Hello Everybody!
I couldn't believe there were any Appreciation Societies for boom boxes and other nostalgic audio paraphernalia! I'm a bit of a slow typist having long since seen my days of youth so please bear with me at times and I've not used a forum for a few years so my posts my not be too polished until I get the hang of it all!
I bought a Sharp GF9000 brand new in 1983 whilst in Saudi Arabia and enjoyed if for many years until downsizing my accommodation meant I sadly had to let it go. I can't remember when exactly but probably 10-15 years ago.
HOWEVER................the person I GAVE(!) it away to hadn't appreciated it 'cos he was having a (dirty) shed clear-out a couple of weeks ago and almost threw the GF9000 into a bin!!! "WHOAH!" I cried, "Just a minute....". There it was, no ariel, speaker bashed in, paint splashed, missing treble slider and no clear cover on the cassette compartment! I thought it might be worth a try so I plugged it in to find one speaker (the undamaged one) didn't work, the other volume control slider crackling like gawd knows what and the tape playback almost inaudible. How sad.
Nothing to lose here, I thought, so I took it home removed the front and did my (untrained, amateurish) best for the poor ol' thing. I couldn't believe the difference! A good clean followed and it now looks and sounds pretty decent. I was even surprised myself how good it looks. I fashioned a temporary cassette compartment cover from a CD case an fixed in place as a temporary measure to keep dust out and straightened out the bashed in speaker grill. Next was the ariel so I bought a cheap Sharp QT250 off eBay and stripped out the ariel to fit then realised the mounting post in the GF9000 was snapped off close to it's base! A quick removal of a QT250 post and subsequent adaption of the mount saw this fixed good and solid for the replacement ariel so I was much relieved to say the least 'cos this is all ne to me. I'm quite practical but know almost nothing of the inner working of gadgetry!
So, my GF9000 has returned home and will now serve me well for many years - I hope! I have a problem with restoring the tuning 'string thingey' but I'll save that for a forum post.
Glad to be here!
Christine
I couldn't believe there were any Appreciation Societies for boom boxes and other nostalgic audio paraphernalia! I'm a bit of a slow typist having long since seen my days of youth so please bear with me at times and I've not used a forum for a few years so my posts my not be too polished until I get the hang of it all!
I bought a Sharp GF9000 brand new in 1983 whilst in Saudi Arabia and enjoyed if for many years until downsizing my accommodation meant I sadly had to let it go. I can't remember when exactly but probably 10-15 years ago.
HOWEVER................the person I GAVE(!) it away to hadn't appreciated it 'cos he was having a (dirty) shed clear-out a couple of weeks ago and almost threw the GF9000 into a bin!!! "WHOAH!" I cried, "Just a minute....". There it was, no ariel, speaker bashed in, paint splashed, missing treble slider and no clear cover on the cassette compartment! I thought it might be worth a try so I plugged it in to find one speaker (the undamaged one) didn't work, the other volume control slider crackling like gawd knows what and the tape playback almost inaudible. How sad.
Nothing to lose here, I thought, so I took it home removed the front and did my (untrained, amateurish) best for the poor ol' thing. I couldn't believe the difference! A good clean followed and it now looks and sounds pretty decent. I was even surprised myself how good it looks. I fashioned a temporary cassette compartment cover from a CD case an fixed in place as a temporary measure to keep dust out and straightened out the bashed in speaker grill. Next was the ariel so I bought a cheap Sharp QT250 off eBay and stripped out the ariel to fit then realised the mounting post in the GF9000 was snapped off close to it's base! A quick removal of a QT250 post and subsequent adaption of the mount saw this fixed good and solid for the replacement ariel so I was much relieved to say the least 'cos this is all ne to me. I'm quite practical but know almost nothing of the inner working of gadgetry!
So, my GF9000 has returned home and will now serve me well for many years - I hope! I have a problem with restoring the tuning 'string thingey' but I'll save that for a forum post.
Glad to be here!
Christine