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Permalink Reply by Andy K on June 12, 2014 at 10:57am

Those old Bush radios look great and should sound really good converted to an amp so I'd hang on to it - wish I had one in my loft! Know what you mean about butchering it. I have an old Roberts radio that I was going to convert to an amp but as it works well I feel bad about hacking it. I've just got an old Pye 1950's valve radio off eBay that I'm going to convert to an amp. I don't think it works at the moment so probably going to take out everything and just use the case with a new amp pcb. There is a group on here about converting radios to amps if you haven't seen it and quite a lot of info on the net but the most important thing I have seen is don't mess about with valves if you don't know what you are doing. Apparently the valves / tubes can store dangerous voltages.

Permalink Reply by John Baines on June 14, 2014 at 12:00am

It would be a shame to butcher it for a tiny amp. They are a nice radio and in that good condition after all these years it deserves to be looked after. They also came in a creamy white colour - I had one once and sold it in the eighties and I wish I hadn't. It's still working in my friend's kitchen. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Permalink Reply by Chris Thomas on June 19, 2014 at 2:07am

Hi John, I agree with both John Baines and Andy, seems a shame to destroy a beautiful and fully working item. If it was mine I would display and use it but if that does not suit you maybe sell it and buy a cheap none working model with some of the money and convert that and then use the remaining cash to finance your future builds etc. All the best mate and happy building. :)