Fender Princeton Chorus

The worst feature about this amp is that it is Solid State. Making it automatically inferior. It has about 50 watts of power, but it is an extremely loud 50W. Its distortion is very useless. I don't care what kind of music you like this overdrive\Distortion is horrible really making m wish this was a tube. the clean is decent but i usually don't use it i'll leave on a Tubescremer. The FX loop is pretty useless. the Chorus is so-so but im not much a fan of chrous in general. The reverb is good, i never turn it off but still, I've heard better on small fender tubes.

I use this with a early 80s schecter texas guitar and I run it through a couple effects, MXR vintage EQ, Ibanez delay, ProCo Rat, TS-9
they all work well with this amp but i have heard mid 60's princeton reverbs that even though are only 15 watts are far superior to this i would trade instantly. Well i would miss the power too much lol. This amp is about worthless without some pedals, I like to use just an amps distortion but this ones will not do. but pedals do sound great on it. I love my rat turned up about half way, it sounds best loud, but not toooo loud, its feed back isn't too bad but it can be present if you don't watch it. I still wish it was a tube. But its my only amp so i will take what i have. its overall pretty good better than most fender solid states for sure.

This thing is great as far as reliability goes i never have had any trouble whatsoever with it.

not sure

its good, but its not the best, it will get you through just don't expect superior sound. you definately need pedals if you want any distortion, this thing sounds nothing like SRV like people have been saying. my ts-9 doesn't even sound like him and he used one.
Cool for gigs, not so good for recording i need to get my a small fender silverface tube.

This amp is solid state and has 2-10 inch speakers producing 25 watts a piece. It features chorus and reverb for effects, both sound excellent. Has a 2-button footswitch (channel and chorus). This amp is vey vesatile yet seemingly heavy at 45 pounds for its small size. I play any thing from hard rock to punk to the heaviest metal and anywhere in between. The clean channel on this amp is awesome. But I can't say the same fo the distortion. It's weak, even with the gain switch on 10. But for those into blink 182 style punk the distortion is probably pefect for you. But when your feeling like playing hard rock like Creed or godsmack tunes you need to pick up a metal zone distotion pedal. That pedal sounds great with this amp, the 2 10 inch speakers provide great low end for the pedal and they make a pefect pair. I give it an 8 for the weak distortion.

Like I said the amp has an excellent clean channel and the chorus will go from a very light and fluffy sound to a fuzzy sound like Korn uses. With the Metal Zone its perfect for my style. The clean channel is great at 1-6 in volume, but past 7 it gets a bit distorted. Although the amp sounds great is noisy and sounds great, it just dosen't have the ballz to keep up with the drums. It's just not loud enough. But it is a perfect practice amp and would be great for recording, but if your looking for an amp to use in a band, this just doesn't quite cut it. again I give it an 8 for overall sound

The amp is vey reliable I have ha it for nearly 2 years and I practice an easy 2 hours a day and the amp still sounds great. Yet at extreme zolumes the amp does weaken and start to sound mushy over a peiod of time, sometimes so bad that I will just quite playing for a while and let it st for a few hours. That is the only thing that pisses me off about this amp. Though it is still a geat amp and was never ment fo that kind of torture. But I would never gig with it. It's not loud enough for a band you need at least 100 watts (in a solid sate amp) to do justice to the drums. But you can't ask for much, it's only a 50 watt amp.

neve had to deal with them

Overall I give the amp an 8. I have been playing nonstop for about 6 years now and I play a black Peavy Wolfgang special that I like to tune down from time to time and a Kort 7-sting I bought new for 295 dollars and it is worth every cent. I am on the verge of buying a Hughes and Kettner Half stack so I can keep up with my band, but the Princton Chorus will always be my favorite. Those 10 inch speakers sound sharper than any 12s ever will.The chorus an reveb are excellent, the clean channel is excellent, but the distortion is weak and gets muddy at extreme volumes. But I have my distortion pedal sounding awesome on it, It's funny because I can't get the Metal Zone to sound this good on any other amp besides this one. If this amp was stolen I would probably go out and get a new one as soon as I had the money for it.

I bought this amp new in 1998. Although there are two inputs, there is only one true channel. The second one is handy for acoustic guitar or vocals. I play country music, so the clean sound of a Fender amp is what I'm looking for, and this one has it, although it does kind of distort at higher volumes. I use it almost exclusively in larger venues because I hate to hassle with the feedback demons with the acoustic guitar. It is a little underpowered, but I don't play loud anyway, so it really doesn't matter. The ideal setup is to play it at moderate levels and reinforce it through the PA with a mic or direct.It has two effects loops, but I don't know much about using these things so I can't really judge them. The distortion channel is O.K., but I don't use it much.

I play a Fender Squier Stratocaster with American standard pickups and a Fender Nashville Telecaster on important gigs, and I get the twangy country sound that I'm looking for with both through this amp. The Strat has the warmest, smoothest sound you could ever want with this amp. I like to turn the amp up to about 6 or 7 and then play the guitar at 3 or 4. The Tele has that "thwack" through the Princeton that Teles are known for. It gets a little noisy at the higher volumes, but I'm playing all single coil guitars through it. I've never tried a humbucker guitar through it. The amp doesn't have a whole lot of variety, but the distortion channel is pretty good and so is the chorus. I don't like distortion, but if I want a little, it does the job. A Daddy-O is better, if I can get the S.O.B. to work right. That's another review.

The Princeton Chorus has been very reliable in every situation. I don't worry about a backup most of the time, since I'm the rhythm guy and I can go through the PA if I have to. My sense is that this is a reasonably durable box, although some people crank about Fender's lack of dependability. The solid state circuitry, I suppose, is more reliable that the tube stuff. I've never had it serviced.

I've been playing guitar, mostly acoustic and unplugged, for about 22 years. I've been amplifying for about four years, and most of that has been with acoustic guitars and amps or PAs. I use a Crate CA60 most of the time, with my Takamine acoustic electric. I was looking for something that I could use to play at gigs and practice with that would sound good but wouldn't require a roadie to help me carry it around.
The Princeton Chorus is reasonably portable, reliable and has a good sound. I don't think it is quite as good as the better tube amps, but the price-quality equation is very favorable. I play with a guy with a huge Peavey tube box that is loud but doesn't sound nearly as good as my Princeton. There's nothing I hate about it, but if I graduate to the big leagues, I'll be going for a pricey tube unit, most likely another Fender or a Mesa/Boogie. If it were lost or stolen, I'd be real upset because I like this amp. I'd replace it with another one or maybe decide to upgrade to a better Fender unit.
As an aside, this amp works very well as a PA for small venues. I use a splitter to plug two mics for me and the Little Blond Girl singer into the second channel and plug the guitar into the first. The sound quality is quite good. In fact, we always use it to practice our songs. It makes me sound better than I really am!

