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Title: i found something kinda cool
Post by: mark_enger on May 24, 2009, 10:37:31 pm

         I found a Stromberg carlson console at a yard sale today.  old guy said it worked 20$.   plugged it in sounded nice.    he played a few records for me it works good,   it has a 4 el84 2 7025 and a couple of other  6something tubes havent found recto yet.   its all walnut the guy told me,  still nice enough to put in the frontroom.   again i think this is to nice for a homebrew guitar amp and maybe worth some desent cash to someone.    i got a  camera coming this week if you guys wanna see it let me know.    Its a super sonic i think,   the thing would make a nice pull out wet bar.   i just cant help myself       mark

Title: Re: i found something kinda cool
Post by: Frankenamp on May 25, 2009, 01:43:15 pm

Heh HEh Heh, yeah there's a lot than can be done with that setup, or if it's in decent condition, a cool restoration project! Congrats! (depending on the condition, I'd have slipped him another twenty to assuage my guilt a bit) ;)

Title: Re: i found something kinda cool
Post by: mark_enger on May 25, 2009, 08:41:08 pm

its in nice condition guy wanted to get rid of it. its worth more but 20$ about all i could go anyways its pretty cool 8)

Title: Re: i found something kinda cool
Post by: Frankenamp on May 26, 2009, 09:55:19 am

Well, well, well... very nice. check the casters and see if they are in good condition, hit it with a coat of polish, and put some plastic sheeting on the top to protect it from the occasional spilled drink, and like my mother in law sez "winner-winner-chikken dinnerrr"

(remembers the nephew's parents had a nice Motorola console with a 15" center channel speaker and smaller speakers plus a horn for each side... put Iron Butterfly on the changer and crank up the reverb!)

Title: Re: i found something kinda cool
Post by: tablewine on May 26, 2009, 09:17:19 pm

Put in a modern design tube preamp:

  http://phonoclone.com/diy_pho3.html  or  http://www.wardsweb.org/audio/seduction.html

and a modern magnetic cartridge in the tone arm and there is no better way to listen to recorded music.

Title: Re: i found something kinda cool
Post by: mark_enger on May 26, 2009, 09:57:30 pm

nice looker aint it, its tall higher than my waist, i like it mark

Title: Re: i found something kinda cool
Post by: Platefire on May 27, 2009, 12:40:04 pm

Reminds me of my 1958 Magnavox Cosole in my living room. Mines got 4-6V6's---played some records on it this morning before I came to work. Have fun with it, Plate

Title: Re: i found something kinda cool
Post by: mark_enger on May 27, 2009, 04:40:06 pm

i got to try and sell it need the cash works slow put it on the bay for a crazy amount of $, hope buyer dont wanna ship cab just buys guts seen same tuner go for 200 so we'll see, thing sounds sweet little sccrathy sounding when tuning, funny thing is after looking at transformer i found ive got a few, didnt know till now   mark