Princeton Chorus DSP Review

Great amplifiers not only sound fantastic, they have a responsive feel as well. Touch sensitive dynamics that respond to the inflections in your playing let your identity shine through.

Features:	10
Sound:	9
Reliability:	9
Impression:	9
Overall rating:	8.9
Reviewer rating:	9.3
Users rating:	8.5
Votes:	13

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: UG Team, on july 23, 2003

Price paid: $ 499.99

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: The year of the amp is 2002. This is a great amp for metal, rock and punk. It has awesome distortion, which features a limiter device for even more distortion tones. This amp has two channels, Clean and dist. It also has on board dsp effects. Chorus, flanger, reverb, and delay. I use this amp in my band, it is very loud for a fifty watt amp. It is a great solid state amp. // 10

Sound: I use this amp with an Ibanez SC 420, and a Samick Um 4. Both have dual hambucking pickups. They sound great. The clean channel has some of the best clean tones i have ever heard from a non-tube amp. The distortion is mad. It was just as good as my Marshall combo if not better. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I would use this amp anywhere. It is new, but I haven't had a single problem with it. // 8

Impression: I have been playing about three years. I also own a Marshall ATV. I think it is an all around great amp. // 10

overall: 9

Reviewed by: UG Team, on july 23, 2003

Price paid: $ 365

Features: Though this amp is a little dynamo, you WILL get drowned out. The knobs are intuitive and you should be able to get the tone that you want by fiddling with them but the volume does not change much after about 7. // 10

Sound: The clean sound on this amp is nice and full and it does not change the tone of your guitar. The distortion however is VERY noisy and a bit disappointing. I have been disappointed. I added a Tubeworks Blue Tube to get that round tube sound and that helped considerably. Still, I ended up going out and buying a Vintage Rat pedal, I just like it more. The chorus however is a dream. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I have had the guitar for a year and it is ridden around in the trunk of my car through streets that look like Beruit without any problems whatsoever. Like I said, its a Fender! // 10

Impression: You can't really go wrong with Fender. They have been making amps for so long that they have it done. The Princeton Chorus is a good practice amp and great for small to mid sized venues but when you add live drums and a guitarist with a louder amp, you're stuck. // 8

Comments

[danny10]

cleaven

[johnnie13]

yeah...ive got one of these and its pretty sweet

[ProgFolk12]

Nobody really knows the SS fenders (except the Frontman) and they are really underrated. The drive channel (as with almost all SS fenders) is poor, but the clean is excellent. Find one going 2nd hand and you've got a great clean amp at a good price

[willhurley82]

I have one of these, the drive channel is garbage (haven't even begun to dial it in), the chorus and reverb are pretty sweet. Takes normal pedals well. My Zoom multi pedal sucked all of the tone from it.

This amp is loud enough to gig with. Turned up to 3 once, and got bitched at for drowning out the drummer.

[Zeppoholic]

I played an older version of this Princton before.. its about 20 years old or more i think.. not to sure buts it old. lol Compared to what everyone is saying about the newer ones the old one is a dream. Nothing beats a vintage Princton. It is THE most amazing amp i have ever used, and the Dist. channel is wonderful. You can get every single tone out of it possible from death metal to stuff like Blues and the clean is amazing too. If only they made them like they used to...

[jvz]

Just picked one up from ebay about a month ago, Love the reverb and the chorus, plenty loud for home use. Had to drive 100 mi. to pick it up but only paid $99.00 so I felt like it was worth it. I play a Schecter Vintage solo and a 60s Del Ray thru it and it sounds great!!