Record Players from GE: Music from Many Eras
When you search for the vintage GE record player of your dreams on eBay, you'll need to have a baseline checklist to shop effectively. You can select from the iconic 1960s GE record player or countless other models of vintage GE record players. Being that the General Electric company began in 1889, you have multiple eras to choose from.
The different sizes, shapes, colors, and capabilities of a General Electric record playerFirst, a GE solid-state record player from 1960 generates music from tabletop models or from inside a freestanding wooden console. Next, you may consider the 1970s when Andy Warhol's painting of a banana inspired GE's design of a portable electric banana stereo phono for sale shaped like the fruit. Before you commit to buying from any era, you need to consider colors such as the Mid-century seafoam green, aqua blue, daffodil yellow, or bright orange. Another option is a complete tabletop system consisting of a turntable, speakers, and cassette playing and dubbing capabilities. Finally, eBay sells a wooden floor console with large speakers for resonance and multi-record playing capacity.
Do franchises play a part in selection?Yes. Disney's Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and other characters appear on children's record players from GE. Generic characters such as clowns show up as in the 1960s children's vintage model RP3126B.
What other factors pertain to selecting affordable GE record players?The condition is important should you come across your desired 1973 GE Wildcat record player that plays records at 45, 33 1/3, and 78 speeds or indeed, any General Electric stereophonic player. You'll come to realize that normal wear and tear requires grading for standards:
- Excellent: Excellent implies that the record player has all parts such as the cover, turntable with tonearm, player head, and cord. All dials work well and the exterior has no scratches or dents. If you also find a player with its original box and instructions, then you'll be in luck.
- Fine: Fine indicates that the record player contains some scratches and that light greasing may be required for the dials, tonearm, and turntable belt.
- Good: Good means that greater wear appears on all parts such as the turntable velvet coating, which may show worn parts or even be worn off. The needle could need replacement and the cover could be missing.
- Fair: Fair shows that the player contains all electrical connections to work, but that speakers, needle, and dials may need replacement. As-is condition is set aside for players of great historical value or containing usable parts in other vintage projects.