1985 Marshall JCM 800 Van Halen Arredondo History - $200,000

[mooncobra]

Seller also has a $75k Jeff Beck Strat on his Reverb site.

yeah, but its a strat he had built that he named the jeff beck prototype!! whoa!

https://reverb.com/item/31885017-1995-f ... ratocaster

 

[Racerxrated]

Seller also has a $75k Jeff Beck Strat on his Reverb site.

yeah, but its a strat he had built that he named the jeff beck prototype!! whoa!

https://reverb.com/item/31885017-1995-f ... ratocaster

So this clown makes a clone of what he believes to be what 'could have been'.....a partscaster. And he wants WHAT??????

This is just crazy town USA.

 

[Mailman1971]

Haha, looked at the gut shots. It's a bone stock 80's JCM800 whoop-de-doo

But that plaque on the front has to be worth a ton

I concur. That’s legit. Very cool.

 

[LP Freak]

Haha, looked at the gut shots. It's a bone stock 80's JCM800 whoop-de-doo

But that plaque on the front has to be worth a ton

I concur. That’s legit. Very cool.

 

[Mailman1971]

Ha!

 

[panhead]

Besides his main 68 marshall, the money will be brought for the first prototypes of the 5150 block letter.

 

[LP Freak]

I’m glad I decided to hoard my EVH 5150 III. It’s gotta be worth $60K now.

 

[CornNutz]

Haha, looked at the gut shots. It's a bone stock 80's JCM800 whoop-de-doo

But that plaque on the front has to be worth a ton

Honestly would have been way cooler if that plaque was a full custom faceplate. And what's up with two plaques on the front?

 

[Jack71]

I'm surprised he didn't put goop over those "Jose" screws on the back to preserve the tone secret!

 

[stratjacket]

Wow, how much do small plaques go for?

 

[Markedman]

Haha, looked at the gut shots. It's a bone stock 80's JCM800 whoop-de-doo

But that plaque on the front has to be worth a ton

Honestly would have been way cooler if that plaque was a full custom faceplate. And what's up with two plaques on the front?

Cheaper by the dozen.

 

[311boogieman]

Wonder what I could get for my Franky tennis racket if I sprinkle a little fairy dust on it and take a picture of it outside of his teenage home in LA?

 

[Kordoba]

Per the ad description:

On Novemer 13, 1985, Eddie Van Halen and Jim Marshall (and others including Les Paul) were inducted to the Hollywood Rock of Fame. This has been documented in the A History of Marshall Book. On this day after the ceremony Jim Marshall gave Eddie this amp.

Skipping to 1998, While brokering instruments, A friend told me that Maria Arredondo (daughter of famed amp guru Jose Arredondo R.I.P.) was going to clean out her fathers stuff at the house due to his passing. Low and behold this was one of the pieces that was found.

So... that amp used to belong to Eddie, and when Jose died, the amp was at his shop? Was is there to get modded or was it a gift to Jose?
If it was left there for Jose to service it, than it should be returned to Eddie's family.

I can just imagine what Eddie thought of that amp when JM gave it to him. Eddie's thing was for non-MV Marshalls and prob had a boatload of them. And it was a horizontal input (cheaper) version. It wouldn't surprise me if he gave it to Jose.

That's what I was thinking, he probably just wanted it gone. It's not like EVH was on some sort of eternal quest to get the amp back in his hands.

 

[CornNutz]

Yeah, I bet he never once played it. Probably just handed it off to Jose, and said do something with this whenever/whatever.

I have musician friends that drop off amps they really don't know what they want to do with yet. Every once in awhile someone will message me, and ask, will you do something to it, mod it to this/that.

I just recently got most of those out.

 

[mooncobra]

Seller also has a $75k Jeff Beck Strat on his Reverb site.

yeah, but its a strat he had built that he named the jeff beck prototype!! whoa!

https://reverb.com/item/31885017-1995-f ... ratocaster

So this clown makes a clone of what he believes to be what 'could have been'.....a partscaster. And he wants WHAT??????

This is just crazy town USA.

Yup, the guy is a stage 10 madman. He had that built on “what could have been.” When you see the post, you think it was a special Strat built for Jeff Beck. Then you read it and he had it made, and he named it, “the Jeff beck prototype.” One of the oddest, yet sneaky and greedy things I have seen in a long while.