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Location: Central Oregon | My sisters husband passed away a few months ago & she has this Sunn Bass amp. It's way more amp than I'll ever need so I'm going to sell it for her. But I have no idea what it's worth. It works great. I plugged my Shen Jr. into it & wowee! It really rocks the neighborhood! It has two speaker outputs & a place to plug in a pedal for the Distort. The speaker cab is really stout too. Everything has metal re-inforced corners. I'm not sure what kind of speakers are in it but it will make my 1612 sound like a bass fiddle.
Any clue as to actual power output or ballpark value would be appreciated. Thanks,
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Location: SoCal | I emailed you a couple completed ebay auctions.
An amp head just like yours went earlier this month for a $400 BIN.
I think this one was 150 watts/300+ peak? |
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Location: NJ | $400 bucks?
i just unearthed one of those in my mom's basement.
forgot i even had it.
e bay here I come |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Sunn amps have starting pulling in good money on ebay again.....especially the original Model T amp tops.
They are really good amps that are built like gricks and last forever. I use my Sunn Concert Lead amp with an Avatar cab for my keyboards and it literally ROCKS the house! |
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Location: Central Oregon | Thanks Noah, I sent the info to my sister. She could sure use 3 or 4 hundred bucks. |
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Location: Orange County, California | You guys see that switch that says "polarity" on the back? You be really careful with that if it has a 2 prong ungrounded plug. |
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Location: Central Oregon | There is a sticker on the back that says something about using tin foil & paperclips instead of a fuse & the gives the price of a fuse (forty cents) vs. the price of a transformer ($40) hard telling what they cost today. It has a circuit breaker now, & it has a three prong plug, so I'm sure at some point the amp has been worked on.
After considering the fact that I'm going to be storing the big monster for the forseeable future anyway, I just decided to give her $400 for the whole shebang & use it for a while out in my shop. If somebody offers me enough for it at some point I'll sell it & give her anything I get over $400. She really needs money for doctor & hospital bills right now. Hell, I'll be retiring from the ol' body shop in a few years, maybe I'll start playing out for something to do & I can use it. |
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Location: NJ | ah . . . the good old days of wrapping foil around your fuse and playing - with your toes crossed - that your amp'll "make it" through the gig . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Just stick a paper clip in it..... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by cliff:
ah . . . the good old days of wrapping foil around your fuse .. . . . Saran wrap is much more comfortable. Whatever flips your biscuit I guess. |
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Location: Phoenix | This appears to be a Concert Bass from the early to mid 1970's, I have one exactly like this. Power output is around 130 watts RMS into 4 ohms.
Personally, I think it was OK in its time, but it's really not built that great. There's about 2 dozen wire connections on the circuit boards that just push on, and they were loose and oxidised on mine. The main board was clipped to the chassis with some plastic clips that were aged and brittle as well. By now any amp this old probably needs a cap job, mine did.
Soundwise, it's okay, punchy and sorta warm but runs out of power way too easily. I'd gladly take 200 for mine (though the face on mine isn't as clean as the one in the OP's picture). No way I'd give $400 for one...
Be aware Sunn went out of business years ago and some parts for this amp are impossible to find. There's a funky transformer to couple the output stages, and the volume/tone/distort pots are impossible to find should they become worn and scratchy. (Fender resurrected the Sunn name a few years back but they didn't support the old stuff). |
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Location: Central Oregon | Thanks for the info. It doesn't really matter, I was going to give her another $400 to help her move anyway. Whatever I get back will be nice but I've been giving her C notes every time I see her for quite a while now. She is in dire straights, both financially & emotionally. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I think Bill C's amp lived a hard life.
My Sunn Concert Lead which I use for bass is pristine and has never hiccupped in 30+ years. If I had to choose the one amp that is built like a brick and likely never to die, the Sunn would be the one. |
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I've got this old amp...
