Brand new here and need help, "Akai" Roberts 770 R2Rpre

[johnblue]

I finally got my hands on a roberts 770,
it seems to work perfect,

the "tone control" on the left side produces some scratchyness when moved around, on he inside speakers, but other than that she seems to be in decent oerder, from the junk store.

anyways,

i have a goal to have this thing modified into a dual mic preamp unit, no bells or whistles, i dont want it for anything else, just a clean set of mic pre's, maybe have that 5v for my record players?

i want all the aesthetic stock, and even keep it in its box, just resize it, and cut it down.

so the 50 million dollar question, is,

do you guys know anyone in los angeles that would do this for me, and just a rough estimate on what somebody might charge for something like this? just a ballpark range is all i want to know.

if i cannot afford it, i will attempt it myself, but i have too much respect for analog gear to hack at it, and i really dont want to hunt for another one later, so i want your help.

thanks for being here when i needed you guys.

for what its worth, i am a d.j. and a singer and an audiophile who was mainly into collecting records, (have about 6,000)

but i really want to make this happen with this deck, so any help is appreciated.

thanks,
-Johnny