This amp is a 2x10 solid state combo 50 watts(2x25 both sides) Two channels, reverb, built in chorus, two buton footswitch included. A mono and stereo effects loop. Special features are the mid-boost button in the drive mode, and the limiter. I don't use either one all that much, but it's always nice to have the ability to get and the access to different tones for those times when you're in need of something just a little different. I play lots rock, blues, and experimental stuff... Black Crowes to Pink FLoyd. I wish the mid boost and effects loop were accesible by footswitch and I wish the presence knob was a little more sensitive. I'v played it in a few gigs and in basement practices, and over the three years I'v had it, my bands seem to get louder and louder. Eventually, I found that it just couldn't compete with my friend's 100 watt twin at 7 (duh, big surprise!) For practicing, it's great, but would like it to be a bit louder. I sometimes hook another amp through the send on the effects loop and use it as a monitor, but it just doesn't sound so great..!
So, for these flaws, I give it an 8 cus it's pretty damn good but it could be improved for versitility.

I play just a basic strat at the moment (quickly deteriating after years of abuse..it was my first) It sounds great for that Hendrix stuff, wild and calm, but it just has a bit too much edge at times and is hard to acheive a clean or tamed down sound. The amp is very noisy at high gain settings, but what do you expect from a solid state with single coils?? The clean channel is very clean and lovely at times, but too much volume cause the thing to rumble and the bass to knock things off it and things around it down. The speakers tend to overdrive themselves quite easily in clean mode, which they shouldn't. The gain channel sounds great when set high and playing chords, but tends to lose it's power with single note lines. Sustain is lost and the tone kind of dwindles away and thins out. After a couple years with the amp, I'v found it is better to set your gain at about 3 or 4 and use a pedal to drive it. (I use a ds-1 or a dod eq pedal hiked up a bit) If the amp could handle the volume I needed it would be much more appreciated, but it's also muchly appreciated cus it's all I got. (I'm only 17! I don't have heaps of cash to lay down for a Marshall or any other amp of that caliber!) So, for this, I give a 7 on sounds.

It's never broken on me, I'v dropped it and knocked iot down multiple times and it always stands up to the abuse. It's built like a tank, and it better be when it's 40+ lbs.!

Never had to deal with them, but it's got a warranty so I'll contact them if need be. though, I'v heard they are very good at helping you.

I'v been playing guitar for five years now and have this amp for 3 years. I bought this one because it was the one the salesman recomended, and I was young and foolish(not that I'm disapointed with my purchase, but I was foolish!) and I liked the warbly sound, this new idea to me called chorus, it made.
I'd just like to say to everyone, Have a lovely life and make what you think is lovely music. Don't let annybody tell you you're doing naything wrong with your playing, and if they do, tell em' to piss off!

2 X 10" speakers, 2 footswitchable channels (25 W each), reverb, chorus, headphone jack.

My main guitar is a Fender Strat (U.S. made) and it really sound great through this amp. I don't use any effects at all (only the built-in chorus and reverb sometimes) and all the pickups on my strat are Fender stock. I play mostly Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits stuff and the amp is perfect for that kind of music, because the clean channel sounds really "full" and doesn't hum or distort at all (as long as you keep the volume down). Perfect for a practice amp.

No problems at all. I don't take it to gigs though, it's just my practice amp.

Never dealt with them.

I've played guitar for 3 years now. My guitars include a Yamaha Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster (U.S.) and an old Landola acoustic. If this amp was stolen from me, I would definitely buy it again. It's the best practice amp you can get.

1999, I bought it new a couple weeks ago, and it's quite incredible. Quite a step above my little practice amp, too. Two footswitchable channels, second channel with gain, limiter, mid boost, two effects loops, and a headphone jack. Enough for anyone to need, I think. The only thing I'd like on this amp would be an EQ on the second channel.

I play through a strat, lots of whatever I feel like, from Metallica to Led Zeppelin to Sublime to the Beatles. This amp can produce a wide variety of sounds! The clean channel is one of the cleanest I've heard. The distortion is quite good, you can get all kinds of sounds, especially if you fool around with the mid boost, limiter, and your guitar's volume controls. With the gain all the way up you can also get that sweet punk-metal sound. I suppose, compared to a Marshall stack or something, the distortion on this isn't so hot, but hey, this is a $300 solid-state, so what can I say?

Hasn't broken down yet, and I've lugged it a few places...I'd definitely gig with it without a backup, just because, well, first of all, it hasn't given me any trouble, and second, I don't own another amp of this quality.

Five year warranty.....

Awesome awesome awesome....I'd not hesitate to buy another one of these. At low volumes (which I use mostly) this amp is great, and you can actually get some good loud sound from those 10 inch speakers. Blows most other amps I've heard away.

2 input, 2 effects loops (mono, stereo), chorus speed&depth.
Solid state, 2x10 50W stereo (25 per channel)

I am using a Jackson Fusion Pro with an EMG-85 and another preamp added to the EMG-85. I also have the two stock Jackson single coil-sized humbuckers for clean.
I PLAY METAL!! DEATH METAL!!!

Alright, lets put it this way, with the preamp power my GUITAR has, ANY AMP WORTH IT'S BEANS sounds great. This amp is no exception. I use distortion. LOTS OF IT! Here's the deal:

This amp's distortion on standard humbuckers (Lawrence XL-500's, Duncan Humbucker from Hell, Duncan distortion) sounds like crap. The distortion on a plain-jane EMG-81/85 sounds a little better. Use the EMG active preamp, AND IT IS JUST PLAIN INSANE.

In a nutshell, unless you own a hot-ass guitar (nothing less than a humbucker with a preamp will do. No plain puckups here for metal.) The distortion sucks. With said gear (well, with this gear, you can make a $30 practice amp sound awesome), IT ROCKS. It needs a little more balls in the bass, but it still ROCKS!!! Dial in some light chorus for a little depth, set the presence at +highest, distortion at 10, and add a parametric EQ (METALZONE ANYONE? No. forget metalzone, get a rocktron rampage! This will make your crappy single coil banjo plinkers sound like you have a really hot guitar system).

