Reply With QuoteThat is one cool guitar.Let me know if you need radio tubes. I think, I have a few hundred.
Kramer Master
Antique Radios and a Cool old Guitar
Flea Market and and Antique mall yields this week.
A quick couple of pics.
The flea market yielded little.
Antique mall can be a pain when you're competing against
young rich couples looking to fill up their mini-mansions.
The ugly radio works.
The other looks cool but doesn't light up.
Kramer Kingpin
That is one cool guitar.
fett Buttler; "Frankly, my gear. I don't give a damn"
Kramer Master
Guitar is "Made in Japan".
One wire was broken, works now.
It's had A LOT of love in the past.
Mrs. Cygnus likes it!
Kramer Master
Anywhere I look those radios are worth about 20 bucks.Originally Posted by fett
That is one cool guitar.
So not restoration prospects.
With an 8" speaker they are great candidates for little grab-n-go guitar amps.
Kramer Kommander
+1 on cool guitar. When I got my first guitar (when I was 12), the parents of the kid down the street bought him one that (if I can remember 1966 at all) looked just like that. I think (though I can't be sure) that his was from Sears.That is one cool guitar.
Beaks, nanas, and pointies, Oh my!
Still gigging after all these years.
Call me Warren ... not Bill
Kramer Master
Well, uh...Mrs. Cygnus scores again.
A Magnavox console.
(2) 5y3GT's and (4) 6V6GTs'...plus iron.
Kramer Kingpin
Hey, Fred Sanford, where are you going to put all these great snags?
fett Buttler; "Frankly, my gear. I don't give a damn"
Kramer Master
Hah!Hey, Fred Sanford, where are you going to put all these great snags?
Look who's talking!
Actually I was busy gutting and classifying/storing parts when she called me about this.
ScrapMan went into action, leaping gleefully into his fleet-footed vehicle to save the day!
Looked up the Magnavox, figured out it's worthless as a unit, and it is now down to
the bare parts I would use.
Efficiency leads to tidiness!
She talked the Goodwill manager down to less than half the tagged price while I
gazed with pride, lost in love.
Kramer Master
Might as well keep adding to this thread rather than starting new ones every weekend.
Today's finds:
Zenith C730 all tube tabletop AM/FM radio.
Works, sounds quite lush for a tabletop.
Kalamazoo Model 2 guitar amp.
Works, it needs the usual upgrades.
And a RARE Pearl FG-01 Flanger.
Works, and sounds really nice.
Ugly though.
What's in the bag?
Complete set of spare tubes for the radio.
Mrs. Cygnus saw the radio...I missed it completely.
Kramer Master
Add another: Realistic Model 105 Tube Tester.
I have not fired it up yet but it is very compact and just looks
cool!
Kramer Master
Hmmm...got a line on a Wurlitzer organ.
Should I call back?
Kramer Kingpin
I have a 60's Emenee Keyboard accordian I regret daily. Doh!
But my Ampeg was Magnavox made. I did pick up a V4 4x12 today though.
..... the REAL Ben....
Kramer Master
Cool on the 4x12 find!
In contact with the Wurli owner.
He does not know what "vacuum tubes" are, even after I described them.
I know it's a 4040 but having a REAL tough time finding info on it.
Kramer Kingpin
Didn't Wurlitzer make a ton of models?
And the V4 is pretty rough.... but its a good project for restoration. Eventually i'll have a full V4 Stack... Mmmm... I've always loved that early 70's Rolling Stones sound.
..... the REAL Ben....
Kramer Master
Found one of these CHEAP, Sansui Stereo Spring Reverb RA500.
Click to see what it's all about:
http://www.classicaudio.com/forsale/san/RA500.html
Kramer Master
Update!
This weekend's flea market finds.
The Silvertone mono console isn't much really.
The old "All American 5 Tube" which yields little but a few usable parts.
Mrs. Cygnus see potential in that cab though, and we'll figure something out.
The RCA tabletop as pictured is after I carefully disassembled it and fired it up.
It works!
Best of all, it's a more modern circuit with a good set of iron including a 5Y3 and 6V6GT power section.
12AT7 preamp.
Sound familiar?
Cab is big enough for a healthy sized 8" speaker of any dimension.
Mahogany veneer.
SWEET!
Kramer Kingpin
I once saw a guy who grafted a hi gain Mesa head into a big old Jukebox/radio like that.
..... the REAL Ben....
Kramer Master
That was my FIRST thought.I once saw a guy who grafted a hi gain Mesa head into a big old Jukebox/radio like that.
Build a high gain Cygnus amp into it.
Keep the radio dial for the cool factor and put a baffle on the bottom.
There's plenty of room for a 12" speaker.
Kramer Master
Heh...I did do something with that Silvertone console.
I built a Spitfire clone into it.
Sounds great!
Why the bump?
fett found a similar mono console recently and was wondering what to do with it.
His is a Motorola which is a much higher quality unit.
I recommend a recap and leave it as-is.
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