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The original Princeton Reverb Boogies had a 60 watt Tweed Bassman power section and a 12" speaker shoehorned into the stock PR cab. The first one was done as a joke on Barry Melton from Country Joe & the Fish. "Hey, let's see how loud we can make Barry's Princeton and watch the look on his face when he fires it up!"
The first Boogie with an extra gain stage was a preamp built for Lee Michaels to run with his Crown amplifiers. When they began to build their own amps, they combined the high gain preamp with the Bassman power section to create the "Super Sixty." Options available were Altec, JBL or (later) EV speakers, Reverb, Graphic EQ and a switchable 60/100 watt power section. The "Super Sixty" was later known as the "Mark I" but not until the "Mark II" came along.
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