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Rock-ola’s stupid email
by Bradley Grant 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

Good to know the whys of the Rowe tonearm. Thanks for posting that.Brad Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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Re: Rock-Ola’s stupid email
by Bradley Grant 04 Jul '23

04 Jul '23

A lot packed into that reply! I have not serviced any of these newer boxes, just a hobbyist here, and never noticed the backwards cartridge. The tone arm on the “wrong” side always totally confused me as to “why” but never thought about how the cartridge would have to be turned around. So, yesterday I went over to my buddy’s house that has a Rowe Bubbler, and sure enough, backwards! Funny story you shared with turning the cart the “right” way! So now I really don’t understand why they would think of putting the tone arm over there for yet another reason! The first is “it looks wrong” and after all, they were building something that most people obviously watch… the unconcealed mech… it’s a part of the whole experience to watch the jukebox play… and oh, let’s put the tone arm on the wrong side, people won’t be bothered or notice much. Really? Anyway, thanks for getting me to notice the cartridge! As far as wiring on the cartridge, that reminded me of the screwey wiring on the Cont 2 cartridge, probably the same deal. Brad Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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W1100 Selection Reset arm gets Stuck on Pin
by M De Simone 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

I’ve been working on a friends Wurlitzer model 1100 and got most of the issues sorted out but sometimes the little arm that searches for the raised pin gets caught up and can’t move or reset the pin. This causes the turntable to stay in the raised position and spin. I have been through the manual a few times and it doesn’t really address this well, I know it’s a pretty common issue for those that know these machines well, so thought I’d just ask instead of fumbling around even more. Also the end of record trip switch doesn’t work but by looking at the schematic that might just be a fuse. I won’t be back at his place until Saturday so I have some time to figure it out. I hope all my US friends have a great 4th of July!! Cheers, Mauro (Canada) Sent from my iPhone

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Re: Rock-Ola's stupid email
by Bradley Grant 03 Jul '23

03 Jul '23

Thanks for clarification, Tony. It is odd that would use that background image since it has the tonearm on the opposite side and that always bothered me about those mechs. I still wonder why they did that, did they copy someone else's mech and then reverse that part to avoid a lawsuit?!? So odd ro look at, especially for someone who are up with record players for the first 25 years of life. I always loved the 950 and the 850 and they are so out of my price range so I thought I might be able to kill 2 birds with one stone and "kinda" own both! thanks again, Brad

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Re: Rock-Ola's stupid email
by Ed Inman 02 Jul '23

02 Jul '23

I've always thought it kind of funny that modern Rock-Olas are made to look like Wurlitzers and Crosley/Sound Leisure jukes are make to look like Rock-Olas. -----Original Message----- From: Jukebox mailing list <jukebox-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Sent: Jul 2, 2023 1:14 PM To: Bradley Grant via Jukebox-list <jukebox-list(a)lists.netlojix.com> Cc: Tony Miklos <jukeboxandpinball(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Jukebox-list] Re: Rock-Ola's stupid email I am in no way saying that their new models are bad, because I have no idea. I just think that their marketing strategy makes them LOOK bad (it does to me anyway). Maybe others see it as a good thing, I don't know? And heck, maybe they are returning to the Rowe/AMI mech and that's why they put that picture in the background? (I highly doubt that but I've been wrong before) Tony On 7/2/2023 1:08 PM, Bradley Grant via Jukebox-list wrote: > Since I didn't get the email I can't comment, but, I was thinking of actually purchasing a new juke and wondered about this post since it sounded so negative. Are the new Rock-ola's bad? I have over 20 boxes I have collected over the years from (age wise) a Seeburg Selectophone to a Continental 2 and so I do know a little. I like the Peacock CD version - would certainly not want one if it were my only choice, but, like I said I have some of the "real" ones, this I'd like for a toy. Any comments about Rock-Ola's new ones, please let me know what you think and if anyone happens to have one for sale in CA, please let me know.thanks, Brad, Vacaville, CA > _______________________________________________ > Jukebox-list mailing list -- jukebox-list(a)lists.netlojix.com > To unsubscribe send an email to jukebox-list-leave(a)lists.netlojix.com > %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s > Searchable Archives: http://jukebox.markmail.org/ _______________________________________________ Jukebox-list mailing list -- jukebox-list(a)lists.netlojix.com To unsubscribe send an email to jukebox-list-leave(a)lists.netlojix.com %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s Searchable Archives: http://jukebox.markmail.org/

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Re: Rock-Ola's stupid email
by Bradley Grant 02 Jul '23

02 Jul '23

Since I didn't get the email I can't comment, but, I was thinking of actually purchasing a new juke and wondered about this post since it sounded so negative. Are the new Rock-ola's bad? I have over 20 boxes I have collected over the years from (age wise) a Seeburg Selectophone to a Continental 2 and so I do know a little. I like the Peacock CD version - would certainly not want one if it were my only choice, but, like I said I have some of the "real" ones, this I'd like for a toy. Any comments about Rock-Ola's new ones, please let me know what you think and if anyone happens to have one for sale in CA, please let me know.thanks, Brad, Vacaville, CA

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Seeburg DS Selection Issue
by Jukebox Repairman 29 Jun '23

29 Jun '23

I’m troubleshooting a DS that scans twice no pickup after making a selection. One of the OA2’s does not light. I replaced with known good OA2 still no light. Am I looking at a transformer issue? Regards Rick

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Rock-Ola's stupid email
by Tony Miklos 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

I swear the Rock-Ola email makes it look like they are struggling to sell jukeboxes. Their latest goof is a big one. On the parts link they have a background picture of an Antique Apparatus juke with the Rowe-AMI mech! Good one! I don't know how long it's been like that, just noticed it today.

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Did list migration work?
by David Breneman 26 Jun '23

26 Jun '23

I just realized that I haven't seen any traffic here since the list migration a few months ago. And I don't receive a confirmation email if I try to subscribe. Are we still in business? -- David Breneman dbreneman(a)t-online.de

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Test of server migration #2.
by Jay Hennigan 25 Jun '23

25 Jun '23

Testing, please ignore. -- Jay Hennigan - jay(a)west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV

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