How to build Fender Princeton tube guitar amp kit beginning to end D-lab 

Recovering from surgery now, watching all your videos, thank you Terry!!

Loved it, the intros to tube amp theater just keep getting better!

Terry, you do an outstanding job all the way around. Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work!

a fabulous episode of tube amp theatre! And a great build with excellent tips

Very entertaining!!! I could watch these all day.

Terry. Your videos are very inspiring. Thanks for all these videos! Loved the tips on the quality socket tips as well as adjusting the bias.

Great stuff again Terry, this is of highest value to me! Thanks a lot for all the knowledge, tech stuff and fun as well... I hope life's easier for you by now... Your videos just make mine go up to eleven! Cheers!

You hit another one out of the park! Great mods and you explained why! Keeping that bias current at bay was one great way to keep that 6V6 from burning up. Thankz

Thank you! These videos are incredible. I'm gonna start building!

Another excellent Tube Amp Theater. Always bringing value and entertainment. I even watch most of the radio videos. Great productions all around. Thanks alot!

Very entertaining and usefull also thanks to the young man for the rockin demo. Cheers

Great video. Great advice. Great entertainment. I'm now at a loss for words, except to say thank you for the wonderful content!

Terry, I actually learned to solder with my left hand due to your suggestion influence of employing "fine wine" in the repair process. Now my right hand can hold the glass. Bless You!

Hello Tery, plus a highly professional service of yours, congratulations for the result!

That little amp sounds fabulous!!

Great build and tips on components. That amp sounds great

Terry: VERY cool amp build! And Captain Laser ROCKS!!!

Great work thanks for bringing stuff out here for us guys that need this stuff we can't find it anyplace else

That sounds great, time to get building. Great video as usual Terry

That amp has got some serious growl!! Excellent job..

Geeze Louise, Terry... that is one sweet sounding single ended jewel! thanx and.... cheers

Another great video, so much fun to watch!

Great little amp build. It just amazes me how you do this, plus you know exactly what to do with components to correct issues and greatly improve efficiency of the over all build. I wish I could attain your knowledge. You are truly a" MASTER" in your field and you do this for fun?

Awesome tutorial. Also, thank you for your service -- AIM HIGH!

This is a great video and a sweet sounding little amp. Thanks Terry I gotta have one of these now... cheers buddy

This is just another great video. Thank you for the education!

My wife watches Downton Abby, I watch your videos. Thank you!

Your videos are brilliant and much appreciated!

Terry? you are my HERO! that was the best opening credit scene yet my good man!

Another great video!! These little amps scream through a Jensen P10R. Great cleans and great overdrive

This channel is one of the best there is, A+

Once again great information that is very hard to find out there. Thanks again Terry.

Hi Terry. Thanks for the info on this video. I built a 5F1 Champ kit with the same transformer upgrades. Couldn't figure out the noise issues. Checking the bias confirms the same issue that you discovered. Hopefully I haven't ruined the 6V6 tube. Also will try the 560K resistor on pin 5. You have been a great help. Thanks!

Very nice! Sweet sounding amp!

Nice! Sounding amp this thing kick butt for sure! Tone that amp is clean and powerful! Cool!

Well done, Terry.

It was of great value to me. Learned some more. But now I see there is no substitute for experience and Robert Mondavi!

the oscillating television never heard a cro referred to as that before.. love it.

Inspiration Terry ....pure unadulterated inspiration...This is a blast . Nice gear & I got bitten by D lab . You don’t have to buy a $1200 Fender to have a cool amp. That is for sure ...keep watching for more . The bias and plate volts are critical to the life of a tube amp. The part quality is crucial to its life cycle. Alberta Dave

Your videos are awesome Terry!

Danger...warning Will Robinson! Love the video 😆

love the intro to the video and another great video it is

Use this player from now on. Finally sounds like an amp someone would want!

Oh yeah, this is real intertainment. Im going to have to watch it over. Im building this same amp.

Great video Terry!

