Argent and Chicago..blasts from the pasts..thanks for a great effort and expense..memories are priceless!

@stevenking2980

9 жыл бұрын

Chicago Transit Authority is so awesome!

I remember these record players from elementary school in the late 60s.. When I was in 4th grade I got detention for bringing some 45s in from home and playing them for the class when the teacher was out of the room. I was playing the song "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe when Mrs. Glenn walked into the room and glared at me like the wicked witch of the west. She was a grim-faced old lady from Texas and just as mean as they came. "I'll make you dizzy you little hooligan." I remember her saying to me.

radiotvphononut you are the one that is proper green. Rebuild units are cleaner for the environment then melt down and then re use. I wish you have the time to see what is wrong with my 1980's sony clock radio. I love the older models as they are built better.

@Evan420

7 жыл бұрын

Arjan Wilbie Same, I have a 1991 Dream Machine as my main clock, also by Sony. Built to last

I feel sorry for the kids having to listen to those records! Thanks for the video. I like listening to your thoughts. More please!

Bryan, At a local thrift store I found a Califone 1420C record player, which is similar to a 1420K. It's all complete and in really nice condition. I don't think it ever saw the inside of a school. It was marked for sale at $12.99. In the store I plugged it in and found it was as dead as a door nail. Hopefully, it's a bad fuse. The good news is they came down to $4.99. Sold!! I appreciate your video showing all the steps needed to bring my machine back to good health. Regards, Tom

Nice job. That had a lot to repair. It's nice to see it back as it belonged with the correct parts.

That's awesome you even found the player. Who knows it might have been in your classroom when you were in school.I loved the unforgettable hits at the end.

As always another amazing repair ,I like that Al Jolson record you played first my dad was a very big fan and my uncle too ,and me after being inference to it .I bet very few picked up on it.

Great Job, nice to see you get it done start to finish!

wow they still had these still in 1974, I remember these in kindergarten back in 1957..

I like your stories and repairs! Great memories. I was in grade school until 1976. Too bad you couldn't remove the rubber on the idler, get a rubber O-ring to fit on it. But it would probably be impossible to find the right size and dimensions. Oh, you have good taste in music. I listen to all genres too. Ancient to modern. One thing I remember. The music teacher played a song about "eating goober peas" which made up laugh, because we thought it was about eating goobers, lol.

It was really nice to see you put in the extra effort to make your teacher's record player sing again. I would like to think she would be very proud of you. Being that all this school's record players are probably recycled by now, what you've got is a very scarce item. It was especially nice that it came with the original records. Regards, Tom

I can hear Linda Ronstadt singing a slightly different version of Love Is a Rose that goes... Love is a nose and you better not pick it..... The records were worth the time to see this vid. Congrats on getting a record player from your old school.

Would be cool if I could find one from one of my former schools. I can remember we had GE open reel players in our library in elementary school. Cheers! 🍻 -Al

Thank you for your videos. They are very educational.

very nice work on that record player from your old school, great video

I have a 1435 K you can have in Illinois !

@lexiejones5252

3 жыл бұрын

I will take you up on this offer

A lotta people don't understand the kinda passion that collectors have for old school electronic devices. I would rather have an older unit than anything newer any old day.

I have a Newcomb EDT 12 P that sounded like it wasn't spinning correctly. The speed was dragging big time. I cleaned the shaft of the idler wheel and lubricated it. Also, I lubricated the motor a little bit, and it now runs beautifully. Thank you.

Good fix, you can hold your head high over this one. Andrew

great video these were the best that the schools could use . very durable and very good sound . but the newer types were junk as with everything it is very sad to know that these vintage units are long gone they really are wonderful. I remember an old one that had a speed control in the front that was a flat piece of metal with a black marbal knob and a small metal arm and spring loaded 45 adapter . it was great sound as well I really love these and would love to know if you have any like I described that you could make a video of if so that would be great since you are the king of califone and newcomb . all the best

The skipping is most likely caused by a combo of trying to play a stereo album with not so much a mono needle as it is a too-heavy head weight of 7.7 g. Majority of tone arm / cart / stylus match-ups set up for stereo operation function best with 2 g or less weight.

@wintersbattleofbands1144

3 жыл бұрын

No, these things are prone to skating. Fresh needle might help.

