Restored Seeburg V200 Jukebox

[rickr]

I purchased an original Seeburg V200 on ebay in January of this year. I restored it as a Winter project and finished it in April. I can only find a couple of the "in progress" pixs right now, however when I find them I will post those also.

Will also do a video at some point and post a link to You-Tube

Enjoy!

 

[rickr]

Teardown

As I said, only can find a couple. It was gutted and rebuilt. Only way to do it on one this old. Only way to get rid of the smoke smell too! YUK!

 

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another

torn down for cleaning, refinishing,chrome replating, and de-smoke!

 

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finished amp and selection receiver

Harold, of Always Jukin' magazine rebuilds my vintage car radios and juke amps. He does a very good job, and I know he can be trusted.
The rest of the work I do myself.

 

[selectomatic]

De-Smoking and De-Gunking is disgusting, but it sure makes a

Looking forward to more before, during, and after pix!

-kevin

 

[rickr]

hooked up and installed...

These both mount to the rear door of the juke. A chain limits how far the door can be let down, but the chain has not been put back in place in this pixs.

 

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finished juke

looking good, like a Seeburg should!

 

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front shot

I guess I should explain that the title strips are mounted in a large rotating drum. There are 5 catagories of selections to choose from, like Folk/Western, Classics,ect, however I have mostly R&B and Mowtown records so the catagories are not in any order for my use. However, we just push one of the 5 pusbuttons to advance the drum to the next group of R&B selections. Then you simply key in the selection number by using the green keys, to hear your selelctions.

 

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Selectomatic! How fab! <:

 

[58limited]

That is absolutely awesome!! I have always wanted one of these. There is one in a burger joint in College Station - it needs restoration and was purchased strictly as a "crusty" display item, sad.

 

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Seeburg mono Redhead cartridge. I love the font on the silver label... SO 50's!

SEEBURG HI FI MAGNETIC

By Pickering of course...

The original cartrige had been replaced with a WACCO junker, I bought this used original Redhead for $181.00 They are not cheap

 

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Another

 

[jasonl]

Gasp! Gasp! Gasp! ok

Breathe in.... breathe out...

I'm ok now. Yes, I'm ok.

Looking at the controls, I'm seeing a bass and treble and "Record compensation". From what I can barely see, it's a noise limiter and a compression circuit (auto volume). Hmm... Interesting feature for a machine that old.

BTW, that's one beautiful machine.

Video???

 

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Holding my finger over the flash on the camera. The flash just kills the colours in the grill.

These came with three colours in the light defuser. Like red, yellow/orange?? Anyway the defuser was faded and stained brown. (think of their lungs) I could have bought a reproduction from Victory Glass for about $50.00, or I could make my own<: Of course mine would be nicer... <:

I used a clear piece of plexiglass and gel colour from work. (our company makes theatrical supplies) I gathered up the scraps of gel colour that I thought would look the best, then cut them in equal sizes and attached to the plexiglass. Done deal. <: But the pixs still don't do it justice....

 

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another

 

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side shot

 

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other side

 

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Playing a 45 rpm record on the "SWAN" label. (not R&B music)

 

[selectomatic]

These machines always look best without much external light.

I usually turn off most of the room lights, turn off the camera's flash, put the camera on a tripod, and use the self-timer.

They really were designed to create their own atmosphere. I think they succeed.

BTW: I have a few machines which had plain, cool-white tubes illuminating the grilles. The light was too bright, and too harsh. Theatrical Lighting Gel to the rescue!!

Your machine looks great. With a freshly-rebuilt amp and an original cartridge, I'm betting it sounds great too.

-kevin