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And it can sometimes be a real pain to get back around to where those lock-down's are located.
If that one is like the GE I once owned, it uses a 3V crystal cartridge and it is most likely dead or near-dead by now. On the one I had, I replaced the cartridge with a modern low output (.5V-1V) Varco cartridge. The record player worked; but, didn't have much volume. You really need a 3V cartridge for best results; but, NOS crystal cartridges are getting hard to find and even the NOS ones are often bad from sitting unused for decades. Unfortuntaley, they are no longer made; but, someone needs to make them again.
You can easily check the cartridge by turning the volume all the way up and then touch each positive (+) cartridge with your finger. If the amp is working, you'll hear a fairly loud "buzz" from the speakers.
Even if the amp works, it wouldn't hurt to change the electrolytic capacitors in the amp (it shouldn't be that many) and spray the volume and tone controls with control cleaner.
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