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@ricklucas - how are you doing with my old one, that was a proper little beast when Gartone had finished with it. Definitely no issue with that one and a load drummer!
https://youtu.be/aeKt2gDRyNI
You'll absolutely have to run it clean. It will not overdrive at sensible volumes. Thankfully clean Princeton plus drive pedals can sound glorious. Clean princeton definitely sounds glorious, at all volumes.
That said, it does depend a bit on what you mean by "home volume". I do my playing when my wife and kids are awake and not when anyone is sleeping. I also play in a separate room to where other people are doing things. If you're one of these people who likes to watch the TV whilst noodling or who wants to chat to your partner whilst practicing you may want something a bit quieter.
I would definitely buy another if it came to it. That said I would also fancy trying a TMDR Deluxe Reverb or even a valve Deluxe Reverb - I suspect any one of the three would be a great amp, you just need to pick the one for you.
@Twangy - I have been in exactly the same search as yourself, and tried out a few options along the way.
Took delivery of a ‘65 Princeton yesterday, and am very happy so far with its sound at home low volume. By that I mean sub 2 on the dial.
And no, it isn’t breaking up at all - but the clean sound still has an attack and bite that is great. FWIW, I gave the 68 Custom Vibrochamp a try, and found it to be too brittle in sound. That may be because it was new, or because of how it is. Nevertheless I struggled to get the sound I wanted at low volume (neither with a Vox AC10).
I found that mine can be sensitive to the ceiling spotlights in the room downstairs (when I’m in the room above) for instance, so I keep it about 2 feet off the floor in a particular spot furthest from where the lights are. At about 3 on the reverb dial there is a very quiet hum, it increases from there but isn’t really noticeable until I stop playing.
(I have also replaced the 12at7 reverb driver as it got weaker and noisier about 6 months after I got the amp)
Amp noise is quite a subjective thing though. The hum is less than playing volume, so not obvious or a problem until not playing - but then it can be heard across a silent room.
Tried moving rooms, sockets and elevated - with no difference. I also recognise that valve amps were not necessarily designed for ‘pin drop’ home use, and they do hiss and hum a bit. In this case, it is a brilliant amp with a hummy reverb !
Done some online searches, and there are similar reports - noisy reverb from 3. So it is either part of the design, or a fault that can be addressed. The amp was recently serviced, so very tidy - clean pots, and valves - no crackle and highly responsive.
Tempted to ignore - but also would be nice to fix if there’s a known remedy…
What a fab amp !
My deluxe reverb (90’s model I think) has a noticeably higher noise floor (reverb and circuit generally) and tremolo tick. I did use it at home for a while till I got the Princeton, now it’s round at my mate’s man cave which we use for rehearsing etc. Princeton by comparison is virtually silent in terms of extraneous noise.