Getto blasters

rubadubduba

Used to bang out some bob on this back in the eightes, what a blast.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2928287681_e5bfb5c6d8.jpg

Did you have one and what was it like.?

ps. do you have one now and what is it like. ?

r3nu4l

Oh yeah, mine was long and skinny though, not as tall as that one. It has twin tape deck for pirating tapes lol.

I the late eighties and early nineties mine was pumping Metallica, megadeath, testament, iron maiden, Anthrax and WASP. Later in the nineties it was still pumping out that stuff but also the prodigy and plenty of hardcore rave.

I'll try and find a picture and upload later.

vektarman

Loved those 80's gettoblasters, I was always surprised by the number of gettoblasters brought by holidaymakers to Spain ect. and everyone blasting out their own favourite music by the pool. That just got me thinking, some of those gettoblasters would probably exceed the size dimensions to bring on a ryanair flight these days...:)

Lawrence1895

Had one ages ago, size of a suitcase

But it was handy for sitting outside in the garden, listening to the football on a Saturday afternoon

dvae

half of my ghetto blasters weight was taken up by the big fat batteries in the back of it.

davet82

golden rule was to carry the getto blaster on your shoulder to look cool and also to damage your eardrum :pac:

kitakyushu

Thread reminded me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNvYJ6O_Ks

pappyodaniel

I have a Sharp 5P 37G boombox. It looks and sounds awesome and it's most unique feature is it has a built in black&white television.

Quality ain't great but this is it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lB1JSqha6U

rubadubduba

r3nu4l wrote: »

Oh yeah, mine was long and skinny though, not as tall as that one. It has twin tape deck for pirating tapes lol.

I the late eighties and early nineties mine was pumping Metallica, megadeath, testament, iron maiden, Anthrax and WASP. Later in the nineties it was still pumping out that stuff but also the prodigy and plenty of hardcore rave.

I'll try and find a picture and upload later.

please do on the pic, i had a cousin who came over from the states during late eighties/nineties and brought one of those little and long gettoblasters with him i think it was a hitachi one i cant find a pic of one, there was some sound from it.

vektarman wrote: »

Loved those 80's gettoblasters, I was always surprised by the number of gettoblasters brought by holidaymakers to Spain ect. and everyone blasting out their own favourite music by the pool. That just got me thinking, some of those gettoblasters would probably exceed the size dimensions to bring on a ryanair flight these days...:)

could you imagine how much they would charge you to bring it on the flight now .:(

dvae wrote: »

half of my ghetto blasters weight was taken up by the big fat batteries in the back of it.

yeah and they did'nt last long either.

davet82 wrote: »

golden rule was to carry the getto blaster on your shoulder to look cool and also to damage your eardrum :pac:

never carried mine around just sat in the garden but did used to see other kids walk by and it was always the little one left to take the honours of carring it.:pac:

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I have a Sharp 5P 37G boombox. It looks and sounds awesome and it's most unique feature is it has a built in black&white television.

Quality ain't great but this is it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lB1JSqha6U

i like it, never seen see one in real life.:(

would of thought there would be more intrest in this thread, the eighties and nineties where great decades. any estates i walked into in them days someone would have gettoblasters, remember all the break dancers and their pieces of lino bobbing around.

ya would'nt see that kind of thing happening nowadays.

ah them were the days.:)

rubadubduba

kitakyushu wrote: »

Thread reminded me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNvYJ6O_Ks

lol very funny.

twenty batteriers, :eek:
how much would they cost nowadays.:(