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Found a bunch of old vinyl from the 40s and 50s in my parents basement. Im thinking it must have belonged to my grandparents. Anyways, this was there and is pretty fucking tight.
Hell yeah I bet that's got some of the first ever electric guitars on it (the original electric guitars were lap steels and mostly only popular in hawaiian music.) You got any 78's in your collection?
no 78s. our turntable actually has a 78rpm setting, but you need a special stylus for them i guess. i honestly knew nothing about vinyl before i bought my girlfriend the turn table back in february. its a real cheap one with built in speakers and everyone online is kind of puzzled by the fact that it has a 78 setting but doesnt come with a 78 stylus.
my buddy has an old wind up victrola at his cottage with a bunch of 78s. that thing is pretty sick.
Crazy. Had no idea about the stylus. Technics 1200 have or have had a setting for 78's at some point and I think we got some 78's down in my basement but my dad swears they don't exist. You've maybe inspired me to take a journey through all the clutter in our basement to look for them. I wonder what kind of music my descendants listened to on the great old format of the 78 record. I'm guessing most 78's are wax and not vinyl and thus the reason for the special stylus. I'll probably not play them if I find them or if I do I'll just transfer them over to digital.
In somewhat unrelated news, I found this company in the UK that does one off vinyl cuttings for ~70 bucks shipped. Kinda cool!
from what i read, i think 78s have a wider groove which requires a wider stylus. if you have some and your turntable can spin 78rpms, id say look online for a stylus and give them a spin. most old stuff like that isnt worth much and even if it is, its probably more of a hassle to sell that its worth, so i wouldnt worry too much about damaging them. if theyre just collecting dust, why not pull them out and see what they sound like? theyre just going to take up space otherwise.