Vintage Record Players - Want to Replace Components

I'm not a big fan of those cabinets. They are nice pieces of furniture but are not very practical for having a good setup and the components weren't always the best.

You could find a good record player (vintage or new) and stick it in there without the cover. The amp may be harder because the only amps that were made with buttons on the top were ones that go in those consoles.

I personally like to look at the old vintage amps and record players, rather then having them tucked away in a console.

What's going on with your amp? If you are hearing a lot of static and screwy things happening when you mess with the knobs, it may just need a cleaning, which is something a novice could do. You would just have to take the amp out then open it up, spray some contact cleaner (use DeOxit) on all the metal parts (especially moving parts) where the knob shaft meets the other components. Usually, over time dust and corrosion collects on those contacts and cause the sound to be distorted.

I've done the cleaning. Not sure what else is happening to cause the static and volume fluctuations. And now the know that goes off-on-rej is stuck on off so I can't even get the turntable to turn. That was the straw that broke the camels back on this whole rebuild thing.

I don't have the model number in front of me but I'll look tonight when I get home.

The knob is on the turntable itself. And it just flat out won't turn.