Disturber Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Missed it by a minute. A pristine 1969 50W Marshall plexi. Seller wanted 1000 dollars. This will haunt me for a long time.
sixesandsevens Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Sorry to hear you missed it. I'm more sorry to hear that it will haunt you. Sounds like a good time to take a day off, mourn, and rock out on the gear you do have. May your recovery be a speedy one.
Disturber Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 I'm over it now. But I would have loved to lay my dirty paws on that amp.
Disturber Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 My '69 plexi:That is a cool one. I want something from 1969 as it was the year I was born. I'll always regret that I didn't buy a next to mint LP Gold Top for 2000$ ten years ago. A cool amp could still be in my reach. I'll keep on looking.
Steve Haynie Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Look on the bright side. Now you will avoid having to replace 45 year old parts that can go bad at anytime. People will not bother you about borrowing your amp for a studio session. You will not have to answer endless questions about what work has been done to the amp over its 45 year existence.
Jakeboy Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 I am bummed FOR you..... We all would LOVE to pick up an original 69 Plexi at that price. In the meantime, Jim Nickelson at LIl Dawg Amps will build you a spot on clone for that price, or maybe lower.Serial, that plexi of yours screams Keith, Joe Perry, and Rick Richards. Get Yer YaYas out with that bad boy!
Disturber Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 I am bummed FOR you..... We all would LOVE to pick up an original 69 Plexi at that price. In the meantime, Jim Nickelson at LIl Dawg Amps will build you a spot on clone for that price, or maybe lower. Serial, that plexi of yours screams Keith, Joe Perry, and Rick Richards. Get Yer YaYas out with that bad boy! Yeah, clones can sound good. But they most often don't have the real deal output transformers, mustard caps etc. Then I'd just rather buy a mid 70's JMP 1987. Those are mighty fine amps too. I have a 1973 Marshall 2040 Artiste combo. It's PTP and all the parts were in it to rebuild it to a JTM50. So I had my amp tech do that seven years ago. It's a monster amp. Uses the same transformers as other 50 W Marshalls of that time, and all the other mumbo jumbo components, such as mustard caps etc. He just moved the parts around. It is now a Bassman 6G6-B Bassman on channel 1 and a JTM50 on channel 2. It's a pretty versatile amp. And its got the original G12H-30 speakers.
Jakeboy Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 That Artiste combo looks awesome and what a great idea to marry the blonde Bassman to the Marshall circuit. Best of both worlds.I love my 6g6-b.
gtone Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 OUCH!! Do feel your pain there...'69 Plexi for a grand - what was the catch? Fire sale? Someone didn't know what they had? Beater?....
gorch Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 ...I have a 1973 Marshall 2040 Artiste combo. It's PTP and all the parts were in it to rebuild it to a JTM50. So I had my amp tech do that seven years ago. It's a monster amp. Uses the same transformers as other 50 W Marshalls of that time, and all the other mumbo jumbo components, such as mustard caps etc. He just moved the parts around.It is now a Bassman 6G6-B Bassman on channel 1 and a JTM50 on channel 2. It's a pretty versatile amp. And its got the original G12H-30 speakers.That's a nice foolish idea to flip the parts around to receive a combo like that as the result.
Disturber Posted November 3, 2014 Author Posted November 3, 2014 OUCH!! Do feel your pain there...'69 Plexi for a grand - what was the catch? Fire sale? Someone didn't know what they had? Beater?....He also sold an old Power Soak, so my guess is he didn't have a clue what the going price is for old Marshalls. Probably hadn't played it much in the last 20 years. Didn't Google, just put out the ad. Probably as he needed to clear some space.
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