Wizard of Ozz":1glcds3f said:
I sense a disturbance in the SLO collectors market. $5K for that 2017 SLO???... ummm... maybe not.
Why not? A new one costs $4k apparently and anyone can go to a dealer and buy one (if they can afford it). But if you want one with the DeYoung transformers, you are forced to buy a pre-BAD amp and have to convince someone to sell. I wouldn't be surprised if the old amps maintain their current prices.
I kinda doubt the transformers will really make a different to the tone, but it's hard to believe anyone really believes any $4k amp purchase is purely about "tone." That's a luxury purchase, and we're all about collecting and playing cool and fun stuff, and the DeYoungs still are "cool and fun" to a lot of people. Nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't make someone a bad person if they only want to sell their SLO for $5k.