CapnDenny1
Student Of The Blues
I just wanted to warn everyone this is about selling an amp. So if that is as offensive to you as it normally is to me, stop reading. But it actually has a happy ending.
About 6 years ago when I started BGU I decided I needed an amp besidesmy PrincetonReverb, with some dirt when I wanted it, and it had to have tubes.
So I found. Peavet Delta Blues 210. I loved the clean, but I could never get the dirt to be dirty enough? So I moved on to other amps and it sat. I tried new speakers, which made the clean better butdidn’t help with the dirt. So since it has just been sitting for 3 or 4 years I decided to sell it. I decided to try some different tubs, and to my surprise the po had replaced the 12ax7’s with 12ay or 12av, actually ecc numbers. Anyway I put a nice pair or Tube Store Select 7025 tubes in the preamp, and the amp just came alive.
But I decided to sell it anyway. But now I could sell it with a clear conscience. I priced it at $350, since it had nice tubes and nice speakers.
Yesterday I got a call from a guy who asked if it was for sale still? I said yes, so he asked if I would consider $275 for it. He went on to say that he was calling for his son who was 15, and $275 was all the money he had to spend. I said ok. So they drove out from an hour away.
So they were both really nice. I started to explain to his son about the two channels, and how it was the same as the Peavey, ummm... what was it, and the 15 yr old said Classic 30? So then asked which knob was the lean volume and the master, Peavey calls them Pre and Post,. I lent him my Tele, since that was his prference, and he was off!
So I was treated to a sequence of cover tunes, where he played enough to know how that song sounded with amp. He set it to clean and played something needing clean, set to dirty and it was ZZ or AcDc. Really a nice player. You could see as he played he was liking it even more.
It made a couple weird noises, but we figured it was my guitar cable. So I told them thatI fixed amps too. And that this amp I would be glad to fix any issues for 90 days at no charge. I told them I was sure it was good, but if not I would fix it.
So handed me $255 dollars, and his dad added a $20. And my amp went with, but I think it wa really happy, and is going to a better place.
So a few hours later I got a text from theDad. He said he just wanted to thank me again and said his son was super excited to have the amp!
Now my wife just shakes her head, and thinks I sold it too low. But the joke is on her because I would have given that amp to that kid!
About 6 years ago when I started BGU I decided I needed an amp besidesmy PrincetonReverb, with some dirt when I wanted it, and it had to have tubes.
So I found. Peavet Delta Blues 210. I loved the clean, but I could never get the dirt to be dirty enough? So I moved on to other amps and it sat. I tried new speakers, which made the clean better butdidn’t help with the dirt. So since it has just been sitting for 3 or 4 years I decided to sell it. I decided to try some different tubs, and to my surprise the po had replaced the 12ax7’s with 12ay or 12av, actually ecc numbers. Anyway I put a nice pair or Tube Store Select 7025 tubes in the preamp, and the amp just came alive.
But I decided to sell it anyway. But now I could sell it with a clear conscience. I priced it at $350, since it had nice tubes and nice speakers.
Yesterday I got a call from a guy who asked if it was for sale still? I said yes, so he asked if I would consider $275 for it. He went on to say that he was calling for his son who was 15, and $275 was all the money he had to spend. I said ok. So they drove out from an hour away.
So they were both really nice. I started to explain to his son about the two channels, and how it was the same as the Peavey, ummm... what was it, and the 15 yr old said Classic 30? So then asked which knob was the lean volume and the master, Peavey calls them Pre and Post,. I lent him my Tele, since that was his prference, and he was off!
So I was treated to a sequence of cover tunes, where he played enough to know how that song sounded with amp. He set it to clean and played something needing clean, set to dirty and it was ZZ or AcDc. Really a nice player. You could see as he played he was liking it even more.
It made a couple weird noises, but we figured it was my guitar cable. So I told them thatI fixed amps too. And that this amp I would be glad to fix any issues for 90 days at no charge. I told them I was sure it was good, but if not I would fix it.
So handed me $255 dollars, and his dad added a $20. And my amp went with, but I think it wa really happy, and is going to a better place.
So a few hours later I got a text from theDad. He said he just wanted to thank me again and said his son was super excited to have the amp!
Now my wife just shakes her head, and thinks I sold it too low. But the joke is on her because I would have given that amp to that kid!
