Coliseum 880 sold on ebay for $1025.00!

[dc10bass]

Oh My GOD...

Anyone one here buy that head?!
That is unreal!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250627854689&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[biltmore]

Wow, that's insane!!!

[CLD]

Guess I sold mine several months too early! 

[loudthud]

If you look at the bidding history you can tell that one guy matched the bid at $500 so he knew what bid was. Then he put in a bid of $1000. That would have put the auction price at $510. The winner came in the last minute with an over bid that put the price at $1025. It's important to remember that just because an auction ends at a certain price doesn't guarantee that the buyer will pay the price and complete the sale.

[dc10bass]

Really... the big thing about this amp is that it looks like it was used a few times and then shelved until now.
Awesome piece!!!

I've got all 4 models of the early 70's Coliseum heads... All I would say are in 8/10 or 9/10 condition.
Most I paid was $400.00 for the Coliseum Lead, least I paid was $175.00 for the Coliseum Slave.

[biltmore]

I think the best thing to come out of this, is that someone was willing to pay a lot of cash for that head. It's good that there are people out there like him/her. I'm willing to bet that we'll probably see another Coliseum 880 up on eBay here soon because of that sale price, as the same thing happened recently with the beta bass head.

People willing to pay top dollar for Sunn is a good thing for those who sell them. Definitely not a good thing for those like us who like buying them, cheaply. Haha.

[HRobert]

Isn't the Coliseum 880 rated at about 350 watts RMS into a 2 ohm load?  That's a pretty good amount of power.  One could drive 4 18" speakers with that and maybe blow out some walls.

[siamesetwins]

Anyone wanna explain the difference between an 880 and a regular Coliseum Bass? It looks like they were made in sort of a transitional period between the early '70s Sunn period and the Beta period, and I noticed the Sustain pot, too... any other differences?

[CLD]

The only difference ithe distortion and sustain controls, and a footswitch to operate them.  The 880 was described in the catalogs as an option for both bass and guitar, and offered at the same time as the Coliseum Bass and Coliseum Lead.

Although all three are included in the '72 catalog, the Bass and Lead were introduced earlier - both are in my late 1970 product pamphlet.

When I bought my Sorado in June 1971 at Quigley Music in Kansas City, a Coliseum Bass stack was right next to it in the showroom. The guy at the store said it was the first one they had received from Sunn.