MY 2ND BOOMBOX!!! ANOTHER SHARP! :-D
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baddboybill
Boomus Fidelis
Thanks Triple-B! 
Well, maybe 1 of you Bass-BoX GURUS can help me out here. Can you tell me what's worng with this boomer? Everything works well but the tape deck need belts. The photos should give you a clue as to what doesn't fit:
Read the badge closely. It's your first clue.
A goofy AM/FM Selector:
I think this position is actually AM:
This position is actually FM:
Notice anything OFF about the tuner dial?:
the 'Tone' & 'Balance' controls are actually 'BASS' & TREBLE' & work perfectly as such:
The last clue should give it away. When I press the 'Tape/Radio' function switch, the DOLBY light goes on & off.
Other than that, the sound is full, loud & somewhat enjoyable for both radio & line-in. The tape deck needs new belts but working well mechanically. The cabinet is in absolutely excellent shape & near mint except for 2 small blemishes, including a tuner window scratch I'm trying to buff out. All lines are clean & straight with no patches or cracks I can see. I'm gonna try a re-belt & cleaning to see if I can get the deck going. In the meantime, can anyone solve this riddle? I bet it's easy for some of you to guess what happened to this beast.
cheers!!
Well, maybe 1 of you Bass-BoX GURUS can help me out here. Can you tell me what's worng with this boomer? Everything works well but the tape deck need belts. The photos should give you a clue as to what doesn't fit:
Read the badge closely. It's your first clue.
A goofy AM/FM Selector:
I think this position is actually AM:
This position is actually FM:
Notice anything OFF about the tuner dial?:
the 'Tone' & 'Balance' controls are actually 'BASS' & TREBLE' & work perfectly as such:
The last clue should give it away. When I press the 'Tape/Radio' function switch, the DOLBY light goes on & off.
Other than that, the sound is full, loud & somewhat enjoyable for both radio & line-in. The tape deck needs new belts but working well mechanically. The cabinet is in absolutely excellent shape & near mint except for 2 small blemishes, including a tuner window scratch I'm trying to buff out. All lines are clean & straight with no patches or cracks I can see. I'm gonna try a re-belt & cleaning to see if I can get the deck going. In the meantime, can anyone solve this riddle? I bet it's easy for some of you to guess what happened to this beast.
cheers!!
baddboybill
Boomus Fidelis
Someone changed tuner scale 
one thing I will say about deck but I'm not sure about 8000 series but 9000 series usually needs a new capstan tire. We usually use a thin rubber fuel line from gas power radio control cars. What happens is it usually gums up and is hard to clean up. Like I said though I never had an 8000 series but all 9000 are like this. Good luck 
one thing I will say about deck but I'm not sure about 8000 series but 9000 series usually needs a new capstan tire. We usually use a thin rubber fuel line from gas power radio control cars. What happens is it usually gums up and is hard to clean up. Like I said though I never had an 8000 series but all 9000 are like this. Good luck 
Northerner
Boomus Fidelis
Nice Sharp 
If it does suffer the gooey capstan issue its not that bad to sort as I've had to do all of mine.
But what I'm most impressed by is that you've done 300+ postings and only had one boombox!
tho clearly that one is a good one!!! 
If it does suffer the gooey capstan issue its not that bad to sort as I've had to do all of mine.
But what I'm most impressed by is that you've done 300+ postings and only had one boombox!
tho clearly that one is a good one!!! 
The Box of Boom
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Mark GF-575
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Northerner said:Nice Sharp
But what I'm most impressed by is that you've done 300+ postings and only had one boombox!
I was surprised by that too
But then the other Sharp is rather nice 
i'd be happy with just the one 
Northerner
Boomus Fidelis
Think Dave might be right there...the buttons performing a different function than it says, the fm/am selector not quite lining up...suggests what Dave saysdocs said:Seems to me like the internals are a different box to the case. Either way, it's unusual
docs said:Seems to me like the internals are a different box to the case. Either way, it's unusual
BINGO!!! If my guess is correct, this 8787 is really an 8989 on the inside. If anyone has a good photo of an 8989 to compare to, please post it to the thread but I'm almost sure it's a GF-8989 in an 8787 cabinet. The case is in excellent shape with all the edges & lines in mint condition. The cassette door is pretty minty too. It's actually the acrylic tuner window that has the scratch so it should buff out almost completey. The tuner switch is 4 position for AM, SW1, SW2, FM & all 4 bands work like the tuner scale suggests, which of course is the clincher to the mystery.
This is a photo of a Gf-8989-II that another Boomboxery member scored. As you can see, the silver dial, 4 band tuner, BASS & TREBLE, etc. are the same as mine. So it's gotta be an 8989-II in an 8787 cabinet.
Well, I'm tinkering again & loving the GF-8787 which turned out to be an 8989-II. This is in ALPHA stage & I'm still experimenting with positions, etc. so stay tuned for more.
WARNING!!! EXTREMELY LOUD VIDEO!!! Turn down your speakers before playing VIDEO below:
LOUD GF-8989-II
WARNING!!! EXTREMELY LOUD VIDEO!!! Turn down your speakers before playing VIDEO below:
LOUD GF-8989-II
I'm gonna start a new thread shortly to showcase the mods I have installed in the new 8989-Hybrid. Man, this sucka is LOUD!!! LOUD, LOUD, LOUD!!!
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