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Radio/Tape Deck Hacked Into Guitar Amp

This little radio is pretty sweet. The previous owners left it in the garage of the first home I owned. I used to use the radio when working out there, but for about 10 years it's sat idle. When I discovered the you can hack a radio/tape player into a guitar amp, I immediately dug this up and tried it. It was really very easy! I did a more modern (but still 15 years old) boom box too that has a much fuller sound but not as much crunch.

I hacked into the tape head, so you have to set this to Cassette mode and press Play to play your gitty through it. It's got a nice overdriven tone. You can hear it in this video: https://youtu.be/FLMd6_I7hNY

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Comment by Janis Wilson Hughes on July 2, 2016 at 2:37am: Maddog how cool that you hacked it to be able to record! I tried to do that on the dual tape boom box I hacked, but the record side was already busted. I wasn't able to repair it, so it's 'just' a guitar amp and radio. I was actually using it as a radio yesterday while I worked in the yard for several hours. Have you hacked a straight up radio before? I haven' done that yet but think I'm gonna try. Looks more complicated to figure out where to solder up on the volume pot.

Comment by Maddog on July 1, 2016 at 5:40pm: Nice Janis!

I've done a few out of radio's just like this one and they really do have a nice crunchy sound. One of the hacks I did I can put in a blank cassette and record when I play and play it back. Kinda fun :-)

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