Old Marshall anyone?

[pinto79]

Is this old news around here?

MARSHALL AMP NUMBER 2 MADE A REAL COLLECTORS ITEM on eBay (end time 22-May-10 18:22:26 BST)

 

[longfxukxnhair]

listing has been removed

 

[Jesstaa]

No it hasn't.

Use this number 220604793162

That shit is crazy expensive xD

 

[thrawn86]

I think it's because LFH and I are in the USA, and you and Pinto are not....the International listings usually do this to the USA members. If you use the item number Jesstaa gave you can see it.

 

[thrawn86]

OK, so next question: What does this thing sound most like? The Fender Bassman? I'd assume so, since the first Marshall's were supposedly a dead rip of the Bassman.

OK, frivolous question: Anyone, including people you know personally, ever own or play one that old, or close to it?

 

[Jesstaa]

I had to use the number too, I just know to use it from experience.

I don't think many people would buy this to play, but even still, 300,000 quid is a fuck of a lot of money for a collectors item. Could buy a nice house for that much.

 

[musicman]

The price is just stupid.

At the end of the day it's just a box with a few wires & bits & pieces in it.

Or is it "Art" ?

 

[wkcchampion]

With that price, I'd rather buy a Ferrari...

 

[GuitarGuy503]

The price is just stupid.

At the end of the day it's just a box with a few wires & bits & pieces in it.

Or is it "Art" ?

While I'll admit I wouldn't pay that kind of money for it it would be kinda cool to have around as a keepsake. It's pretty neat to see how the Marshall Amps have changed cosmetically over the years....

 

[longfxukxnhair]

Thx for the number J. To rich for my blood. Count me out.

 

[Viking62]

It'd wanna have Jims DNA in it for that sort of money

 

[bodhi2600]

no one on planet earth would be playing a marshall if it hadn't been for mr. Bran and mr. Craven. that dude(amp) is THE prehistoric Marshall.
while it is really expensive it is an amazing piece of rock n roll history.
i hope he sells it. he deserves the $.

 

[lucidspoon]

I don't care how much money I had, I wouldn't buy that. If I buy something, it's because I plan on using it. That's why even though AC Cobras are my favorite car, I'd never buy an original one. I'd want to drive it, which means there's a chance that I'd wreck it and there'd be one less in existence. Give me a replica, and I'll drive it all over the place.

Plus, if something happened and the amp needed to be repaired, nobody's going to want to touch it.

 

[LPMarshall hack]

What's that in dollars?

 

[DSL100 Dude]

$439,235

 

[Marshallhead]

OK, so next question: What does this thing sound most like? The Fender Bassman? I'd assume so, since the first Marshall's were supposedly a dead rip of the Bassman.

OK, frivolous question: Anyone, including people you know personally, ever own or play one that old, or close to it?

Yes - me! This amp is played about once a month on average. No I am not rich or famous, I just snagged it when it was cheap.

 

[Furies]

A piece like that should go into their equivalent of the Smithsonian.

 

[coldsteal2]

or at least in Jim's Museum

 

[custom53]

Then you could buy this to go along with it and have the ultimate rig... A mere $325,000...

VINTAGE 1960 GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD BURST OHSC TAGS - eBay (item 180494234045 end time May-14-10 13:47:34 PDT)

For that much money, I would have posted better pics of the Marshall...

 

[LPMarshall hack]

$439,235

Holy sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!!! I better retract my bid!!!