Brings back great memories of hanging out at a restaurant and walking up to the jukebox and dropping in a quarter and making your selections. You were the king and in control. Warm and special memories.
My grandfather still has one an HF100R in his basement. He's owned his since the late '90's, when he traded in another one he had for this one when my grandparents built their new house. It was completely restored prior to his acquisition. I always loved the mechanism, it was always a marvel to watch it find and pick up the record.
Mine was given to me on April 17, 1989 for free. This R has been converted to full stereo using the tone arm and stereo cart from one junked-out 1972 Seeburg. Using a Kenwood amp with externa EQ. I had to make the electric muting for this. Though I do not use the amp that came with it, it is fully restored and hanging on a nail on the wall. With many juke's in the house (Aristacrat S 45 12 - Music Mite - Wurlitzer 1800 etc, the R stays loaded with Christmas singles made during the 1990's because of their high end sound quality. Please keep up your great work.
Thank you for sharing this with us it was nice love the song also can't beat an old country song playing on a jukebox, I grew up as a kid in the sixties, so therefore my pride and joy is a 1967 Seeburg stereo showcase, just love the sound of that jukebox
The 1967 Seeburg SS160 was the very first solid state machine made in the industry. It used Germanium transistors - in later years they used silicon transistors. It is a real workhorse and has excellent fidelity. Tx for your post.
@@jukeboxeddie1 A workhorse for sure, I bought that SS160 in 1995 from a vending company in Topeka KS, an hours drive from me, He claimed to have went totally through it and he must have , as I have never had a lick of trouble with it!! I play it several times a week, sometimes a couple hours at a time. Thanks for the interesting info about the solid state and transistors, didn't realize that.
Vernon - The SS160 played 2 formats - 45rpm and little LP's which were 331/3 rpm. The native speed was 331/3 and changed to 45rpm when it ID'd it from the different center hole size. One of the problems with the SS160 was if was not used enough or was stored in a cold room, like a garage, the turntable speed would start out sluggish and ramp up to normal after a few minutes. Also, the upper panel rotated every 25 seconds - mine still works perfectly. It was also the first jukebox to use a dollar bill acceptor. It used 2 Jensen 12" woofers at the bottom of the cabinet and 2 6x9 oval midrange speakers and 2 31/2" tweeters in the center above the title board. Fidelity is smooth and the bass response like butter. I purchased my Showcase in 1978 from Al Simon who was a Seeburg distributor in Manhattan on 43rd Street and 10th Avenue. That's where all the "one-stops" were for jukebox records as well. I paid $500 for it at the time. One thing I remember vividly was walking back to my office in Times Square in the theater district. I saw a 1936 wooden jukebox being unloaded off a truck and it fell to the ground and smashed into 10,000 pieces. It was a 1936 Mills Empress. The purple Empress disc was sitting on top of the rubble. The dumb Teamsters just laughed but I was mortified. They are total incompetents and idiots! I felt bad for the owner who probably loaned it to one of the shows that was playing at the time. I hope he was insured because that machine was destroyed. 1967 was the first year for a Reed switch which provided a better reject system than prior models. It was attached to the rear of the tone arm. The solid state amplifier could be set at 8, 16, 32, or 50 watts. I find that the 50w setting worked best. Long live the SS160! Ed Ed
Beautiful machine! Really enjoying this jukebox bio series! What cartridge is that? Is it a later Pickering stereo cartridge? Is that the one you mentioned in the video?
Yes it's the re-engineered Pickering345-03D stylus I purchased in the late 80's for $60.00. Those original styluses from the 80's are hard to find now and would cost about $600.00, they are hard to find.
Brings back great memories of hanging out at a restaurant and walking up to the jukebox and dropping in a quarter and making your selections.
You were the king and in control.
Warm and special memories.
My grandfather still has one an HF100R in his basement. He's owned his since the late '90's, when he traded in another one he had for this one when my grandparents built their new house. It was completely restored prior to his acquisition. I always loved the mechanism, it was always a marvel to watch it find and pick up the record.
Mine was given to me on April 17, 1989 for free. This R has been converted to full stereo using the tone arm and stereo cart from one junked-out 1972 Seeburg. Using a Kenwood amp with externa EQ. I had to make the electric muting for this. Though I do not use the amp that came with it, it is fully restored and hanging on a nail on the wall. With many juke's in the house (Aristacrat S 45 12 - Music Mite - Wurlitzer 1800 etc, the R stays loaded with Christmas singles made during the 1990's because of their high end sound quality. Please keep up your great work.
The best looking box they made.
Beautiful Seeburg!
I love mine even more after watching this. Thanks for sharing.
This is a great machine
I have that 45. Great!
This is a good jukebox.
Even on digital records,the sound is great
Thank you for sharing this with us it was nice love the song also can't beat an old country song playing on a jukebox, I grew up as a kid in the sixties, so therefore my pride and joy is a 1967 Seeburg stereo showcase, just love the sound of that jukebox
That jukebox will be profiled at a klater date. Stay tuned/ TX
We are going to shortly be profiling the 1967 SS160 Showcase on our jukebox bios.
Thank you for your interest!
The 1967 Seeburg SS160 was the very first solid state machine made in the industry. It used Germanium transistors - in later years they used silicon transistors. It is a real workhorse and has excellent fidelity. Tx for your post.
@@jukeboxeddie1 A workhorse for sure, I bought that SS160 in 1995 from a vending company in Topeka KS, an hours drive from me, He claimed to have went totally through it and he must have , as I have never had a lick of trouble with it!! I play it several times a week, sometimes a couple hours at a time. Thanks for the interesting info about the solid state and transistors, didn't realize that.
Vernon - The SS160 played 2 formats - 45rpm and little LP's which were 331/3 rpm. The native speed was 331/3 and changed to 45rpm when it ID'd it from the different center hole size. One of the problems with the SS160 was if was not used enough or was stored in a cold room, like a garage, the turntable speed would start out sluggish and ramp up to normal after a few minutes. Also, the upper panel rotated every 25 seconds - mine still works perfectly. It was also the first jukebox to use a dollar bill acceptor. It used 2 Jensen 12" woofers at the bottom of the cabinet and 2 6x9 oval midrange speakers and 2 31/2" tweeters in the center above the title board. Fidelity is smooth and the bass response like butter. I purchased my Showcase in 1978 from Al Simon who was a Seeburg distributor in Manhattan on 43rd Street and 10th Avenue. That's where all the "one-stops" were for jukebox records as well. I paid $500 for it at the time. One thing I remember vividly was walking back to my office in Times Square in the theater district. I saw a 1936 wooden jukebox being unloaded off a truck and it fell to the ground and smashed into 10,000 pieces. It was a 1936 Mills Empress. The purple Empress disc was sitting on top of the rubble. The dumb Teamsters just laughed but I was mortified. They are total incompetents and idiots! I felt bad for the owner who probably loaned it to one of the shows that was playing at the time. I hope he was insured because that machine was destroyed. 1967 was the first year for a Reed switch which provided a better reject system than prior models. It was attached to the rear of the tone arm. The solid state amplifier could be set at 8, 16, 32, or 50 watts. I find that the 50w setting worked best. Long live the SS160!
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Beautiful machine! Really enjoying this jukebox bio series! What cartridge is that? Is it a later Pickering stereo cartridge? Is that the one you mentioned in the video?
Yes it's the re-engineered Pickering345-03D stylus I purchased in the late 80's for $60.00. Those original styluses from the 80's are hard to find now and would cost about $600.00, they are hard to find.
Great Bio ... anything coming up for AMI , I,J or K.
No - but I have an R83 which will profiled soon. TX