Now, this is where the amp really shines:
This thing has some of the best sounding cleans I've ever heard. Awesome. The reverb is no marshall, but it's still DAMN GOOD. The chorus will make you throw your old chorus pedals in the closet. Distorts when cranked (Hint: Put in a pair of Celestion greenbacks@300W. Fixes er right up!). Other than that, pretty loud (I use this as my practice amp. Use a Valvestate for live stuffs. I also use this as my backup. Used it once live. Man, wire it to a pair of 4x12's and let 'er rip! It kicks ass.)

Here's a hint: If you're into metal, get a decent guitar setup. Not just an EMG-81/85 or an XL-500. GET A FRIGGIN' INTERNAL MINI PREAMP TO HOOK YOUR P/U's TO IT. Unless you like the Line6 sounds (not bad mind you; makes the most worthless piece of junk guitar sound like a great guitar), You'll want high power output.

Anyway, Excellent cleans
Pretty good distortion if you own a guitar with a preamp (not as in EMG81/85; as in seperate preamp, even if you own an EMG81/85).

Had it for a month, Started on fire, blew up and took my right arm with it. Just kidding.

I don't like the open back style, cuz crap can get in there, but aside from that, no tubes, no problem

never messed with them.

Wish it had killer distortion (like a valvestate) but it's just a rocktron rampage and a cheap parametric EQ (one that has BOOST volumes) away. Excellent cleans. Pretty loud. Overall, I'm pleased.
If you're a metal malitia man, you may wanna go towaards a marshall ValveState, other than that, if you want a solid reliable amp that goes up pretty loud and has the cleanest clean channel (care of reverb and chorus mind you,) and pretty good crunch if you got the gear, get it.

This is a brand-new Fender Princeton Stereo Chorus I've had for two months now. The features are described at length in almost all of the previous reviews - no need to repeat them here. I do all kinds of "general" playing through it (whatever that is!), as well as a great deal of Surf and instrumental, and also Chet-style fingerpicking. The 50 (honest) watts RMS is more than adequate for the size of gig I normally play, and I can slave it to another 60W amp I own if I ever find myself in a stadium venue. It not only has a headphone jack, it has (running away) the *best* and "truest-to-the-live-sound" headphone jack I've ever heard. It is a solid state amp, but absolutely Fender's best in this area, and probably one of the best solid-state amps ever designed. Fender has continued this design for more than fifteen years virtually unchanged. There's a reason for that! The only feature the amp did not have that I wanted was the big-brother Fender feature: Tilt-back legs. But I hit a sale at PartsMart the same time I bought the amp, and put a set of 14" Fender tilt-back legs on it for $26. Perfect. The sales clerk at PartsMart told me they can't keep those things in stock - a LOT of people want legs on their Fender amp!

I use this amp with a Fender Jazzmaster, a G&L S-500, and a Gretsch Country Gentleman. Single or Humbucker, the sound is true to the instrument run through it. The tone controls are *effective* (you can't say that about some "high-ticket" amps I've used), and it has a "de riguer" feature for me - a midrange control. With the very bass-heavy Gretsch, you can fingerpick with no bass boom by simply setting the bass tone control to "0" or "1", and the midrange no higher than "4". That is completely different from the settings I'd use with the Jazzmaster, for example, and that is a tribute to how tonally flexible the amp is. I run an Ibanez FZ-5 fuzztone, and a Boss TR-2 Tremelo through it, but unlike most players today, I do not use the effects loop - I run it the "old" way: Guitar into pedals, out from pedals into the input jack. Results are excellent. Another reviewer, Rick Sawdon, who has published one review and three "follow-ups" gives excellent suggestions for esoteric use of both the mono and stereo effect loops on the amp, if you want the best advice on how to get the most out of them. The chorus is just as good as virtually all the other reviewers say it is, too. Truly getting to know the amp in general, and the distortion channel in particular, will take you some time, if you don't want to short-change yourself on what the amp is truly capable of.
To get this amp to be "noisy", you really have to try (virtually everything on "max") - it's as *QUIET* as any amp I've ever used. The distortion channel is very flexible, and - Halleluiah! - does it's best work up to the point where *real* distortion (a la Megadeath) would start. To my taste, that's as it should be. I used to have a Crate amp who's distortion channel had two sounds: "Off", and "Death Metal". The Princeton lets you get SRV and Chicago blues nicely. An outboard pedal can hand handle the rest. Other reviewers have remarked that while there is plenty of clean power (there is), the amp doesn't get much louder above "5". I can see what they mean, but assume you are using a picking force on a scale of one to ten that you could call "5". From "5" on the volume knob to "9" you wouldn't notice much difference. But dig in harder with the pick, and the volume level jumps up noticeably at higher settings. I think this is what Fender means by their "loose damped" power supply. Does it work? Yeah, so far as it goes. Does it work as well as a tube amp? No, nor is it expected to. I hate it when people buy a solid state and whine nonstop that it doesn't sound like a tube amp. Tube amps are great, and if that's what you want, GET ONE!! DON'T buy a SS and whine about how it doesn't sound like a tube amp. Bottom line: For clean playing at any resonable sound level - blindfolded - Leo couldn't tell this from a Deluxe Reverb. For a natural overdrive distortion, this amp turns in a credible performance - but not as good as tube, no.

Five year warranty, and the physical construction is identical to the Fender tube amps I used 'way back when. The SS reliability, (if it's a Fender amp), goes without saying. Only time will tell of course, but I'm very confident of it.

No experience here.

I've played since the mid-'60's, and I play 90% "clean". If you don't need 3,000 seat concert hall levels, and you are content to use a good pedal unit for heavy distortion, you can't beat this amp. Refer back to my comments about "clean" as compared to the Fender tube amps. I wasn't kidding. And you don't have to dick with tubes! If you want the Marshall sound, don't buy this amp. It's not a Marshall, after all! Nor was it intended to be. I'd replace it in a minute in the event of theft or tragedy. With the addition of the tilt-back legs, it's exactly everything I wanted in an amp. A quote from Leo Fender: "Tube amps are good - solid state amps are good, too, if they're done right". This one was done right!

I just got this about a week ago so I'm just letting you know that my opinions on some things may change.
First off the amp has nice features compared to my first and only amp since this one. It has 2 very nice sounding 10 inch speakers in it, very good bass response on them, it can go 50 watts as far I know, I haven't really craked it that much yet. For both channels it shares 3 band eq and reverb, and chorus rate and depth controls, the clean channel also has volume control too. Distortion channel shares the EQ,(which kinda sucks) and it shares reverb and chorus too. It has some nice features though, like the presense control, and the limiter. Overall not very hi-gain distortion at all, nice low gain settings. And 50 watts is plenty power for me right now. All the controls are very, well they do what they say they do, very well at that too. very interactive, the limiter is nice too, the only reason this amp doesn't get a 10 is becasue of the shared EQ, i could deal with shared reverb.

