Hello from Dave K.

Hello everyone,
I am Dave currently residing in St. Louis. My primary collecting is concentrated on antique tube radios. I collect and restore radios from the 1920's through the 1960's and have around 175 radios, mostly table sets as the consoles take up a lot of room. Radios from the 30's often cross over into the furniture area since they were the central point of entertainment in the home back then. That brings me here. I will start a post on a vintage table that was retrofitted with a radio. I need some help on dating the table since I know the date of the radio. I also need some help on the furniture finish. When I run into radio restoration problems, I go to the Antique Radio Forum and someone always will pick you up and provide guidance. Since I am having furniture concerns, I thought I would give this group a try. If anyone needs vintage tube radio advice, feel free to reach out.
Best,
Dave

 

Greetings, Dave!

 

Hi Dave, and WELCOME to ANTIQUERS!!!

 

Hello, Dave. I've been threatening to buy new tubes for my 1980s Marshall amp for 10 years now...

 

welcome aboard.

 

What model of Marshall do you have sabre123? My guitar amp is an old Marshall Super Lead from about 1960. Still kicks out the jams.

 

Man, my head was in the wrong place. My main is a Marshall JTM50 from the mid 60's. Super Lead is not that old and is a backup.

 

@Dave K , I'm Dan K (Fireman DK) , nice to meet you . I have a 1930's rectangle Zenith Tombstone Radio I pulled out of a barrel at Goodwill 30 years ago, it used to work, I am afraid to plug it in these days for fear of setting the house on fire ! Last time I got a quote to work on it / restore the chassis / replace capacitors it was around $350 !! Does that sound right ????

 

Hi Dan - nice find on a Goodwill radio - do you know the model number? Concerning restorations, yes they are expensive using a shop. It is time consuming more than anything. That is why I learned to repair them myself. If the radio was playing at one point, usually replacing all the capacitors will do the trick. New line cords are also a good thing to replace. $350 is likely more than the radio is worth these days. Recapping is not difficult as long as you have a good volt-ohm meter, a soldering iron and can follow a schematic. Parts are readily available.
Dave

 

I agree. $350 is more than you can get for it but I have to admit having one in working order is a thing of beauty.

 

Welcome to the forums! @Dave K

 

Welcome!