Hey! I'm the fellow in the video Bashing on this Killer little Amp! It goes from Crystal Clean and Almost Vox like Chime (without ever being Ice Picky) It also hit's Fire Breathing dragon Territory! as well as all the right stops between. Honestly Terry just asked me to play for a minute and I couldn't stop!!! This amps owner should be thrilled. If you wondered why I'm playing a phaser for a moment in the video it's because the D-Lab also repaired my Vintage Musitronics Phasor!!! And I had stopped by to pick it up! I do pedal demo's on my channel if you're into such things Just click on my Picture and you can see my channel. I'll probably have a demo of the Phasor up this coming Sunday... Great Video Terry and Great Amp!!! Happy to see a longer more in depth amp build...

Great tone!

Mr Terry Sir, I think you do excellent work. And it's also great to watch a video and not have to hear a bunch of cussing all time. Great job Sir and thank you for taking time to make videos to help those who like learning electronics done the right way 😃

Great video and nice Tele

I love this man so much, that intro 😂 Genius!!!

You're great Terry.

Can’t understand how there are not more views...or more thumbs up

thanks for the video

That intro was on point.

Thanks Terry!

Great great stuff!

Brilliant

Groovy baby. I am building a tweed Princeton and intended to repurpose old transformers but after your video, no way! "Or you'll just kick yourself later" I'm ordering new Classic Tone transformers today.

I’m relatively new to D-lab Terry. You have great expositions! I can tell you love to teach. I’ve been watching and refering a lot lately because I too have a Champ build with all the whistles but no ‘bell(s)’ like tone! I’ve incorporated ALL your suggestions but no success. I already have a store bought new Champ but am building one w/a 10 in. Cab. Oh well… I just wanted to say (I’m assuming that Tele is yours?) that Tele has a GREAT sound. I’ve seen it demoed a few times and love the sound of both pick-ups! No matter who wass playing it. I know it’s the sum of all the parts but those pick-ups shine. Keep the quality coming.

Love you channel, I have learned so much thank you for everything you do. My question is do you sell kits? The kit in the video is made by which company?

Terry, another well done episode. Love your advice on the tube sockets, very very good to know. On the cathode resistor, I generally use a decade box but same result. I do agree on the quality components - I also try not to use cheap caps. Great great job Terry..... As always. Ron

Captain Lazer!!! In AWESOME condition...I still have mine....from 67

I think it would be interesting to add a switch to connect/disconnect that feedback. Yes, it decreases gain, but it also makes it more linear - that might be desirable for certain sounds.

Great video Terry. Love your channel. Could you share a schematic of the 3 speaker jack upgrade on this 5F2 video?

Really enjoyed the video and tips Terry. 73 NE5U Mike

Hi Terry, I've used the CE Dist Ceramic sockets without issue... However, I put the "bear traps" on them... some type of retainer for non-octals. If I'm giving my amp to UPS, the tubes need NO chance of falling out.

Great video. Could you have used one o/p jack with a 3 position selector switch?

Great !!!

way cool-also a better Guitar / Amp tester. Good stuff Terry !!

Any chance you can list the place you bought the amp from and your replacement parts. Been thinking of building an amp from schematics you find on the net but thought I would have a higher on a kit build first time out. Thanks for taking the time to put the vids up, really interesting and like the way you explain why and how you did the replacement parts you used.

Hello Terry! Your videos are great Love the way this amp sounds. Where did you buy kit and do you build and sell these?

Hey Terry watched this video by you along with another one today and I have a question about the symmetry to the sine wave output on your scope. It does not look like you have equal positive and negative sides of he waveform. I have seen this before on my scope also and I ended up changing an inverter tube in the amp I was working on to fix this issue and recently I saw an Uncle Doug video where the amp he had on the bench had the same kind of output although I don't recall how he fixed it. I was wondering if the next time you build either a push-pull 6v6 or one like this single 6v6 if you could please show the waveforms at the output of the first preamp stage and then also at the output of the inverter as it would interesting to see if the waveform has changed in one of those stages or in the output stage. Thanks and I really like your videos also.

