ELK Viking Bass Amp

[Tylos]

A local repair guy phoned me about an ELK Viking bass head and cab. it's all tube and he's offering it at a great price R2000 (+- $275)

I'm not familiar with the brand and can't find any info on it. Does anyone know about them, give me an idea on value, quality etc?

[T-Bird]

Hi.

A tube amp and a cab, regardless of the quality, is a steal for that kind of money. IMHO anyway.

Assuming obviously that the tech knows his stuff and is offering the stack to be used with bass (100W +).


A few questions for Your tech:

Is it a CP or vintage?

Is it a Bassman (RCA) clone or something fancier?

For that price, it's probably not re-capped (if vintage), and comes with crappy tubes.
For how much will he service it with quality tubes?

Ask him these questions and if possible, try to get some pics as well.
In any case, if the tech is a stand up guy, he'll be up-front with You and wouldn't probably be offering it to you in the first pace if it wasn't a good one.


Edit:Well, I took Your word about it being a rare amp with no information on the net, here's some:
http://www.drtube.com/guitamp.htm#Elk


Regards
Sam