How much were vintage pedals before they were actually vintage?

[wdinc01]

I saw a link to this eBay auction for a Maestro Brassmaster on Discofreq's site.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=270339712121

Now, aside from the ridiculous Buy It Now price, I thought it was interesting that the box has a $79.95 written on it. I'm going to assume that was put on there when a music store had it in stock new.

So does anyone here how much different pedals cost when they were new back in the 70s? Cheaper? Just as expensive? Ridiculous? Share!

[JohnnyPustular]

I probably paid about $30 for my Ibanez CS9 stereo chorus new in 1981- now they go for over $100 if you can find one. There are several variables: price goes up if a famous player uses it, when paradigms shift (e.g., from tube to solid state back to tube), a pedal gets good world-of-mouth, and if a company quits making them. All these things happened to the CS9. Prices drop if a pedal is unreliable, if the market is flooded with them (e.g., Boss SD-1- great pedal, but cheap), and when a company comes out with a truly improved version.

I bought a '66 Fender Princeton Reverb from a girlfriend for $25 in the early '80s. I've carried it around for many years, not giving it much thought, until I found out that that they have become very popular among blues and studio guys. They go for $1600 these days. Bought a late '60s Ampeg B-15 as my first amp in 1977 for what I could afford- around $150. Then gave it away 15 years later. Before everyone figured out who James Jamerson was and what he was playing ('66 precision for $350 too).

There's really no way to know how these things will turn out, though. I have an old EH Dr. Q that I'm still waiting for it to go up

[cybersnyder]

$79.95 in 1973 (just picked a year) is roughly $380 in today's dollars

[bassteban]

I bought a Pearl analog delay in 80 or so for $79.95; I've seen them go for $300+, so yeah. I just missed one that went for a little over $100 though, so you gotta keep your eyes peeled.

[wdinc01]

Originally Posted by cybersnyder

$79.95 in 1973 (just picked a year) is roughly $380 in today's dollars

Yeah, I figured it would be about that in today's dollars, but its still interesting to see what people had to pay for them back then.

Anyone know what a Jet Phaser went for?

[Hoover]

Just a couple data points: In 1976 I bought a new Maestro Boomerang pedal for ~$70, and either that same year or in '77 I bought a new Musitronics Mutron III for just under $100.

[Joe Gress]

Originally Posted by cybersnyder

$79.95 in 1973 (just picked a year) is roughly $380 in today's dollars

So the b:assmaster is still a good deal at $255.