1965 Fender Princeton Reverb Vintage Black Panel Tube Amp w/ Oxford 10J4, Vintage Tube Set, Ftsw

Up for sale, a 1965 Fender Princeton Reverb in exceptional condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original tube set. Extremely original and notably clean cosmetically, the Princeton Reverb is the perfect amplifier for small club gigs and studio sessions. This classic Fender AA764 Black Panel circuit delivers both well-balanced, sparkling cleans and smooth, harmonic-rich overdrive when you dime it out. The Reverb is lush and the Tremolo has a nice pulse with a wide range of speeds.The extremely original circuit retains all of the stock transformers, manufactured for Fender by Schumacher (their primary transformer supplier in the Black Panel era), dating between late 1964 and '65. The preamp features all of the original blue molded Ajax tone caps, an essential part of the Black Panel sound, with a few new Sprague electrolytic caps sleeved inside the original Mallory wrappers to ensure trouble-free performance and a clean vintage look. All of the original pots are intact, with visible date codes from the 20th week of '65, and the power cable has been upgraded to the modern three-prong variety. The tubes are all vintage valves and ostensibly the original set, with a matched pair of RCA 6V6 power tubes and a 5Y3 rectifier and matching preamp tubes all manufactured by Amperex.The speaker is the original Oxford 10J4, with a clean black frame and blue foil Fender sticker on the ceramic magnet. The speaker has been freshly reconed, with a date stamp on the frame from the 15th week of '65. The tube chart is quite clean, with limited aging of the paper and a bold "OJ" date stamp which translates to October of 1965.As the photos show, the original black tolex is extremely clean, with only very light wear on the enclosure edges, and the original silver sparkle grillcloth shows limited aging with plenty of sparkle left in the thread. All of the original hardware is intact, including the handle caps, chassis straps, and sphinx glides (feet).A modern two-button footswitch is included.