Phat-o-Caster
January 24th, 2010, 12:55 PM
I salvaged the chassis & schematic out of an old radio/phonograph cabinet thinking I could possibly put a 1/4" plug jack onto the wires that came from the phonograph tone arm and make a nice little tube amp. Any thoughts?
P.S. I just discovered the Bindex Radio- Model 676B was manufactured in 1946
pchilson
January 24th, 2010, 01:02 PM
I did it with this Airline Phono/Radio.
Notice the 1/4" jack to the right of the dial.
It worked but there was little volume for guitar.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk163/pchilson/Airline_84WG-2015A/Airline_side_tubes.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk163/pchilson/front_distant.jpg
muchxs
January 24th, 2010, 01:15 PM
I salvaged the chassis & schematic out of an old radio/phonograph cabinet thinking I could possibly put a 1/4" plug jack onto the wires that came from the phonograph tone arm and make a nice little tube amp. Any thoughts?
Ah, a Bendix. They're built like a tank! No wonder... in 1946 they had the same people building these that were building avionics for the War a few years earlier.
Thoughts: Take it up to Shock Bros. DIY and we'll talk.
Further thoughts: A lot of these end up as hack jobs only a mother could love. I'd say take inventory of what's there and re-package it as a real guitar amp circuit in a real guitar amp chassis.