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Old 06-05-2009, 02:37 PM   #410 (permalink)
RiverRatt
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Re: Preamp Tubes? - Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How?

That's a nice looking handful of glass Josh! What are the black boxes? I'm not familiar with those.

How's your quest for TVs and stuff going? I also found a Sylvania 6BQ5 in an old TV recently. My latest find was a 1960's GE phonograph in STEREO!. It had one amp and pair of speakers built into the phonograph case, AND it had an extension cabinet that was roughly guitar amp head sized which also had an amp and two speakers built into it, with an On/Volume knob and a tone knob. Both amps used miniatures, so no goldmine, but I put a 1/4 inch jack on the extension cabinet and it makes the ultimate low watt guitar amp. It has the tone of an old Fender Champ, but at a volume you could have a conversation or watch TV over. It even sounds good with pedals as long as you don't push it too hard. Unfortunately, the amp in the turntable cabinet was fried. A big capacitor that looked like a stick of dynamite had leaked all over it. If you (or anyone else) want it to play around with, I'll take it out of the box and send it to you for the cost of shipping. Did I mention that I only paid $13 for it?
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