Sunn head. Trigger... Pulled!

plesiosaurus · Post by **plesiosaurus** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:48 am

This dude is trying to sell his Sunn head.

It's missing the grill cloth and the reverb tank is gone. He wants $300 for it, which seems like a pretty decent deal.
Being an ignoramus, would it be a decent idea to buy it?

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:58 am

if it sounds awesome as hell. offer him $200 and DO IT.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:59 am

do you like the way it sounds?
does it sound like 300 bucks to your ears?
and is the re-sale value greater than 300?

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:49 am

I have a very similar sun head and it is amazing, and nothing sounds quite like it. but 300 f0r that seems a tiny bit steep, especially without verb

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:17 am

light rail coyote wrote:I have a very similar sun head and it is amazing, and nothing sounds quite like it. but 300 f0r that seems a tiny bit steep, especially without verb

I was thinking the same. Without the reverb tank and without the front of the amp you would be lucky to get much more out of it than 200-250 I would think unless you were willing to wait for the right guy who REALLY wanted that amp. I would bater the guy down. Figure out how much the amp would be worth on ebay with all of the missing stuff working, and then start subtracting the cost of fixing it. Offer that much.

Zack · Post by **Zack** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:00 pm

I would definitely consider purchasing that amp. As long as the reverb circuit is still intact then you can easily buy a replacement to suit your needs. (That's also guessing that the reverb tank was connected through a "standard" or easy to come by cable connection). I think everyone else has given you the answers and advise that you need to decide whether or not you want this amp.

Just a side thought, if you did end up buying this head, maybe you could add a plexiglass panel to the front, because right now it looks pretty sweet as is.
OOOO, mount the reverb to the plexiglass and watch the springs vibrate.

plesiosaurus · Post by **plesiosaurus** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:31 am

He agreed to sell it for 250. I'll probably pick it up tomorrow.

Excited!

Now I need to find a cab that'll sound decent with it.

Suggestions?

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:10 am

Goots. wrote: OOOO, mount the reverb to the plexiglass and watch the springs vibrate.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:57 am

250=great deal really, you could easily cut a fron out of some plywood, add grill cloth, and no one would know.
the transformer for the reverb on these go out regularly I guess. Mine was bad when I got it, so expect that to be the case. does the tremolo work on it? they have beautiful sounding tremolos.
But most importantly these amps make bass player obsolete

BONE CRUSHING LOW END

as far as cabs, really the bigger the better, haha. I play mine through a old 6x10 cab and sometimes a 2x15 bassman cab. you can find 70s 2x15 bassman cabs for cheap usually.

here's mine, different name, but looks like all the controls are the same

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:00 am

ahhhh, no mid boost on that.

The mid boost kicks ass

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:12 am

DO 2x15.

plesiosaurus · Post by **plesiosaurus** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:14 am

light rail coyote wrote: But most importantly these amps make bass player obsolete

BONE CRUSHING LOW END

as far as cabs, really the bigger the better, haha. I play mine through a old 6x10 cab and sometimes a 2x15 bassman cab. you can find 70s 2x15 bassman cabs for cheap usually.

Great! My current band doesn't even have a bass player. Now we really don't need one.

I think for fun as a grill cloth I am going to put in some goofy fabric with dinosaurs or something on it from like a kids bed sheet.

The trem works!

In the name of convenience I don't really want anything larger than a 2x15 or a 2x12. What might I expect to pay for a 2x15 bassman?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:20 pm

fender makes a band new 1x15 cab also if you dont have room for a tower of power

http://www.fender.com/products/search.p ... 2347200000

the metal grille easily unscrews if you want to put something more traditional in there, like silver

note this thing runs on 8 omzzzz. i have no idea what the SUNN puts out

plesiosaurus · Post by **plesiosaurus** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:09 am

oh man
so clean

he had it in his closet for a year or two so hadn't played it in a while and when i fired it up he said "aw man now i don't want to sell it".

i'm excited. the guy who had it before the guy i bought it from straight up took out the reverb because he wanted it to be lighter or something, so i imagine the circuit is still intact and it just needs a tank.

it's a little dusty and has got some dings but it sings real pretty.

it says 8 ohm speaker and 4 ohm for external speaker. not too sure what that means.

plesiosaurus · Post by **plesiosaurus** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:17 am

I fuckin' lucked out.

I went out to my favorite local music store and the dude just happened to have a great condition Sunn 2x12 with the original speakers. It was basically made for a 100s. He gave it to me for 150.

Sounds awesome. Sooooooooooooooo loud.

they're so cute together!

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:37 am

Holy shit dude, nice fucking scores. The cab is an unbelievable coincidence, can't believe you walked into a shop looking for a cheap cab for your sunn head and got that.

william · Post by **william** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 5:38 am

plesiosaurus wrote:I fuckin' lucked out.

I went out to my favorite local music store and the dude just happened to have a great condition Sunn 2x12 with the original speakers. It was basically made for a 100s. He gave it to me for 150.

Sounds awesome. Sooooooooooooooo loud.

they're so cute together!

GTFO N00B!

plesiosaurus · Post by **plesiosaurus** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:17 am

william wrote:
plesiosaurus wrote:I fuckin' lucked out.

I went out to my favorite local music store and the dude just happened to have a great condition Sunn 2x12 with the original speakers. It was basically made for a 100s. He gave it to me for 150.

Sounds awesome. Sooooooooooooooo loud.

they're so cute together!

GTFO N00B!

plesiosaurus · Post by **plesiosaurus** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:06 am

a proper picture

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:13 am

plesiosaurus wrote: it says 8 ohm speaker and 4 ohm for external speaker. not too sure what that means.

This worries me.