Jordan Bass Man 119

[phoenix_doctor]

Hi,

I'm looking for some information on the Jordan Bass Man 119. I've trolled though the forums and found that Jordan was a CA-based electronics company that made solid-state amps from 1965-1972. The Turtles were signed as endorsers and according to another thread, the 119 was used by The Doors to power Ray Manzareck's keyboard.

I inherited it from my father, who told me an aunt of his who dug rock music (supposedly the "hip woman" of the neighborhood in a small town in Pennsylvania) went out and bought a whole bunch of music equipment in 1970 so the kids on the block could form a band. The amp was recently pulled out of storage and seems to be in fine working order.

Could anyone provide some information on this, specifically value? I have know idea how much this vintage-yet-solid-state-yet-somewhat-famous(?) amp would be worth, if anything.

 

[Gringo Basso]

I know your thread is old, but I was looking into reacquiring my first bass (Harmony H27) and amp (Jordan 119) and googled this post. Dunno if you've played through it, but these were barely standard back in the early 1970's compared to Fender, so the resale value is low. You might find one of those suckers who'd buy anything vintage for a couple hundred, but I doubt it. This is the type of amp you want to find at Goodwill, not on Reverb.com. I'd keep it though, it still has the vibe going. I even thought this sounded great when I started playing bass in 1972. My elementary school owned the amp and the bass, and that's how I learned was after school.

 

[AZ Bassist]

I know your thread is old, but I was looking into reacquiring my first bass (Harmony H27) and amp (Jordan 119) and googled this post. Dunno if you've played through it, but these were barely standard back in the early 1970's compared to Fender, so the resale value is low. You might find one of those suckers who'd buy anything vintage for a couple hundred, but I doubt it. This is the type of amp you want to find at Goodwill, not on Reverb.com. I'd keep it though, it still has the vibe going. I even thought this sounded great when I started playing bass in 1972. My elementary school owned the amp and the bass, and that's how I learned was after school.

I'm not a bass player. I bought mine at Goodwill for way way less than $200. In a small setting it sounds really good. Not super loud but I guess it could be run through a PA to boost it some. Cheers.