Fender Princeton Chorus DSP

Refer to my review shown below from 07/12/2000 19:34.

Refer to my review shown below from 07/12/2000 19:34.

Refer to my review shown below from 07/12/2000 19:34.

Refer to my review shown below from 07/12/2000 19:34.

I have another review for this amp shown below from 07/12/2000 19:34.
My primary concern at the time was the way it sounded at high volumes. Since that review I've been able to spend more time with it cranked up. The jury is in and it sounds "incredible!!". The thing remains very clear and extremely well voiced at top volume. I'm completely thrilled with this amp. It still does not get the compressed sound that a tube amp gets, however, my Route 66 pedal handles that pretty well. I strongly recommend trying this one out because it gives you the killer Fender sound at a good price. I have two other tube amps right now that this one blows away. It's not a Marshall or Boogie, so don't look for mega distortion.

Incidentally, I play Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups and Fender Custom Shop '54 pickups through it. I give this solid state amp a 10.

MY 2000 MODEL PRINCETON CHORUS DSP IS THE BEST AMP I'VE OWNED,AND I'M STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH ITS ALMOST UNLIMITED CAPABILITIES.
I'M 49 AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR ON AND OFF SINCE I WAS 8.
THIS AMP IS TERRIFIC FOR HOME PLAY AND JAMMING WITH FRIENDS.
I'VE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 60 DAYS AND AM STILL FINDING NEW SOUNDS.
THIS IS A STEREO AMP WITH 50 WATTS OF POWER ( 2 X 25 W ).
THERE ARE TWO CHANNELS (CLEAN AND EFFECTS), A 3 SWITCH FOOT PEDAL, EFFECTS IN AND OUT, VOLUME, BASS, TREBLE, GAIN, MID, PRESENCE, REVERB, AND A SLEW OF SPECIAL EFFECTS INCLUDING CHORUS, ECHO, ETC.
MANY MANY MANY SOUNDS FROM THIS FENDER. IT'S ALL SOLID STATE AND TO ME, THATS A GOOD THING. THE AMP HAS THAT CLASSIC FENDER SOUND WITHOUT ANY OF THE POP AND CRACKLE THAT MY 64 SUPER REVERD HAD. (WHICH I STUPIDLY SOLD ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO FOR 200 DOLLARS)
ONE FEATURE I WISH THE DSP HAD IS A HEADPHONE JACK.
THE TWIN 10 INCH FENDER SPEAKERS SOUND GREAT, GIVING A TRUE, RICH, STEREO SOUND.
THE CABINET IS CLASSIC FENDER.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE FENDER AMPS; DON'T BUY IT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO SOUND LIKE A MARSHALL, LINE 6, CRATE, ETC.
AUTHENTIC FENDER.
I PURCHASED A NEW OLD STOCK CALIFORNIA STRAT AT THE SAME TIME AND THE PAIR SOUND UNBELEIVABLE TOGETHER.
MY 67 GRETCH SINGLE ANNIVERSARY ALSO SOUNDS AWESOME THROUGH THE DSP; BUT OF COURSE, WAY DIFFERENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE OLDER STYLE AMPS I GREW UP WITH.

THE AMP SOUNDS GREAT WITH BOTH OF MY GUITARS. A NEW,(N.0.S) FENDER CALIFORNIA SERIES STRAT, AND MY CLASSIC GRETCH.
I PLAY A VARIETY OF MUSIC. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING EXCEPT METAL, GRUNGE, PUNK.
THE AMP IS CLEAR AS A BELL, WITH SOME GOOD MILD DISTORTION USING THE GAIN CONTROL.
I DON'T PLAY IN LARGE HALLS, MOSTLY IN THE REC ROOM OR JAMMING AT A FRIENDS, SO I DON'T NEED EAR-SPLITTING POWER.
HOWEVER, THE AMP HAS PLENTY OF GUTS FOR CLUB-SIZED ROOMS IF YOU;RE GIGGING.
VERY CLEAN THROUGH ALL BUT THE TOP VOLUME SETTINGS. I'M TOTALLY IMPRESSED!

