Fender '68 Custom Princeton Reverb 12W 1x10 Tube Guitar Combo Amp With Celestion Ten 30 Speaker Black

You cannot judge any tube Fender amp without opening them pass 4-5 up to 10. I use it without any pedal, I love the sound as is. Gorgeous sound full of fat mids. Still too loud for practicing in small room without an speaker attenuator, but real nice if you can open it as it's meant

Perfect amp for home and gigs with big versatile sound!

Exactly how you want it to sound. Versatile enough for home recording to gigging.

Funny how novices are loosing money buying and trying the wrong gamut. I did this a lot on several amps and pedals and it was an expensive ride. I despise distortion pedals. I own very good old school effect pedals but I have been looking for amps with great tone and crunch for a while now. I'm primarily a Bass player and an acoustic guitar player. I've been learning electric guitar adding modest lines in my recording. I was never happy with entry level tube Marshall or Peavey amps or the Mexican Fender amps. I was very impressed by the 65 Deluxe Reverb and it became my reference but I was not able to use it to its full potential and ended up with SuperSonic which had decent distortion at lower volume but lacked the tremolo and shimmering of the Deluxe Reverb. Then I heard the 68 Custom Fender amps. I finally got a 68 Custom Princeton Reverb a few weeks ago along with a Tone King Ironman II Mini attenuator. Now I finally dig the tone, dynamic and crunch I was looking for without hurting my ears. It has the thickness and warmth I was looking for even for the smallest strings. It does not have the glassy tone of the 65 Reissue though. I'm getting one as well with a 12 speaker. With these two Princeton amps (65 and 68 Custom), I will be able to do everything I need. It's fortunate there are tons of good reviewers on Youtube to show these products because Fender, Ampeg and Sweetwater own reviews are really not convincing. The American 65 Vintage Reissue, the American 68 Vintage Modified and the American Hand Wired are all great value amps.

its a beautiful amp. mild breakup at decent bedroom volumes, great reverb, takes pedals well - works well with single coil, hum buckers and active pickups very well. it will bring your blues and rock alive and brings out the nuances of your playing very well. analog baby.

I use this amp as a home unit. The sound is great even at low volume and can handle pedals well. The tone is perfect and easy to use in my home. I initially was concerned about issues with it but a phone call easily cleared up what i was doing wrong. The rich tone of this amp helps improve my playing experience.