50's Oahu amp value?

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Dennis Brown
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50's Oahu amp value?

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A young man showed this pic to me and is asking for the value of this sweet amp. It's spent it's life inside a plywood case someone built for it. He said it works as good as it looks. So, I'm looking for some expertise in it's value.
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To the top please.
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Douglas Schuch
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https://reverb.com/item/64231822-oahu-c ... -off-white

This one seems very similar - in fact, at first I thought it was the same amp. I'd say that price ($1500) is probably pretty close. These are very sought-after amps by blues harp players as well as guitarists.

There's one on Ebay, not nearly as clean, for $1075.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255919296473
Pedal steel, lap steel, resonator, blues harp - why suck at just one instrument when you can do so on many?
Dennis Brown
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Oahu

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Thanks Douglas!
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