While I was having a couple of new tires put on my vehicle yesterday, I decided to walk across the street to a second hand store, while I was waiting for the tire shop to finish.
Once inside the store, I headed straight towards the audio section, full of old records, and electronic gadgets. You see, I had cased this store a few times already, and knew right where I wanted to be. On one of the shelves in this area was a bunch of old record players, projectors, radios, ect. but what caught my eye was this device called a "RECORDIO" made by Wilcox-Gay from the 40's. It had bake-o-lite push buttons marked, Radio, Radio Record, Phono, Phone Record, & Microphone.
When I spun the thing around, to begin my search for a mic of some kind, I was very surprised to see a brown biscuit Astatic with just the brown wooden handle connected, and a brown cloth cord with a two prong connector. (This one had a chrome grill)
Without blinking an eye I hauled the whole unit to the check out counter at the front, and paid the $25. asking price.
Once back home, I peeked under the hood to find the original crystal element inside the shell. I quickly soldered a 1/4 jack on the cord and plugged that puppy into a reissue Bassman, and the signal was LOUD and very strong. This element sounds better than any other crystal element I own!
Now I'm gonna put a old style connector on the mic, and she'll be good to go!
Indeed I'm stoked, as this is about a 1:100 type find for me.
The moral of the story: When getting your tires changed, find the nearest second hand store!! 'Cause ya never know...
Maybe I'll even make a small practice amp out of the RECORDIO unit too...it has a sweet looking 6'' Jensen and a sweet looking amp section inside the small cabinet ;))
Keep your Eyes open, See ya,
~Donnie~ http://www.bmi.net/tpp/Tone/mortone.htm
The William Clarke Tribute Site: http://williamclarke.webjump.com
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While I was having a couple of new tires put on my vehicle
yesterday, I decided to walk across the street to a second
hand store, while I was waiting for the tire shop to finish.
Once inside the store, I headed straight towards the audio
section, full of old records, and electronic gadgets. You see,
I had cased this store a few times already, and knew right
where I wanted to be. On one of the shelves in this area was
a bunch of old record players, projectors, radios, ect. but what
caught my eye was this device called a "RECORDIO" made by
Wilcox-Gay from the 40's. It had bake-o-lite push buttons marked,
Radio, Radio Record, Phono, Phone Record, & Microphone.
When I spun the thing around, to begin my search for a mic of
some kind, I was very surprised to see a brown biscuit Astatic
with just the brown wooden handle connected, and a brown cloth
cord with a two prong connector. (This one had a chrome grill)
Without blinking an eye I hauled the whole unit to the check
out counter at the front, and paid the $25. asking price.
Once back home, I peeked under the hood to find the original
crystal element inside the shell. I quickly soldered a 1/4 jack
on the cord and plugged that puppy into a reissue Bassman, and
the signal was LOUD and very strong. This element sounds
better than any other crystal element I own!
Now I'm gonna put a old style connector on the mic,
and she'll be good to go!
Indeed I'm stoked, as this is about a 1:100 type find for me.
The moral of the story: When getting your tires changed,
find the nearest second hand store!! 'Cause ya never know...
Maybe I'll even make a small practice amp out of the RECORDIO
unit too...it has a sweet looking 6'' Jensen and a sweet looking
