Last year I had my 65 princeton ri, serviced. I had bought it new, and the date of manufacture stamped inside the cabinet says 03/03/2017.
Anyway I had had an issue with the amp that a local authorized tech troubleshot down to a defective reverb can. He replaced the reverb can and it has worked fine ever since.
I had never asked him at the time if he replaced it with the stock reverb can and not a similar, nor aftermarket, nor anything else but the stock can that should be in it, as came from the factory, for that model, for that month, and and year.
Well, last night i was bored and decided to take the lower back off the amp and take a peak at the reverb can.
What i found raised an eyebrow because it wasn't what i was expecting. I found a model “ruby tubes” ruby reverberation unit model RRVL2AB1C1BV4.
I called fender to voice my concern but they weren't specific enough as to what should be in it. I guess they get tons of questions like this and did not want to research this in depth.
i went on line and pulled the specs for this unit and noted the decay time is listed as shorter than what other fender princeton ri’s reverb units have. Others have a 2 to 4 second delay specification. What was installed by the service tech on this unit is listed as a 1 to 2 sec delay.
I was wondering if anyone here could help and has the same amp from the same year around the same month who can confirm this is what is in theirs too. I dont think what i have is what should be in there.
thanks in advance
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Originally Posted by phantomman
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