gorch Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Next generation on track. My son shot an old tube radio for a student level price, replaced the caps after first check and a new old guitar amp was born. The funky little box on top of the radio contains a self made preamp, originally meant to be a microphone amp. The mic is yet to be build. He keeps searching for thin aluminium foil for the ribbon. It allows to crank the tubes. The speaker sounds a little dump. So, he might replace that one as soon as he finds an ellipse shape replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Well didn't we all start with old tube radios back in the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Very, very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGale Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Weber has 6x9 Alnicos. https://www.tedweber.com/speakers/vintage-series/6x9/ Foil https://geistnote.com/diy-products/ribbon-microphone/foil/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 That's great! But.... gear snobs will keep looking until they find an old Kraco, Sparkomatic or Jensen 6x9" for that true vintage sound. 😉 That may be lost in translation depending on where you are in the world. Then, just ignore me as you usually do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Nice snag! Reminds me of an old Grundig...but then again, German-made radios tended to look a lot alike each other back in the '50's. Does the power section use EL84s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I have some 6x9 vintage Jenson's I took out of a 1962 Leslie cabinet. There where 6 I think that went round and round. I needed the other stuff for parts and kept the tubes and transformers. He can have the speakers just pay shipping. I there's a couple in very good condition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Dutchman said: I have some 6x9 vintage Jenson's I took out of a 1962 Leslie cabinet. There where 6 I think that went round and round. I needed the other stuff for parts and kept the tubes and transformers. He can have the speakers just pay shipping. I there's a couple in very good condition! Thanks a lot. I will tell him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0054 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 http://www.vintage47amps.com/V47-Speakers/ I have their 25W Alnico speaker, stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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