PRICE DROP: $1200
Going to part with one of my lovely Sunn, just acquired a '68 1000s so I gotta make some room. This is a 1971 Sunn 1200s in very good condition. 8 & 4 ohm outputs. The only cosmetic issues are a few knicks in the Tolex and the power transformer which worked loose from its bolts when shipped to me, and has thus been re-secured. Doesn't change the way it sounds, and the transformer is now firmly held to the chassis. There is also a split in the block that the back plate screws to, but the panel still screws securely in place. The face plate is very clean, as is the grill cloth. Trem and verb work well, original verb tank from the factory. Had a full maintenance a few years back, replaced all caps necessary, removed death cap and polarity switch, had a 3 prong cable installed. While it does have two sockets for the rectifier tubes, this one was sent out of the factory with a diode plug in one socket and the other left unwired, typical of that period of Sunn as they always aimed to use up whatever they had on hand. This also means it had a factory rating of 150w instead of the earlier 120w, but either way, if you're looking at this, you probably know how loud these amps are for their conservative 150w rating. Like many amps of its age, it does have some background hum, though nothing major, and it could be accentuated by the Mesa 12AX7 that's currently in there, as I swapped it to a Tung-Sol 12AX7 to test and the hum was a bit quieter. There is also a Sylvania 12AX7 and US made 6AN8 in the preamp. Currently it's sporting some low-hours Tung-Sol reissue 6550s, which I find to be fantastic tubes (sound nearly identical to the original US ones in one of my 2000s). No trade interests at the moment. I would prefer a local sale and pickup (Glassell Park, Los Angeles, CA), though I can ship and pack (I've done a number of Sunn shipments, so it'll be packaged well), but that would be on the buyer. $1̶5̶0̶0̶.
TL;DR?
Pros:
-1971 Sunn 1200s
-Trem & Reverb
-clean cosmetics
-serviced and ready to rock
Cons:
-Transformer reattached
-Some hum when idle
Going to part with one of my lovely Sunn, just acquired a '68 1000s so I gotta make some room. This is a 1971 Sunn 1200s in very good condition. 8 & 4 ohm outputs. The only cosmetic issues are a few knicks in the Tolex and the power transformer which worked loose from its bolts when shipped to me, and has thus been re-secured. Doesn't change the way it sounds, and the transformer is now firmly held to the chassis. There is also a split in the block that the back plate screws to, but the panel still screws securely in place. The face plate is very clean, as is the grill cloth. Trem and verb work well, original verb tank from the factory. Had a full maintenance a few years back, replaced all caps necessary, removed death cap and polarity switch, had a 3 prong cable installed. While it does have two sockets for the rectifier tubes, this one was sent out of the factory with a diode plug in one socket and the other left unwired, typical of that period of Sunn as they always aimed to use up whatever they had on hand. This also means it had a factory rating of 150w instead of the earlier 120w, but either way, if you're looking at this, you probably know how loud these amps are for their conservative 150w rating. Like many amps of its age, it does have some background hum, though nothing major, and it could be accentuated by the Mesa 12AX7 that's currently in there, as I swapped it to a Tung-Sol 12AX7 to test and the hum was a bit quieter. There is also a Sylvania 12AX7 and US made 6AN8 in the preamp. Currently it's sporting some low-hours Tung-Sol reissue 6550s, which I find to be fantastic tubes (sound nearly identical to the original US ones in one of my 2000s). No trade interests at the moment. I would prefer a local sale and pickup (Glassell Park, Los Angeles, CA), though I can ship and pack (I've done a number of Sunn shipments, so it'll be packaged well), but that would be on the buyer. $1̶5̶0̶0̶.
TL;DR?
Pros:
-1971 Sunn 1200s
-Trem & Reverb
-clean cosmetics
-serviced and ready to rock
Cons:
-Transformer reattached
-Some hum when idle
