02-17-2019, 11:46 AM
Hi and welcome,
Well it's hard to say till you get it open. General sets built in the late 50's probably are going to use disc ceramic caps so that won't be a big issue. Will probably use twist loc electrolytic filter caps which should be replaced or rebuilt. May need some of the controls replaced from wear. Be advised that this set is not stereo as most are accustom to it has a mono amp and mixes the output of the stereo cartridge together to produce a mono output. Pretty sure that the fm tuner is mono too.
It may just depend on your skill set as to how difficult it is to service.
Well it's hard to say till you get it open. General sets built in the late 50's probably are going to use disc ceramic caps so that won't be a big issue. Will probably use twist loc electrolytic filter caps which should be replaced or rebuilt. May need some of the controls replaced from wear. Be advised that this set is not stereo as most are accustom to it has a mono amp and mixes the output of the stereo cartridge together to produce a mono output. Pretty sure that the fm tuner is mono too.
It may just depend on your skill set as to how difficult it is to service.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
