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  • #61
    Re: The Ghettoblaster

    Originally posted by amethyst View Post
    You dont see folk walking down the street with their box anymore lol
    I used to back in the 80s all the time, used to walk past the house of a girl I used to fancy and turn it up (not sure what I was expecting to achieve!).
    Would still use one for music at a BBQ or maybe the beach.......... trouble is my large ones take TEN 'D' cells.

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    • #62
      Re: The Ghettoblaster

      Ten D cell batteries in mine too lol It was massive and could only be carried on your shoulder
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      Do you really believe the other side without provocation would launch so many ICBM's, subs and ships knowing that we would have no option to launch as well? It would break our MAD Treaty (Mutually Assured Destruction) not to mention the end of the world as we know it.

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      • #63
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        ive had nearly 1000 old ghettoblasters in the last 5 yearsstraight up!ive had jvc's,sanyos,sharps,panasonics,aiwas,sonys and various others-paid between £1 and £500 for individual ones!only got a couple now,well 4 actually-a massive hitachi 8200,a jvc with a built in record player,a big sony and a second hitachi as im moving off them in favour of vintage packaging instead-if anyone lives near me in west yorkshire your welcome to drop in for a brew and a look

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        • #64
          Re: The Ghettoblaster

          Originally posted by stuckinthepast77 View Post
          ive had nearly 1000 old ghettoblasters in the last 5 yearsstraight up!ive had jvc's,sanyos,sharps,panasonics,aiwas,sonys and various others-paid between £1 and £500 for individual ones!only got a couple now,well 4 actually-a massive hitachi 8200,a jvc with a built in record player,a big sony and a second hitachi as im moving off them in favour of vintage packaging instead-if anyone lives near me in west yorkshire your welcome to drop in for a brew and a look
          Is that the record player in the form of a slot to put the record in similar to ones they had in cars? The car ones died the death as the records they played would get scratched due to road vibration
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          Do you really believe the other side without provocation would launch so many ICBM's, subs and ships knowing that we would have no option to launch as well? It would break our MAD Treaty (Mutually Assured Destruction) not to mention the end of the world as we know it.

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          • #65
            Re: The Ghettoblaster

            Originally posted by stuckinthepast77 View Post
            ive had nearly 1000 old ghettoblasters in the last 5 yearsstraight up!ive had jvc's,sanyos,sharps,panasonics,aiwas,sonys and various others-paid between £1 and £500 for individual ones!only got a couple now,well 4 actually-a massive hitachi 8200,a jvc with a built in record player,a big sony and a second hitachi as im moving off them in favour of vintage packaging instead-if anyone lives near me in west yorkshire your welcome to drop in for a brew and a look
            You must have been scouring carboot sales far & wide, or did you just use ebay to collect all of them!?
            The Trickster On The Roof

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            • #66
              Re: The Ghettoblaster

              no mate,just everything was scoured from the boot sales and 'tip offs' from friends and from recycle centres-cant afford ebay:cry:

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              • #67
                Re: The Ghettoblaster

                hey twocky,no its a proper record player that pops out from the base of the unit on a motoralas it needs a new stylus and i cant find one!

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                • #68
                  Re: The Ghettoblaster

                  Originally posted by stuckinthepast77 View Post
                  no mate,just everything was scoured from the boot sales and 'tip offs' from friends and from recycle centres-cant afford ebay:cry:
                  OK there were lots on the market in the 1980s, I had a Grundig one that might still be in my parents garage, but might have gone in a clearout, knowing them.
                  The Trickster On The Roof

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                  • #69
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                    just got a grundig party centre this morning,a 500 model,for 2 pound-needs lots of work but im up to the challenge

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                    • #70
                      Re: The Ghettoblaster

                      Originally posted by stuckinthepast77 View Post
                      hey twocky,no its a proper record player that pops out from the base of the unit on a motoralas it needs a new stylus and i cant find one!

                      That is big Stuckinthepast just like a CD tray but a massive one
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                      Do you really believe the other side without provocation would launch so many ICBM's, subs and ships knowing that we would have no option to launch as well? It would break our MAD Treaty (Mutually Assured Destruction) not to mention the end of the world as we know it.

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                      • #71
                        Re: The Ghettoblaster

                        absolutely!weighs a tonne too-problaly retailed for about £400 in 1984

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                        • #72
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                          I had one or two Heather yeah. One was smaller and the other massive. I recall as well how people took to walking about with Ghettoblasters instead of Portable Cassette Players./ I never subscribed (or even thought of subscribing to the idea/trend) but so so wish I had now!


                          80sChav

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                          • #73
                            Necro Thread Reboot

                            No idea what I did with my Philips.. must have sold it before I moved out of Brighton
                            However, I have just started to restore/collect Boomboxes

                            Here are my first two..

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                            • #74
                              I also have a scaled down JVC M90 and a mini bluetooth set

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                                added the classic SHARP GF 9191
                                Last edited by sixtyten; 09-02-2024, 21:26.

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