Randall Smith’s first foray into guitar amp building began as something of a prank. When repairing amps at the back of his San Francisco music store in the late 1960s, Randall was commissioned to hot-rod an unassuming Fender Princeton combo, turning it into a 100-watt wolf in sheep’s clothing, guaranteed to give its owner a fright to remember.
But before the amp reached its new owner, a passing Carlos Santana was persuaded to try it out, reluctantly at first, but on the assurance that this was no ordinary Princeton.
