Patrick Barker
452 posts
Jul 20, 2012
5:56 PM
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I found and tried old Kay 703 at a music store- this is one of the amps Adam uses if I'm not mistaken. Truly awesome tone came out of that thing, and they were charging $200 bucks. I was thinking about selling my Epiphone Valve Jr. and buying the Kay. Any thoughts? Is this a good price or should I try to bargain a bit?
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Noodles
132 posts
Jul 20, 2012
6:31 PM
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Several have sold on Ebay in the past 60 days. At least 2 of them were under $100. I didn't read the details, maybe there was a reason.
Another sold for $150. Another was asking $235 for a 1959 Kay and nobody took it.
If the one you saw was a great deal at $200, it would not be sitting there. But, at least you had a chance to hear it before you bought it.
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kudzurunner
3393 posts
Jul 20, 2012
7:31 PM
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Ultimately, if you get the amp that sounds great to you and you end up using is on gigs, in practice, and in the studio, it's worth pretty much whatever you pay for it.
The prince who is determined to get the princess will cross any moat and fight any dragon; after he's gotten her and it's happily ever after, it actually feels good to think about the price that was paid.
Worrying too much about resale value is like worrying too much about the pre-nup when you're wooing the princess. That tends to lose you the really cute and soulful princesses.
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XHarp
511 posts
Jul 21, 2012
4:19 AM
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Nice analogy, sounds like a romance novel.
I say if it sounds good and you can get your tone out of it, buy it.
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"Keep it in your mouth" - XHarp
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chromaticblues
1274 posts
Jul 21, 2012
6:07 AM
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If the amp works well then yes it is worth it. This one of those amps that you buy and never sell. This is a very unique amp because most amps with half wave rectifiers/series heater cerciuts and smaller speakers than the 8" one in the 703. I have had a number of these amps and I have never owned one with a speaker bigger than 6" and most have 4" useless speakers. The one I use has a 9x6 speaker I put in it that came out of a juke box from the fifties. It was the biggest speaker I could stuff in it.
I love this amp and people always comment on how cool it is every time I bring it out of the house!
It's a Guya from 1951. I can't even find one on the internet that looks like mine! It was a AM radio and guitar amp. It has a switch to go from one to the other. I left the big white AM knob on the front for conversation purposes!
There some odd little amps out there that can work great for harp!
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