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i found at work an old record player that according to the hand written date on the inside was built in march of 1959 by Columbia Records. in the cabinet was a small metal box that i assume is the amp for the player because sticking out of it are four tubes one of which was marked 12AX7 which from my reading is one of the tubes used in making guitar amps.there are wires coming from the arm of the player which i assume come from the needle they go into a small transformer BEFORE the little metal box. On the other side of the box are wires that are going to the two 5" speakers in the cabinet. so to make a short story long is there a way to convert this small amp into a small guitar amp.I tried doing a search but came up with zip. is it worth it or could this thing just blow up in my face. don't have much knowledge when it comes to electronics :D

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old record player that according to the hand written date on the inside was built in march of 1959 by Columbia Records.

In good shape and functional? I would investigate first, ya never know, people collect that sort of thing. It could be worth the cost of an amp. :D

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old record player that according to the hand written date on the inside was built in march of 1959 by Columbia Records.

In good shape and functional? I would investigate first, ya never know, people collect that sort of thing. It could be worth the cost of an amp. :D

well at the moment the power cord was cut off and its been used in a preschool to play records for the

kids don't think it can have much collecting value its just a regular record player...........

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well at the moment the power cord was cut off and its been used in a preschool to play records for the

kids don't think it can have much collecting value its just a regular record player...........

people could say the same same thing about a 59 les paul....... just a regular guitar...........

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My brother has an really old radio with an input for "gramophone". When plugging a guitar into that, and pluggin the output into a "real" 10" combo we get a really wounderful, swampy, bluesy sound. We have used it on one of the songs on our album and it really made that track stand out in a great way.

IA Eklund used a Tandberg reel tape recorder for the first FATE record.

I would start with having all modification being reversible. There were a lot of late 50's LP Deluxes modified to HB pickups in the seventies...

Also use a realy inexpensive guitar IF there will be some type of odd type of current commin from that transformer. And do not hold the guitar as you switch it on. Test for voltages between the strings and ground with a multi meter before touching the guitar with any body part. Good luck!

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it can be done but you need to do a little research.

what you are probably gonna end up having to do is tear it down and use the parts tubes, tube sockets, transformers, switches, and you may be able to use some of the resistors. i would sugest replacing any old capasitors.

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