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Topic: Need help with pricing AMP. |
J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2020 5:22 pm |
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Selling for the widow of a friend a 1973 Bassman 70 Head and Fender Cabinet with two Fender 15" speakers. I have no ideal how to price this. Could someone give a fair price. It is like new. Been in storage for years. Thanks, J.R. Rose
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Don Mogle
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Round Rock, TX, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2020 5:42 pm Amp
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JR,
You might get a good idea by going to Reverb and putting the amp details into one of their search engines for similar amps that have sold.
I am no expert, but my guesstimate would be somewhere around $500-$700.
Don |
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Flip Brown
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Vermont, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2020 5:47 pm
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Having owned several of this vintage of Fender amps, there are a number of things to consider - are the tubes, transformers, and capacitors in the head tested and functional? Are the speaker cones in the cabinet still in good shape. If you look in a copy of Vintage Guitar magazine you'll see some ads for folks who do amp restoration, and they can give you some tips. It's hard to find good local tube tech. Whatever you do don't take it to a Guitar Center chain store! If this combo is "mint" with no tears in the Tolex (vinyl covering) and/or the speaker cloth, and no discoloration of the metal parts I've seen these go for $1,200 to $1,500, but a "beater" is going to be much much less. Good luck!
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2020 6:37 pm
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go to ebay and look under the sold auctions for this item and you will get an idea.
the bassman 70 is not really one of the more desirable heads and the two 15 cab...., nobody uses those big cabs much anymore.
heres a bassman 70 on reverb....asking $585. https://reverb.com/p/fender-bassman-70 |
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2020 2:12 pm
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Thanks Guys. I think I know where it should be listed at. All I have done is remove it from closet. It is in like new condition. Asking $750 plus how ever to get it to you. J.R. Rose
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2020 2:18 pm
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Yes Gentlemen, It is a Monster to handle. But if you get located in a place that is where you do not have to move it around OH what a sound you can get. J.R. Rose
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Flip Brown
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Vermont, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2020 2:22 pm
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Minty indeed! My first guesstimate was a little high, but Mr. Hatcher was closer. There's a well-used, rusty head alone on Reverb for $600. I use a 1978 Bassman 135 head with a single 15" Fender cab, and when I plug my steel into it the sound has more depth than my Steel King.
Guitarists generally didn't like those heads because they're relatively "clean" and don't break up much because of the transformers. Perfect for the studio and your steel!
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 28 Jun 2020 3:28 pm
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That is a very clean example. You might get that if you find someone who is looking for one. But I think it's a tough sell.
The one Bill referenced for $585 is head-only, and also in the local (Harrisburg PA) Craigslist. It's kinda' beat. And there is yet another Bassman 70, both head and cab, for $750, bit further north in Danville PA. It's an early-80s blackface ultralinear. There was yet another one that sat for months on that same Craigslist - don't know whether they sold it or not. But I've seen Bassman 70s on Craigslist here sit for months.
But yours is so clean it might get some action. Certainly worth a shot, and better to start a little high than too low. I think they're actually pretty good bass amps, unlike most of the earlier Bassmans. But as Bill said - they're sort of in no-man's land as a useful amp. Guitar players mostly don't like 'em, unlike the earlier ones. And they're monsters to gig with for what - 70 RMS Watts - when you can get a good workable 300-800 Watt amp that weighs 20-40 pounds these days.
I picked up a pristine '68 drip-edge Showman head with the matching 1x15" cab a few years ago at a guitar show for less than that. The cab has the original single JBL mounted on a tone ring. The guy walked around for 3 hours hawking that on a dolly, and that is a very desirable head. I only got it for the rare chances I have for my surf band to play outside. And I've only used it a couple of times. But these big piggyback Fender amps do look cool. They were the schiznitz when I was coming up. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 29 Jun 2020 12:58 pm
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The head is ok, its not the worst one out there, I would agree in the $500 range. The cab, unless they are JBL.s probably the price of two used speakers, +/- 200 at best.
Not long ago I sold my SF Bassman 50 head , had a real hard time getting $400. the B-50 and the B-70 are both 2 x 6L6 amps pretty much the same category. the B-50 I had was real clean as well.
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