I use a nice old Memphis guitar with single coils on this amp, and for low gain, this amp has been great, way better than my rat at low gain. and i use a 6-band eq all the time on this thing. for high gain, I use a vintage ProCo RaT, and a daddy-o for boosting it. I was very surprised when i craked the distortion and it was quiet, hardly any noise, and another thing, this amp has serious bass, On hte od channel i have to keep the bass down to 3 and it's still too bassy, And the eq's bass is down too. Very nice though, It puts out great distortion too, through pedals and the actual channel, sounds very real. the clean channel seems to stay pretty clean, but with the pedals it shard to keep real good sound at high volume, but with enough tweaking you can get it just right. But on either channel i wouldn't turn the treble passed 7, it starts gettin twangy on you big time. Mid boost on the Od channel is kinda useless, makes it sound muffled, your better of turning the knob a little bit. Reverb is very good, but if you turn it too high on either channel, well the only way i can describe it is BLINGY DInGY. other than that, its very good, I always leave it on. Chorus is very good too, i usually leave the settings on it at: rate 1.5 depth 7. Not Nirvana Chorus, if your dumb enought to buy an amp with chorus to sound like that. Overall Very good. I haven't played that many amps and i can't picture a tube amp for 200$ sounding better than this. I think that Fender amps are even better than there guitars.

I got it used and i can't tell. I think Fenders are pretty reliable. And its solid state so you don't have so many problems like you do with tubes. I'll give it an 8, only because im not real sure.

haven't had to call them, this is my only Fender product and Once i get a job, i'm probably going to get another fender,

Can't say Anything about it that i don't like. A lot better than the Solid-State fenders that i tried. I wish it had a usuable hi-gain to give me more versitallity, but i hope to gaet a Fab-Tone to fix that. if you can get one for cheap, definetely go for it.

This submission is in addition to my previous comments:
First, I would like to share a few thoughts about tremolo. Some of the best known Fender amps, such as the '65 Deluxe Reverb, have a built-in tremolo. The Princeton Chorus does not have a built-in tremolo, but a tremolo effects pedal can be an excellent enhancement to clean channel playing, especially when using the reverb or chorus. Throughout the years, Fender has been rather sloppy in its use of the terms "tremolo" and "vibrato." For the purposes of this review, let me define these terms according to conventional standards: "tremolo" is a rhythmic fluctuation in volume, and "vibrato" is a fluctuation in pitch. When using a tremolo effects pedal along with the Princeton Chorus, it is important to consider where it should be hooked up. The mono effects loop is wired before the reverb and chorus, and the stereo effects loop is wired after the reverb and chorus (and it's a good thing too, because amp slaving would not work properly if the stereo effects loop was wired before the chorus). If you place the tremolo in the mono effects loop, the effect will be degraded in direct proportion to an increase of the reverb level. Therefore, it is very desirable to place the tremolo *after* the reverb. On a Princeton Chorus, this means that it should be placed in the stereo effects loop. If you wish to use the stereo chorus along with the tremolo, then you will need a stereo tremolo to preserve the stereo chorus image. To confirm that tremolo should be placed after the reverb, I made a post on the Vintage Fender Amps section of the Fender Discussion Page on the Fender website: "In a vintage Fender amp, is the tremolo wired before the reverb or after it?" I received a reply which said, "After the reverb. A few Gibson/Epiphone and Valco-built amps put the reverb after the tremolo." I have seen the schematic for a '65 Deluxe Reverb reissue, and I believe that to be correct statement. It is important for prospective buyers that they consider the mono and stereo effects loop designs and its ramifications on whether they will need stereo or mono effects. Some pedals, such as flangers, phasers and delays, work best in the mono effects loop. As a side note, when Fender says of its chorus unit, "With both the ... RATE and DEPTH controls set midway or higher, a variety of vibrato/tremolo type effects can be achieved", the conventional meaning is vibrato, not tremolo.
Second, if you have a parametric EQ, you can greatly increase the avaliable sounds from the Princeton Chorus. One of my first effects pedals was a Boss Metal Zone, which features a parametric EQ with a fixed bandwidth (Q). The Metal Zone's sample settings provide for a very wide range of sounds, and it made me realize how versatile a parametric EQ can be. A Princeton Chorus is not a Marshall, but for those of you who are interested in playing some hard rock through your Princeton, you can at least close the gap quite a bit if you have a parametric EQ--and if you know how to properly use it. Both my Metal Zone and my Danelectro Fab Tone make pretty good hard rock sounds, and they do this through boosting both the bass and the low mids. Use a parametric EQ on the Princeton Chorus to do the same and your hard rock sound will be much improved.
Third, I recently took my Princton Chorus into a 260 seat auditorium to test out whether the clean channel distorts at higher volumes, as another reviewer indicated. I did verify that to be true. (I was using an Eric Clapton signature Strat for the test.) I had no problem putting out enough volume to fill the auditorium on 4 and it was not distorted. But, if you had to play in a really large room at higher volume levels then I think you will have problems. Of course, the room was not filled during my test, but I still predict it would handle the 260 seat room fine during a live setting.
Fourth, a few comments about the EQ are in order. Another reviewer stated, "One of my requirements in a new a

I've posted a couple reviews on this amp before.
I've been tone hunting for this sound for a couple of years, and I finally found it! This sound is so cool, that I expect my e-mail in-basket to be full of thank you letters from Princeton Chorus users around the world!:
Treble 0; Mid 10; Bass 5; Reverb 0; Gain 10; Mid-Boost On; Limiter 7.5; Presence 0; Chorus Off.
If you have a Gibson guitar with some hefty mid range pickups, like P-90s, then use it. This is not as effective with a regular style Fender. Although, it will work quite well if your Fender has mid-boost, like a Clapton Strat. If so, then turn the mid-boost on full. If you have a Boss GE-7, then you could also place it between the guitar and the amp and boost the mids. Then set the treble to 0 and select the neck pickup. I call it "Tortured Mids." Your guitar is going to WAIL! You will occasionally hear this sound on records.

