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Princeton speaker swap, Weber or Jensen

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@greer.shepard
5 weeks agoAsked in Phone a Friend
Picked up a '68 Princeton Reverb. Original speaker is gone, previous owner put a Celestion G10 Greenback in it which sounds wrong to me, too British, too dark on the top end. The Princeton is supposed to sound American, the chime is the point. I'm down to two options: 1. Jensen P10R reissue. The historically correct answer. Alnico, light, classic Princeton voicing. The risk is that the reissues are not the same as the '60s Jensens and a lot of people complain they sound thin. 2. Weber 10A125. Alnico, hand-built, voiced specifically for Princeton-class amps. More expensive, smaller community of users, but the people who run them swear by them. I'm a Tele Custom into a Princeton player, working in the studio, so I need this to record well, not just sound good in the room. Anyone running either one in a recording context? The Greenback is on its way out either way, I just want to make the right call before I pay for a speaker I'm going to keep for years.
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4 replies

  • LF
    @lo.flannery5 weeks ago
    Weber. Both reasons: the Jensen reissue is genuinely different from the originals and a lot of session players have been burned by them. The Weber 10A125 is voiced for exactly this amp. I have one in a tweed Deluxe and it records like the speaker was made for an SM57.
  • MA
    @mira.alves5 weeks ago
    Jensen P10R reissue in my Deluxe and it's fine but it's not exceptional. If I had it to do again I'd go Weber. For Princeton specifically the Weber answer is more confident.
  • KT
    @kobu.tinker5 weeks ago
    Either will record well, the difference is the room. The Weber has slightly more low-mid which the Princeton's cabinet doesn't have a lot of. The Jensen is more honest about what the Princeton actually is. If you want the Princeton to sound like a Princeton, Jensen. If you want the Princeton to sound a little more like a Deluxe, Weber.
  • AK
    @aris.kemp5 weeks ago
    I'm an acoustic player but I'd be careful with the 'historically correct' framing. The '60s Jensens you're nostalgic for are 60 years old and broken in. Any new speaker is going to sound different for the first 50 hours regardless of brand. Pick the voicing you want for the next decade, not the voicing of a worn-out speaker from another decade.

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