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Old 07-18-2012, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by bgadow View Post
I grew up with a couple of GE portables-a 60s 19" portable that my aunt & uncle gave to my sisters and I, plus a Portacolor that I bought myself later on. I remember that both worked quite well but eventually the tuners got so weak that the sets were pretty much worthless. Of course, back then I didn't know about weak tubes or dirty tuners. I recall the 'KC' table model I had before the Portacolor had tuner troubles, too.
The tuners were the almost identical, except the tube heater configuration, and the shaft length.
Did your KC have the tuning meter?
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