I like your long-winded stories

My grade school in the seventies had a bunch of these blue Califone and gray Newcomb record players. Those heavy tone arms and worn needles could easily scratch up a styrene 45 after one play.

I'm So Glad you find it Must Bring back memories. scene it was fifty dollars. I feel that They go by E-Pay Prices now days. it is a dam shame I think.

Those records would have a date with the 1200 and be up on my channel instantly. Argent just sounds wrong coming out of that thing. Need a Katy Perry record/

@bloodyl_uk

6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE MY NOSE

Ya knows, that you gotta love yer nose. Cool vid friend. Thanks Carl

You can scrape the dried out rubber off the old idler wheel and install a large o ring available at hardware stores. I’ve done that with vcr idler wheels

I've learned over the years that the word vintage just means crap for sale that's x years old. Funny story: worked for a brief stint at a local thrift store. They had a "49 RCA 45rpm player for $125 that obviously suffered from neglect. When I tested it out it was sub-operational. When I asked why such a high price, a co-worker replied: oh, people like anything collectable even if it doesn't work. Lesson learned.

I remember when these were brand new.

Recycling I guess to these green people means destruction. Very disturbing in a lot of ways. I'm glad you got your old record player from your old school working.

I forwarded a link to this video to one of the more active participants of my high school class's FB page. I'm certain that most of us would greatly enjoy having memorable items such as this from our formative years. Many thanks for sharing this! (I still remember Mrs. Medinger forcing us to dance to the "Hokey Pokey" in 6th grade!) I wonder how many times your teacher had to stop her pupils from "exploring their noses with their index fingers" as that very interesting instructional recording was being played??

*I LOVE MY NOSE!*

The tower of recordplayers LOL

I have the same model -- except brown. Same exact issue with the 89T skipping with newer LPS and bass. It's a bit frustrating.

They should have paid you to take it off their hands. I think I have an old Califone record player in my basement. I like the tone arm scales you have. Good tip about voiceofmusic. If the schools go back to using Califones think about how much money you will make selling your vast collection of rebuilt players back to them. Gary

Planning to use a 1430B to rip some old shellac 78s to digital. Output from the speaker jack is either line level or at least low enough that it works, but wondering if the player applies any equalization curve to the output? You can change that with software and I'd like to get the best possible sound when done.

Hi...love your video and guidance. My daughter was given a 1430K in not quite as bad shape. I cleaned, replaced needle, lubed motor, nail polish on a few little speaker cracks and mostly works...except often has a rumble/hum. I wonder if its a ground issue or if cleaning (blowing dust from) the amp which I didn't could make a difference. I did notice that the plug is two prongs but has a space for a third...confusing at least. Do you know if this should have a three prong plug and if there is a plug ground on these..maybe it was changed to plugh w/o a ground wire...you think maybe that could be the problem?...Any other advice appreciated from you or others on this great site of yours:)..thanks, Rick

I think newcomb also made a very similar one, i have an older one and the ringing of the platter when you shift the speeds sounds the same

Just got tracking force on mine down to 3 grams

So tired of "antique and flea malls". I got some pretty good deals when they started showing up in the 90s, but they should be ashamed of the prices they charge on some junk these days. I've noticed that some of the things have been there for years and years and it makes me wonder how they keep up the rent on the booth. A rich housewife's hobby?

@blackvinylgrooves

9 жыл бұрын

Cletus Hunnicutt Was in one of these places the other day,and I saw a CD boombox from the early 90s for $100.These places used to be great until a couple of years ago.I could find rare records worth hundreds of dollars for $2-5,kept them all,or things like a high end Garrard turntable from the 60s for $10.Things have drastically changed at all these places in the last 4-5 years.It is all over priced knick knacks or antiques at double the prices online Little to no records or vintage electronics to speak of at all.

@CletusHunnicutt

9 жыл бұрын

Roger Kulp I see some good records sometimes...mixed in with all the usual uninteresting easy listening, religious and Mitch Miller stuff...but nothing particularly rare. $8 to $10++ is really, really pushing it for more common albums (my opinion anyway). Those prices make me not even want to bother flipping through the whole box if there's more than a dozen or two, but $40 for a Barbra Streisand album?????? Not that I would buy it even if it was 1 cent, but give me a break! $50 for a completely worn out, unplayable Elvis or Beatles ready-for-the-trash album that looks like it was used as a frisbee over concrete? ...with album covers that aren't even salvageable? *I see you don't really want to sell...you just want to show off that you have it...not setting foot inside this place again* I keep up with realistic values and sell a little online. These people aren't even trying. I have better luck at thrift shops for oddball labels, cover art and 25 cent popular music.

