'53 Fender Deluxe on ebay... a bargain?

[beach bob]

OK, same seller as the guy that's selling that bogus cabinet '49 Pro...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1953-FENDER-DELU...QQcmdZViewItem

Unlike the Pro, this one seems like a normal auction with no real issues on the amp or its description... other than a replaced speaker and replaced handle.

I first saw it a couple days ago when the Pro thread started... and now there's been no bids for three days. I am wondering will this thing go for near this low? Or do bids die off until the last five minutes of the auction?

I am thinking, sheesh, if this one goes at or near this price, I'm gonna hang onto mine for now. Maybe it's economy jitters / wait out till after the election time.

Thoughts? I'll be checking this one on the 4th, after the ribs, and before the boom booms

[6x47]

"#1 most watched on eBay!"

Watch the price when the sniping starts.

[Wally]

That $1050 is nowhere near what it will take to win this auction, imho.
As 6X47 says...the last few mintues will usually tell the tale. There is already fair interest expressed.

[Silverface]

Bizarre - a '53 that's got original caps (meaning it is either going to be a closet queen or need a cap job to be safely playable) and fouling it with a so-called reissue Jensen makes NO sense. It makes me REAL leery.

Any "Vintage" dealer who uses a reissue Jensen in a "restoration" is suspect, considering Jensen isn't the same Jensen of the 50's (it's an Italian company) and the speakers don't even have the same specs as their namesakes - I got a pair of P10Q's that were so heavily doped you could have glued together a coffee table with it! The bought the company name, the speaker names - but the resulting products are simply something completely different.

[Guitarslinger1]

Originally Posted by Silverface

Bizarre - a '53 that's got original caps (meaning it is either going to be a closet queen or need a cap job to be safely playable) and fouling it with a so-called reissue Jensen makes NO sense. It makes me REAL leery.

Any "Vintage" dealer who uses a reissue Jensen in a "restoration" is suspect, considering Jensen isn't the same Jensen of the 50's (it's an Italian company) and the speakers don't even have the same specs as their namesakes - I got a pair of P10Q's that were so heavily doped you could have glued together a coffee table with it! The bought the company name, the speaker names - but the resulting products are simply something completely different.

Agreed.

This seller just reeks of "shady" to me. Of course, YMMV...

[Boogie]

Same guy as this listing:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-centr...-00-e-bay.html

Stay away.

[beach bob]

Originally Posted by Silverface

Any "Vintage" dealer who uses a reissue Jensen in a "restoration" is suspect, considering Jensen isn't the same Jensen of the 50's (it's an Italian company) and the speakers don't even have the same specs as their namesakes - I got a pair of P10Q's that were so heavily doped you could have glued together a coffee table with it! The bought the company name, the speaker names - but the resulting products are simply something completely different.

Not to defend the seller, but I just put a Weber into my tweed Deluxe... when I bought it in ? '84 or so, it had a replacement Jensen in it, with an odd thing: a 2" long, 1/4" dia. machine screw sticking straight out the ceramic magnet. For what?? as a hangar for cords? I dunno. Anyways, while the speaker is plenty old, it never sounded all that great to me, so I went with a Weber.

Just pointing out that when it comes to 50+ y.o. amps, odd things happen, and sometimes they happened way in the past. But yeah; in this case, not the best speaker choice...

BTW the auction is up over $1400, so my faith in humanity is somewhat restored

[beach bob]

Went for 1662.25.