I bought this 1969 model from a woman in Newcastle about ten years ago.
It was in a pretty sorry state cosmetically. (orginal e-bay photo)
It needed a good clean inside out and a service. It was a bit slow through lack of use.
The record card insert had faded (that round thing)
One of the lights were missing.
There was a crack in the removable black grill at the bottom and the graphic had faded.
It was a mess, (rear view)
The records included "weren't to my taste." I started collecting more to add to the few I already had.
i bought a new old stock jacket card insert from Victory Glass in the USA who hold all the Rock-Ola spares. At the time they had only seven left.
I repaired the non-working third light. But the graphic was a problem as these were then made of "unobtainium" as we say "in the business."
I eventually resolved it by buying a selecton of A4 coloured acetate and some frosted opaque one, layering the sheets to get the graded colour transition.
The title cards can be printed off in different styles and colours by downloading a pro-forma pdf from an enthiusiasts' site, though I've since downloaded a free programme to do the same job, in case they go down the "unobtainium," route.
Job sorted. It's probably worth more than twice what I paid for it, Haven't seen a better one on eBay since I've had it.
I swopped the records around with my other jukebox a few years ago, it now only has 50 Motown, Soul and R&B.
This 1976 one I bought a few years earlier, needed a good clean and a service and new graphic, as the original had gone blue. I got the graphic ("Manet's Sunlight effect under the poplars," these jukeboxes were designed for posh bars and hotel lobbies), for a fiver from a jukebox spares supplier in London, it was the last one he had. This too looks immaculate now.
This one has 80 50/60/70/80s Pop, (no Beatles) Doo-Wop and a few jazz standards.
It was in a pretty sorry state cosmetically. (orginal e-bay photo)
It needed a good clean inside out and a service. It was a bit slow through lack of use.
The record card insert had faded (that round thing)
One of the lights were missing.
There was a crack in the removable black grill at the bottom and the graphic had faded.
It was a mess, (rear view)
The records included "weren't to my taste." I started collecting more to add to the few I already had.
i bought a new old stock jacket card insert from Victory Glass in the USA who hold all the Rock-Ola spares. At the time they had only seven left.
I repaired the non-working third light. But the graphic was a problem as these were then made of "unobtainium" as we say "in the business."
I eventually resolved it by buying a selecton of A4 coloured acetate and some frosted opaque one, layering the sheets to get the graded colour transition.
The title cards can be printed off in different styles and colours by downloading a pro-forma pdf from an enthiusiasts' site, though I've since downloaded a free programme to do the same job, in case they go down the "unobtainium," route.
Job sorted. It's probably worth more than twice what I paid for it, Haven't seen a better one on eBay since I've had it.
I swopped the records around with my other jukebox a few years ago, it now only has 50 Motown, Soul and R&B.
This 1976 one I bought a few years earlier, needed a good clean and a service and new graphic, as the original had gone blue. I got the graphic ("Manet's Sunlight effect under the poplars," these jukeboxes were designed for posh bars and hotel lobbies), for a fiver from a jukebox spares supplier in London, it was the last one he had. This too looks immaculate now.
This one has 80 50/60/70/80s Pop, (no Beatles) Doo-Wop and a few jazz standards.
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