Building a Fender Princeton from Start to Finish

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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
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@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

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 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nuB-lalpxrmRYnU.html Fender Telecaster kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5ySm6Rny9HJfXk.html Fender Stratocaster kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kKt9aNxpytbPZYE.html Gibson Les Paul Special kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7-lZK5hrtzPf6c.html *Microphone* Royer R-10 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbOBmrSat9LNg40.html *FX Pedal* Origin Effects DCX Boost sweetwater.sjv.io/75PQRA *Audio Interface* Arturia Audiofuse Studio kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l-CGdKpm19uzaKs.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

@snapfinger1 2 ай бұрын

Soldering Iron skills are the most critical to complete the task. Top Shelf instruction.

@matthewf1979 2 ай бұрын

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).

@Erkinstien 2 ай бұрын

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!

@Les537 2 ай бұрын

Wish I still had my Yorkville RockBlock amp :D

@MadJackF1 2 ай бұрын

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.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

👍🎸

@steverolfeca 2 ай бұрын

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.

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

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.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

hey thanks!

@christophervincent8420 2 ай бұрын

It just sounds great. Solid amp build. Wouldn't turn that down at all. Fantastic job Landon

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

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.😎😁

@sboy1955 2 ай бұрын

Good job Landon! All the various guitars sound great 👍🏽

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ande047 2 ай бұрын

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.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

start a YT channel!

@tomwhite716 2 ай бұрын

I can’t assemble a cardboard box…..

@jimvanderkloot3037 2 ай бұрын

Looking forward to hearing how this sounds side-by-side with your other Princetons!

@lagoonschool 2 ай бұрын

Just WOW ! An amazing Joy to watch and then hear the result. Nicely done . . . :-)

@VERMACIDE 2 ай бұрын

always make a nice mechanical connection with the components before solder, almost like they hold themselves in

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

👍🎸

@azcharlie2009 2 ай бұрын

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!

@Patriot-American Ай бұрын

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 ...

@landonbailey Ай бұрын

Right on

@andressierra2167 2 ай бұрын

Magnificent job, both in assembling the amplifier and in editing the video.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

thanks! it was fun work

@danielbarbieri8199 2 ай бұрын

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.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

Very cool!

@malcolmhardwick4258 2 ай бұрын

Sounds great !

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

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.

@wilhelmrogue1 Ай бұрын

@dorfsteen you are giving good tips here, you must do this for a living?

@dorfsteen Ай бұрын

@@wilhelmrogue1 milspec certification 😀

@malcolmhardwick4258 2 ай бұрын

Some trippy music !

@TommySG1 2 ай бұрын

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.

@felixayala05 2 ай бұрын

Oh I need this.

@stevemiell4555 2 ай бұрын

Great job man! Also love the Radiohead & sometimes Manic street preacher riffs I hear 👌

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Ya two of my fav bands

@13aphomet 2 ай бұрын

Incredible.. Wow. What a project!!

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

👍🎸😀

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

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.

@fredvanderlinden8908 2 ай бұрын

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.

@RobertNolan 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic build, I've always wanted to build a tweed of some sort, maybe a 5f11

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@sgholt 2 ай бұрын

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

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

Like a hum sounds or metal buzzing? Good luck! I’m no troubleshooter yet 😝🎸

@820hurleyj 2 ай бұрын

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!

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

that hardest part was the editing!

@user-qr7ee2cp4y 2 ай бұрын

I think it'd be so cool to have the ability to build and repair amps and electronics... to build clones of boutique stuff or aquire inexpensive stuff and upgrade and mod it. Same goes for guitars...

@alexsmart5452 2 ай бұрын

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).

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

the handwired version? :)

@christopherguzzi1316 2 ай бұрын

Nice job. Sounds great!!! ☺☺☺

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

thanks for all the recommendations! appreciated!

@tommyhoffman4587 2 ай бұрын

Great job!

@tommyhoffman4587 2 ай бұрын

Love your amp,very talented!

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!

@AndrewAHayes 2 ай бұрын

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

@JulianFernandez 2 ай бұрын

sounds great!

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

Sounds great😎

@jeffstone7912 2 ай бұрын

Is biasing the tubes required after assembly?

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

No biasing with this amp

@stevesuv 2 ай бұрын

great job

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

thanks!

@user-iz6ry2ms6x 2 ай бұрын

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.

@user-iz6ry2ms6x 2 ай бұрын

Enjoy your lasagna!!!

