musiman amp date

[bobbio]

I have a Musicman 210-HD 130, chassis no. 2275-130- S/N B002280.
Anybody know what year this amp was made? Also do you think it's worth anything as a vintage amp?
Thanks,
Bob

[Enzo]

Look on ebay to see what they are going for. Or google the model and often the hits are for sale items.

Age? Look inside at the date codes on the backs of the controls, and other parts like speakers and transformers. Larger caps often have date codes.

[Unsui]

I have a Musicman 210-HD 130, chassis no. 2275-130- S/N B002280.
Anybody know what year this amp was made? Also do you think it's worth anything as a vintage amp?
Thanks,
Bob

I've got a 2275-150. HD210...One*Fifty. 1980. Clean, incredibly loud. These are not made to breakup, rather, you want to put a rig in front of them. For
distortion, I use a Radial Tonebone Classic. Power output tubes, a matched quad of St. Petersburg mfrd. SED/Winged C 6L6GC's. EXCELLENT, incredibly well built, tough amp. Value wise, they've been stuck in the $600-700 range
for years. They are a working musician's tool, not to be confused with the whole B.S. collector/vintage game. I will never part with this amp.

[bozzy369]

the code

The serial numbers have a form like C004235, BN05663, DP05491, etc.

They have 7 digits.

The first digit (A, B, C, D, or E) is the chassis size (width):
A: small size e.g. 65 watts bass head
B: two channel amps, left channel without bright switch and middle control, e.g. 112-65, 410HD-130
C: the big two channel amp like the 212HD-130 or 212-65
D: the RD or RP series with 65 or 100 watts
E: the small RD with 50 watts


The second letter (N,O,P) denotes the output power (we should read 0 as Oh here and not as zero):
N: normal(??) = 65/75 watts, or 50 watts on the small RD, generally "little power")
O: 130/150 watts
P: 100 watts

The following numbers seem to be chronological *for each series*. It seems there were more B models like C models, so a 78 B-model has a higher number than a 78 C-model.

[bozzy369]

also:the date is located in the chasis