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ojaverde · June 6th, 2008, 10:21 PM

How advisable is it to use an overdrive pedal like the Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive with a 70's or 60's Princeton. Is there a danger of blowing something?

eugenedunn · June 6th, 2008, 10:38 PM

I have always used overdrive or distortion pedals with Fender amps..... So far, my SF Princeton Reverb has complimented every pedal I can throw at it.

I currently use an original Bixonix Expandora to drive mine.....

Sometimes, it's full on distortion, tremelo, delay, wah..... and my amp is almost always dimed..... it works beautifully. I would make sure that your amp has had it's electrolytic capacitors replaced in the last 15 years or so..... that would be my only concern.

red57strat · June 6th, 2008, 10:50 PM

I thought of my '68 Princeton Reverb as a foundation for a lot of different sounds. It was very pedal friendly.

biker joe · June 7th, 2008, 12:03 AM

If there was a danger, my 64 would have died a long time ago.

ThermionicScott · June 7th, 2008, 03:28 AM

In theory, speakers don't like the square-ish waves produced by heavy distortion or fuzz. But don't let that stop you!

woodman · June 7th, 2008, 05:01 AM

no worries -- just play!

Moondance360 · June 7th, 2008, 05:27 PM

Danger Will Robinson!
I plugged a pedal into my 78 PR and it exploded....killing everyone in the club. It was bad.

June 6th, 2008, 10:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
ojaverde Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: san jose ca Age: 48 Posts: 510	Princeton and Pedals: is there a danger of damaging your amp? How advisable is it to use an overdrive pedal like the Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive with a 70's or 60's Princeton. Is there a danger of blowing something?

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eugenedunn Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 59 Posts: 1,922 128 Photos	I have always used overdrive or distortion pedals with Fender amps..... So far, my SF Princeton Reverb has complimented every pedal I can throw at it. I currently use an original Bixonix Expandora to drive mine..... Sometimes, it's full on distortion, tremelo, delay, wah..... and my amp is almost always dimed..... it works beautifully. I would make sure that your amp has had it's electrolytic capacitors replaced in the last 15 years or so..... that would be my only concern. __________________ plugged into a: Barber TonePress > Bixonic Expandora > Budda BudWah > Digitech XP300 Space Station > EHX Ravish Sitar > Fulltone SupaTrem > Keeley AD9 > Peterson StroboStomp > ISP Decimator > Allen Old Flame head

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red57strat Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,704	I thought of my '68 Princeton Reverb as a foundation for a lot of different sounds. It was very pedal friendly. __________________ Don

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woodman Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mint Hill, NC Age: 67 Posts: 13,023	no worries -- just play! __________________ Truth is stranger than fact ... It pays to appease all the gods — Gnossos Pappadopoulis Original tunes from the Woodshed

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Moondance360 TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: NE Pa. Transplanted Texan Age: 60 Posts: 28	Danger Will Robinson! I plugged a pedal into my 78 PR and it exploded....killing everyone in the club. It was bad. __________________ Then Play On

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