Negative feedback lowers the distortion and also the output impedance of the amp, which leads to a flatter frequency response. Whether that's good or not depends on what kind of sound you're looking for out of the amp. The distortion could clearly be seen on the sinewave that Terry showed on his scope.

Hi, really like your lessons! I have question! I have a Marshall JVM 410 h. It started with a loud crackling poping sound. I replaced all four power tubes and tried switching out and replaced two of the Ecc 83 tubes. I get no output sound from speaker cabinet. It's a 1960 lead. Can get sound from the FX-loop return, When guitar is jacked in there. The amp has very few hours on it! I looked at the boards, saw no damage or Even ware. Only thing I could find is the 16ohm Jack for a single cabinet, dose not feeling like a tight Jack plugged in. The other inputs all feel much tighter. Can you tell me what voltages should be for bais for power tubes.

Great vid as usual Terry ! Interested in that very nice Wavetech Function Generator you have here, is it a tube device ? Also do you know the approx size of the faceplate height by width ? Thanks and keep on the good work !

Nice! Thanks:)

What an awesome build and video! I wish you were in Houston so I could apprentice with you for 2 or 3 months! Ha@ 😉👍 Could you have used a pot to determine what value you needed on the bias resistor? Thanks - Luther

Love it! Always entertaining and very, very informative. Almost makes me wanna buy an oscilloscope! Haha. Hey, but I have an important technical question, Terry. What vintage wine do you drink when assembling an amp like this?

What you do definetly is of value to us sir. How much does a kit like that cost?

Nice!

Great Work Terry can we order a kit like this one?

Could you please tell us how to wire the multiple jacks, at the very least, a 4 ohm and 8 ohm pair of jacks using an OT with a 4 and 8 ohm tap....? Thanks....Nyms

I truly enjoyed that! Loved the robot at the beginning and end but really liked the build and commentary. Is that a kit that anyone can purchase or is it just as easy to spec it out yourself and then, you can get the better sockets, strain relief, etc? I really liked the can though, it was nice. It sounded great.

I am wanting to build a champ or Princeton for my first amp build. I have an old hammond Ao-33 amp and I need to figure out if those transformers will work for either one of those. I also have a bunch of el 84's and 5u4's, 6au6 , 12au7's, 12bh7, and I have some 12ax7's. I am retired so my money is tight and I probably can't buy a kit. So, if I can figure out what parts I have that will work and what parts I have to buy, I am about ready to go with it. Between, you uncle doug, and guitologist and a couple more, I think I have gathered enough information to make a mess!!!!!!!. Thanks.

How about making and selling these kits? And thanks for doing this stuff for us. I'm a player not a fixer, and I love this stuff!

Sorry for all the comments today, binging on some of your videos. On the tripod noise, I spray mine with white lithium grease when they start doing that.

D lab strikes again

You sir are a legend! I WILL BUY AN AMP from you one day! works of art by a master builder ! HE should have gotten an Opti-Plex circuit though too.

Awesome, thanks for all the information. But I rather buy one from you. Without all the right equipment and experience, let the experts take care of it. D-Lab really knows what they are doing. Thanks again.

Thanks, much better then Netflix or News. How much did it cost?

That first part of the video made me feel like I was at Woodstock and I took the brown acid.

Oh yeah, now we're Talk'n

At 21:28 that resistor has the dreaded label "OMC China". How much more is an "OMC USA"?

Nice video. I am a bit of an ignoramus when it comes to building and wiring amps, so my question: Is there a direction to wiring resistors (I see all of those different color bands and in different order, what to they mean?)? Thanks.

nice, where did you get the kit?

How about A Mesa Boogie Tremoverb repair vid,at your convenience of course! :)

Where do you get those good tube sockets?

Is that a PMEL sticker on the old audio generator?

Dear Terry, I am in process of this same build and I have carefully followed all of your suggestions as to mods to the layout as provided. My power transformer puts out lots of juice with 100 Ma output so I substituted a 1 K ohm 5 watt resistor for the 470 and of course the amp doesn't work. When I measure, I don't seem to have much if any B+. Any pithy suggestions?

How can I get a hold of you about building a JCM type amp?