1998, solid state, two tens, 25x2 watts(stereo),built in chorus,two channels, foot switch(with chorus switch), mid boost in drive channel, limiter, presence. For the money( a little over 400 beans) this little amp has great features. i play classic rock, a little metal, and with some tweaking you can go from some nice smooth ditortion to a thrashing metal sound. pretty loud, loud enough for small gigs, quiet enough for practice as well.

i have a yamaha pacifica with a humbucker in the bridge. sounds awsome. super clean warm fender tone Chorus is beautiful-my nipples get hard. doesnt break up at full volume. i can get a good skynyrd sound with the gain at 3.5 and the presence at +1. The presence is a cool feature, it allows further tweaking in the drive channel. the reverb is not marshal, but its sounds its definately not dissapointing a tiny hiss when it is turned up, and a stress the word tiny. overall i give it a 10 because it is virtually perfect sounding, absolute best amp for the price

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i have two yamaha guitars because they are the best quality for the money i setout to find the best amp on teh markt under 550(for 550 get a hot rod deluxe but i couldnt afford it) i looked for weeks, consulted with my instructor, friends, and other knowledgable sources, and of course played a ton of different amps. Marshal is better for metal, but i prefer a smooter sound generally speaking, and this amp delivers like its nobody's business. i would not even consider any other amp if i had to buy another. distortion leaves nothing more to be desired, chorus is awesome, clean is as smooth as butter. does a nice midrangy allman bros sound too *eat a peach for peace*

This one was made in '97, and the guy i bought it from cleaned EVERY FREAKING DAY. I just started guitar (98), so I can't play that much yet. But it works for Who and Zeppelin and a ton of other things if I fool with it enough. I like to play classic rock, blues, and when I'm pissed some Metallica (not too much though). It has a fat tone, not as good as a tube, but enough for now. Clean, Dirty, Chorus channels work pretty well, but dirty isn't really dirty. It's got an old kind of crunch to it, which I like better anyway. One bad thing, hooking up an fx loop on the stereo end cancels the amp's chorus (on my model anyway), but that isn't that bad if you fix up a cable correctly. I normally just practice with it, but once I took it outside with my friends and messed around on the lawn, people everywhere could hear it, this thing is LOUD!

I'm using a Yamaha Pacifica, two 'buckers, tele shape, three pickup switches. It suits my music style just fine, which is classic rock. I'd say very loud, but it's not noise, it's got tone to it. Not too much variety, but it's built to take pedals and all, very versatile. I had a guy tweak it a little after I bought it, and then got another guy to double check. At high volume, the clean channel is still clean. Not very strong metal distortion, but what the hell do I care, I play classic rock and a Fuzz Face is on the way.

I'm not much into gigs yet, since I started just a while ago, but it is dependable, and never do gigs without backups. No brake downs.

Haven't had to deal with Fender yet, no probs.

I've been playing 1 year. I also own a Peavey Rage 158 (Don't buy it, for GOD'S SAKE!) and Takamine acoustics. If it were stolen, I'd track down the guy and shove my Peavey where the sun don't shine. I love everything on it, no complaints. I didn't really compare, it just fit me right off the bat.

it has reverb,chorus,distortion and of course clean . it has two channels and has one eq.the gain has a presence and a limiter(i have no clue why)and it is loud enough to drwon out a drummer on level 2-3.

i am using an esp ex-300 and a fender american standard strat on it with a zoom-505 and a 535-crybaby.and with all that i can get the sounds that i want.but the amps effects by itself are mixed.the distortion isn't really heavy so i don't know why there should be a limiter on it but it gets the closest to a SRV sound i have ever gotten.the clean is superb and the chorus and reverb are also great.this is all coming from a complete metal head/punker rocker.the emg's on my explorer make this come alive with the zoom and everything if you want heavy you should buy a pedal for the amp.

i depend on it all the time and has never failed me before and doubt it ever will.

never ever had to deal with them.

i have been playing for almost two years and i am still not tired of this amp i would buy a marshall stack if i had the money but i don't ssoooooo i'll use this one until then(and i have no problem with that at all)anybody stole this i'd kill them FUCK'N DEAD!

This amp was originally purchased in July of 1998, I bought it used in December of 1998. The guy that bought it opted for a bullet reverb. Yeah, go ahead and laugh, but the truth of the matter is that this amp is LOUD. If you have neighbors, they'll hate it, just like his did. Needless to say, I got it for a steal, I only paid $150. I used to be into all of the metal tones, but I'm exploring blues at this point(SRV, KWS, BB King, JLH, etc). For playing gigs, Classic Rock, Blues, some current Alternative, this amp is more than enough. I have the distortion turned WAY down, and just enough chorus to fatten the tone, everything else goes through my CryBaby and an Ibanez PT-5. With the two button foot switch, and a bypass on the PT-5, I can dial in just about anything you can dream up(except Hendrix, but who can?). I've seen three button foot switches from fender, and this amp really could have used one to bypass the efx loop. I live in an apartment and played through the headphone jack for the first month I had it, IMPRESSIVE. I finally took it out after I got used to it and have yet to push the volume past 4...Did I mention this thing is loud?

I'm playing a Strat, two singles and a humbucker, and I swear that neck single coil has never sounded so good. Just in tone, it's as close to SRV I've gotten. I have noticed however that the chorus and overdrive kick in when you turn it off. As soon as you hit the switch, you get full bore everything while it powers down...this only takes about half a second, but coming through the mains after a set doesn't do much for me. I'm not one for major distortion, that stuff went out in the 80's along with Heavy Metal. Don't get me wrong, I loved it to, but times change. If you aren't one of those "kids" that thinks the only way to play is to max out every knob on the unit, you can really get some impressive tones from this amp. Take the time to learn what an eq, limiter, mid-boost, chorus, gain, etc. are actually supposed to do for the sound, and you can do alot. 'nuff said.

Like I said, I just bought it in December, so I can't really judge it yet. If it holds up like my strat has, I'll be more than happy

comes with a five year factory warranty. My dealings with fender have mostly been ordering parts for guitars.

I have been playing for 20 years, and this is definitely more bang for the buck. I can't wait to hear the sound I get with the new Texas Special singles and the Tex-Mex Humbucker that are on the way. If it can't get lost, and if it were stolen, someone would have to start digging. This amp gives me exactly the tone I've been looking for. There's nothing like a set of Marshall stacks, I played a set in the studio, but that "Marshall Sound" is all they do. What ever happened to the idea that the guitar was supposed to be heard, not destroyed with too many efx. Some of the best guitarists in history did their best work when the sound was totally raw. If you're looking for the Marshall sound, go buy a Marshall. If you need that nasty, tinny, 80's metal distortion, go by the "'ol orange" Boss pedal. You won't get either with this amp. The guys that complain about this amp are trying to get it to do things it wasn't meant to do..."You can't get there from here". Oh, yeah, with a little reverb and a little chorus (below 5 guys!) this amp even makes an acoustic guitar sound phenomenal.

