On Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 07:41:52 PM PDT, Andrew Burkhart via Jukebox-list jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com wrote:
The mech guide will come in handy on my next Seeburg juke, I suppose.
So, the conversion back to 78 will take longer than the hour most conversion kits> say it takes to make it play 45’s? ; )> Luckily, I have purchased a mech from an unconverted hideaway version of the 100A, > and hope that all the original parts can be found on that! Sounds like you also did a> re-convert back to original? Any tips for that?
I'm not saying the mechanism guide is a wasted purchase. Just that the 45 mechanism ismore (and in many cases less) than a miniaturized 78 mechanism. Getting the hideawaymechanism is a good move. It should be a drop-in replacement, and all you'll need are the trim parts. The problem with the 45 conversion kits is that so many of the original piecesended up being thrown away, it's almost impossible to find what you need to re-convert itwithout going the route you are. All of the discarded pieces are coveted by other M100-Aowners.
My conversion was very simple. Just replace the drive gears and the styli. That was it.Many years later I had to have the pickup rebuilt. Wes at Wes-Tech did that in exchangefor a second damaged pickup I had. Mine was the first one he did, and I guess he wantedto get as much experience as he could before going commercial with it, : -) I've heardconflicting stories as to whether the new owners are still rebuilding Seeburg pickups. I hope they are, because it seems that eventually the armature on one side or the otherwill fail. I'm dubious of the aftermarket solution, which has two pickups mounted back toback. That leaves the A-side pickup in continuous back-cue mode, which is usually aformula for cue burn when done by radio and club DJs.