Look what I found...

[Greg_L]

My grandma passed in Sept, and for the past few days I was deep in the swamps of Louisiana clearing out her house to sell it.

And I found this:





GE model C1531
1966/67 AM/FM clock radio


And look at this....it has tubes!



I don't know what the tubes are yet, but I'm wondering if I can get this thing working, or better yet, convert it into a little guitar amp. That cap can says Sept 196-something. Pretty cool. At the very least it will need new capacitors, I'm sure. And a power cord....scary.

All the knobs and dials work smoothly. I need to find a schematic and see what I can do with this thing. Tubes!

[JD01]

Mate, that would be a really cool one to turn into a low wattage head. Something you can get overdriving "tweed" style.

[Greg_L]

Mate, that would be a really cool one to turn into a low wattage head. Something you can get overdriving "tweed" style.

Yeah, those 4" speakers will be nasty though.

I really need to track down a schematic.

[rayc]

Ask Uncle Doug.

[Greg_L]

Ask Uncle Doug.

Hey good idea. I'll send him a message.

[JD01]

Mate, that would be a really cool one to turn into a low wattage head. Something you can get overdriving "tweed" style.

Yeah, those 4" speakers will be nasty though.

I really need to track down a schematic.

Lol. I was kinda assuming you'd connect a proper cab!

[SweetDan]

Hey there, Uncle...Greg.

I hope that's just dust and not moldy crud covering the guts of that clock radio.

[Greg_L]

Lol. I was kinda assuming you'd connect a proper cab!

Noooo. That would require (probably) a different output transformer. The OT in this thing is tiny and I don't know anything about it. I'd try to use it as it stands. I wouldn't go recording an album with it, but it'd be a neat gimmick.

[Greg_L]

I hope that's just dust and not moldy crud covering the guts of that clock radio.

Yeah, just dust. A lot of dust.

[WhiskeyJack]

This is cool man. Godspeed.

[Lt. Bob]

[vomitHatSteve]

Neat!

Maybe keep the 4" speakers. That sort of thing always gives an... interesting sound at least!

[WhiskeyJack]

Greg, if you do end up pulling this off i may shell out a few bucks to ship my old tube radio down to you to do the same!!! Keep us posted.

[einstein magoo]

Nice!! Solid state tuning AND AFC!

[Greg_L]

Neat!

Maybe keep the 4" speakers. That sort of thing always gives an... interesting sound at least!

Yeah my only concern is that they're rotted. I'll try to replace them if I have to, but I'd rather not.

Greg, if you do end up pulling this off i may shell out a few bucks to ship my old tube radio down to you to do the same!!! Keep us posted.

Well we'll see. I still can't find a schematic. I might just have to try and trace it out and draw it myself.

[Greg_L]

Nice!! Solid state tuning AND AFC!

The back panel says "SUPERHETERODYNE"....Lol.

This is a non-gay radio.

[vomitHatSteve]

I think my parents had an EDISON NOHOMO radio back in the day...

[CrowsofFritz]

Will you make use of the knobs already there? Like maybe turn them into tone knobs or something?

[Lt. Bob]

Yeah my only concern is that they're rotted. I'll try to replace them if I have to, but I'd rather not.

bet they're not ..... that was before the foam surrounds ..... those are prolly just paper or conceivably fabric

[Greg_L]

Will you make use of the knobs already there? Like maybe turn them into tone knobs or something?

Yeah, that's how I'd prefer to do it....if it's able to be done.