FlyingAvanti
Joined: Jul 19, 2011
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 07:53 PM
For Sale.........
It includes the following!
1) The SS-1000 Supershowman Amp Head
2) One Powered Amp XFL-1000 which is 30.5 inches high with 4 12" speakers
3) One Powered Amp XFL-2000 which is 48 inches high with 8 10" speakers
These were never abused..... I used the entire setup to power an electric saxophone and flute! Yes..... a flute and sax..........
This is the head........ (this is an actual photo of my unit.... this is NOT a file photo)
will post more in a few minutes (wife is calling.... time for dinner....lol)
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FlyingAvanti
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 07:58 PM
This is the ad for these.......
This is the XFL-2000, which has 8 speakers..........
This shows the back side of all 3 boxes............
There are no tears in the grills. The only thing they need is the Re plating of all the corners..... will check cost tomorrow for the plating!
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BigKen
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Motor City Surfer
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 07:59 PM
ooooh.... that is cool!
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FritzCat
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Sonoma, CA
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 08:04 PM
Is that a Studebaker or one of the reissues?
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FlyingAvanti
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 08:09 PM
FritzCat wrote:
Is that a Studebaker or one of the reissues?
Yes sir...... good eye....... it is my pride and joy.... one of only 200 convertibles.....
I love the thing....... very rare!
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 08:18 PM
You might actually maximize your profit by selling the speakers separately.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 08:35 PM
Wow! That's pretty crazy. Does it all work? I read that those things had a built in tuner, fuzz, oil can delay thingy, and powered speakers. Seth Lover helped design them for CBS. They cost a fortune to make and didn't sell very many of them. This is the best shape example I've seen. I saw one on eBay years ago that was in horrible condition.
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FlyingAvanti
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 08:42 PM
Just a follow up note....... When I bought this amp, I was a professional musician. Our drummers father ran the Fender Plant in Fullerton, when CBS bought the company....... What he said was CBS invested over a million dollars in this design (with the design help of Seth Lover).
I paid $1,600 for this set up back in 1970. (that would equate to over $9,000 today!) I am not saying it is worth $9,000....lol JUST saying that it was VERY expensive in 1970. If I remember right, a 1968 VW sold new for about the same amount (now I just figured out why my parents thought this was a crazy purchase at the time).
I would like to see about $750 for all three items..... is that reasonable? It is totally working and playable with no tears in the grill cloth. ........
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JakeDobner
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Seattle
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 08:47 PM
You could probably only sell it locally because shipping would be insane. The last couple heads went for $200ish on ebay, that is a number I see elsewhere on the net.
I have no idea what the powered speakers are worth, but I do believe the speakers would be worth more pulled out, especially for shipping purposes.
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FlyingAvanti
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 09:03 PM
Brian wrote:
Wow! That's pretty crazy. Does it all work? I read that
those things had a built in tuner, fuzz, oil can delay
thingy, and powered speakers. Seth Lover helped design
them for CBS. They cost a fortune to make and didn't
sell very many of them. This is the best shape example
I've seen. I saw one on eBay years ago that was in
horrible condition.
Yes.... it all works.... I am retired now and getting back into music. Plugged my new Hammond XR into it..... Everything works.....
When I was young and playing professionally, I protected this thing like gold..... it is in great shape. I have cleaned the grill cloth on the larger amp...... and it looks very good. It has been in the back of the same closet in California (low humitity) for the last thirty years. I live in Corona California..... only 4 miles from the Fender Museum. My preference would be to sell it to somebody that would appreciate it for what it is........ The other option would be to donate it to the museum.... I doubt there are many complete sets like this in existence.......
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 09:34 PM
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Stokemon
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Goleta, CA
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Posted on Jul 20 2011 12:24 AM
Dale:
I saw that pic of you next to the Avanti and said to myself "that's gotta be Dale P". Lost track of you after DSO in Goleta tanked and you transferred to Space & Comm at the end of the "Mary" days. If I'm right, please PM me. If not, sorry for the bother.
Oh yeah, I'm John, your friendly Legal Advisor from Hughes. You and Sutter and I gave the Royal Ordnance guys a 2 day crash course in US Government procurement, FAR and DFAR, so we could buy their mortar system. The senior guy was drunk the whole time!
John
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FlyingAvanti
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Posted on Jul 20 2011 11:25 AM
Stokemon wrote:
Dale:
I saw that pic of you next to the Avanti and said to
myself "that's gotta be Dale P". Lost track of you
after DSO in Goleta tanked and you transferred to Space
& Comm at the end of the "Mary" days. If I'm right,
please PM me. If not, sorry for the bother.
Oh yeah, I'm John, your friendly Legal Advisor from
Hughes. You and Sutter and I gave the Royal Ordnance
guys a 2 day crash course in US Government procurement,
FAR and DFAR, so we could buy their mortar system. The
senior guy was drunk the whole time!
John
John......It is me..... you could tell by the UGLY! .....lol will send number....... Want to tell you about the coolest instrument ever..... a ROLAND FR-X7 accordion........ I play it 5 hours a day. Most keyboards sound kinda a like other instruments... This thing has an air flow sensor, and pressure sensor in the bellows. In addition, the keyboard is velocity and pressure sensitive. So.... you can play Harmonica, and using the bellows, sound 99% like a Harmonica. You can over blow it and it sounds like a Harmonica being over blowin! Same with the sax... it will pop an octave higher when the bellows are over pushed. In the Flute mode... the overtones change just like a real flute when the bellows are played right!
Will pm you now...... enough about accordions (on a surf music web site.....lol. Although Gary Lewis and the Playboys had a Cordovox accordion!
Try this..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZMA3yztFIk
BTW John...... if you think the Accordion is NOT a sexy instrument.... TRY THIS link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msdRdzZnMMU
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JMBrent
Joined: Nov 01, 2013
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Posted on Nov 01 2013 11:04 PM
Hello. What are the odds that this set up is still for sale?
Thanks,
Jim
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