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Comment by 3 String Blues on December 23, 2011 at 11:39am

Thats awesome elmar!

 

try a booster pedal and you will get a louder signal..it will help you get the volume similar to a small amp.

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on December 23, 2011 at 9:18am

This is an old Austrian "Hornyphon" from my grandparents. It has an Aux-In jack... connected it to the CBG... and it worked! Warm, not too loud, natural & living sound!

Comment by Pequeño Diablo Guitars on December 22, 2011 at 6:08pm

If it's the original pot maybe you should replace that too. 

Comment by PapaSimone on December 22, 2011 at 5:59pm

After a couple of more test flights I've discovered that the Silvertone has great potential.  I can make it sound fantastic.  Just like some live recordings of Lightenin' Hopkins I love.  The problem is that it takes some wiggling of the volume and some screeching to get there.  Does this mean there is a short some where?  Any suggestions for getting it to sound great all of the time?  Again, wiggling the volume pot is how I eventually get there.  When I do it is fantastic!

Comment by PapaSimone on December 22, 2011 at 5:17pm

So here is a old tube radio.  The Silvertone!  Like BeetleJuice suggested I did not try to strictly hack it.  Too much electricity and not enough volume.  Nick, from what I have read that is the main problem with trying to convert tube radios.  I kept the original speaker but replace the electronics with a Honeytone. Now it it is nice and loud and sounds pretty cool.  A bit crackily when you crank it.  Any ideas about how to deal with the jarring cracks when you turn it on?  Am I suppose to ground it somehow?

Anyhow getting it to work as an amp has been lots of fun and I think the Honeytone electronics with the original speaker and big, hollow metal body sounds pretty good.  I'll have to make a sound clip!

Comment by nick tyson on December 22, 2011 at 4:13pm

Has anyone tried with an old tube radio yet? if so how does it sound??

Comment by 3 String Blues on December 22, 2011 at 1:16pm

I spy pignose potential!

i bet if you found one of these it would be a super fun guitar amp.

Comment by Corbie on December 22, 2011 at 10:53am

BeetleJuice..... That has to be the coolest radio !

Comment by Corbie on December 22, 2011 at 10:48am

PapaSimone..... Those little thin wires wound around the ferite AM antennae....I knew that would prevent the AM from picking up a signal. I guessed right the first time when I unsoldered the red wire from the board and didn't hear a peep from the radio. I let the other wires be. I just wish the radio had a little more volume.

Comment by PapaSimone on December 22, 2011 at 3:04am

Thanks for the pictures Corbie. Great idea about the radio. How did you know which was the AM radio?

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