Princeton Reverb AA1164 clone build - Part 1- Cabinet

I thought I'd share my experience on building a Princeton Reverb clone from scratch to finish. It was my first time building an amp cabinet and I'm still a beginner at amp electronics.
Sections:
Intro:0:00
Woodworking: 0:31
Gluing on tolex: 9:12
Outro: 11:46
A few useful links:
robrobinette.com/AA1164_Princ...
www.mojotone.com/kits/Blackfa...
/ stratosaurus1

[@philipdonovan6510]

Awesome, now time for part 2 ! thank you, started building a Princeton reverb myself, wanted a smaller amp for smaller gigs.

[@jeffsurtees847]

Thanks so much. I’m building a cabinet in a few months for a similar amp designed by a friend and your video will be very helpful.

[@ek3773]

This is very cool. Amazing job!

[@russellesimonetta3835]

Very nice job! I love amp builds. Do another and make videos for me to watch!!

[@TheFrietag]

Hin - very good build demo.. yes thats the Brieskorn plans work fine - looks like the real thing but much lighter- I made serveral amp cabinets myself

[@unitwoodworking5403]

👍👍👍Thanks for a nice and interesting video.

[@nikolaubtopou]

Awesome 👌👌👌

[@dponzi56]

Great video. Do you have a link for the cabinet plans? Thanks

[@johnmiller9219]

excellent work. 11:42 those staples concern me. if one of those come lose they will fall into the board and fry something

[@robinmarchal5752]

Well spotted! Bothered me too but I'm pretty sure Fender used to do it too actually! Might replace with adhesive foil at some point.

[@danielcgomez]

Great job on the cabinet build! just to note, the aluminum sheet that you install for the shielding can sometimes vibrate in the cabinet & be heard due to the speaker vibrations. I use a little glue to seat them along with the staples. Now, I'm onto the second part of this series!

[@robinmarchal5752]

Great tip! Thx

[@joseceraia]

very nice job, congrats: BTW : how did you put the label on the frontplate ?

[@robinmarchal5752]

It's laser engraved!

[@druwk]

Amazing work...especially for the first time?

[@robinmarchal5752]

Thank you! First full amp build indeed but I’ve built wooden stuff and worked with tolex before ;)

[@PaavoLammikko]

Why did you want 6mm back panel? It looks like you could have just moved the cleats 6mm inwards and used the 12mm ply.

[@robinmarchal5752]

Just trying to stay true to the look of the originals which used 1/4" plywood. 1/2" would have looked too thick IMO.

[@psp777]

Hi I’m curious what colour tolex and grill cloth those are. Nice combination

[@robinmarchal5752]

Rough blonde tolex and beige-brown grillcloth ;)

[@kellykane312]

I didn't put tolex on my cabinet,I left the natural wood grain and put polyurethane over it and everyone says it looks great

[@robinmarchal5752]

Nice, I'm sure it looks great indeed. I opted for tolex so I don't have to worry too much about scuffs and scratches!

[@sanjoybhol6293]

All that work! and then you cover it in tolex what a crying shame, I’m a cabinet maker.

[@robinmarchal5752]

Well... At least i know my cabinet is solid, and I like tolex to be honest! It allows me to take the amp to gigs and rehearsals without caring to much about making a scratch - plus tolexing the amp is actually a fun part of the build!

[@sanjoybhol6293]

@@robinmarchal5752 yes I agree it is best and tolex makes the difference, maybe I would of doweled it but only for speed. Nice job 👍

[@johnspears6182]

Where can you get the plans shown at 0:52?

[@robinmarchal5752]

www.brieskorn.de/Guitar___Amps/Verstarkerprojekte/AA1164/PR-cabinet.pdf I modified the dimensions a little to match the ones I measured on a real Fender Princeton

[@alexanderdergachev6828]

@@robinmarchal5752 Hi, can you share what dimensions you changed? unfortunately I don't have access to a real Fender Princeton, but would like to build a cab as close as possible to the original. Thanks in advance!

[@robinmarchal5752]

​@@alexanderdergachev6828 Not sure anymore ^^. I could look it up. Could you give me an email address where to send stuff to?

[@alexanderdergachev6828]

@@robinmarchal5752 absolutely! it's alexander.dergachev at gmail.com thank you very much!

[@alexanderdergachev6828]

@@robinmarchal5752 Hi! Did you have any chance to look it up? :) also just now I noticed the text on the front panel "Handmade in Malmö, Skåne Sweden"!!! this is awesome, 👋🏻 from Stockholm! I've seen someone asking you if you could make a custom panel for them in comments to the second video, so I would ask as well, would you take an order for a custom front panel? :)

[@JacobRountree]

Do you have those schematics available to post?

[@robinmarchal5752]

Taken straight from Rob Robinette's website!