My dad's tube radio turned into guitar amp

[Herman]

Both my parents passed away and I had to clean the house my mother lived in.
There I found my dad's old tube radio. Blaupunkt Palma, 1957, "Hifi", 4 loudspeakers, all tube amp.
Here is advertisement from 1957 and therefore the reason my dad bought this top of the line radio in the first place:
Ya, he loved beauty.



Now I found a guy who adjusts old tube radio's. And makes a guitar input to it. Plus an extra speaker output jack.
Now my dad's radio has a new life. With electrics it is fun, but with an acoustic guitar it is just as good as a modern acoustic amp.

Radio, sound and me!

Herman

[Dave Bagwill]

That sounded really nice! What a great use for that set of tubes.

[Kevin in California]

That is very cool Herman, and you are looking very cool these days too! Way to go.

[John Parchem]

Really cool! I am old enough that I had to learn all the tube theory and their use in amplifiers. I remember rolling my eyes at the time as transistors were everywhere then. A large tube class A amplifier is still the standard for sound, and it can work as a great heater in the winter.

[Kevin in California]

and I'm old enough to remember going down to the local drug store and buying replacement tubes for my TV set.

[Herman]

Memory lane? Are you really that old?
Herman

[John Parchem]

I am 62, I think Kevin is that or close, Most of the radios, audio amplifiers and TVs were tubes as I grew up. Japanese transistor radios came out and were fun. By the time I was taking engineering classes tubes had gone away for the most part but the licensing tests had not changed yet.