@radiotvphononut

9 жыл бұрын

I think we can blame the internet and those very informative shows on TV for the price increases. People think that they are an expert, all because they watched one episode of "American Pickers" or because they spent 30 seconds looking something up on their iphone. What really burns me is when I hear, "on ebay, they sell for...". I've been known to reply by saying, "if it's worth so much on ebay; then, sell it there because you're not going to get an ebay price at a walk-in flea market or junk store."

@CletusHunnicutt

9 жыл бұрын

radiotvphononut I don't know why it's so hard to understand. An old broken rusted out hunk of junk isn't worth the same as what "the pickers" bought in not quite so junky condition (you have to wonder if some of it's planted too) and just because a price is being asked on ebay doesn't mean that's what it's selling for (actual monetary value). It's worth what it sells for, not what it doesn't sell for. I've seen lots of interest (watchers) on ebay on my own things and other peoples things and they just sit there. I lower my price and sell. They just keep on relisting and possibly racking up more fees. The flea mall vendors have the same high prices or more and...big surprise...I see the same old "antique", "vintage", buffet stand, console stereo, victrola, penny weight & horoscope scale...Hummel figurine sitting in the same spot for three years.

@blackvinylgrooves

9 жыл бұрын

radiotvphononut I think the worst is going into a Goodwill Clearance place,where they have printouts from ebay or worthpoint taped to the shelves next to the item.My local Goodwill Clearance was the last place to find good stuff cheap.Then they shut down,and moved in July 2013,and everything changed.

Hello thanks for this video, , I need your help , I have just puchase the very same model a moment ago, it plays nice , in good shape, Your video is the first I fell on , now I know little more about it. About Stylus 89T cartridge you mentioned , see on the TONE ARM I have a lever that rotate 180 deg from LP to 78 position, mine has no stylus on 78 position , I wish to have a stylus to play old 78 RPM 10 inch records ( there must be a stylus LP one side / 78 other side right ? ) , Can you give me some advise ?

How did you remove the turntable? Mines making a loud grinding/bumping noise. Was going to investigate. Thank you

just a theory it might be that the speaker being in the back by the turntable and the tonearm the extreme vibration from the speaker might be causing the tonearm to skip during the playing of the records

Welp. I do love my nose. Uno dos Uno dos!

I haves *holes* in my nose?! ha ha! that's punk rock gold.

i have been looking for one myself but the school district i still live in got rid of lots of stuff like this in the mid to late 90's early 2000's. i wish i could get one somehow.

@blackvinylgrooves

9 жыл бұрын

rmx77 Pretty much the case around here as well.Like radiotvphononut says here,the school district here stopped having public auctions in the 2000s.Everything is recycled now.

@rmx77

9 жыл бұрын

well around here they just auction stuff off but the auctions are ones that are done in the summer and only the teachers and other district workers know when it is and its something the public doesnt

@blackvinylgrooves

9 жыл бұрын

rmx77 I picked an off brand school record player from the 80s last week at an indoor flea market for $20.Marked from a local elementary school.First such school record player I had seen in a few years.It wasn't a Newcomb or a Califone,but it was a lot more well built than a Crosley.I bought it to offer to people in my Facebook 78 groups.There are a lot of people who are getting into collecting 78 records,and just want a basic record player to play their 78s on.Nice old record players are very hard to find cheap in many parts of the country.These people don't want a Crosley,because they know it is cheaply built garbage,that sounds awful and ruins records.These old school record players are very popular with new 78 collectors.I suspect a lot of the Newcomb and Califone record players you see on ebay are from people who bought them at school district liquidation auctions in the 90s and 2000s.

@rmx77

9 жыл бұрын

i would like to find one of the califone ones they had in the 90's or so

50 dollars wouldn't have been a bad deal if it was in perfect working order.. its too bad someone broke it. But nice to see it go to someone who will take care of it.

When are you going to finish the crosley radio? I really would like to see the finish of it. Also, I am not getting any sound out of mine. I replaced the capacitors and it lights up and all but I don't hear anything. Any thoughts?

