I have an old 1960's GE AM radio that I've had trouble converting over to a Cigar Box Amp. Tried the usual ways. Anyone here good with Electronic Schematics that can advise?
Here's the Schematic: http://oi47.tinypic.com/14btdue.jpg
Here's the diagrams of the insides: http://oi46.tinypic.com/108eahd.jpg
She worked okay when tapping into the volume knob... but played at a very low volume. The radio itself is very loud so I must need to tap into the preamp or something???
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I would try tapping into the + side of C3 (desolder or cut the trace and don't forget the guitar cable ground) just after the volume control but I suspect there is just a level difference between the output of the pickup and the audio output from the tuner. If so the solution is to add gain to the guitar. A op amp chip on a small breadboard using the volume control from the radio would do. Plenty of standard 8 pin chips and circuits on the web. Do a quick google search for Op Amp guitar pre
Thanks Don. An Ipod worked fine, so that would make sense that none of my guitars were loud.. but I would have thought my acoustic with the LR Baggs preamp would jam... but it was barely louder than the piezo coming from the CBG.
I'm sorry, but I'm a rookie at electronics mods... Can I just measure the voltage on each side of C3 by reading between C3 and ground to find the + side?
The Baggs pre is mainly a buffer amp and not intended as a gain stage. The piezo is really high impedance and the pre helps with the relatively low input impedance of the amps. Even if the output was doubled of what a mag pickup was, you are still in a low level situation. The guys in the Mod section can likely help you out with resources and ideas.
Here is a simple circuit I found using a common op amp chip. Change the value of the two input resistors, you change the gain.
If u look @ the Cap(C3) there's a bold stripe going down the side w/ some - - (Dashes) right? That's - neg other side is + pos just remember the opposite side of the stripe is + Positive.
U should join dis Group:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/vintage-radios-converted-into-g...
lots of conversion videos there
Thanks again Brian and Don!
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