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The only time I’ve seen something like that is the shaving scene in Get Carter
That was an old 5 amp plug on the tape recorder and yes I remember carrying a fifteen amp plug to gigs to replace the 13amp plug on our board at some out of the way gigs back in the day. Looking forward to your next video.
Tape recorder is fantastic! Can't wait to see what you do with it 😊
really nice to see such great technology from bygone eras, and to realise what that machine is capable of can now simply be done on our phones? Without getting too deep into the pros and cons of old vs new technology! 🤯
The small transformer, you at first thought on the circuit diagram, was in fact the bias oscillator for the record and erase voltage. This is provided by the EL84 on record. On playback the EL84 was the audio output. Typically giving about 2-3 watts on a good day. Fidelity was a very budget brand. Everything in it was the cheapest available. The BSR tape deck was known as the tape grinder as even when new produced a kind of grinding sound. lol. Just a combination of poor bearings. They all did it, but that's normal. Don't try to fix that, you won't improve things at all.
Awesome video as always. You bring such great and unusual content. Be safe out there on the asphalt..!
Looking forward to the Vox repair. I have the same amp - although I did the up-grade to the "X" model on my own, putting in a couple of Celestion Blues to replace the Wharfsdales it came with. Didn't pay nearly as much as the price tag on that one. Pawn shop find at $425 in May of 2020. Nearly mint condition.
That tape recorder is a beauty! I hope you do follow up episodes on it, because it's something out of the ordinary.
You guys across the pond probably run into alot more voxes than us here in the states. I need to work out a deal with someone over there. Fenders for Voxes! Amp swap! Have to change the power transformers tho i guess
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