Author Topic: Rockola 469, free (Read 6075 times)

ChadTower · « **on:** July 22, 2005, 08:38:28 am »

Just checked out a free Rockola 469... it was in damn good shape. I didn't take it, it was outside of a house by mine with a free sign on it. I don't have a suitable vehicle for moving it... bah.

Stingray · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2005, 11:06:30 am »

Drat, that kind of thing never happens to me, and I do have a vehicle I can haul it in.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2005, 11:08:05 am »

If it's still there when I leave work, I have a friend who's going to come get it. I doubt it will be, though.

If it were a cab or a pin, I'd have put it on a cart and walked it home (1.5 miles)... but I don't have real use for a 45 juke when I could build an mp3 juke that is a fraction of the size.

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2005, 02:58:35 pm »

Before I ever got into the MAME thing, there was a house that was thowing away three cabs 1/4 mile away. Gorf, Joust, and Defender. Looking back, I don't know how I let them go.

ClubNinja · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2005, 01:09:37 pm »

It was still there. And now it's with me. Chad did a fantastic job of standing next to it for 45 minutes in some hot weather until I was able to get there to haul it away.

ChadTower · « **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2005, 01:16:13 pm »

Yep... it's safe and sound and in ClubNinja's basement. I spoke with the owner who told me it does work, just needs some love to make it operate smoothly. I bet if you guys asked nicely ClubNinja would be willing to share some photos.

SirPeale · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2005, 09:00:30 pm »

*grumble grumble*

Not that I need such a thing (I have no room for it) but I just got done rebuilding an NSM 120 at work. It's full of 45 goodness. Really old school.

ChadTower · « **Reply #7 on:** July 27, 2005, 08:41:26 am »

Awesome. Tell us what you did to it.

Stingray · « **Reply #8 on:** July 27, 2005, 08:56:00 am »

Glad someone here was able to rescue it. I'd like to see those pics that Chad referenced. I'd like to hear about yours too Peale.

-S

ClubNinja · « **Reply #9 on:** September 18, 2005, 09:12:16 am »

Fixed up inside (minor stuff), cleaned, and loaded with the good stuff (Journey, Def Leppard, Survivor, Bon Jovi, etc 80s awesomeness):

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** September 18, 2005, 10:12:01 am »

Must have Cheap Trick.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #11 on:** September 18, 2005, 10:54:04 am »

nice score

Stingray · « **Reply #12 on:** September 19, 2005, 11:55:08 am »

What an outstanding find!

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #13 on:** September 19, 2005, 11:56:34 am »

Yeah, that was a hardcore score.

SirPeale · « **Reply #14 on:** September 19, 2005, 11:01:18 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on July 27, 2005, 08:41:26 am

Awesome. Tell us what you did to it.

I've done a few since then. I totally forgot about this thread.

I said 'rebuilt' but more specifically I should have said 'restored'. It had been in a bar for a number of years without general cleaning. As such it had many layers of smoke on it, and tons of dust/dirt in the subwoofer section, as well as the speaker section.

Removed the grills and disassembled, sanded down, primed and painted with gloss black paint. Hindsight: should have done *both* sides, as you could see the white paint from the other side if you looked at a certain angle.

While they're off, clean out the speaker sections. Get the mirror backing cleaned to it's former shiny glory.

Spray with 409 and scrub, scrub, scrub! Wipe it off and repeat until it's clean.

Do the same thing to the inside of the cabinet. Much easier, though; it's not textured. It pretty much just wipes off.

Don't use glass cleaner on the insides of the glass, use Novus 1. It coats the glass slightly, and repels dust longer.

Then a selection of snazzy records, of course.

Havok · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:37:34 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on July 22, 2005, 11:08:05 am

If it's still there when I leave work, I have a friend who's going to come get it.

ChadTower · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:44:13 am »

Man, you've got a little stiffy over this. Most of my mp3s are ripped myself, actually. Not out of some overblown IP respect, though. It's pretty much because I haven't wanted any stuff that's been released in quite some time and can't be bothered to download much.

As I've said many times, I don't really care about the people who download quietly. It's the people who ---smurfette--- and moan and stomp about morality and entitlement that tick me off.

Havok · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:47:34 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 21, 2005, 11:44:13 am

Man, you've got a little stiffy over this.

ChadTower · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:50:16 am »

Fair enough, let's not muck up ClubNinja's thread of free Rockola awesomeness.

Stingray · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2005, 12:08:00 pm »

On the subject of jukeboxes. All the pre-CD jukes that I remembr seeing used 45s. Were there ever any that used LPs? I'd love to be able to put my dusty vinyl collection back to good use.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #20 on:** September 21, 2005, 12:16:59 pm »

It would have to be a much bigger juke than this one, that's for sure. I can't imagine there were many that used 33s. You'd either have to make it intelligent enough to pick out a track or sell a whole album at a time.

Stingray · « **Reply #21 on:** September 21, 2005, 12:20:18 pm »

Oh well, I was asking more out of curiosity anyway. I don't know that I'd have room for a juke in my house anyway.

-S

ClubNinja · « **Reply #22 on:** September 21, 2005, 04:15:22 pm »

Actually, there are a couple of options.

Stingray · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2005, 04:23:46 pm »

Interesting info. Thanks.

-S


Main	Restorations	Software	Audio/Jukebox/MP3	Everything Else	Buy/Sell/Trade
Project Announcements	Monitor/Video	GroovyMAME	Merit/JVL Touchscreen	Meet Up	Retail Vendors
Driving & Racing	Woodworking	Software Support Forums	Consoles	Project Arcade	Reviews
Automated Projects	Artwork	Frontend Support Forums	Pinball	Forum Discussion	Old Boards
Raspberry Pi & Dev Board	controls.dat	Linux	Miscellaneous Arcade	Wiki Discussion	Old Archives
Lightguns	Arcade1Up	Try the site in https mode		Site News


Unread posts \| New Replies \| Recent posts \| Rules \| Chatroom \| Wiki \| File Repository \| RSS \| Submit news