IT'S BRAND NEW.
I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN MY FENDER RETAILER.
IF YOU'RE EVER IN NIAGARA FALLS CANADA; LOOK UP MURPHY'S MUSIC.

AGAIN, I HAVE A GREAT FENDER RETAILER TO TAKE CARE OF ANY PROBLEMS.
THE AMP COMES WITH A 5-YEAR LIMITED WARRENTY

ALMOST FULL MARKS FOR THIS AMP.
I'VE BEEN PLAYING ABOUT 40 YEARS AND THIS AMP HAS THE UNMISTAKEABLE FENDER SOUND THAT I GREW UP WITH.
NOT QUITE UP TO MY OLD SUPER REVERB'S CAPABILITIES, BUT THATS APPLES AND ORANGES.
I WOULD DEFINITELY BUY ANOTHER ONE IF GIVEN THE CHOICE.
IT HAS EVERYTHING I COULD POSSIBLY WANT. (EXCEPT A HEADPHONE JACK)

This is a 2000 year model, and I beleive it is new in the Fender line of DSP amps. There are two channels, one is set up for clean sound the other has gain, presence and limiter controls. Both channels have Bass, Mid and Treble controls. There are two inputs that serve both channels, one Hi and one Lo impedance, I believe.

There are built in chorus and reverb controls each with a knob to adjust the level of the effect.

Used with Fender Vintage Noiseless and Fender Fat 50's single coils. The amp sounds great at low volumes. I get all the cool Fender signature sounds, from clean and sparkly to light crunch like Stevie Ray. The distortion is not too cool. I keep the gain turned way down on 1, 2, or 3 to get my favorite sounds. The heavy distotion settings are O.K. but not great. No comparison to Marshall or Boogie distortion, but I did not hope to get those sounds with this amp. At low volumes, up to about 5 or maybe six, the clean channel remains clean.

The reverb effects are AWESOME! There are standard 3 spring reverb, plate reverb, room reverb, hall reverb, delay/reverb, and combinations of all these that can be had. This is one of the primary reasons I bought the amp...it's a great practice amp for home. The chorus effects are also awesome. I believe you can get a variety of chorus settings (the amp is packed up right now because we are moving, so it's a little fuzzy-and I've been using another amp to practice with)

I believe better speakers might help this puppy out some at higher volumes, These just break up in a bad way above 5.

Seems to work well, haven't owned it that long though. I have a great deal of confidence in it until it proves me wrong. Seems to be very solid.

Haven't dealt with customer support.

Have been playing for about 15 years and have owned another Fender tube amp, a Gallien Kruger, a Mesa/Boogie 50 Caliber, and a Lab Series L3. I really like this amp, and would recommend it to others, I will probably hang on to it because it is a good practice amp with the type of built in effects that I like to use. I do have to use a distortion pedal though.

This amp has a nice clean Fender sound. I wish that the clean channel had a Presence control and I wish that the speakers sounded better at high volumes. Haven't put it up to 10 to test out top volume because it doesn't seem like the speakers would handle it, but I will have to give it a shot.

It lacks the warmth of a tube amp at volumes above 4. I like it better than the Boogie I had because it has the Fender sound that I like, without a massive search. It is a loud amp, but with these stock speakers, it gets loud in a bad way. The Boogie was awesome at top volume, on either of its channels. I bought this amp for a cool home practice amp, and it works great. If lost of stolen I might but another one, but then again I would probably look pretty hard at some of the other Fender tube amps, like a Deluxe Reverb, or Pro Reverb.

I give it a 7 for what it is...A solid state Fender DSP amp (Of course there are other amps in this category on the market that will knock its socks off, but I just had to have a freakin' Fender).

Would have been a 9 if it sounded better cranked up. The Lab Series I had sounded really cool cranked, very tube-like.