![]() If you are handy in the wood shop and have the original case it would be very easy to do yourself. 16 of 64 Scott Stein/CNET Another group photo. There's some guy selling online that makes very nice replacement wood cases for the Scott line. Not quite as much for the tuners - probably an alignment would be necessary. Plenty of folks doing nice restorations and upgrades on those amps but you'll be dropping some coin to have that done (I'd guess $400-700 for the amp and $200-500 for the tuner). I had both of mine restored by someone in the industry who doesn't normally do restorations (a friend who owed me a favor). ![]() Sounds like you already have two samples in mind. Garage sales and pawn shops may offer more bargains. I'd agree with the previous poster regarding price of an as-is version and the risks involved, though it may be difficult to find one for as low as $150 online since savvy sellers seem to know they are in demand. The article also endorsed the services of a particular restorer of those amps.don't know if they also work on Scott. There was a recent review in Stereophile of an Eico integrated tube amp from the same era, also modified, that goes gushing on and on about the sound. Bias procedure is a bit more complex than modern tube amps - a manual would come in handy (available now and then online). Forget about using your fat, heavy wires here. Antiquated connections on both, with screw terminals for speakers being very close together. ![]() slide rule dial, where you could actually slide the dial pointer for fast tuning, a tuning knob was also provided for use a vernier. That amp (at least the A version) Requires an fairly efficient speaker at only 17wpc, but is a very nice amp for the money you'd put into it. Scotts first FM tuner, introduced in 1954, was the 310A. The 350 tuner also came in several versions (A,B,C, & D). I had a 299A.the 299 came in 3 versions (A, B & C). I've owned both pieces - still have the 350 tuner and love it, though don't listen to the radio much. ![]()
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