Found a Collosium at an estate sale

[FLUXX]

Very Rare amp. Hope you get it

 

[JohnnyGtar]

You shoulda picked up that old Sun cab, those things are very cool.

Yep. GREAT cabs.

 

[mesaboogieE34L]

They only released coliseum models within a certain time period. I don’t think it was an optional upgrade as much as a different serial number batch all together.

1988 price list

 

[glpg80]

1988 price list
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This proves my point though - it was a different serial number model with its own options and cheaper than a fully loaded mark III. Just nowhere as common.

Where’s the conversion option?

 

[japetus]

Damn…..

I'm not gonna snipe your auction lmao, Im not that much of a dick

 

[NineShallDie]

They only released coliseum models within a certain time period. I don’t think it was an optional upgrade as much as a different serial number batch all together.

They offered the Coliseum option throughout the Mark III production. But they ditched the K serial numbers sometime during the purple stripe, so most are within the normal serial number range.

 

[mesaboogieE34L]

This proves my point though - it was a different serial number model with its own options and cheaper than a fully loaded mark III. Just nowhere as common.

Where’s the conversion option?

Conversion option for what?

Not a different serial on my blue coli
Not cheaper either
Fully loaded coli was $1425
Fully loaded Mark III was $1300

 

[glpg80]

They offered the Coliseum option throughout the Mark III production. But they ditched the K serial numbers sometime during the purple stripe, so most are within the normal serial number range.

This makes perfect sense - there are a few that were built as mark III options near the end of the mark III era without K serial numbers.

Conversion option for what?

Not a different serial on my blue coli
Not cheaper either
Fully loaded coli was $1425
Fully loaded Mark III was $1300

See above post for clarity. The combo was $1400 so on par with the fully loaded coliseum.

 

[mesaboogieE34L]

They offered a coli combo IIB, IIC+ and III earlier in the production with a EVM15L or 12L.

Bet that was fun to drag around.

 

[NineShallDie]

This makes perfect sense - there are a few that were built as mark III options near the end of the mark III era without K serial numbers.

Actually the other way around. Most Mark III Colis are without the K prefix.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Fr

My first thought is maybe he swapped the speakers to MC90's or something even beefier.

Then I remembered most everyone is not an obsessive gear nut who does crap like I would.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

I should start an Estate Sale place just for music related gear...

Call it "Dead Musician Stuff"

Nah, call it "At the Crossroads".

 

[7704A]

Nah, call it "At the Crossroads".

Alternatively, "Charon's Boatload 'O Tone".

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

Shame on the guy for pumping a 180w Collosium through what looks to be a 2x12 120w Recto cab

If the ol gal took that good a plowin I wouldn't kick her out. The only Mesa I ever had to dump the 80hz slider when recording. And still had more ass than a Kardashian girl.

 

[Nigel]

+1 Watch out for ghost notes

Caps prolly gave up said ghost.