Re: [Harp-L] How did i do it?Just lucky?

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Wolfgramme was a Kiwi recording artist who played "Hawaiian" or South pacific themed music. I play steel, including a bit of this stuff myself, and have some of his old 78s. He was pretty popular in his day. Sorry if it was a bit obscure....
Cheers,
RD

>>> "hazcon" <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx> 23/12/08 2:29 PM >>>
Hey Rick i know i only have a Kiwi sense of humour.....but Wolfgramme?
Rick
in NZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bclarke1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 15:07
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] How did i do it?Just lucky?


> Bernie;
>           I thought that in NZ they called a 'Radiogram' a 
> 'Wolfgramme'......?
> RD
>
>>>> "Bernie Clarke" <bclarke1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 22/12/08 1:38 PM >>>
>              I know a little more these days about electronics,well enough
> to know that I could electroplate myself if I do something wrong ;-) Rick 
> in
> NZ
>
> I'm still laughing from this one.
>
> Bernie Clarke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf
> Of hazcon
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:19 PM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] How did i do it?Just lucky?
>
> A lot of years ago when I first got into (blues)Harp I was pretty broke 
> and
> so had no way of buying a nice valve amp.So what I did is buy an cheap old
> second hand Valve Radiogram* take the amp out of it and (heres the odd 
> bit)
> in my ignorance of all things electronic I ditched the turntable pickup 
> and
> then I hardwired my mike to the pickup leads.(Mike was,is, a CM 520 
> bullet)
>   It worked!
>               This thing had huge old valves in it and for a year or so
> gave me good service and a real nice tone.
> Now was I just lucky here or is this a feasible option on just about any 
> old
>
> valve radio amp?
>              Reason I ask is that a friends granddad has an old Radiogram
> for sale and id like,out of curiosity, to try the same thing again.Trouble
> is they are no longer cheap so i'd like some idea of my chances of success
> if possible.
> *I'm not sure if Radiogram is the term used overseas.Here in NZ it was a
> nice timber piece of furniture with a Radio , a turntable and usually some
> storage space for the records.Every living room had one but now they  are
> quite hard to find.
>              I know a little more these days about electronics,well enough
> to know that I could electroplate myself if I do something wrong ;-)
> Rick
> in NZ
>
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