Sharptone said:
... I think this could become a nice hobby. Do you think that there is a market for refurbished old guitar tube amp? This could bring in extra money once in a while ... thank you John for all the help.
Hi Rog; my pleasure to help .. but getting paid back for the time you spend on bringing back dumpster amps depends largely on the spread between what you paid for them and what you can sell them for. If your last name gains the imprimatur of Fender, Soldano, Fuchs, or Rivera, then maybe a 'Sharptone-refurbished', say, Gibson GA19 might move for good money on Cl or eBay.
Unless the fact that it was
you who did the work, then even a good-running GA19 will only bring what the market will bear. This isn't the best example but here goes; back in the day when gas 350 and 454cid boat engines were more common, 2,000 hours - and goes for diesel too - was sort of a rule-of-thumb standard; gas engines needed to be replaced and diesels needed overhauled.
If you wanted to sell your $35,000 boat with 2,000 hours on the gas engines, you wouldn't get $35,000 for it. It would take nearly $10,000 to $20,000 to re-power with re-manufactured engines; re-built transmissions, clean out or replace the gas tanks, new gauges, exhaust, stainless steel motor mounts ... on and on and on; better part of $30,000 for new ones ... at which time you'd have $55,000 in your $35,000 boat. At that point, you are saying: "Hi; anybody want to pay $55,000 for my $35,000 boat with fresh power?"
No matter what
these guys say, you don't do it for love or do it for money ... you only do it for love. As a hobbyist, the pleasure is making a broken thing work, or making it sound good ... and digging the tone ... if you get your money back on what you spent for the amp and the new parts, so much the better; this is fact, not a complaint! :wink: John
