Viking tube radio to guitar amp

[Dylan-Nic]

just picked up an old radio with tubes, jut getting into this stuff pedals are more my area of knowledge. Is it possible to re-route the input to a jack and have it output.
Here are a few photos of the dusty beast. Couldn't find a schematic for this model either.

[Jazz P Bass]

Short & sweat answer: No.

[Silvertone Jockey]

Furthermore it would be dangerous to try, being that this is a transformer-less model

[Leo_Gnardo]

Hot chassis AKA "widow maker." An enormous shock/fire hazard.

To make it safe you would have to power it from an isolation transformer. Most people don't want to go the expense and bother. I don't blame them.

[Dylan-Nic]

Hot chassis AKA "widow maker." An enormous shock/fire hazard.

To make it safe you would have to power it from an isolation transformer. Most people don't want to go the expense and bother. I don't blame them.

Haha fair enough thanks for the info, I'm gonna salvage some parts and put a cheap 15w amp inside of it instead the case is pretty neat.

[Audiotexan]

Haha fair enough thanks for the info, I'm gonna salvage some parts and put a cheap 15w amp inside of it instead the case is pretty neat.

Sounds like a good plan!

It looks to be from around the mid-30's to early 40's though if my guess is on target (saw 1933 on one of the caps, and the phenolic? rings around the tube sockets seems another tell-tale).

Might try googling "antique radio forums" if you're curious about the history. Someone out there might have some info for you.

If nothing else, it'd make for great conversation about the history of your new guitar amp chassis!

[g1]

There's a few things you can do with the antique cabinets.
This guy converts them into bluetooth speakers and sells them for good money:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/daffdesign
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Here's instructions for making them into ipod docks:
Turn a vintage radio into an iPod dock

Or if you have a working radio, but just want to be able to connect to an ipod etc., here's an adapter you can make:
iPod Adapter for Vintage Radios