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Thanks for the suggestions! I'll take a closer look at that head chip.
You're right about the machine being loud! The built-in speaker can barely be heard through the noise!
When my friend got the Ampex about five years ago he didn't have any tape or reels at all. He tried to contact Ampex in Sweden, but they almost laughed him in the face; "Noone is using those machines, and there are no parts either". But they gave him the names of a few companies that might still have some old Ampex gear. One of them was The Stockholm Institute of Education, and, unbelievably, they were still using them (albeit rarely)!! He got to spoke to their technician who gladly gave him a tape and an empty reel. He even got a manual which he unfortunately can't find anymore.
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