One of the classic amp types I’ve never had is the Fender clean with reverb and tremolo thing, so I’ve been thinking I’d love to try a Princeton at some point. One has popped up locally on gumtree for £675 (£699 on ebay!) but that seems very high to me. It’s in good condition but a few years old, and had at least three owners. Looking on here and sold items on ebay I’ve seen 2-3 go for £550 and several around £600, some only a few months old. Also seen a few with speaker upgrades or even the pricier 65 RIs go for not much more than that.
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Jim Campilongo makes the 68 sound great as well.
The stock Celestion speaker doesn't do it any favours if you want that classic Fender clean.
I put a WGS veteran 10 in mine - big improvement. Not a stupid price either.
http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/wgs-g10-veteran-20w-10-guitar-speaker-8ohm-p-1939.html
Someone was advertising a Weber 10F150 in the classifieds recently. That would probably be really good in one of these.
I'd also agree with @musteatbrain that a Princeton is better with a 10" speaker.
I’ve tried both the 65 and 68 against my original 1966. Whilst not close to the 66 in terms of beauty of sound, the 68 was margainally the better of the two.
600 is about right.
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You should try the 68 with a better speaker. The stock Celestion really doesn't do it any favours.