Fender Narrow Panel Tweed Princeton

March 23, 2011 in Amplifiers
Princeton-narrow-panel
Schematic(s) princeton_5e2.pdf, princeton_5f2.pdf, princeton_5f2a.pdf
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Model/Circuit Number: 5E2, 5F2, 5F2-A 
Years of Production: 1955 – 1960
Era: Narrow Panel
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Chrome top facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-12
Knobs: Black Chicken Head
Faceplate

  • Front: 5E2, 5F2: Fuse (2A), Pilot Lamp, Tone/Power Sw, Vol, In, In ; 5F2-A: Fuse(¾A), Power Sw, Pilot Lamp, Tone, Vol, In, In
  • Rear:

Cabinet

  • Dimensions: Narrow Panel: 1955: 12½” x 13½” x 8”, 1955-1960: 16¾” x 18” x 8¾”
  • Hardware: None
  • Handle: Leather Handle
  • Feet: Glides
  • Corners: None

 

Covering Material

  • Tolex/Tweed: Diagonal Tweed
  • Grill Cloth: Brown Grill Cloth

Logo: Cabinet mounted, Script
Weight:
Speaker

Effects:
~Watts: 4 1/2 watts
Tubes

  • Pre amp: 12AX7
  • Power: 6V6GT (single ended)

Bias: Cathode Bias
Rectifier: 5Y3GT

Comments: Model 5E2: The Princeton circuit gained a filter choke and a negative feedback loop. Model 5F2-A: The filter choke is removed from the circuit. The speaker jack is located on the bottom of the chassis.

  • Lee Harless

    I have a handbuilt clone of this amplifier, where the builder selected each component by hand and built it to exacting specs (with the exception of a 12″ alnico blue in a deluxe size cabinet) and it is more than enough at rehearsals to do the Neil Young, Steve Earle, old school gritty blues rock and country sounds that you would expect from a nice old tweed amplifier.  I carry this, an xotic ep booster and a guitar in and I’m ready to go.