SHARP GF-777 Restoration Project

[goodman]

Here's how it looks with grills:

 

[bklyn sound]

amazing work good man......alot of time has gone into your box and it shows

 

[anodyne13]

Beautiful.

 

[BoomboxLover48]

It's so much fun to see the progress and the love for these boomboxes!

It's always a good feeling to see people like me who loves to restore and enjoy the beauty of these wonderful machines of the past.



Great progress!

Good job Goodman!

 

[goodman]

I'm on a final stage, now. Everything is on the place. Only remains to put the back cover and do tests:

 

[bklyn sound]

goodman ,,,,,,,1 word ..awesome cant wait to see it all finished...excelent work

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Man, you made thing your BiZZZZOPPP!!! Now, put some dead-mat auto dampening sheets in there & 1/3 volume of insualting material to pad it a little. I bet that would soumd really tight & super punchy/fast. What kind of speakers are you using? They look like car audio drivers. Are they designed for a small sealed box?

 

[goodman]

Cpl-Chronic, I use HI-FI speakers 5 "- VISATON, made in Germany.
On the previous page you can see more info and pictures.
I sell my original speakers in used condition, look here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14643

 

[Cpl-Chronic]

Thanx for the offer on the original cones but my wings are clipped until I get more streeet cred.(posts). If they're still around & in good shape, I might scoop them form you.

Man those speakers are no Joke. 150 bones for a 5" mid-bass driver. Do those cones sing or what? I can just imagine the fat beats coming off that thing & making the TDK triple cone look like a barbie tape player...

 

[goodman]

Here how looks my Sharp before restoration - in very bad condition: :'-(





Here how looks my Sharp, now - after restoration:








This is the END of this big restoration project...

 

[JVC Floyd]

she looks great !
glad too see you got her all fixed up .

 

[BoomboxLover48]

Congrats on a job well done!

Great job!

 

[hemiguy2006]

That looks fantastic. Must sound great with those new woofers as well

 

[bklyn sound]

hey goodman looks amazing ...how does it sound...would love a little feedback on your speaker choice......

 

[ledmeter]

Hey goodman I'm so thrilled to see this, excellent job. I really love it when a box comes together like this. I'm going to redo my Conion one of these days after a resto a few years ago now using spray can colour match, now I can use professional tools as you did. Did you spray the body in a car painting booth? Or just outside? I did one in the garage once with the door shut and it was a real headache..

 

[Ken]

Great job. You really have done well by that boomer...it's always nice to see a resto job as sweet as this one. Congrats!

we need to hear about those speakers. Watts? Frequency response? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[goodman]

Thanks for good words!
With these new speakers boombox work very good! The sound is powerfull and balanced.
Because this great interest, I will share more information about the speakers:
I use HI-Fi speakers VISATON, made in Germany
http://www.visaton.com/en/chassis_zubehoer/tiefmittelton/w130s_4.html
http://www.visaton.com/en/chassis_zubehoer/breitband/fr13_4.html




ledmeter, about paint:
I used paint for plastic.
Boombox is painted with a spray gun in very sunny day. In the same way that cars are painted:
Previously complicated kit and then painted. Therefore, the result is so good.

 

[Ken]

Great info!

 

[goodman]

Here in Goodman's Boomboxes Collection have some new pictures of boombox:
viewtopic.php?p=189698#p189698

 

[kraftmatic]

Beautiful restoration! Shows a lot of love for this machine. It must sound awesome too.