Erm.. Any guesses on this vintage Marshall?

photek

https://reverb.com/item/17351450-marshall-amp-have-no-idea-of-model-1960-black

A friend of mine just purchased it for a laugh. We are guessing it is just a burnt out box!

KKJale

Erm... crikey.

Coffin badge, Bulgins, vee-top knobs... that has signs of being a '64. Possibly. 

Matt_McG

JTM45 mk Ii. Assuming there is anything inside the box. I’d imagine even the parts that you xan see in the photo are worth more than you paid.

ICBM

If that’s not a very cleverly done fake - and why would anyone do that for £49? - it’s a very early JTM45 and worth a lot of money if it’s even vaguely original inside. Just the logo and control panel are worth far more than that.

DO NOT plug it in or try to find out if it works - take it to an expert for a full check-over. It’s quite likely to be dangerous both to itself (and hence its potential value) and you.

octatonic

Was the MK II not the PA version?
Genuine question- I'm no expert of that period of Marshall.

p90fool

Have you done an image search?

Just to check the story adds up before actually going to meet the seller, it looks too good to be true.

If they know enough that it's a 1960s Marshall with JTM on it and they're advertising it online then they're only a click away from knowing its potential value. 

Proceed with extreme caution, this is not an old lady's card in a newsagent's window. 

prlgmnr

NO IDEA of model seems a bit of a weird thing to say.

Even if I know absolutely nothing about anything that's ever existed in the history of the universe I'd probably say "looks like it says JTM 45 on it".

photek

Oh we are convinced it’s a scam or at the very least a burnt out old box. I am guessing a hacked account and will check with @iain.reverb first.

The seller sold an old Fender Mustang previously so the chances of then not being savvy enough to even google Marshall JTM are non existent.

Still these dabbles can be quite exciting and generate some chatter if nothing else!

photek

p90fool said:

Have you done an image search

That is a good idea chap, I will have a look.

DrCornelius

I went to school in Eltham, if I were you I'd go with a mate :-)

martinw

Worth a raffle ticket at £49 but take some mates when you collect it!

ourmaninthenorth

Pitch roof knobs - worth a bloody fortune in their own right. 

Bygone_Tones

Someone has to be having a laugh. Could be legit though. I did see another amp a few weeks ago sell on ebay for £50 or might even have been £20. Not a Marshall but it was worth about £800 or so. There are people out there this stupid.

ICBM

If it’s not just a joke it would be a pretty pointless scam for £49, when ten times that would still be temptingly too cheap for a lot of people to ask very many questions.

rico

Updates please!

photek

Waiting for an update from my mate, we haven’t heard from him since he went to pick it up 8 hours ago...... 





I’m kidding, I don’t think he is getting much in the way of comms from the seller so far

ICBM

octatonic said:

Was the MK II not the PA version?
Genuine question- I'm no expert of that period of Marshall.

The MkIIIs were the four-channel PA amps. All two-channel JTM45s are 'MkIIs' - it was intended to make people think Marshall were an established company, not a new upstart! There was no MkI - the serial numbers started at 1000 for the same reason.

photek

Unfortunately the seller had a change of heart and is keeping it as a decorative item, money refunded

ICBM

photek said:

Unfortunately the seller had a change of heart and is keeping it as a decorative item, money refunded

Decorative in the sense that someone told him how much it could be worth and it will soon be re-advertised for a hundred times the price?

photek

ICBM said:

photek said:

Unfortunately the seller had a change of heart and is keeping it as a decorative item, money refunded

Decorative in the sense that someone told him how much it could be worth and it will soon be re-advertised for a hundred times the price?

Quite possibly. To be fair he said his father had passed away recently and it was his but now his mum couldn’t bring herself to sell it. Or he figured out how to use google

cbellanga

@photek ;
I'm in Eltham but as the guy pulled out of the deal there's no need to go check it out for you I guess