So I got one of these a few years back and put many hours into putting it back together (see https://boomboxery.com/forum/index.php/topic/16282-smashing-sharp-gf9000/). Despite already having one I couldn't resist a local pickup as they come up so infrequently. It was a brief listing with just one pic from a new seller but it was only a few miles away so I had nothing to lose.
The seller got it 3 years back from a mate who did house clearances and he'd used it in his workshop ever since. He said it was grubby when he got and he'd never cleaned it. Got to test it and it was all working, deck was muffled but head looked good. Better still it wasn't missing anything....these often seem to lose sliders especially the small ones at the bottom.
Yep it was grubby as hell but looked good underneath so I bought it. He chucked in a Sony Walkman too as a freebie which was nice.
Here it is in all it's grubbiness...
The seller got it 3 years back from a mate who did house clearances and he'd used it in his workshop ever since. He said it was grubby when he got and he'd never cleaned it. Got to test it and it was all working, deck was muffled but head looked good. Better still it wasn't missing anything....these often seem to lose sliders especially the small ones at the bottom.
Yep it was grubby as hell but looked good underneath so I bought it. He chucked in a Sony Walkman too as a freebie which was nice.
Here it is in all it's grubbiness...
