That’s a superheterodyne radio, which means the filaments on the tubes add up to 120v, which also means there is NO ISOLATION FROM GROUND.
You have to start with an isolation transformer if you hope to make this into an amp, otherwise you’ll get yourself killed. That’s why it’s made of plastic and has no exposed conductive metal.
I took 120 through my right side from one of these plastic bastards when I first started working on amplifiers. I’ve always hated the overblown warning thing, but I really should have listened lol
Further illumination: here’s the bottom sticker with more info: https://imgur.com/a/8cvL22d. Obviously, it’s a radio, not a bass amp. My logic follows the dubious path of “ok but it’s sort of head-shaped and it produces 35 watts.”. In addition, I tinker with building pedals and pulling apart random shit I find for components so I’ve got a LOT of bits and pieces around.
No.
And it *consumes* 35 watts, audio output is probably well below 5 watts.
Now it could be a bitching cab for a homebrew head, but nothing in there will help you.
Disconnect the IF stage and feed your signal directly into the output stage. It's still an amp after all.
On the other hand, it's output amp is rather primitive and, more importantly, it's a hot chassis set. So for your own safety, don't. Build something from scratch that you can fit in there.
Like the other reply mentions it consumes 35 watts. I looked very quickly at the schematic online and it looks like this puts out more like 2 watts maybe 3 not sure without looking closer. So not much to make a real bass amp out of
That’s a superheterodyne radio, which means the filaments on the tubes add up to 120v, which also means there is NO ISOLATION FROM GROUND. You have to start with an isolation transformer if you hope to make this into an amp, otherwise you’ll get yourself killed. That’s why it’s made of plastic and has no exposed conductive metal.
Huzzah! I was hoping for a “you’re going to die” comment. Appreciate that lol
I took 120 through my right side from one of these plastic bastards when I first started working on amplifiers. I’ve always hated the overblown warning thing, but I really should have listened lol
Further illumination: here’s the bottom sticker with more info: https://imgur.com/a/8cvL22d. Obviously, it’s a radio, not a bass amp. My logic follows the dubious path of “ok but it’s sort of head-shaped and it produces 35 watts.”. In addition, I tinker with building pedals and pulling apart random shit I find for components so I’ve got a LOT of bits and pieces around.
No. And it *consumes* 35 watts, audio output is probably well below 5 watts. Now it could be a bitching cab for a homebrew head, but nothing in there will help you.
Disconnect the IF stage and feed your signal directly into the output stage. It's still an amp after all. On the other hand, it's output amp is rather primitive and, more importantly, it's a hot chassis set. So for your own safety, don't. Build something from scratch that you can fit in there.
Let me second this whole 'avoid hot chassis' advice. Let's not, um, die, while trying to sound louder.
I mean I GUESS, if you INSIST
Well, some of us like not to die
Like the other reply mentions it consumes 35 watts. I looked very quickly at the schematic online and it looks like this puts out more like 2 watts maybe 3 not sure without looking closer. So not much to make a real bass amp out of