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Take my advice and use your own discretion! If you like it, then get it. Sixty bucks for a console in good shape isn't too shabby. I'm just not a fan of the dial-area look these consoles have.
This chassis family came in many flavors: AM/SW (like this one), AM/FM, AM/FM/SW, with pushbuttons and/or phono, maybe even a vertical dial. I have had three of these over the years, and the one I kept was a table version, 48-482, with all three bands and pushbuttons. The 46-1226 I had flew off the roof of my car on it's voyage home, so I gave the chassis to a friend needing to replace a shorted output transformer in his. Nostalgia Air (.org) has the Rider's info as a .pdf for observation or download (donations greatly appreciated, BTW).
These sets have a maddening carryover from the '39-on prewar sets, namely a 2-gang front-end on AM and SW. They make up for it (sorta) by adding a second I.F. stage on this set. This is OK at BCB frequencies, but it does little to help with image rejection on the SW band. The audio is superb when all is recapped/reresistored as required, however.
Hope this helps!
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