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Post by recordingengineer on Aug 29, 2024 2:21:32 GMT -6
Don’t think I’ve seen this here before, but maybe I’m not remembering. What was the best deal you’ve ever got?
In 2017 I picked-up a Milab DC-63 for $65 (and hand-delivered to my door) with everything still in working-condition. I told her it was worth much more, but she didn’t care and was only interested in someone loving it as much her mother did. Apparently her mother was a singer from the Bay Area (don’t even know who she was) and carried this mic-around regularly.
Unfortunately, since I bought the Milab VIP-60, I haven’t really used it.
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Post by frans on Aug 29, 2024 3:14:56 GMT -6
You could give it to me, i think 66$ would be a fair price. I came across a few good occasions - in 1998 i got a Hiwatt DR104 for (today's equivalent of) 200€. A while later i got a AKG D20 in pristine condition for 50€. A Les Paul for 25€. A Beyer M160 for free .. and so on. You wouldn't want to hear all those stories.
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Post by lowlou on Aug 29, 2024 3:53:22 GMT -6
Bought an Mf-104M, MF-108M, MF-107 & a Midi-Murf, grouped for 1100€ in 2020. Guitar Center ex-demos...
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 29, 2024 4:41:32 GMT -6
Original 1972 Fender Jazz bass $100, had about 5 basses at the time including a Warwick and Alembic, now I have 1 bass an original 1972 Fender jazz bass
Really the only remarkable deal I’ve ever gotten on any gear
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Post by nick8801 on Aug 29, 2024 5:00:46 GMT -6
Got a vintage fender champ for like 300 bux back in the early 2000’s before the prices skyrocketed on vintage amps. Still my number 1 recording amp! Also have this custom fender/partscaster p bass that looked a hot mess at Sam ash for 150 bux. Got it cleaned up, replaced the nut, and it plays and sounds just as good as any expensive p bass I’ve ever picked up.
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Post by rowmat on Aug 29, 2024 5:02:50 GMT -6
Neumann U77 - $300 AUD ($200 USD) Neumann KMS84i - $30AUD ($20 USD) EMT140 (literally like new) - $3000 AUD ($2000 USD)
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Post by sean on Aug 29, 2024 5:19:36 GMT -6
Hmm…probably a blue stripe 1176 for $1000. Sold it and it paid for my wedding.
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Post by mattbroiler on Aug 29, 2024 6:55:27 GMT -6
early eighties in Detroit I bought a Fender Vibrolux blue/silverface for $100 it did not turn on my high school self thought maybe it needs a new fuse so I put one in and voila it worked still got it right here it sounds better than ever
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Post by drumsound on Aug 29, 2024 7:47:43 GMT -6
I worked at a music store in the late 90s to 2003. I got a virtually new Mexican Strat for $65 and a Mesa 2x12 for $65 both brought in as trades. I think I paid less than $100 for a blackface Bassman, also a trade from the original owner.
My BEST score ever was a made in Turkey K Zildjian ride that I got for $50 because the pawn shop thought it was an old, never cleaned cymbal. I got one over on them, but they must have really got one over one whoever brought it in.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Aug 29, 2024 8:16:37 GMT -6
‘65 Fender Deluxe Reverb for $250. An original one. Somebody purchased it to use with an Accordion apparently. Put it in a closet and never even turned it on. Still has the perfect “leather” cover as well.
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Post by andersmv on Aug 29, 2024 8:40:12 GMT -6
My dad was at a yard sale and saw an old set of drums with no badges. It looked like a 60s/70s Ludwig set in Butcher Block Cortex to me, they wanted $150 and dad talked them down to $100. I said go for it. They ended up giving him a bag with some random drum stuff in it, had all the badges in there. Cleaned it up and sold it for almost $800 a few days later. That was fun. I used to do that a lot and was constantly flipping stuff online in the early 2000's. Made some good money, can't really do that anymore though. I miss it...
This isn't technically "gear", but lived in Moscow in the mid 90's as a kid. My dad and I got into collecting old Soviet war medals. Really cool history with them, beautiful works of art, the nicer ones came with documentation that would tell you who got the medal and why. We did that for 2 years for fun, Dad guessed we probably spent well under $2000 total on everything over that period. About 2010 or so, I saw some pop up on eBay for insane amounts of money. We ended up selling them all for over $20k. A lot of them ended up being extremely good fakes, which was too bad because that would have ended up being "retirement" money. That's probably the most I've ever come out on top.
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Post by gravesnumber9 on Aug 29, 2024 8:45:40 GMT -6
Yamaha U1 from a middle school auction for $1200. Great piano. It was used for teaching so it was tuned regularly and in great shape. They had two for sale and my only regret is not buying both.
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Post by ericn on Aug 29, 2024 9:02:53 GMT -6
Let’s see the 68 Bassman for $50? A bunch of the Sony C535’s were less than $200 ea eBay asking these. Days is around $1K. The Quested H208’s were free because of UPS Damage to the tweeters and Midrange, they paid for “ Quested drivers”. Just needed Morel & Vifa Diaphragms. The AMPEX 440-8 & 440-1/4in were basically free at $400 but they included a console that I sold for $400.
