MM HD 130 - which year?

[bjoernglitscher]

hi,

i'm thinking about buying an old hd 130 head on ebay. the seller gave me the serial number - is there any chance to find out how old this machine is?

the number is B002535.

do you think it might be a problem that he didn't use the amp for 15 years? it was stored in his studio, so I guess the climate was quite okay.

cheers
bjoern

Music Man HD 130 PowerTopteil 70er by Fender bei eBay.de: Amps (endet 15.06.08 17:31:38 MESZ)

 

[ShaneV]

I would doubt that there are still records for the pre EB stuff, but you never know.

I have a 65 watt MusicMan head and it's pretty cool, and definitely rugged.

 

[John C]

The production run of Music Man amps was from 1974 through 1984. EB bought the company in late 1984 and never put the amps into production.

Here is a user site with some info on MM amps:

http://www.musicmanamps.com/

According to the "Models" page from the site; the HD 130s the first generation of MM amps and were produced from 1974 through 1979. Depending on the year they could have 1 12AX7 preamp tube or the preamp could be 100% solid state; unfortunately there is no serial number chart:

Music Man Amps - Model Chart

Take their info with a grain of salt. Back in the day I had one of the 112-RD50 models; it was my first "decent" amp (i.e. "not a 10-watt solid state amp") and I bought it brand new in the summer of 1981 and they list that model as running from 1982-1984.

 

[bjoernglitscher]

Thanks a lot for the information! At least I can say that the amp is most likely a 70s model... I'll try to get in touch with they guy who runs the musicmanamp-page, maybe he has any idea about the serial number stuff.

Anyway, hope it won't be the wrong decision to sell my jcm900 sl-x to buy this amp.

Thanks so far, cheers from Germany