[Jukebox-list] AMI G 120. Bought it.

[Mechanical Music of S.F.]

This was quite a neet day.  My partner and I met a friend from across the 
bay (San Francisco Bay) and checked out a Seeburg V200 still on location. 
Great looking and GREAT sound!  Not really restored, just cleaned up really 
nice and put back into service. with THREE working 200 selection wallboxes. 
NEETO!

The we made the hour drive to Santa Rosa to look at an AMI G-120.

Didn't even flinch at the $200 he offered it to me for.  This thing, despite 
ugly color and missing some trim, like at the bottom, is very clean and 
looks to be an easy fix. Lots of the wiring you warned me about was either 
still fine, or carefully replaced.  I did see one zip cord to a light 
ballast that was cracking, so unplugged that.  Most of the rest looks pretty 
good.
The guy had it plugged in and I did discover that the amplifier works, at 
least it makes some noise when you turn the volume control, and turned up, a 
faint hiss like most amps will make. (Even with just this, I can hear the 
impending fantastic sound.)
Upper horn and crossover are good.

I'm amazed at it's simplicity.
It's missing a fuse and fuse cap, so I'll locate that and a manual and then 
dig in.

This is my first 1950s era juke and I'm very excited.  It was originally 
yellow.

One question right away.  The GE cartridge in it was a ceramic, right?  I'm 
probably going to replace with something like a Stanton 500 for the sake of 
the records.

Photos here. Click on each to enlarge. Click again for a bit bigger. Thanks 
to everyone who offered an opinion. It was a great help.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v196/JimDouglasJr/AMI%20G120/?action=view&current=100_1502.jpg

Here's some before and after pix of the Seebooger LPC-1/Electra hybrid I 
just had.
Recovered the speakers and added a color gel.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v196/JimDouglasJr/LPC1%20Electra/

Kyle ~
Mechanical Music of San Francisco

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