price check: near mint BF bassman + 2x12 cab?

[mynameisjonas]

my bandmate is considering selling his ridiculously clean bassman rig to replace it with something he could feel a bit more comfortable gigging with (and of course make a bit of profit in the process). anyone have an idea of how much he could ask for it? i haven't checked which year it is, but IIRC the serial is close to the one i used to have, so it's somewhere around '65-'66. it's completely original, and as i said, very very clean.

i looked up completed listings on ebay, but since US pricing is usually a lot lower than swedish, i'd like to get some opinions from people in europe, preferrably in the UK (where prices seem to be just as high as over here.)

[zhivago]

if it is ridiculously clean with a matching 2x12 cab, and considering that the Bassman is the most desirable blackface head, I'd expect the set to be £1k...possibly more on a good day on ebay

in a shop, I do't even dare to think how much they's ask for!! 

[mezcalhead]

I've been watching BF Bassman heads quite a lot lately .. as far as US pricing goes they seem to be a lot of amp for the money as the head alone goes for about $500 to $750 depending on condition and FEIC/FMC etc .. but anyway, I'd say Yannis is about right for EU pricing, maybe just a little high, I might consider paying £800? .. maybe offer it at £1000 and see how it goes.

Of course, on Denmark St a head and cab in good nick would probably go for £2500 ..



If one was looking to buy, I reckon the most economical way to do it would be to buy a head from the US and source the cab and speakers locally.

[mynameisjonas]

thanks guys

i'll tell him to start at 14000 SEK (£1012) and see how it goes.

[zhivago]

sounds cool

hope he does well with the auction 

[i love sharin foo]

I sold a REALLY clean '65 Bassman head a while back. It even had the original Victoria cover and everything. It sounded really, really great, but I just wasn't using it enough.

I didn't want to pop in just to say what I sold it for though, since it stayed in the States, so that won't do much good as a measuring stick. But since I'm here anyway...  I think I paid $350 or so for it and I sold it for$650 about a year ago.

Justin