What's Up With Expensive Cabs?

FourT6and2

FourT6and2

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Why are some companies selling 4x12 cabs for upwards of $2,700? Wizard? Hiwatt? These things are bonkers expensive. And then people trying to sell them used are asking more than a NEW 4x12 from companies like Bogner, Diezel, Fryette, Mesa, etc. It's a wood box and for a rear-loaded 4x12 using void-free Baltic birch, with the same dimensions as any other, I can't for the life of me figure out what makes one worth $800 and another command nearly $3,000...
 
Saw someone selling an old 60s Marshall cab beat to hell for $5k...I don't get it, but maybe someone will. Like you said, plywood or MDF box with four speakers, nothing magic there.
 
MetalHeadMike said:
Saw someone selling an old 60s Marshall cab beat to hell for $5k...I don't get it, but maybe someone will. Like you said, plywood or MDF box with four speakers, nothing magic there.
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I have a 1971 Greenback that is unique and very different from current production.

I would potentially value the speaker at $400-500. It is fantastic.

This doesn't add up to 5k but there could be a collector that need the authenticity and condition.
 
MetalHeadMike said:
Saw someone selling an old 60s Marshall cab beat to hell for $5k...I don't get it, but maybe someone will. Like you said, plywood or MDF box with four speakers, nothing magic there.
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I have a 60’s Marshall cab that is also beat to hell. Another one just like it, but not beat to hell. Same speakers etc. The beat up cab is the best sounding cab I have ever had. No matter what speakers are in it, it sounds awesome. My two old Wizard cabs sound awesome as well. Some cabs just have “it”.
 
FourT6and2 said:
Why are some companies selling 4x12 cabs for upwards of $2,700? Wizard? Hiwatt? These things are bonkers expensive. And then people trying to sell them used are asking more than a NEW 4x12 from companies like Bogner, Diezel, Fryette, Mesa, etc. It's a wood box and for a rear-loaded 4x12 using void-free Baltic birch, with the same dimensions as any other, I can't for the life of me figure out what makes one worth $800 and another command nearly $3,000...
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That's an easy answer.

The brands that are selling them for crazy prices are able to money-grab because they know many or at least some of the players that use their amps/heads are only going to settle for the cosmetically matching cab, and finding used cabs of those brands can be very difficult, and who the hell would sell them at reasonable prices when they had to pay $3000 new lol.

Mesa, Marshall, Diezel,ect cabs can be found used very easily, so at least there is competition on pricing, and being that they are much more plentiful it keeps the common brands from being able to max-jack their new cab prices.
 
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