OT: Where do people buy sell old guitars/amps?

[572cv]

So, I'm approaching- some might say 'long since past'- the age where I ought to be lightening up my collection of stuff. One of the things I've thought I might get back to is my old bass, a Fender Jazz Bass from 1966. Its a pre CBS, so it has cred, and tone, and looks, and action. I've got an old Ampeg B15 tube amp with it. Dented, but functional, and then a little Orange practice amp/speaker which is great. Winter musing, at the least. I'd want it to go to someone who would pay a fair market price, but also to someone who would appreciate it, so the price might not end up being the most I could get, so ok. I'm not sure I'll sell this set up. I want to explore the idea.

So the question is, setting aside ebay, which I have great trepidation using, where might a good musician go to look for a bass like this, or where, if you are a musician, would you go to sell this?

[ftf]

Reverb.com

[572cv]

Originally Posted by ftf

Reverb.com

Looks focused. Thanks.

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by 572cv

So, I'm approaching- some might say 'long since past'- the age where I ought to be lightening up my collection of stuff. One of the things I've thought I might get back to is my old bass, a Fender Jazz Bass from 1966. Its a pre CBS, so it has cred, and tone, and looks, and action.

Are you sure it's a pre-CBS? I've got a Blackface '65 Vibrolux Reverb and was under the impression that they went CBS in '65.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by 572cv

a Fender Jazz Bass from 1966

Wait, are you asking about the Fender bass, or the Ampeg amp?

If the amp...yes, Reverb.com.


If the bass, PM me. NOW!

[sparky33]

Would love to see a picture of the J bass. I’m not playing anymore but the Fender J was my favorite.

[572cv]

Originally Posted by OtayBW

Are you sure it's a pre-CBS? I've got a Blackface '65 Vibrolux Reverb and was under the impression that they went CBS in '65.

I looked into this a while ago, and from the crude research that I did, that was my impression. But, it was complicated, and I couldn't find the exact cut-off serial number. Bottom line. I might be wrong. It's pretty close to the change over though.

But what I take from your comment is that I should be very careful not to misrepresent the axe!

[572cv]

To Bob Ross and Sparky33... I have to go pack and travel in the AM, so I might not get back to this for a week. I'll share some pictures then.

[happycampyer]

Is reverb.com good for instruments? I’ve been lugging around my left-handed 20th anniversary Les Paul Custom since the ‘70’s, and don’t know if I’ll ever get around to playing it again.

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by OtayBW

Are you sure it's a pre-CBS? I've got a Blackface '65 Vibrolux Reverb and was under the impression that they went CBS in '65.

This is a subject that is important to me because I have a '65 twin reverb that would be worth more if it were made a year earlier. Thing is, it's the same circuit and they didn't change the cosmetics until a year later. Doesn't really matter.

[flying]

I've sold many guitars & amps over the years on the Gear Page
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php

[rounder]

I have not bought or sold anything used here, but have bought two new guitars there. Guitar Center has a good web site. I do go to their nearby store sometimes and they have lots of stuff.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/?source...6-c86dbea967ce

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by unterhausen

This is a subject that is important to me because I have a '65 twin reverb that would be worth more if it were made a year earlier. Thing is, it's the same circuit and they didn't change the cosmetics until a year later. Doesn't really matter.

Well that's a fair point. My VR has just amazing tone as I'm sure a silverface with the same circuitry would. The 2 would command very different price points in a sale, though....

[EPOJoe]

'66 isn't "pre-CBS". CBS bought Fender in 1965. That said, there likely won't be many changes that make a '66 Jazz different from a '65, but it still won't command the same value as a pre-CBS instrument. I've been selling vintage musical equipment full time for a little over twenty years, and I always get my best prices, and my most secure transactions, through eBay. Think carefully about what you're considering. I'd never sell my '62 Jazz or my '66 Portaflex.

[Louis]

"Where do people buy & sell guitars" reminds of some Led Zep lyrics:

I got a woman, wanna ball all day
I got a woman, she won't be true, no no
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time
I said I got a little woman and she won't be true

In the bars, with the men who play guitars
Singin', drinkin' and rememberin' the times
My little lover does a midnight shift
She followed around all of the time
I guess there's just one thing a-left for me to do
Gonna pack my bags and move on my way
'Cause I got a worried mind
Sharin' what I thought was mine
Gonna leave her where the guitars play

(Hey, Hey, What Can I Do?)