OK. So I picked up this funky old GE portable tube record player.
Model GE RS 2201
My plan was to put a speaker where the turntable went.
I know it will suck by any definition of the word, but it will be a nifty little novelty thing.
But I need to at least get some kind of volume. Like at least as much as one of those 9 volt battery powered amps.
I bypassed the tiny thread-thin wires to the needle with some way-too-thick 16 Guage wire I had to a 1/4 guitar jack.
Viola! a very quiet shock-o-matic guitar amp.
Even when I hooked up my tube pre-amp pedal it was still just as quiet.
So... I seem to remember something about putting a resistor or cap after the input.
Does anyone have thoughts on this?
Model GE RS 2201
My plan was to put a speaker where the turntable went.
I know it will suck by any definition of the word, but it will be a nifty little novelty thing.
But I need to at least get some kind of volume. Like at least as much as one of those 9 volt battery powered amps.
I bypassed the tiny thread-thin wires to the needle with some way-too-thick 16 Guage wire I had to a 1/4 guitar jack.
Viola! a very quiet shock-o-matic guitar amp.
Even when I hooked up my tube pre-amp pedal it was still just as quiet.
So... I seem to remember something about putting a resistor or cap after the input.
Does anyone have thoughts on this?
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