JMP/HBE
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Got to be kidding ...
Got to be kidding ...
$900 Dollar Tube Screamer
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Gtrjunior
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JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: $900 Dollar Tube Screamer
Old desirable things often command high prices. Modifying them usually kills that value.
Old desirable things often command high prices. Modifying them usually kills that value.
SAguitar
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Re: $900 Dollar Tube Screamer
Yeah, upgrades. Reminds me of the bad old days when we hogged out perfectly nice Les Pauls and put Kramers and Floyds in them. Hey, they were just used guitars back then, and we had no idea this whole "vintage" thing would explode.
But that TS will never sell for near that amount of cash.
Yeah, upgrades. Reminds me of the bad old days when we hogged out perfectly nice Les Pauls and put Kramers and Floyds in them. Hey, they were just used guitars back then, and we had no idea this whole "vintage" thing would explode.
But that TS will never sell for near that amount of cash.
PFDarkside
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Re: $900 Dollar Tube Screamer
Sweet, I’m going to buy it and sound just like Stevie Van Hendrixstein.
Sweet, I’m going to buy it and sound just like Stevie Van Hendrixstein.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: $900 Dollar Tube Screamer
I just sold my original Klon last night for $1600. It was kinda surreal, being handed enough cash to buy a nice guitar for a pedal I bought 18 years ago for $240..
I just sold my original Klon last night for $1600. It was kinda surreal, being handed enough cash to buy a nice guitar for a pedal I bought 18 years ago for $240..
PFDarkside
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Re: $900 Dollar Tube Screamer
Out of a gazillion ’59 Les Paul copies on the market, at least some of them have to sound as good or better than the original,,,surely. (?)
Out of a gazillion 1967 Plexi copies on the market, at least some of them have to sound as good or better than the original,,,surely. (?)
Out of a gazillion ’59 Les Paul copies on the market, at least some of them have to sound as good or better than the original,,,surely. (?)
Out of a gazillion 1967 Plexi copies on the market, at least some of them have to sound as good or better than the original,,,surely. (?)
Re: $900 Dollar Tube Screamer
It's just a lot to pay for nostalgia IMO.
I guess it's easier for me to see the "collector's value" in old/unique/special guitars as opposed to pedals, amps, or electronics in general.
Value is in the eye of the beholder I guess, and there might well be someone out there willing to pay 5-10x what the original price was or even the modern equivalent amount.
It's just a lot to pay for nostalgia IMO.
I guess it's easier for me to see the "collector's value" in old/unique/special guitars as opposed to pedals, amps, or electronics in general.
Value is in the eye of the beholder I guess, and there might well be someone out there willing to pay 5-10x what the original price was or even the modern equivalent amount.
PFDarkside
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Re: $900 Dollar Tube Screamer
I understand, but there is something there. As I mentioned in the last Klon thread, Ibanez/Maxon made more TS9s in one quarter of 1982 than Bill made Klons total. There were less than 2000 Klons made ever. This Ibanez is ridiculous because of how many there are (even of this vintage).
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