Hi everyone, newbie here.
Had a look about, read a few posts..signed up for some advice please
I’ve recently got back into cassettes, bought a couple of Walkmans and a tape deck and enjoy recording my own mixes on a pair of decks at home. I wanted a boombox and have just bought a Sharp GF9494. It all works and is in beautiful condition, was owned all its life by a lovely old couple who never took it out the house once. Anyhoo.. as expected the tape player works but now and then chews tapes up. Everything else works perfectly but it’s safe to assume the belts need replacing and some maintenance needs to be done. I’ve bought a set of belts for it and included are a new pinch roller and the little black tube doohicky that needs to go in that little hole with the rod thing through it. I’ve had a good look into what will need fixing and repairing online. I’ve had no experience with servicing something like this before but after watching a complete hour long walk-through on YouTube it doesn’t seem too difficult if done with care. I’m also interested in changing the speakers for newer ones with grills and removing the square grills. Is this difficult to do? Is there anything else I should replace inside That I haven’t mentioned?
It wasn’t cheap so I don’t want to mess it up. Should I attempt to do this myself or pay a professional to do it?
Had a look about, read a few posts..signed up for some advice please
I’ve recently got back into cassettes, bought a couple of Walkmans and a tape deck and enjoy recording my own mixes on a pair of decks at home. I wanted a boombox and have just bought a Sharp GF9494. It all works and is in beautiful condition, was owned all its life by a lovely old couple who never took it out the house once. Anyhoo.. as expected the tape player works but now and then chews tapes up. Everything else works perfectly but it’s safe to assume the belts need replacing and some maintenance needs to be done. I’ve bought a set of belts for it and included are a new pinch roller and the little black tube doohicky that needs to go in that little hole with the rod thing through it. I’ve had a good look into what will need fixing and repairing online. I’ve had no experience with servicing something like this before but after watching a complete hour long walk-through on YouTube it doesn’t seem too difficult if done with care. I’m also interested in changing the speakers for newer ones with grills and removing the square grills. Is this difficult to do? Is there anything else I should replace inside That I haven’t mentioned?
It wasn’t cheap so I don’t want to mess it up. Should I attempt to do this myself or pay a professional to do it?
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