Tape Recorder Bliss. I Win Again.

Regular FASTE readers are well aware that my brother and I recorded everything on cassette tapes when we were kids. Longtime readers may recall that in 2011, I tracked down the tape recorder we used most often -- my brother's -- in the original box.

  

But what about my tape recorder? The one I got for Christmas just a year after my brother got his?

Sparing you the boring details of how I came to this conclusion, I figured out that my tape recorder was a General Electric model 3-5014 as seen in the picture above. Occasionally, these would pop up on eBay but the asking prices were always far more than I was willing to pay. Then, after almost four years of searching, there it was.

Original box? Check.

Instruction manual? Check.

Protective Styrofoam? Check.

GE 3-5014 with power cord? Check.

Reasonable asking price? Check!

A week later....this.

In all its glory.

No doubt the same model.

One more void filled. Thank you, internet. I win again.