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Re: Beogram 6000 colours

Peter — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:59:07 GMT

Of course you wouldn't need to mask the wood frame as it will come off completely. The 4000 is like a huge construction kit!

Re: Beogram 6000 colours

Piaf — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:52:40 GMT

Mika,

Aside from my intense fondness for teak, I agree that it would be a shame to paint over perfectly good veneer. (Although I understand your interest in your system matching.)

I did the reverse with my Beomaster 4500 which arrived with the white trim, while everything else in my “collection” is rosewood. (Except the Beogram 4000 & 4004) I used perfectly ordinary rosewood contact paper (available at Home Depot) and covered the white trim to extraordinarily good results. (It looks like the veneer on my Beogram 4002.)

I got the courage to do this after a friend insisted on gifting me with a pair of S-45 speakers which had the white covering which was badly chipped and yellowed in the California sun. The speakers were in great acoustic shape, just looked sad. So I tried the contact paper on them and honest to God, they look like the real deal.

I was afraid they would look tacky…. you know “genuine imitation fake wood.” But I figured if it came out badly, I could always remove the contact paper.

As for your 1962 Cadillac, KEEP IT ORIGINAL. I had a 1959 Cadillac Coupe de Ville for over 25 years and I did everything in my power to keep it as original as the day it left the factory.

Best wishes with all your toys!

Jeff

Re: Beogram 6000 colours

tournedos — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:17:26 GMT

Thanks for the insights, guys. The frame is pretty much pristine except for a small chip in the front edge, so I'm a bit reluctant to modify it. I have the same problem with my 1962 Cadillac - I don't want to alter, remove or "modernize" anything original, even when it would be the most sensible thing to do. I'd be lucky to find another BG6000 in Finland - let alone a white one - for swaps, and I'm sure you Steve are absolutely right about the white colour being more difficult to retrofit on an old surface.

I'll give this some more thought, but I suppose I'll end up living with the teak and save my efforts for polishing the lid

-mika

Re: Beogram 6000 colours

Steve at Sounds Heavenly — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:45:22 GMT

Hi Mika,

I sanded down and resprayed a Beogram 1102 (originally Rosewood, now black) and I was VERY happy with the results. I then did the same with my Beomaster 1900 to match and I'm admiring it sitting on the wall as I type this post!

However, what works in black may not be quite so good in white. I was careful to get a nice smooth finish, but even so, the use of matt black paint hides the many small imperfections that were part of the "character" of the original wood surrounds. I suspect that a nice gloss white paint would show up every tiny mark and scratch.....

Also, you will need to be extremely careful about masking up the rest of the turntable. I removed the lid and platter, cartfridge and masked up top, back and bottom of the case.

Extra time spent in preparation certainly pays off!

Steve.

Re: Beogram 6000 colours

Peter — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:47:16 GMT

If you buy it, it is yours to do as you wish. If a very good frame, I would see if anyone wanted to swap but if anyone felt strongly, they can always sand it down again!!

Beogram 6000 colours

tournedos — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:38:02 GMT

I just noticed a white Beogram 6000 for sale. This got me thinking, since all of my "current" equipment is white - I have a white VX5000, a white Beosystem 6500 minus the matching Beogram, and I have the teak (rosewood?) Beogram 6000 as a record player with them because it just plugs in.

As far as I can see, there's nothing differing on the various colours of BG 6000 except for the wooden frame on the plinth. I could probably just sand it, spray it white and nobody would know what happened. I just can't decide whether this would be an unforgivable sacrilege, or improvement? What do you think?

I'm sure I'd regret this the minute I found a white Beogram 6500, but those seem to be rare and fetch absolutely silly money, so I don't see it happening too soon...

-mika