Used Clay Paky Sharpy Plus: Buying Guide and Condition Notes

The Clay Paky Sharpy Plus is a hybrid beam/spot moving head built around a 330W LED engine, and it remains one of the most requested fixtures from rental companies and venue owners sourcing used pro audio equipment for export. This listing covers 36 units graded A, meaning cosmetically clean and functionally complete, but as with any second-hand fixture, the buyer's inspection routine matters more than the badge on the yoke. The Sharpy Plus runs a 2.5°–45° zoom, so it covers both tight beam looks and wider spot washes from the same unit — a useful property when a rental fleet wants one fixture type to serve multiple show designs.

On the optical and effects side, the fixture offers RGBAW+UV colour mixing with 16-bit resolution, plus a gobo wheel, prism, frost, iris and shutter/strobe. When you inspect a second hand Clay Paky Sharpy Plus for sale, run the colour wheel and gobo wheel through their full ranges and watch for hesitation or noise at the end stops. Check the zoom and focus travel across the whole 2.5°–45° range — a fixture that snaps cleanly at the narrow end but drifts at the wide end usually points to a belt or motor issue rather than an LED problem. Confirm the prism rotates smoothly and that the frost and iris engage without scraping.

Pan and tilt are rated at 540° and 270° respectively. On used units, listen for grinding or uneven speed during a slow continuous pan sweep, and check that the fixture returns to the same home position repeatedly. Control is DMX512 with Art-Net and sACN over network, so test both a hard DMX line and a network session if your control platform supports it; Art-Net and sACN faults are often configuration issues, but they can also indicate a tired network port. The LED source is rated at 330W — compare output across several units side by side, because a dimmer or colour-shifted unit in a batch of 36 is easier to spot in comparison than in isolation. Buyers new to hybrid fixtures can pair this checklist with our used moving heads buying guide, which covers the inspection points that apply across the category.

Physically, the Sharpy Plus measures 380 × 380 × 620 mm and weighs 22 kg, which puts it in the range most moving heads road cases and truss clamps are built for. Grade A units should show intact lenses, undamaged housings and functional fans; ask for photos of the lens surface under light, the fan grilles and the base connectors. For rental companies adding to an existing fleet, matching firmware and DMX profiles across the batch reduces commissioning time — confirm what is loaded before shipping. For permanent installs, pairing the fixtures with a nightclub sound system plan helps align power, data and rigging before delivery.

For venue owners and system integrators planning a permanent install, the network control options make the Sharpy Plus straightforward to integrate into a fixed rig, and a stage lighting solution for venues should account for power distribution and data runs before the fixtures arrive. If you are comparing this model against other beam fixtures, our used stage lighting buying guide covers the inspection points that apply across the category. With 36 units available, distributors can consolidate a single container and standardise on one fixture type rather than mixing models. Rental companies standardising a fleet can cross-check these inspection steps against our used moving heads buying guide before committing to a batch.

Finally, agree the export packing and documentation before the order ships. Request the units packed with lens protection and moisture control, confirm voltage configuration matches your market, and specify whether flight cases are included. Because this is second-hand equipment, ask for a condition report per unit and clarify what spares, if any, accompany the batch. Treat the Grade A rating as a starting point for your own inspection, not a substitute for it. Distributors sourcing several fixture types at once often browse used stage lighting alongside this model to fill a container efficiently.

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