You'r Gonna Ruin That T89 Cartridge By Playing That Beat To Hell Chicago Album.

Wonderful job!!! That 2nd to last LP sounds like the Late Great America's new national slanguage. Now, me must eats a burrito and go night, night!

Man this is so ridiculous that your school just tosses everything. My first grade teacher (in 2004 btw) actually had a record player in her classroom, in fact we were the class it stopped working in after about 50 years of use. I'm guessing the school I went to at the time had an auction of their old equipment and she got the record player that was in her classroom. More than anything she never really used it for anything educational but rather she'd play storybook records on it as well as she played some music on it (like when we had free day the day before we let put for Christmas break, she played this Christmas album that she had).

Yes, lets just send all of the old electronics to China for recycling, after all just because they happen to have 18 or the 20 most pouted cities on Earth inside their borders doesn't mean that the wire burners can't cook the vinyl insulation off the copper, over an open flame, in an echo friendly manner. I wouldn't worry about that record player being hot, if they had auctions or sales of surplus or obsolete equipment in the past then it was probably sold off legitimately years ago, especially if it's a 1974 model.

I have a Califone 1420k as well. I had a repair shop clean it up nicely but now, a year later, I need to replace the speaker which is something I think I can handle, but I have no idea where to source a speaker. Any ideas?

How did you remove the platter? I took off the clip on my caliphone 1450k but the platter still won’t remove itself. All speeds are working, but normal speed and 16 it starts shaking from the chain and need to fix it before Christmas

Wow by the looks of all that dry up dust it looks like they never service this califone

If you see this too...what about a replacement speaker for a Califone 1430K. I believe the amp is 10w and 8ohm (not that I know what that means:), but most replacement speakers are 4ohm. Will they work or be a problem or can one get an 8ohm speaker if necessary for reasonable price? Thanks again.

Hey I Seen One Of Those At Savers

OUR SCHOOL BOARD THREWOUT DOZENS OF THESE NICE MACHINES

My Elementary Teacher's Name Was Miss Farmer.

How did you remove the platter...?

fixed many of those units

sorry for the dumb question but how do you get the platter off?

"Multicultural Stick Fun" sing to the tune of "La Cucaracha."

How would one mount a Tetrad cartridge in this cone arm ?

That's it radio tv phonenonut , things just go to dismantlers , they don't want to see something get new life

Oh nose!

Hi! I have the exact same record player and I'm having some issues with it playing a little too fast. Any suggestions?

I guess you could if its possible move the speaker to the front so the sound is not going out the back of it.

That awesome you could retrieve a piece of your childhood...I have a 1420k how do i know what year it is?

@radiotvphononut

9 жыл бұрын

Look for date codes on the internal components, especially on the motor and electrolytic capacitors.

Where are you from? I'm trying to figure out the accent. Texas?

how do you take off the platter of a califone 1455K?

@mikeperkins5400

7 жыл бұрын

if your curious, get a phillips scredriver, and take all the screws out of the box, and the whole assembly comes apart, i suggest needle nose pliers to disconnect speaker wires, so you can have better access to the disk, after that your on your own. ,

@lexiejones5252

3 жыл бұрын

Remove the safety clip on the spindle and pull it up

Why don't you just buy an o-ring and install it on the idler wheel? It of course has a round cross section rather than square, but I have used this trick many times, works very well. And you can't beat the price.

is the califone 1030 idle drive too?

You Could Do That You'r Self. Just Remove The Old O Ring Bring It With Yiu & Go To HomeDepot & Pick Up The Right Size O Ring & Install It. Cheaper Then Sending It Out To Let Someone Else Rebuild The Idle Wheel.

How did you get the turntable off?

Brian are you ok? You haven't posted a new Video in a while.... Hope things are going well Jason

@fibrodad1354

9 жыл бұрын

Jason Cruz i know, does anyone know if he is ok, i love his vids and its unusual for him not to post, although not unusual people to just give up n leave.#

Runs a little slow don't you think?

Why, don't you fix, the idler wheel yourself, go down to Home Depot & take, The wheel with you. Then tell the sales person what your looking for.

But they're not raising children anymore they're raising little animals that don't care about anything the adults will turn around and say my kid didn't do that mean while the kid did it right in front of them and you lie like a bunch of Thieves cuz they don't care cuz you thought to just as bad as the kids that just a bunch of animals