“ Aside from the regular model, we made a special run of a hundred Princetons in oak cabinets that we had made in an organ cabinet factory in the Midwest somewhere. We called them the Super Pro Series. We also did a hundred Super Champs and a hundred Concerts in wooden cabs, and they’re now the most sought-after amps of that era.”

“I came up with a plan in ’82 to sneak some new amps past the accounting department. I got so tired of the negative ‘You can’t do a low-volume amp’ thing that I conspired with purchasing and the factory in Hoopeston, Illinois. I had some dovetailed oak plank cabinets done in Indiana by the company that made home organ cabinets for Gulbransen. The front panels were made by Miller Dial in Champagne Beige and Choco Brown. Mellotone had a run of matching grille cloth made as well. Kurz-Kasch made the knobs for us and did a perfect colour match. It was a fun project, and we did succeed in doing it below the corporate radar. We called them the Super Pro Series, and we did the Super Champ, Princeton II, and Concert 1x12, each with an EVM speaker and a padded brown slip cover. We only built a hundred pieces of each one for the whole world. They are rare puppies. I have Super Champ #1.”