John Sykes Mesa IIC+ For Sale

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That’s a tempting collection purchase But idk just having his name on it drives the price up. Wonder why he needs to sell it?
 
insane to think that i walked into guitar center one day in 2013, and took this whole thing home for 2400. I sold it here for 3400, but GODDAMN WHY DIDN'T I JUST KEEP IT!!!!?!?? One more thing i chalk up to having been married :mad:
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JimAnsell said:
insane to think that i walked into guitar center one day in 2013, and took this whole thing home for 2400. I sold it here for 3400, but GODDAMN WHY DIDN'T I JUST KEEP IT!!!!?!?? One more thing i chalk up to having been married :mad:View attachment 280637
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We all know certain gear will worth more in the near future, but we never thought they would go up that much!
I wish I could afford the gear I wanted to buy in the early 2000s. I probably would be a millionaire today, if I would've got them!
 
SBlue said:
We all know certain gear will worth more in the near future, but we never thought they would go up that much!
I wish I could afford the gear I wanted to buy in the early 2000s. I probably would be a millionaire today, if I would've got them!
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I will never forget walking into a music store in Chattanooga in the late 70's and in their used amp section they had stacks of Plexi heads 4 high, 3 or 4 across for like $150 - 200 bucks. My Dad was like let's just buy one of those, it says Marshall on it. And I'm like you don't understand, I need the new JMP 50W master volume head lol.
 
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I will never forget walking into a music store in Chattanooga in the late 70's and in their used amp section they had stacks of Plexi heads 4 high, 3 or 4 across for like $150 - 200 bucks. My Dad was like let's just by one of those, it says Marshall on it. And I'm like you don't understand, I need the new JMP 50W master volume head lol.
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I had a good run in Los Angeles during the late 90s, right after I arrived there. I would go out and find 100w Marshalls from 67 and 68 from 800 to 1200. I would buy as many I could, pick the best ones and sell the other ones. I've got to a point of having 20 of them at once, in a single bedroom apartment in Hollywood! not to mention the eight basketweave 4x12 cabs!!! lol
But when it came time to invest into my studio, I sold most of them and kept my best sounding 4x12, slant with 20w GB, and the two favorite amps, a 66 JTM-45/100 and a 65 block logo JTM-45. I still have those.
Same with original Fuzz Face pedals... had 18 of them at once, and all original and amazing sounding ones. Kept only the best sounding germanium(an NKT-275) and the best sounding silicon(a BC-108c). Still have those too.
But if I knew the studio would not be profitable, and I would end up closing it anyway, I would've kept all the vintage amp, guitar and pedals I used to have.
 
SBlue said:
I had a good run in Los Angeles during the late 90s, right after I arrived there. I would go out and find 100w Marshalls from 67 and 68 from 800 to 1200. I would buy as many I could, pick the best ones and sell the other ones. I've got to a point of having 20 of them at once, in a single bedroom apartment in Hollywood! not to mention the eight basketweave 4x12 cabs!!! lol
But when it came time to invest into my studio, I sold most of them and kept my best sounding 4x12, slant with 20w GB, and the two favorite amps, a 66 JTM-45/100 and a 65 block logo JTM-45. I still have those.
Same with original Fuzz Face pedals... had 18 of them at once, and all original and amazing sounding ones. Kept only the best sounding germanium(an NKT-275) and the best sounding silicon(a BC-108c). Still have those too.
But if I knew the studio would not be profitable, and I would end up closing it anyway, I would've kept all the vintage amp, guitar and pedals I used to have.
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That's crazy. Hey, even saw a couple of the Marshall Majors for dirt cheap back then as well. Just to take a step back into time and know what we know now.

Finishing up that story from above. My Dad, he wouldn't let me get the new JMP 50W head because he wasn't ready to shell out for a 4x12 at the same time. So got a 50W MKII combo and thus my early life with stacking OD pedals began. Fast forward a few years later and of course the 800 is the rage, I trade that combo in on a MKII 100 watt head and got a salesman chewed out because he had a $200 tag on a used JMP 50W head at an Atlanta music store. It was the amp I had wanted those years before. Since I was still flush with cash, one of the guys in the store referred me to a guy who made accurate Marshall 4x12 knock offs in the area, so left Atlanta with two Marshall Heads and a knock off 4x12 for around $500 out of pocket. That 50 and the 4x12 was my main stuff for years. Even went back down months later and bought another 4x12 from that guy. Dead spec Marshall Birch ply and all, loaded with speakers for like $300. Fast forward to the rack boom - the 50 gets traded for an ADA MP1. I lost on that deal. In fact I lost on trading the 50 Combo for MKII Super Lead. Sold the 4x12's eventually and cannot remember what ever happened to the MKII.

Still wish I had that combo and 50 JMP. Gear stories, we all got 'em lol.
 
JimAnsell said:
insane to think that i walked into guitar center one day in 2013, and took this whole thing home for 2400. I sold it here for 3400, but GODDAMN WHY DIDN'T I JUST KEEP IT!!!!?!?? One more thing i chalk up to having been married :mad:View attachment 280637
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I remember this amp.
I Lost this deal, because i couldn’t find someone to bring it to me here in Brazil…
 
Don't know if any of you saw/remember this but 6-8 yrs ago, on Ebay England Sykes was selling(through a friend I think, since he lives in LA) 2 monster racks with each having a C+, and one having a black stripe Coli, one also had a Racto, and each rack had all the nice late 80s/early 90s rack FX goodies too....25K for both racks. Eventually they sold. But wow what cool top of the line gear, top to bottom...
 
JimAnsell said:
insane to think that i walked into guitar center one day in 2013, and took this whole thing home for 2400. I sold it here for 3400, but GODDAMN WHY DIDN'T I JUST KEEP IT!!!!?!?? One more thing i chalk up to having been married :mad:View attachment 280637
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I'm not the biggest Boogie fan in the world but damn, this is sweet looking.
 
I don’t know about you guys but is anyone watching this thread like a porno movie to see the happy ending…. sad for us.. I cannot tell you how many times in the past 15 hours I found my wiener with a 3/4 to full chub. It’s all I can do to quit watching. Maybe if John would give the buyer a lesson; on guitar that is. 😏.
 
I’m thinking about flying to LA 😂 just bought a MKIIC+ Coliseum last month or so…
 
Is Sykes getting the usual craiglist Line 6, Bugera, LTD, lawn equipment and tool trade offers for his amp? “John, I have an OLP guitar in great shape and a tackle box full of new lures if you can ship it or are willing to drive to Portland”
 
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