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

It would be way easier to just not even get up in the morning! 😝😂🎸

@sonicmegablaster 27 күн бұрын

Do you have any original music? Always looking to check out stuff I haven’t heard!

@landonbailey 26 күн бұрын

I have a bunch :) kzfaq.info/sun/PLUKDOD2AiVCgbkbajAPCxSme0w_zLGLF6&feature=shared

@sonicmegablaster 24 күн бұрын

@@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!

@matthewsommerville88 2 ай бұрын

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?

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

very

@matthewsommerville88 2 ай бұрын

@@landonbailey Awesome, going for it. Your channel has helped a lot in convincing me I could tinker, thanks from southern Canada (Michigan)

@igorfleury7855 2 ай бұрын

man you have a lot new looking guitars, do you buy new and sell used often? do you have a reverb shop? thanks!

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

I don’t buy and sell often. All my links including Reverb are here linktr.ee/landonbailey

@mikesyria1787 2 ай бұрын

I had a 78 Princeton reverb . I traded it for Laney aor in the 80's . I wish I never did that.

@user-iz6ry2ms6x 2 ай бұрын

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 *?÷

@Gtownblues555 2 ай бұрын

Where did you get the fender inspired “Bailey” name plate for the front name plate on the grill cloth? Thanks, great video!

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

right here: www.droplightind.com/products/p/deluxe-badge

@v3rlon 18 күн бұрын

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).

@landonbailey 18 күн бұрын

Where can you get a handwired Princeton for $1299?

@M5guitar1 2 ай бұрын

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.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

I have no idea! Maybe I'll do more and learn more :)

@JamesWalshBristolKids 2 ай бұрын

💫👍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...🎆🔥

@rob_in_stowmarket_uk 2 ай бұрын

Great video, Landon. Very impressive work! BTW: Where did you source the speaker grill badge, presumably quite pricey?

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

hey thanks! here's the company. not expensive actually www.droplightind.com/products/badges

@rob_in_stowmarket_uk 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@ZitherBeast 2 ай бұрын

G'Damn yer fast, that is what she said.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

😱😁😝

@vincentrandles8105 2 ай бұрын

Summa gum - I'd have never guessed that it would've sounded like anything but a.......Fender.

@TheDrunkenScoundrel 2 ай бұрын

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.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

well that sucks!

@ruffryder13 2 ай бұрын

Where are all of the lead dress trolls? I guess your peeps are a nicer than average bunch :)

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

I don’t even own a dress

@ruffryder13 2 ай бұрын

@@landonbailey never too late!

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

they want to see how high you can count for fun!

@tjnugent62 2 ай бұрын

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?

@johnelectric933 2 ай бұрын

Heathkit.

@christophertorres8225 2 ай бұрын

you didn't die! 😂

@malcolmhardwick4258 2 ай бұрын

Hope whole bunch of people dont end up burning their bedrooms down !

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

ya I hope they dont too lol

@livornoamaranto1 2 ай бұрын

Neanche un minimo ronzio?????

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

No buzz :)

@livornoamaranto1 2 ай бұрын

@@landonbailey se no sei un tecnico elettronico davvero complimenti!

@RPSchonherr 2 ай бұрын

Must be an expensive kit if they are giving you the tools too.

@timscarrow9151 2 ай бұрын

I would do it like this and my Buddy would measure every wire and straighten every lead, techs are fussy.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

😀👍😝

@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp 2 ай бұрын

If people start making their own amps it will wreck the economy

@DirtyMikeTM 2 ай бұрын

$1300 for a 15 watt amp? No chance in hell

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

what about earth?

@HALWASRIGHT 2 ай бұрын

Blahahaha...someone is jealous!

@DirtyMikeTM 2 ай бұрын

@@HALWASRIGHT Why be jealous of that, when I have an EVH 5150IIIs EL34

@MariJu1ce 2 ай бұрын

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

@DirtyMikeTM 2 ай бұрын

@@MariJu1ce yes

@Mikex0123 2 ай бұрын

It seems like a lot of money to pay for parts.

@landonbailey 2 ай бұрын

here's the alternative: www.fender.com/en-US/guitar-amplifiers/vintage-pro-tube/64-custom-princeton-reverb/8181000000.html

@Mikex0123 2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

@@dorfsteen Yeah it's cool. I wish the prices were better too.

@dorfsteen 2 ай бұрын

@@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.