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Post by cowboycoalminer on Feb 4, 2016 16:20:07 GMT -6
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Post by donr on Feb 5, 2016 11:56:50 GMT -6
Geez, $35k? Is that a real valuation? The NY Record Plant had one of those in the '70's. We used it a lot on Agents Of Fortune and Spectres. Sounded good. I had a '66 blackface Twin in the day. Jimi Hendrix once played out of it, when he jammed at Steve Paul's Scene on 46 st. in Manhattan in 1968. I sold it like a dumbass.
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Post by swurveman on Feb 5, 2016 12:09:51 GMT -6
My son in law has a 50's fender Stratocaster his dad bought a looooong time ago. I will say this: The body is thicker than what is being sold today. There is a warmer tone to it. But these prices I think are more reflective of wealthy collector's bidding up the prices. It's too bad that they put this kind of gear out of reach of most high quality musicians who would actually use it to play music regularly.
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Post by M57 on Feb 5, 2016 13:52:46 GMT -6
What makes us think it's not worth 35k ..and a worthy musician wouldn't buy it? Most concert pianists have pianos in their homes worth multiple times more. Heck, why stop there? Concert string players have bows that are alone worth millions. In the classical world instruments are loaned by a patron or inherited from a master/mentor. Sure, idiots can go out and spend hundreds of millions on a Picasso and hang it in the hallway next to the bathroom, but a true connoisseur of art would loan their purchase to a museum (where it's better kept and safer) so that all can enjoy.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 7, 2016 7:18:42 GMT -6
Those tweed Fenders are something special, I tell ya. Nothing else quite like it.
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Post by Ward on Jul 7, 2016 7:59:04 GMT -6
Of all the Fender eras, the brown faces are my favorites, followed by the blackfaces. The tweeds are lovely too, however.
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Post by rob61 on Jul 7, 2016 9:49:42 GMT -6
Peoples' valuation of "vintage" gear has become unbelievable. Yes, some old gear was great, some old gear was bad. But in this instance, its an old tube amp. Sounded great, used to play with musicians who shleped them around. But its a tube amp. Pretty simple circuit. There are all sorts of re-issues of these older designs, with newer components (yes, some will argue they're not the same), are quieter, and more reliable. If someone wants to spend that kind of money on an old tube amp (components age even when not used, and in the case of tubes, can age worse if not used), go right ahead. But these valuations to me would not even make the offer a consideration. Enjoy.
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Post by EmRR on Jul 7, 2016 11:10:21 GMT -6
The going rate on a Dumble/Trainwreck/etc probably has something to do with that fishing venture.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 7, 2016 15:18:16 GMT -6
Peoples' valuation of "vintage" gear has become unbelievable. Yes, some old gear was great, some old gear was bad. But in this instance, its an old tube amp. Sounded great, used to play with musicians who shleped them around. But its a tube amp. Pretty simple circuit. There are all sorts of re-issues of these older designs, with newer components (yes, some will argue they're not the same), are quieter, and more reliable. If someone wants to spend that kind of money on an old tube amp (components age even when not used, and in the case of tubes, can age worse if not used), go right ahead. But these valuations to me would not even make the offer a consideration. Enjoy. I would never buy an amp that old. Chances are it's going to break down on you sooner than later. |
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