A bunch of Stuff I have pulled out of old installs and flipped.
The 2 guitar pawnshop finds that were lost in Ike 68 les Paul Studio $500 Alembic California Special $169.
Lots of mics that have come & gone probably the 2 best were 3 Steadman N90’s for 50ea and the MBHO Omni lollipop for $179.
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Post by phdamage on Aug 29, 2024 9:30:15 GMT -6
Wish I could go back and snag all the Model Ts and V4s back in the 90s for peanuts.
A friend gave me a black beauty (90s) for free cuz he got frustrated trying to remove the throw and scratched it. He just bought a new one. I paid like $25 for a new throw and that was it.
Bought a Sunn 2000S off a coworker for $100. Used in the studio for years and then sold it for enough to buy an SVT.
RE15 for $60 via tapeop message board
Noble and Cooley solid maple for $400 via music go round! Still one of my faves
Got a 90s Tama Starclassic kit in pristine condition for like $700 early in COVID - the guy threw in the snare for free cuz the listing was wrong - said 20” kick drum and it was 22”. Sold it a month later for $1600.
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Post by EmRR on Aug 29, 2024 10:14:08 GMT -6
So many, but a standout was a radio station that was about to be bulldozed, there was a shelf full of RCA tubes, floor to ceiling, that the guy took $100 for. He got impatient and ran me off before I was done frantically sweeping off the shelves into cardboard boxes, so about half were still there and he took $50 instead. Probably got 200+ tubes.
I did score a very well built radio station home made tube remote preamp (think OP-6) from the late 1930's on eBay for $20 in the last 4 years. Not a buy it now, just the only bidder!
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Post by bluesholyman on Aug 29, 2024 10:40:48 GMT -6
Used Deluxe Reverb RI with a Celestion Gold speaker for $700. I sold it for a number of reasons, mostly because it was way more amp than I needed (at home), but do wish I still had it...
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Post by bobeschism on Aug 29, 2024 11:51:36 GMT -6
Not as impressive as some of the deals you lot have snagged, but 2 years ago I made a journey from SW England to North Scotland to pick up this mint 1999 Gretsch 6120 for £900.
The memories from my youngest son joining me for the 850 mile road trip: priceless. Easily the best deal I ever got.
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Post by Ward on Aug 29, 2024 12:05:27 GMT -6
Two of the best deals I can think of were also guitars.
Original 1959 Gretsch 6120 for 350 and an original 1960 LP Junior for $300. Then again, I got an original 1957 LP Junior student model for free . . . thrown in on a deal.
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 29, 2024 12:18:32 GMT -6
I was doing a project for the woman that created Dora The Explorer...and we were out at dinner and I was showing someone on my phone a Collings I was thinking about buying...she said, "let me see that...how much is it?" I told her it was listed at $3800. She put the phone down, reached in her purse, pulled out her checkbook and wrote me a check for $3800. Unbelievable. I then paid an extra $1200 and bought a Martin D-28 Authentic. Can't say I'm not lucky lol.
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Post by bluesholyman on Aug 29, 2024 13:38:55 GMT -6
I was doing a project for the woman that created Dora The Explorer...and we were out at dinner and I was showing someone on my phone a Collings I was thinking about buying...she said, "let me see that...how much is it?" I told her it was listed at $3800. She put the phone down, reached in her purse, pulled out her checkbook and wrote me a check for $3800. Unbelievable. I then paid an extra $1200 and bought a Martin D-28 Authentic. Can't say I'm not lucky lol. Friends in low places? Edit: meant to be funny, not a snark. Internetting Is hard...
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Post by hadaja on Aug 29, 2024 14:00:54 GMT -6
Be interesting to hear some stories about some of Dan Alexanders best dealings. If that was a show on Netflix, I would certainly watch that. Really enjoy watching those American Pickers shows.
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Post by ericn on Aug 29, 2024 14:22:00 GMT -6
I was doing a project for the woman that created Dora The Explorer...and we were out at dinner and I was showing someone on my phone a Collings I was thinking about buying...she said, "let me see that...how much is it?" I told her it was listed at $3800. She put the phone down, reached in her purse, pulled out her checkbook and wrote me a check for $3800. Unbelievable. I then paid an extra $1200 and bought a Martin D-28 Authentic. Can't say I'm not lucky lol. I’m book marking this to show the guys who worked on Archer, I’m not greedy I’ll take $1000😁
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Post by ericn on Aug 29, 2024 14:22:42 GMT -6
Be interesting to hear some stories about some of Dan Alexanders best dealings. If that was a show on Netflix, I would certainly watch that. Really enjoy watching those American Pickers shows. It’s an interesting adventure, I have to buy his book!
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Post by hadaja on Aug 29, 2024 15:09:39 GMT -6
Be interesting to hear some stories about some of Dan Alexanders best dealings. If that was a show on Netflix, I would certainly watch that. Really enjoy watching those American Pickers shows. It’s an interesting adventure, I have to buy his book! Just my opinion. I bought the book it was a great read. But not really one to hold onto . Look for a used one.
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Post by craigmorris74 on Aug 29, 2024 15:24:34 GMT -6
In college, got a Vibro Champ for $80. Still love it!
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