This amp has a good nmber of features for the price I paid. The model I have was bought used for $230, the new ones nowadays go for $435. It has two inputs, one with a higher gain than the other. Two channel with a headphone jack, chorus, reverb and effects loops. Channels can be switched with footswitch as well. In my basement I never have the volume more than 2, since it does have a surprising amount of power. This amp is an ideal solid state practice amp.

I use a Fender American Standard Stratocaster with stock pickups. The amp suits the guitar quite well, as the two work together with little noise. I play mainly rock and blues (from Green Day to Jimi Hendrix to SRV to B.B. King) and have used the amp for swing applications. The general sound is good clean at any volume. It is important to rememebr this is a transistor amp, not a tube amp, so you do not get that "kinda disorted tone" that many musicans love in tube amps. Again, the clean tone is overall very good. This amp does not clip at high levels, it dleivers a smooth tone at any clean volume. The on board distoriton is not very good at all, it sounds "far back". I prefer to use it for small amounts of distorion. When the amp is distorted from an effects pedal, the sound is decent (rememeber, this is not a Marshall double stack). The amp sounds better distorted at higher volumes period. Very good for a practice amp, and for small clubs/bars playing non-distorted music.

The guy I bought it had the reverb repaired, and the input jack on my amp was a little nosiy when I bought it, but I fixed that easily myself. Otherwise, it has run without a hitch.

Even though I have never dealt with Fender for anything, they are a brand name and bound to have good support.

I have been playing for a few years now, and I bought this amp six months after I began playing. Right now, it is my only amp. I will someday purchase a tube combo, but this amp suits me right now. I will always keep this amp since its great for practicing and easily portable. If you dont play for money, this is a great amp to pick up used, since its reliableand realtively inexpensive used. This isnt a high power stage amplifier, but its a great little amp with a very clear, crisp tone.

I have had this amp for over 2 years and its a solid state 50w, 2 10" combo. Clean channel, Overdrive channel, Stereo Chorus, Reverb. I bought this amp to get something affordable with a pretty good sound. The clean channel is pretty good but its a little weak/thin sounding. In order to get a decent sound out of it you need to do a lot of tweaking with the treble, middle, and bass. Reverb is a must with this amp...it must always be present or it will just sound like crap. When everything is dialed in right and the reverb is at least at 3 then you can get a pretty decent sound out of this amp. The overdrive channel is ok because you have some options on shaping the sound. This channel has a gain, limiter, presence, and a mid boost switch. The gain controls how much distortion is going to the amp and the limiter control is used to help clean up the gain to give notes better deffiniton. Presence is sort of like a treble control which I always leave cranked, and the mid boost switch gives you added crunch for playing power chords. The chorus on this amp is the best feature...you will not find better chorus anywhere! It is true stereo chorus (for those of you who don't know, chorus is like a pulsating effect). The amp is bi-amplified meaning each speaker has its own 25 power amp. This enables the amp to have true stereo chorus. Then controls for Chorus are Speed and Intensity. Other features are mono and stereo effects loops.

Well this is the bad part...the amp pretty much (to my ears) sounds like crap. When I first bought it 2 years ago I thought it was great sounding for the money, which it is but I think my ears have gotten become more critical and I need something better. The clean channel is pretty good but lacks warmth (that's why you've gotta use the reverb), the overdrive channel can be good for about 2 songs and that's about all the versitility there (sometimes makes me wanna put the amp thru the window), and the chorus is pretty good but you can't really use it all of the time. Ohh and when you crank the amp on the clean channel the speakers distort (not good). This is one loud amp!

Hahaha! Let me tell you about this! I was sitting on my amp playing guitar at full volume with the reverb cranked rocking slightly back and forth...well of course I went to far forward and the amp fell face down in about 1/2 a second with me on top!!! And this happened at full volume, I have never been so scared in my life! . Well I fell into the back of the speaker cabinet, on top of the speakers and a piece of the cabinet broke off. I easily repaired this. But the speakers were ok but I was kinda hurt. Anyways, I don't know if you can call that reliability (more like stupidity) so I won't rate this. Other than that incident everything has been fine! The speakers can take a beating!

Never delt with fender.

I've decided to sell this amp and buy a tube amp. I'm trying to decide between a Mesa Blue Angel, Fender Hot Rod Deville, or if I can find one, a blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb. All good amps, but I think that if i'm gonna be falling on them then I better go with the Mesa because they are built like tanks! I would definetly not buy this amp again, if you're a beginer than this is the amp for you but I think i'm getting more advanced now so I need something better. May I suggest that if you are looking in this price range that you look at a tube amp like the Fender Pro Junior or the Blues Junior because I'm sure you would be much more satisfied with the tone of tubes over solid state...you won't get the same size or power in this price range but I say go for it.

I don't know what year it was made but everything was in mint condition and the footswitch and the book where still with it. I play rock/alternative rock and it works just fine. The chorus is great and you can get killer distortion if you fiddle with the knobs a bit. The footswitch has chorus and channel switching. It has 2x25 watt amps and it enough power for me in my bedroom. It is a stereo amp which makes it even better and a place for effects loops.

I am using a Fender Squier Jagmaster with the stock humbuckers that came with them. It sounds great. The amp is not to noisy and like I said the distortion is a killer. You can get just about any sound but you have to fiddle around with the knobs but you have a footswitch for changing channels once you get what you want.

The thing was used but from the looks you couldn't tell. The guy that had it before me used a couple of times and sold it. I would use on a gig and it has enough power. I had the volume at 4 and it was hurting my hears and it was scratchy. Who needs a backup, its made by Fender which is a very good company in my opinion but some people don't think so.

I called Fender for information on my guitar and they told me more than just what was on the specs sheats. I am going to call about this amp sometime. Very good customer support but you are on hold forever.

I have been playing for a couple of months but my bro has been playing for 2 years and he liked it. If it were stolen I would buy it again. I wish it had a little bit more wattage but 50 is fine for now. This amp is great for guitars with hums but make sure you get the footswitch to go with it because then you would be hitting the channel select all day to get the sounds you want. I got it for 275 at Barbaras Guitars in Washington DC and for this price this thing is great.

1988 princeton chorus It's cool that its stereo The loops make it possible to chain more amps. i like that

I play a strat with passive/active/passive/hummbucker/passive pickups thats not grounded so it can play. Needless to say i blew the brain on it in less than a day. Clean channel's pretty cool. it kwacks and burps and farts when I turn it on or up or off .

