Insanity of collector prices

[Guildedagain]

Way beyond inflation or reason.

The need help button applies now more than ever. Blurb from seller, should you think spending $10k has anything to do reliability.

This is on my CL this morning, $7500, 1959 but that price?

Are we going to need wheelbarrows of cash soon?

 

[GGJaguar]

Gary's has priced his stuff above and beyond the "norm" since the 1990s. That's his thing. Still, having owned a '64 Vibroverb I can honestly say there's nothing mystical about them. They sound pretty much like the other 40-watt Fender reverb amps (Pro Reverb, Super Reverb). It's the SRV connection that makes people crazy for them (SRV also used a Super Rev, yet they are more or less ignored).

 

[Guildedagain]

I thought SRV used a blonde Vibroverb, different animal, in looks and tone.

I can't stand single 15" guitar amps, or big strings on a Strat, tried it all.

 

[Rocky]

I thought SRV used a blonde Vibroverb, different animal, in looks and tone.

I can't stand single 15" guitar amps, or big strings on a Strat, tried it all.

Nope. Both Vibroverbs are pretty rare, but when FMIC made the first Vibroverb reissue to cash in on the SRV craze, they guessed wrong.

That said, the 2x10 brown Vibroverb, is a better sounding amp, in my opinion.

 

[Guildedagain]

'63 Princeton Brown/White knobs, that one magic circuit, that's the one I want.

Next up would be a 2x10 Vibrolux combo.

And if I never had to move it a Blackface Super Reverb.

 

[twocorgis]

Super Reverbs don't seem to get a whole lot of love, and I guess it's because they're so heavy. I owned probably the nicest '65 (with a '66 tube chart) out there. It was so perfect you'd swear it was a reissue. Still had the glitter on the grill cloth and not a speck of rust anywhere on the stanchions. I was lucky to get what I had into it when I sold it.

'65 Fender Super Reverb

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[Guildedagain]

I couldn't move one 20 years ago, or didn't want to. I went to a guy's house that had 2 side by side, near identical Blackface. He ends up showing me his whole under the bed guitar collection and I bought a nice Italian Wah for $75 but passed on the amps, too heavy.

I did bring this home for $375 once, a 1960 Concert. The weight wasn't really an issue. Traded it for a '75 JMP50 head, good trade.

Also favored this amp, not that you'd want to move it often.
Super Six Reverb with Sound City Fuzz Face Wah

Funny, pic is 20+ years old and I have that cord on my guitar right now, and the converted early video game goodie box footrest.

 

[twocorgis]

Dave Alvin, one of my all-time favorites, was still using one of these the last time I saw him. And Ronnie Earl, another favorite, uses two Super Reverbs!

 

[GGJaguar]

Super Reverbs don't seem to get a whole lot of love, and I guess it's because they're so heavy.

Yup, everyone wants small amps now. Including me.

 

[twocorgis]

Yup, everyone wants small amps now. Including me.

Me too. I love my old Sunn 200S, but it's so much easier to move the Aguilar Tone Hammer 500!

 

[Guildedagain]

I think my most fave amp is the smallest, Champ type with 8" speaker, surprising.

 

[fronobulax]

Yup, everyone wants small amps now. Including me.

Is it *everyone* or merely folks of a certain age who do not have staff or roadies or trucks to move their equipment?

 

[Rocky]

Is it *everyone* or merely folks of a certain age who do not have staff or roadies or trucks to move their equipment?

Everyone wants light bass gear. Unless you're playing theaters or stadiums and have roadies, nobody wants to move an SVT.

I have a friend who plays a Super Reverb, but he's under 30. Most people over that age don't want anything bigger than a Deluxe or Vibrolux Reverb. Most venues don't want or need any more power than that. Most people under 30 are using modeling gear, so it's either lightweight or completely through the PA.

I lucked into an 80's Super Champ a few years ago, and I've used it for 95% of anything I've done since.

 

[GGJaguar]

Is it *everyone* or merely folks of a certain age

Get off my lawn! In my experience, the downsizing started about 25 years ago as venues got smaller and stage space got smaller (or nearly non-existent). The last time I played bass at a gig, I used a 70-watt Peavey combo amp and for my last rhythm guitar gig I used a Vibrolux Reverb (and that was a bit overkill). Now I'm hooked on my Quilter Superblock US and Quilter Superblock UK. I can easily see offloading the rest of my tube gear within the next few years.

 

[Guildedagain]

Still looking for one of these. Every decade I wait adds a digit on the left apparently.

 

[lungimsam]

Unless it’s about “that sound” that someone is looking for, I would think that todays amps blow away anything from the 1900’s, and for way cheaper.
I guess it’s akin to the vintage cars market.

 

[Guildedagain]

I would think that todays amps blow away anything from the 1900’s, and for way cheaper.

Not even close.

 

[lungimsam]

Really?

 

[johnreardon]

Is it *everyone* or merely folks of a certain age who do not have staff or roadies or trucks to move their equipment?

Not me. I own the PA and also use the white 36w head plus two 1x12 cabs on the left. I take the white combo on the right as well.

We have no roadies, just people of same age.

I’m 77 next week.

Now that’s insane not people prepared to pay almost any prices for gear they want.

I wouldn’t but It’s up to them not us.

 

[GGJaguar]

I own the PA and also use the white 36w head plus two 1x12 cabs on the left. I take the white combo on the right as well.

You are awesome! Respect!