Topic: Yard sale score! (bose content )

[tfs8271]

I did find a triple beam at a sale back in the 80's for $10.

hahaha... for measuring hops right? 

And vitamins. I didn't ask but that is what the seller said...."my brother used it to weigh his vitamins."

[Tye]

very nice find - congrats!  anyway you would sale the reel at a good price?   

peace,
ts

Probably not for a while I have always wanted a reel>reel . My old boss at work has some old GD reels he recorded from way back I want to try to convert.
 It came with a Louis Armstong live show on it !

That is a sweet find....and to think I drive by every yard sale and think "what junk."

Ever yard sale has some old excercise equipment....I did find a triple beam at a sale back in the 80's for $10.

Nice ! Any accessories  ?

[cheshirecat]

There is an article out there on the internet somewhere about the process for transferring old R2R tapes that have been dorment for years... apparently the tape becomes brittle and is sussceptable (sp?) to breaking.  The process involves baking the tapes for x number of minutes and then running them through for conversion.... not sure how long they're good for after that, but FYI.

[DeepCreatures]

cool - thanks for the response Tye.  best of luck on the conversions - most certainly look into baking them - hopefully the reels are not in too bad of shape.

peace,
ts

[Nick's Picks]

i've been looking for a decent R2R to put in my stereo.  My step mother has tons of old reels.  sabath, zeplin..etc

[anodyne33]

Anybody want an Ampex 440C cheap? Only one channel is recording right now, and I haven't tried it for playback.



Mine is a 4 track with a 2 track headstack. I don't know when that happened, but it was going to be a restoration project of mine, then I kind of gave up the electronics bug.

Edit to add... I just found this pic and couldn't resist! Avitar ready!




 

edit again to add: damnit! it's not moving... much cooler in motion http://www.dailyfeed.com/Ampex440.gif

[run_run_run]

what a score! +T for sharing