Sharp GF500E Twin Deck Radio Cassette Recorder. 1980's Boombox Appraisal for Repair.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2024
- Hi Folks,
Here's a rare boombox from the 1980's. It's gorgeous! But as always, there there will be issues with it that will need sorting.
In this video, I I unbox the beast, take a walkthrough and test it out to see what we have ahead of us.
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Wow. That machine is in beautiful shape!!
I still have my Sharp GF8989E that I bought new in 1981 for £299.
It serviced regularly with new belts etc and sounds amazing.
They dont makes this type of quality anymore.
That's cool. I have a 8989 that someone else bought new, if that counts 😀Mine needs servicing, so I might share the fun on the channel. I'm guessing it needs that capstan rubber?
The hiss from the radio stations is a result of digital signals. When signals were still analogue, tuning into a radio station was spot on with stereo. Some of my radios are auto tune and since signals went digital, they skip past all radio stations and I have to perform a manual tune, but they all have that hiss.
Pesky digital! Yes, I know what you mean about manually tuning the old auto tuning radios. That's progress.... Thanks for watching 👍
Beautiful unit ❤... I can't wait to see the internals 👍👍 Thanks for sharing this with the world
Thanks for watching!
just got a great deal on a Sony CFS-11F always loved the feather touch cassette deck of the Sony.. that Sharp is a beast.. i owned the GX-300Z.. Sharp made some real winners back in the day..
Those Sony's are fetching good money now, so glad you got a nice deal!
Yeah - those old Sharps are great. The GX-300Z has similar design to the GF-500 (a bit boxier than the 575), but I haven't had one with detachable speakers - mine are mostly 'all in one' GFs. Thanks for watching 👍
That is beautiful 😊
It really is! Looking forward to having it working 😄👍
Nice machine!
Thanks for watching 👍
@@retro_restos The difference between the GF-500E and the GF-500Z is the 'Z' model has fine tuning; the 'E' model does not, but they're basically identical units. ☺
I have this exact model (bought it from a UK seller last year) it has LW in the tuner and uses a standard figure-8 plug type power cord. Mine needed seven new belts (replacing them was super easy as they had not yet turned to goo).The GF-500E/GF-500Z is from 1982/83.
SEVEN? Thanks for that. And it looks so innocent 😂
@@retro_restos Yep, seven belts are required for this model. Three in each tape deck + one for the counter. 😎