Price for a Sampson era Matchless Chieftain 1x12

[jwilliams]

Have a potential deal for the aforementioned amp. Curious if anyone can give any insight on the current value of one of these as info is seemingly hard to find.

 

[Vibrolux]

Personally I give the Sampson no extra credit (or dollars). Phil is building great quality now. There is plenty of reading you will find on older and newerposts about that though.

I have seen a couple ebay sales for the Chieftains from 1550-1700. That was for a 2x12. I bought a 96 for I think 1700-1800 a few years ago and sold it for about the same. Not many for sale but if you are patient.....it is a buyers market.

 

[uptheweight]

personally, i dont get the whole "samson era" hype...im sure they were great amps back then just like they are great amps now...i can't imagine mine sounding any better personally

 

[jwilliams]

Well, this was certainly not meant to start a Sampson debate. The market obviously values that era of Matchless more and I'm curious how much more on average.

 

[uptheweight]

oh im not debating man...im not sure what it would go for because prices can be all over the place on Matchless amps...i see Chieftains for 1800 sometimes and i also see them sell used for $2300 sometimes..so not sure about samson era stuff..i got an unreal deal on mine...2200 shipped for a brand new Chieftain 2x10...it was the store floor model and i talked the dude down BIG TIME!!..its amazing

 

[supersonic1414]

I see some of the best deals on floor models ( Matchless in particular), although they are far from brand new as most have been turned on and off more than most amps guys on tgp have owned for several years.

 

[Gearopenia]

For a 112 probably $1800ish is fair. 212 is definitely preferred.

 

[jwilliams]

Thanks for the insight everyone! Right on par with what I was thinking.