Never use it for a gig. Yes it has broken down so i play customer service and tear the brain out myself to put in radioshack resistors and crap.

got it used for $225. no footswitch. worked fine in the store. ground plug broke off in a week. Wouldn't let me return it. Normans Rare guitars SUCKS!

playing for 7 years i'd leave it out in the street if it weren't my loudest amp. i love how i can tear it apart and rebuild it. I hate doing it every month. No i bought it because it was loud and cheap. I wish it had never been born FENDER and Normans Rare Guitars Sucks

The features have been well documented in previous posts. I must say that this is a very versatile little amp. Please read below to find out why.

I've always been a Fender man. I have a Super Reverb, 65 Deluxe and a mid - late 60's Champ. I play a variety of styles - country, blues, rockabilly, jazz, rock 'n' roll and dabble with metal sounds. My guitars are all Telecasters with various pickup combinations. This little amp is impressive and certainly finds it's place sonically with the Fender tone legend. One of my requirements in a new amp is a mid tone control. This one's got it and it's a very active one indeed. In fact, all the tone knobs are extremely active and small turns can produce large results. I use this amp in a little different way than most. Most of my playing is based off of variations of country picking, with references from other styles thrown in. One of the requirements (for me) is a big, fat clean sound to replicate steel guitar voicings. By turning the mid knob up the Princeton Chorus fattens up nicely. So, I use the clean channel for jangley, jazz and finger style picking sounds. The distort channel is set for a fatter clean sound, with the gain at 2 or below. This helps to fatten the clean tones up just enough to give you thick, steely tone. Then, for overdrive and distortion, I use a BOSS OD-3 and DS-1. This setup provides most of the sounds that I need. It's portable, inexpensive and loud enough for the type of gigs that I do. Oh yeah - the stereo chorusing is wonderful. I marked this down to 8 simply because it's not a boutique amp, and the tube vs SS debate still rages in most minds. However, I now feel that a good quality SS amp sounds every bit as good as tubes, just different (and at a fraction of the price). For personal usability, it scores a perfect "10".

I've had this amp for almost a year. My old hard wired Fenders are still alive and kicking, but they're expensive to maintain. Let's hope that these circuit boards will live as long. My gut feeling is that this thing will never die. But, the jury's still out, so I marked it down to a 9.

Never dealt with Fender directly. I've heard stories good and bad. I believe that customer service usually depends on who is answering the phone - not necessarily reflective of the company as a whole.

Most of my opinions have been stated in the body of this review. If you are are looking for versatility in a small, compact amp, this may be a good prospect for you. If you have a narrowly defined usage you may want to consider an amp that is built specifically for the style that you play. The Princeton Chorus is plenty loud enough for what I do, has a tremendous sounding chorus, and provides the basic tones for my brand of guitar playing. This amp, set up with the BOSS OD-3, DS-1 and DD-5 pedals, make it a very versatile rig. It is providing me with two very usable clean tones, and then the pedals for distortion and overdrive. I feel happy.

This is a solid state amp with ; stereo chorus ,stereo headphone jack, both mono and stereo efx loops. This amp has 2- 10" speakers and a Footswitch(with rear strap)! It has an 3 band eq that works in both channels, so the overdrive 'channel' really works as a true overdrive. I play a rock/blues fusion and this amp gets the job done. When I want more gain I stomp on my big muff, and I use a the stereo efx loop for all the other exf. This amp has plenty of power ; When I need more I use my mini PA.

I use a Fender Strat and a Carvin with sing/sing/hum. This amp really likes these guitars. The clean channel is a little noisy but in a nice-fat-vintage sort of way. I tryed a bunch of amps and I don't know what it is but the 10 inch speakers make the sound difference. The other stereo chorus uses 12 inch speakers and has a second Eq, but I did'nt like either of the differences. I bought this amp as a practice amp for my bedroom and it wound up as one of my main amps.

solid state...

did'nt like being on hold for five minutes- and they did'nt rally ahve anything besides spec sheets.

I am going to try new speakes...different ones to come up with new tones..

Features are listed extensively below. I only use the clean channel, occasionally the chorus. The clean channel is SUPER! A reverb footswitch might be nice for some players, though my knob is @ 0, always. The dual FX loops are a neat feature. Tone controls are rather limited, and there is a REASON for not using the overdrive channel. I usually patch that up with a little OD pedal.

I am using a regular strat, middle or bridge pickups. Styles vary from lullabyes to Melvins, and it does it. As I said, overdrive/distorted sounds I take out of external FX, either a worndown brandless overdrive or a Boss HM-2. I really love the chorus, you really don't need an external one with this amp.

not very road-tested

no repairs needed

This is my second amp, the previous one was a Charvel bedroom type 1W. This one is certainly an improvement. I have owned it for about 5 years now. I bought it because I liked the clean sounds: you really hear every little scratch. Now I mainly use it at home, for which it is perfect. On a small stage I think it also suffices but for situations in which you'd like to have a little headroom in power, I'd go for something different, tube (the princeton chorus is VERY solid-state) and louder.

Solid state, 2x25W, stereo chorus. foot switchable channels and chorus on/off. No switch for reverb but, in my case not needed since I only use the reverb on 1 or 2 (no surf sounds). this amp is used for practice and recording, primarily. Not recommended for lovers of Marshall stacks, etc.: Owned one of these while temporarily in California in 1989/90 and noticed it was an immediate success with studios and studio players: If I'm not mistaken, I've heard "this amp" on 90% of all commercials and record-overs since then. This is a backhanded compliment as this is easily the most versatile amp I have ever played.

Clean sound to die for: must be heard. ANY guitar sounds good through this channel, period. BEST on board chorus I've ever heard and you will probably have no need for an outboard unit at all. Distortion is outstanding for a solid state unit: I first noticed this in 1989 when I bought the first one (this was the main reason I bought it then). However, it is NOT a Marshall, 5150, blah blah etc...It often amazes me how many people will knowingly purchase something like this and then immediately tear it down.. why bother?? Back to tone: clean channel will "fart" above 5 or 6, at which point the amp is loud enough (except for large stage situations). Some moderate noise in the disorto channel depending on how it's dialed in.

As stated, owned one nine years ago with no problems,shipped back and forth via UPS many times (they could not break it ). Some care should be taken when moving it around on stage or in the studio as the knobs do stick out and can be broken easily. I know people who have had these amps for five or six years with no problems. Fender claims to have built 50,000 of these so they must be doing something right.

