AcornHouse
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After picking up a G&L Legacy and finding its thin neck fit my hands so, so well, I decided to sell my American Strat. I listed on CL and didn't really intend to consider any trade offers. That is, until someone offered a 1965 Fender Princeton Reverb as trade. He was a little non responsive with my request for more pics, but we've had major chaos and power outages thanks to some violent storms so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. The pic of the front looked good. I just hoped he wasn't trying to foster one of the reissue as as vintage, either knowingly or not.
We met up and he played my Strat through his amp. It sounded great! A little scratchiness turning the pots, but everything checked out, it was indeed an original 1965 Princeton Reverb!
I'm still without power after two days, so I can't play with it yet, but I think I came considerably ahead in the deal.
I'll post pics when power gets restored, for those interested.
After picking up a G&L Legacy and finding its thin neck fit my hands so, so well, I decided to sell my American Strat. I listed on CL and didn't really intend to consider any trade offers. That is, until someone offered a 1965 Fender Princeton Reverb as trade. He was a little non responsive with my request for more pics, but we've had major chaos and power outages thanks to some violent storms so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. The pic of the front looked good. I just hoped he wasn't trying to foster one of the reissue as as vintage, either knowingly or not.
We met up and he played my Strat through his amp. It sounded great! A little scratchiness turning the pots, but everything checked out, it was indeed an original 1965 Princeton Reverb!
I'm still without power after two days, so I can't play with it yet, but I think I came considerably ahead in the deal.
I'll post pics when power gets restored, for those interested.