb it wouldn't be a 62 Princeton.
amp is nice but for 2 thousand bucks and no reverb ahhh no thanks mannn ....the bass breaker was awesome!!!
Cheaply made..Chinese
@@shawnglass108 but better
@@shawnglass108 Made in Mexico
Mood Switch , Thanks..I was guessing. The Mexican stuff does tend to be better than the Chinese stuff.
It really depends... For guitars, having bought both from Indonesia and Mexico, I would say that the indonesian spend more time on the hard work like frets polishing but Fender tell them to put cheaper components so that they don't compete with their other lines of products. In the Mexican factory, they spend less time on the frets (I had to filed and polish the last two of my Telecaster and the frets on the edges were kind a sharp) but they will give you better components (electronics). Having said that, I bought a Fender Bassbreaker 007 head in 2017 made in Mexico and I have no complaints at all. Also, my Vox AC4 was made in China. Both are some of the best amps I have played and kept for home/recording use.
😁
So, $2k for an amp with a singer/songwriter’s name on it? Never heard of him anyway. Clapton? Sure. Gilmour? Sure. Stapleton?! Who the hell is that?
$1999...yea, they can keep it.
Obscene price. Shitting demo who’s that hack on the tele?? 2k ... let’s see I gotta tech that can build me a screaming champ platform for a 1000 gig ready with reverb ...
Say what you want to about the price (actually pretty fair for a hand-wired, made in the USA amp) and your "tech" building you a copy (kinda uncool but it's your choice) but I can say with all honesty that this guy played circles around 95% of the players at NAMM. Look him up if you don't believe me. He's playing simple stuff here to highlight the amp.
Jim Marshall stack at Marshall’s music store build a prototype of the 62JTM 45 it was an exact clone of the 59 fender baseman the most coveted Marshall amps are fender baseman knock offs so it is not on cool for my tech to build me a platform app for less than $1000 let’s take Gibson for a few seconds 25 to 3500 hundred dollars for a substandard guitar are we forgetting that it’s bankrupt and has a new president that Hass to turn it around I again could have another friend of mine build me a very nice guitar for $12-$1400 that would blow any custom shop away is that Uncool?
Yeah, it is pretty uncool but people do it all the time. Whatever works for you. I guess what I was really trying to say is that you also judged this guy on a five minute clip that was done with no redos and not mic'd correctly. He's an amazing player and if you don't believe me, look him up. I just get tired of internet tough guys that love to talk shit on other players. I don't understand what the reasoning is, I guess. Don't like it, don't post! @@mrflipperflopper3495
I know that I'm majorly in the minority but man I just find Chris Stapleton to be really pretentious and overrated and one of those people who chronically overdo it. I just think he way over sings and I know that puts me in the minority but I'm just not a fan at all and I heard nothing in that amp that screamed "$2,000" to me.
Bassbreaker blew away that crappy "princeton" awayyyyyyyyyyyy
Are you done commenting with your awful attempt at English and grammar? Jesus. Your mug shot sure fits the bill.
@@kommi1974 just getting stahhteddd nigggahhhh
they need a spring reverb in the bassbreaker.
@@lazarusdoghouse yesss
Fender rep I presume. I thought the Bassbreaker sounded way better for a fraction of the cost.And more versatile.@@kommi1974
I wonder how much Chris Stapleton gets for the 1K extra Fender is charging for his name? What a bunch of nonsense. Sell it all you want but NOTHING justifies another 1K. Fender must be taking lessons from Gibson....
tone my ass just get a pedal