an original maestro ring modulator- free, just moved some boxes and was told to take what i wanted. a few other pieces not worth mentioning.

burun wrote:The great bargains of my life were my Travis Beans, less than $500 combined. One's a 500, one's a 1000S. The Standard was deemed "too feminine" for the wussy-jazz guy who owned it previously, due to its rosy red finish. Since I possess the double-X chromesome set, he sold it to me cheap because "It looks cute on you", as if it were a freakin' dress or something.
His loss.

If you somehow somewhen get the idea that the guitar looks to masculine, just write me a mail.

What an idiot...

not nearly as great as some others listed in this thread but:

'72 Fender Princeton Reverb $45
red/blue Unicord Superfuzz $50
countless $20 effects resold for $100+ (thanks Music Go Round)
Moog Opus 3 $50
Travis Bean TB1000S $500
ménage à trois $75 for dinner

Altec "Lido" speakers with 755 drivers $10pr.
MD421 U5 w/stand and cable $60
'63 Fender P-bass w/72 neck $220
Thomas Organ Crybaby Fuzz/wah/volume mint $10
Sear Silvertone 1282 combo $30
DeltaLab Effectron Jr. $15
Slingerland Radio King Beavertail 20" BD $35
'68 Silverface Bassman even trade for Crate BX-40

That's all from one local fleamarket called Dixieland. I am convinced that if I keep going, I'll really hit paydirt.

Maybe the biggest bargain was my Farfisa Compact, at a house sale for $20. The three lower E keys actually play a flat G, the vibrato doesn't work, not all keys sound in all registers...but still it's a bargain.

Maybe my Alamo Montclair Reverb ($125) and Kalamazoo Model 2 ($60 or so, maybe less; I don't remember).

I don't know if I can count my two Univoxes, as they're actually worth the $120 and $60 I paid in the 80s, and today's prices are just obscenely inflated.

Fender Bassman w/ 2 matching cabinets - free.

My dad's prayer group friend loaned it to me and that was about 15 years ago. I gave up one cabinet in payment for rehearsal space and the blew the other one totally, but the head is still great.

I got a Beyer M380 on Ebay for $95 on September 12th or 13th , 2001. There was no reserve and, apparently, bidding traffic was slow at that time.

I bought a '65 Blackface Fender Bassman and a '69 Marshall Super Lead 50W $120 each.

Thought I'd revive this thread because of these reasons:

1 - My first guitar amp should have been on this list.

2 - My Alesis SR-16 drum machine started fucking working again, with all the old patterns intact. Fucking great! It's still at the top of my favourite cheap purchase list.

3 - This thread is way old, and there are probably lots of new board people who have good stories to contribute and make me jealous of their wonderful finds.

Thiel CS2 speakers $100
Aragon 24K preamplifier $100