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My first Stromberg-Carlson
Sir Thrift-a-Lot:
I found this at a local thrift for $35. The guy told me it had been there for about two months and was soon headed for the dumpster. I'm very glad to have rescued it.
All tubes are original S-Cs except the pre tubes which are RCAs. The previous owner changed them both at once and even bought a spare, which he was nice enough to leave in the cabinet. A NOS RCA tube is probably worth half of what I paid all by itself.
This will be my next project after I finish the RCA console pull. That one is a good learning experience, this one will hopefully be much easier. The layout is almost as clean as my Leak. I also have a Maggotbox SET waiting to be refurbed, but everything is packed so tight in there that I don't know if I will ever develop the soldering skills to work in such tight spaces.
The tuner is another stupid multiplex unit (which dates the console to early 60s IIRC). It will end up in the trash unless anyone here wants it. The cabinet is already at the curb, with the tweeters still in it because I drove a screw through one of them and wasn't sure they would be used anyway. The ALNICO woofer and full ranges will get used for sure. Maybe I'll do my first experiment with open baffle.
MacGeek:
Sweet, Mark. It looks like just a bit of dust to clean and it will sparkle.
OldiesButGoodies:
1960 vintage? Looks great Mark! Good score...
Pepe
bmwr75:
Congrats on the score!!
Hope your refurb goes better than my Pilot mono refurb. Blew up a brand new polar electrolytic today.
Sir Thrift-a-Lot:
Should be an easy recap. Cosmetically, I have much bigger plans than just making it sparkle. I want to get most of it covered and the front tubes caged so that I can keep it in the living area as a daily driver.
Does anyone know a good sheet metal guy?
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