JTM45 ?

TimmyO

Can I ask a forum favour? 

If anyone sees a used JTM45 for sale give me a prod? 

ta!

Tim 

ICBM

Old or new?

professorben

I saw one in Simmonds music in Grantham this very day.
It's only just arrived s/h.
Not even priced it yet.

TimmyO

ICBM said:

Old or new?

Either. 

Only caveat is I'm not a vintage aficionado so not looking to pay a premium for perfectly preserved or the "right" year - reliability and not taking a dicking on resale if I have to sell on are the main points :-) 

TimmyO

professorben said:

I saw one in Simmonds music in Grantham this very day.
It's only just arrived s/h.
Not even priced it yet.

ta

ICBM

TimmyO said:

Either. 

Only caveat is I'm not a vintage aficionado so not looking to pay a premium for perfectly preserved or the "right" year - reliability and not taking a dicking on resale if I have to sell on are the main points :-) 

OK. The old ones I'm thinking of are in various states of disrepair and so not going to command collector prices.

But to be honest, if reliability and not paying a premium are important, you don't want an old one - although they will most likely hold their value.

TimmyO

I'm prepared to pay a fair price if it's likely to be recoupable should the need arise.

Ping me direct if easier to talk ballpark figures if you like? 

Tim 

rpr

@TimmyO Saw this one on the local-ish gumtree in Central Scotland for £800

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-guitar-accessories/marshall-bluesbreaker-valve-amp/1168960355     

And for reference a head going for £950-https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-bass-amplifiers/-marshall-vintage-reissue-2245-30w-jtm45-head/1169564826      

ICBM

£950 for a reissue JTM45 is ludicrous. They only retail at a bit over a grand, and they don't sell for anything like that second hand - not far over half that.

£800 for a tatty shallow-cab Bluesbreaker is too much as well.

mburekenge

Charlie Chandlers has one in.

1966 mkii... But cheap it ain't! Looks very clean though.

StuartMac290

I find most of their used amp prices "ambitious', but that's verging on ridiculous. Over four grand for a JTM45?!

Bygone_Tones

Not too ridiculous for a genuine 1966 Marshall. Vintage gear is valuable. The question is whether its a real one or not.

Have you seen this one on ebay?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/marshall-amplifier-/122004294774?hash=item1c6805cc76:g:VSMAAOSw9eVXUGlg

I cant work out whether its a re-built vintage (look at the back plexi panel), or maybe just a new build with some old parts.

mburekenge

I just got a couple of amps from there, paid the going rate, well packaged, efficient interaction and a free t-shirt. No complaints here.

ICBM

Bygone_Tones said:

Have you seen this one on ebay?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/marshall-amplifier-/122004294774?hash=item1c6805cc76:g:VSMAAOSw9eVXUGlg

I cant work out whether its a re-built vintage (look at the back plexi panel), or maybe just a new build with some old parts.

New build from the look of it and the description, although you would need to see the chassis to be sure.

What's puzzling is that someone should use a genuine original and relatively undamaged (even the IEC conversion isn't too bad) '68 Plexi back panel on it. That's fairly valuable in itself, to someone with a drilled/modded original amp.

SidNewton

ICBM said:

£950 for a reissue JTM45 is ludicrous. They only retail at a bit over a grand, and they don't sell for anything like that second hand - not far over half that.

£800 for a tatty shallow-cab Bluesbreaker is too much as well.

I sold my reissue towards the end of last year for about £625 IIRC. It was an '89 (with Drake transformers), the first year of reissue and next to mint condition.