What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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Working on a deal with a bloke. He's offered me a Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis (as per the pic) as part of the deal but I've no clue as to how to put a value on it. Full working order etc. but I'd have to make a case for it. Would anybody know what this would realistically sell for on TradeMe? Thanks.

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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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Look it up on the Ceriatone site? They do very nice cabs/headbox kind of thing too.
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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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about $1000 I reckon
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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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It's a Ken Fisher Trainwreck, sorry. Not sure if that means it's still a kit and he built it or what.

Cheers.

Edit. Maybe Ken Fisher is just the bloke that first designed them. Sorry. Not sure what's what here.

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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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$1k with a headshell. Say $800 without. It's a Ceriatone. If Ken fisher had made the amp it would cost 20x that.

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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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Ken designed and built the originals, they go for silly money. There are a lot of kits out there. Ceriatone supply some nice kits including a pre-built option, these would fetch up to $1000 I reckon. A "home-made" kit could be worth anything from $1 to about $1000+ maybe.

You need to know exactly what it is and to what standard it was built. (gut shots required etc.)

If its an original I'll give you $1000 for it now :mental:
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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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OOOOOOOH! NOICE!!!! :D

Is that picture the actual amp? If so, it's a Trainwreck Express cos it looks like EL34s in the power section. (Of course it's not a Trainwreck really because Ken Fischer never made two amps exactly the same. They were all custom made for individuals).

You will probably like it. Even if you don't, it will be a very good amp. It's easily worth $1k but you have to put a box around it. Push for $800 but the owner's probably wanting 12.

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Here's a real one. Please note the price.
http://www.ultrasoundampsales.com/amp_b ... p?ampid=55
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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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slowfingers wrote: Here's a real one. Please note the price.
http://www.ultrasoundampsales.com/amp_b ... p?ampid=55
Oh... $42,000.....

Will make some more enquiries. Don't mind the idea of making a case but, of course, there's the cost. This one sounds nice:

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDb8I2jP798[/youtube]
And this one; same guy.
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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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Molly wrote:Image
That pic comes straight from the Ceriatone website from the TW Express page.
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It's probably a kit that Unique built 9 years ago. :wink:
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One of my most wanted amps, absolutely no use for what I play now but still would be awesome!
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Re: What's this Ceriatone Train Wreck chassis worth?

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This one or one like it was on TM a while back, I think he was asking between 800-900, may have started off wanting a grand.
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