[Jukebox-list] RE: "shot JB's"-was- Found on craiglist

[John Travelletti]

I guess anything to do with coin-op has its share of risks. I once made a 
service call on a video poker ("8 liner") game that had been shot thru the 
button panel and right thru the middle of the mother board. Talk about a 
sore loser!

John Travelletti

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Zapczynski" <ianzap at hotmail.com>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:54 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] RE: "shot JB's"-was- Found on craiglist



Finally the tables have turned and I feel I have some advice for Ron Rich! 
Based on his comment here:

>   I then took the amp home, removed the cover over the outputs, and saw a 
> bullet lodged in one of the output transistors.
>   I had a call on the same phono the next week--the paper $ acceptor was 
> bad. We looked for the bullet hole, which was very difficult to find as 
> the bullet had entered at an angle, where the lower door met the cabinet

I'd *highly* recommend avoiding performing any further service at that 
location.   Who'd have thought being a jukebox repairman would mean the risk 
of getting caught in the crossfire?

Makes me think of a song I have the title strip for but have not yet heard 
called "Bubba Shot the Jukebox".

Maybe I'm a bit strange, but having a Wurlitzer with a bullet hole in it 
just has to be a good conversation starter.    I hate to be so morbid, but 
it makes you wonder - did some poor sod get the worst of that bullet, or was 
someone specifically aiming for the juke after some smart aleck played "Achy 
Breaky Heart" for the fourteenth time????

-Ian

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