Off chance lucky score

[Funky Ghost]

I was driving home from work and saw a thrift store I hadn't noticed before. I was needing to restock on reading material and thrift stores usually serve that purpose quite well. As I wandered around I noticed what looked like a bass head and amp in the corner. Of course I moseyed on over to take a peek.

Lo and behold it was a Series 400 Peavey ( with the Distortion ) Head on a 2x15 cab in pristine condition. A quick check at the serial number showed them to be 1974 units.

After nearly choking to death at the price I dropped the top on my Cabrio, put the cab in the back seat and the head in the trunk. I drove home 90 bucks poorer.

They work fantastically. The sucker is loud as hell for only 210 watts. I wont replace my MarkBass rig but I'm certainly a happy camper

 

[elgecko]

 

[Dug2]

good 4 u man! that is a good deal

 

[johnpbass]

Great score. Congrats!

 

[Bugeyed Earl]

Cool score, congrats! I've found quite a bit of music gear in thrift stores, including my Bassman 100 head

 

[KevInDaBassment]

Duuuuude! Gahhh...that would be amazing to find, congrats on such a great score.

 

[Slough Feg Bass]

pics !

 

[klejst]

Awesome score indeed! Damn, why can't I ever find something like that

 

[BassmanPaul]

OP Y'know the rules: No Art no new to you amp!!!

Glad you're happy with your purchase.

 

[Funky Ghost]

pics !

I'll post em up when I get home tonight!

 

[Funky Ghost]

Just to tease, this is what it looks like, but in much better condition, and not Harmonics but distortion ( I can't seem to find a pic with distortion in that spot )

edit:
Ok I found out why, that head is a new model. Mine doesn't have all the in's and outs in the center section on the bottom. It just says series 400 there.

 

[Funky Ghost]

Google foo came through!

They look exactly like this. The condition is nearly identical.

 

[dalkowski]

For 90 clams?!? Dag, yo...

 

[Bugeyed Earl]

The second pic makes me want to install furniture casters on my TNT

 

[bassrich]

Nice I love the distortion on those old heads

 

[Munjibunga]

Way to hum!

 

[iualum]

...Lo and behold it was a Series 400 Peavey ( with the Distortion ) Head on a 2x15 cab in pristine condition. A quick check at the serial number showed them to be 1974 units.

After nearly choking to death at the price I dropped the top on my Cabrio, put the cab in the back seat and the head in the trunk. I drove home 90 bucks poorer.

They work fantastically. The sucker is loud as hell for only 210 watts. I wont replace my MarkBass rig but I'm certainly a happy camper

Great. Congrats. But what was this "nearly choking to death" number?

 

[elgecko]

$90

 

[bongostealth]

Nice! I love stories like this! Congratulations!

 

[elgecko]

...I dropped the top on my Cabrio...

Man, I just got a commuter convertible and that is *THE* best way to improve a commute. I actually look forward to traffic...kind of, sort of, in a way.