We had one called a Capehart. It had a turntable, AM, FM, and Po-lice. I used the speaker out of it for my first amp at age 15. I built the amp from a kit. It had a pair of 6BQ5's and smoked that speaker in about 10 minutes. Sure made that old Teisco sound good for awhile though. I robbed and stole stuff out of that old set for years and left the mahogany cabinet there when I left home. My kid bought the house from my parents and hauled the beautiful old cabinet to the dump.
EB
Antique Radio Conversion: Table Top Champ
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skyboltone
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Re: Antique Radio Conversion: Table Top Champ
The Last of the World's Great Human Beings
Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Re: Antique Radio Conversion: Table Top Champ
Bittersweet!
That's how we learn though.
My first tube amp was an Akai Reel to Reel integrated unit.
I got another Akai and recorded the first...still have that tape and wisely transferred it to cassette.
Now I need to make sure to get it to digital form.
I did sound-on-sound inspired by Les Paul himself.
I read an article in a GP book about how Lester did it.
Attached an extra head and found a way to deal with the delay gap by realigning on playback!
I still have the "X" dial from that deck.
And I still have that second deck, albeit Solid State.
That's how we learn though.
My first tube amp was an Akai Reel to Reel integrated unit.
I got another Akai and recorded the first...still have that tape and wisely transferred it to cassette.
Now I need to make sure to get it to digital form.
I did sound-on-sound inspired by Les Paul himself.
I read an article in a GP book about how Lester did it.
Attached an extra head and found a way to deal with the delay gap by realigning on playback!
I still have the "X" dial from that deck.
And I still have that second deck, albeit Solid State.
Re: Antique Radio Conversion: Table Top Champ
Very much like this one:
(Crosses fingers...)
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(Crosses fingers...)
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skyboltone
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Re: Antique Radio Conversion: Table Top Champ
Oh Yeah. Roberts "Cross-Field" heads!
The Last of the World's Great Human Beings
Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Re: Antique Radio Conversion: Table Top Champ
I just saw the movie captain america last night and saw a beautiful old wooden radio at one point in the movie and thought man, that looks great! If you plan to see the movie one day, you wont be able to miss it. Makes me wonder if the studio rented it from someone, it was in perfect condition...