So, I'm going in a different direction with my bass gear. As such, I'll be selling my SVT rig (head and 610 cab).
First the cab. It's a 610 AV USA made. It came with the silver grill. To match the head, I had fliptops make a black grill with white piping. I still have the original grill. I also have a brand new Ampeg logo for the black grill that I never got around to installing. It's in pretty good shape. A few scuffs and dings here and there. Everything works. No rattles. I can't get a bead on pricing as prices are all over the place. I'm not trying to hit a homerun with it. I just want to be fair to myself and any potential buyer.
Now, the head. It's a different story. This is a really nice example of a late USA made SVT. Here's the story behind it. It was bought new by a guy in Nashville for a tour. He used it for a couple of rehearsals amd kept it in a road case. The tour never happened. So it sat in his house for several years. He sold the road case in Nashville. Then a guy from Western NC bought it from the guy in Nashville. The guy in Western NC played it in his house for several years. He was never in a band. He literally played along with his stereo in his house. Not long after buying this head, he bought an SVT Heritage and 810 cab. So this one became his backup house rig and didn't get much playing time. I bought it from thay guy. I've had it several years. I've used it for three gigs and a few rehearsals. When I got it, I had Yontz at Mad Science Works in Raleigh go through it. He called BS on me and told me I had just bought this thing NOS from a store that had it in the box. To this day he thinks I lied to him about the provenance of the amp. But it got a clean bill of health from him. Long story short, this thing has never been opened up for any long periods of time. It's never really gotten out of second gear. It's hard to find a mark on it anywhere.... just a couple of really tiny marks on a couple of the metal corners. Whatever the fair market value range is on these, this one should be near the top. But that still doesn't really matter to me. I'll settle for knowing the range, and selling it for somewhere in that range. Prices here and on Reverb are all over the place. So I don't know where to begin. What do I ask for this head? I'm not gonna ship it. But I would drive a few hours from Eastern NC to meet somebody. Yes, I plan to do an official sale listing here (and likely on Ceaigslist as well). So what's the going rate on a USA made SVT-CL in almost NOS shape?
Thanks!
First the cab. It's a 610 AV USA made. It came with the silver grill. To match the head, I had fliptops make a black grill with white piping. I still have the original grill. I also have a brand new Ampeg logo for the black grill that I never got around to installing. It's in pretty good shape. A few scuffs and dings here and there. Everything works. No rattles. I can't get a bead on pricing as prices are all over the place. I'm not trying to hit a homerun with it. I just want to be fair to myself and any potential buyer.
Now, the head. It's a different story. This is a really nice example of a late USA made SVT. Here's the story behind it. It was bought new by a guy in Nashville for a tour. He used it for a couple of rehearsals amd kept it in a road case. The tour never happened. So it sat in his house for several years. He sold the road case in Nashville. Then a guy from Western NC bought it from the guy in Nashville. The guy in Western NC played it in his house for several years. He was never in a band. He literally played along with his stereo in his house. Not long after buying this head, he bought an SVT Heritage and 810 cab. So this one became his backup house rig and didn't get much playing time. I bought it from thay guy. I've had it several years. I've used it for three gigs and a few rehearsals. When I got it, I had Yontz at Mad Science Works in Raleigh go through it. He called BS on me and told me I had just bought this thing NOS from a store that had it in the box. To this day he thinks I lied to him about the provenance of the amp. But it got a clean bill of health from him. Long story short, this thing has never been opened up for any long periods of time. It's never really gotten out of second gear. It's hard to find a mark on it anywhere.... just a couple of really tiny marks on a couple of the metal corners. Whatever the fair market value range is on these, this one should be near the top. But that still doesn't really matter to me. I'll settle for knowing the range, and selling it for somewhere in that range. Prices here and on Reverb are all over the place. So I don't know where to begin. What do I ask for this head? I'm not gonna ship it. But I would drive a few hours from Eastern NC to meet somebody. Yes, I plan to do an official sale listing here (and likely on Ceaigslist as well). So what's the going rate on a USA made SVT-CL in almost NOS shape?
Thanks!
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