Akai GX365 Reel to Reel Tape Recorder

[@danielhernandez5960]

Thank you for posting! I found a GX-365 in a goodwill store, no one spotted it, looked like a old reel to reel. Damn, I was right, heavy as hell, couldn't put it down. Old dudes were circling like buzzards ready to grab it. I carried it to a power source, powered on, both reels could go forward and rewind, little directional arrows would turn. I think a couple of knobs were missing. Overall, I think it will work, I shined a light to see the speakers on the side, however, looking down from the top I could lots of caked on dust. YOW! Removed the back vent and the relays were covered the same way, motor in the middle looked like it was growing a fluffy beard! I liked not seeing a drive band but direct drive motors. I am a retired electronic technician, looks like a long fun project to clean. I liked the part of your video where you showed the card cage design on the bottom. Easy access to solid state components. I will need to find a couple of reels with some tape later on. Your right, it looks bullet proof, built like a tank, old school mil-spec design to play music while fighting for your life. Probably could crouch down behind it while receiving fire, no doubt it will keep playing. What a blessing, makes me 😃 smile hard.

[@canyoudigit6970]

Greatly appreciate the video! Thank You it was very informative. 👍🏼✌🏽🤘🏼🤙🏽

[@tenmillionvolts]

Wow! A remote!. Of all the ones we worked on, I never saw the remote either. I'm still looking out for a GXC cassette deck just for my collection. they still get snapped up. Those hard as nails glass heads were the best. A friend has a huge collection of reel to reel tapes and a GX which he guards with his life :-) If you look at those f***ing wedge transistors, sometimes you could see a tiny carbon blob on the body of the transistor between the legs. This was often the problem (leakage) and I would get a tiny pick and scrape them while in circuit and sometimes that would fix it. Otherwise, just the junction itself. Not sure why they carbonised. Might be to do with that black paint on the legs

[@glenz1975]

I didn't think they'd be that common, hence when I saw it, grabbed the thing right away. These old Akai machines are dam near bullet proof. I've got loads of reel to reel tapes to sort through so its certainly getting well used at the moment. All these old small signal transistors are starting to crap out now, I just change them regardless, have seen that black carbon on the legs of many transistors and have found cleaning that off made no difference in my own experiences. I think age is catching up with these silicon devices. Yes you don't see the Akai GXC decks come up that often, I had a couple about 20 years ago, don't know what happened to them. Have we ever corresponded by email in the past? I'm guessing you are in NZ? :)

[@jonaskolton9122]

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[@chaimarlo9964]

@Jonas Kolton Instablaster :)

[@jonaskolton9122]

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[@jonaskolton9122]

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