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Post by humanbn on Sept 23, 2008 0:07:05 GMT -5
I saw an organ sitting outside of an antique shop by my house a couple of weeks ago. It had been rained on, with a tarp over it, and dew every morning set on it. Found out it was for free to anyone who wanted it. I went down last night and took all the guts that I thought could be used. The amp is an all tube circuit. I'm not sure what year the thing is but I would say it's no less than 50 years old. All the Caps and Resistors are in great shape. The inside of the boxes housing the electronics components hardly even had dust in them. The only bummer I have is that the speaker rattles. It sounds nice but there is something lose in it. I haven't checked real close to see if the paper is torn or anything. I would like to be able to fix it. Anyway, I thought it was kind of cool. Lots of new parts to try out.
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Post by andy on Sept 23, 2008 4:37:55 GMT -5
That is the strange anomaly of the 'vintage' music market. The 'Take It If You Can Be Arsed With It' Wurlitzer or Hammond outside a junk shop. If only it were the same with guitars! It sounds like you have quite a haul of bits and pieces- probably enough to make some cool pedals, let alone soup-up a guitar, but it does beggar the question- did the Wurlitzer work before it was stripped of its innards? Much as I love a hot-rodded axe, part of me winces at the thought of a fully functioning rock organ being disemboweled , no matter how impractical to have around! Otherwise, let us know what you get up to with all those groovy components!
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Post by humanbn on Sept 23, 2008 12:57:02 GMT -5
The organ was non-functional. I don't even know what to do with the parts yet. Most of the caps are too big to fit inside my guitar. Shoot, half of them won't fit in my amp, at least not with the Farad ratings on them. They're pretty large in size but small in value, 500v with .1 farad. I don't yet know enough about capacitors to understand what these could be used for.
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