Give it a 10 for value for the money. I cannot think of another amp in this PRICE RANGE that can deliver like this. Yes I would buy another one , I aleady did. Fender, either by design or luck, built a modern day classic with this amp. Again, my personal situation dictates that I cannot have only one amp. I could see certain types of musical style and gigging where this amp could do the job all by itself. Remember when buying an amp to always consider how you will actually use the thing and what type of music you play. In reading these user reviews, it always seems the least experienced players are the most negative about the gear. Part of learning the hard way, I guess. In my humble thiry five years of guitar playing opinion, this amp is on the "must have list"and you probably will find yourself buying another one somewhere down the road. P.S. This amp ,although solid state, has excellent tactile feedback to your hand while playing (as in a good tube amp). fender never mentions this as does Peavey(TranTube),Crate(FlexWaveTechnology), Johnson Millenium, and so on. Fender got it right the first time and this feature will be noticed immediately by long time tube amp players such as myself.

This amp has two ten inch speakers and 2 X 25 watts, I think. It really doesn't matter though, all the speakers and wattage in the world couldn't help this amp...this amp is a write-off and here's why:
1) The EQ knobs only work on the clean channel and don't change the sound very much.
2) The distortion channel has no EQ control and has a limiter. This amp does not need a limiter, the distortion is far from being out of control, why do you need a limiter for a tame amp?
3) Stereo Chorus- Who needs it? It also sounds like shit and when combined with the amp's distortion it is virtually unusable in any playing situation.
4) Patching is about the only bright spot for this amp, two effects loop and a headphone jack are the best thing about this amp

I have tried this amp with the following guitars: '82 Gibson Les Paul Custom, Fender HRR Strat, Fender Standard Strat, Ibanez RG-540, Gibson ES-335 and honestly you can't tell which guitar is plugged in because it always sounds the same.
One thing that I judge an amp by is it's ability to reproduce the sound, you put into it. If you can't get the amp to give you the rich, dark sound of a les paul or the funky quack of a strat, then really what the hell are you doing spending your money on this "amp".
The amp is not very versitile unless you like one type of ok clean sound and one terrible distortion sound. Like I said before, the knobs don't do too much the sound and either you like the sound or you don't. I don't and I think too many people buy this amp on it's reputation and not it's sound.
The Clean sound is alright and is slightly more versitle than the distoriton channel because of the 3-band EQ. However, the most extreme mid-scooped vs. the most extreme mid-boosted settings don't sound too different.
The distortion has a very bad nasaly honk, which is complemented by its thin and whimpy tonal qualities. You can't alter the sound or get rid of the honk. The sound varies from bad to worse.
This amp is solid state and doesn't even come close to the sensitivity, dynamics or sound quality of a tube amp or any GOOD solid-state amp. This amp has no vibe and makes me want to put my guitar down instead of playing it.
Stereo Chorus- I don't use chorus because it makes everything sound too fake and gives you girly-man tone.
The best thing about this amp is the Headphone Jack. Not the sound coming out of it, but the fact that you can play with headphones on and not torture anybody else with the sound of this amp.
I've gotten a better distortion sound playing through a 1980's Sony Tape Deck, I'm not shittin you either!!

I wouldn't use it for a gig.......EVER
Luckilly this amp is not mine, I have never owned a Princeton Chorus and never will.
If I were stuck on a desert island and could only bring one amp, well let's just say I'd rather play a pignose than this amp. Really, I wouldn't bring either, but if it were between the two, i'd take the pignose.
One thing this amp does reliably is give you the SAME FUCKING WHIMPY-ASSED SOUND.

How can you support your customers when you make an amp that sounds this bad?
What could fender possibly offer......financial compensation.....earplugs.....trade ins???????
Quite tragic considering that this is the same company that made Bassmans, Twin Reverbs and Princetons.
What's up with desecrating the Princeton name anyways?

I have been playing for 6 years and own gear which sounds better than this overpriced toaster.
I will never buy this amp, this was an ex-friend/bandmember's amp.
If you have one, sell it.........thank me later.
A better sounding solid-state amp is a Marshall 5210, 1X12 50W, basically a solid state JCM 800. This amp rocks over the princeton chorus anyday of the week

for this price range, this thing is awesome. it has the chorus, the reverb, overdrive.. it also has 2 effects loops, stereo and mono, and headphone jack. it comes with this footswitch that seems pretty sturdy, 2 buttons, chorus toggle and overdrive. I can't really ask for anything else, cuz what else is there really that you can get on an amp that you can't just buy as a stomp box or osmething? I use this amp for practicing mostly, and for playing shows (it is my only amp, after all) for practice and playing in someone's basment it definitely has enough power, I never have to go past 2 on the volume. although if I ever started getting serious about playing ot larger audiences, I'd definitely go with something a hell of a lot bigger, the 2 10 inch speakers just don't cut it.

I have an Ibanez S470 with 2 humbuckers and a standard pickup, it sounds great with either combo, although when you pump up the volume on the humbucker it gets a little chunky, but I love the sound of it, it realy comes in handy. that's on the neck pickup though, the bridge doesn't have that problem. the only other thing is it hums with the standard pickup, I dont'know if that's the amp or just ibanez, but it doesn't sound good. I play alternative rock and in the privacy of my own home i crank up the bass and overdrive and play some heavy shit. this amp can cover the alternative easily, the distortion doesn't work too well except in two settings, off and pure dirty, crunchy mode ( gain 7 limiter 3) but, that's about all I need it for so it doens't really matter. the distortion is terrible (which can be good or bad, it's good for me most of the time) you can't tell what the hell you're playing, but if you want a little more lcarity, I turn on the chorus and it adds a nice background ringing. or turn up the presence on the overdrive. My friend has a Peavey express 112, he can easily overpower me, with his 65 watts and my 50, but his sounds like complete crap, it's not half as clear as mine, though the distortion is a lot more distinguishable. really, the amp can make 2 sounds, with a little bit of variety within them, clean and dirty. but the clean is spectacular, it's so clear..

I've only had it for a couple months, and i've played about 5 shows, but it's never failed me.. right now i wouldn't play with a backup, but if I ever played in front of a huge crowd, I'd definitely get one, just to be safe, though I doubt the PC would break down. my friend's got a used one that's real old, and it sounds just as good as mine, except the distortion which seemed to fade some. Besides, it's Fender.

it's got 5 years warranty, but liek I said, I've only had it for a couple months. the only problem is the knobs stick out, and they could get ripped off.

I've been playing for around a year and a half, the only other thing I have is a martini acoustic, but that doesn't really apply.. if it were stolen or lost.. and I was able to spend more money, I'd probably go with something bigger, and just get a Boss chorus pedal, but yeah, I think I would buy it again. I love the clean channel and the dirty, awful distortion, and the bass and reverb. I just wish it had bigger speakers and more wattage, it can't really dish out anything big.