GENERAL ELECTRIC model 3-5000B cassette recorder, 1970s

[gmodderr]

i dont have a effects category :-[

[clydesight]

I remember these machines. GE seemed to be going cheap (DC bias, really?) on their machines. I remember your 5" R2R Swinger with DC bias. No excuse for that, is there? One would expect better from a name like GE.

What does the transport look like? You say it is different from the Philips. Any chance of a vid showing it off?

[CassetteMaster]

I could show it off sometime. Also there is a video going to come up soon of one of GE's AC bias cassette machines. I believe there's a good chance you have seen in on eBay before, and it's very similar to your Lloyd's.

[clydesight]

I have a GE shoebox recorder with AC bias, tone control and electrical pause. It also uses a flat belt to drive the flywheel, and gears for the spindles. I think it is from the 1980's. Sounds pretty good too.

[ForgetfulCollector]

That is such a neat looking machine! It has a very strong family resemblance to the Philips series machines, although the Philips was obviously a better quality machine despite the gunkificated belts.

[CassetteMaster]

Even though it has a similar control to the Philipes, the transport design in this is way different.

[Felix2417425]

Good recorder! Regards from Croatia!

[batterymaker]

My sister had an earlier version of that one--no IC's, but where the graphic is on the left, next to the shuttle puck, there was a recording volume level light. It was very early seventies vintage, and one of the first cassette machines I ever saw.

[CassetteMaster]

Did it have a metal speaker grille and a light to show then it was overdriving recording?

[batterymaker]

That's the one!

[itscool1968]

good recorder i own one.

can you do a vintage washer video that one in this video is from the 70s or 80s

[mig189189189]

Nice video. Keep on with that good work!

[AG3304]

Nice little GE,sounds good for it's size,and would sound better through another speaker maybe.Strange that it has that Philips-style control button.l do like the distorted faces!

[Lachlant1984]

I have a Sanyo unit that looks like that, except the lever that operates the unit is on the left, the sockets are on the right, the volume dial is on the top, the unit uses an external AC Adaptor, and this sound tuality is FUCKING HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This unit unlike the one I have has a reasonable speaker in it, where was this unit made? I take it you can put batteries in it. Oh how I love Kraftwerk, get Computer World if you can, it rocks, Pocket Calculator is my favourite Krafterk song

[CassetteMaster]

Made in Korea.

[numanumaaddict]

your first review with new camcorder!!

so, you recorded robots off youtube, but not numa numa, sigh <=o

[coolbluelights]

Ahhh Kraftwerk: Wir sind der robots, good song! and it sounds so much better coming out of a vintage machine!

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

Very neat GE!

[jasonlava]

NICE Maytag washer, too!

[AccordionManiac]

fuck, you're scary at the end!

[AccordionManiac]

Nice video. Was this done on the new minidv camcorder?

From your experience, have you had many cassette tapes "eaten"?

[CassetteMaster]

It was done with the new camcorder and, yes, some recorders have become "hungry" at times...

[vwestlife]

It's the keelex-corder!

[BeeOwGeeDeeAyN]

A very nice choice of a song for this demo! Kraftwerk rulezz =)

[WillWatchAnything]

The GE recorder I have is very similar to this only my model is M8440A. It has a metal speaker grille, a white bottom, and a molded handle.  Mine also plays at a slower pitch since for some odd reason both reels turn in playbcak.