Co-worker of mine mentions he has a 5150(block letter), we start chatting. His doesnt work. I get interested. I grab it from his house to take a look. He says he bought it in 1994 and never changed the tubes, amp went kaput 6 or 7 years ago and shelved it.
I take it to my space, open it up, full of cobwebs. Power tubes look dusty and almost matte finish like, something out of world war 2. One power tube is shattered. Pull the chassis out, one of the F 2A fuses is blown. Pre amp tubes look fine. A couple knobs on the front are missing but jacks and everything seem strong.
I was thinking of just offering him $100 to take it off his hands. Is this fair or insulting? FYI I just sold a block letter 5150 for $500, freshly retubed. Im thinking I could pay him $100, order a set of power tubes for $80(give or take) pop a new fuse in there (few $), clean it up and hopefully that's all it will need.
Is it worth the investment guys?
I take it to my space, open it up, full of cobwebs. Power tubes look dusty and almost matte finish like, something out of world war 2. One power tube is shattered. Pull the chassis out, one of the F 2A fuses is blown. Pre amp tubes look fine. A couple knobs on the front are missing but jacks and everything seem strong.
I was thinking of just offering him $100 to take it off his hands. Is this fair or insulting? FYI I just sold a block letter 5150 for $500, freshly retubed. Im thinking I could pay him $100, order a set of power tubes for $80(give or take) pop a new fuse in there (few $), clean it up and hopefully that's all it will need.
Is it worth the investment guys?
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