[sbish]

Thanks for the input, folks!

The cartridge in the radio is a Shure W60B, it's been pretty difficult finding a 752-S3 needle for proper playback of the Crosby/Kern 78's I have, so for the moment it has a speed compromise needle (752-S2) - that wouldn't also be part of the problem would it? I've seen the cartridge-rebuild info floating around this forum, and might give it a shot soon. Worst case scenario I just order a new/old cartridge

As for the electronics - when I received the radio, it had a small bag of clipped paper-and-wax components, so I'm assuming someone had already done a little work on it before i received it, but I will double check this when I pull the electronics out to clean up and re-stain the case.

Is there a good write up somewhere on removing the electronics from this model without damaging anything? I'm most worried about the tuning apparatus getting messed up.