I've done several bottom up restores on Seeburg Jukes. I love bringing them back to their former glory and the sound is unmatched.

Today I have the following in my Juke collection:

Seeburg 100R best sounding 45 juke ever made

Seeburg AY160 just like the looks of this one and the is really nice

Seeburg SMC3 Prelude this is a HUO beautiful jukebox that I purchased from the widow of a former Seeburg employee. Interestly enough no tags or serial numbers anywhere

Seeburg SX100 A very cool looking juke box

Wurlitzer 2304 great looking Jukebox currently in queue for restoration

Rockola Lyric CD wall mount jukebox this juke has an exposed mech and is truely the best CD juke for a man cave

Rockola HUO Fireball CD floor model what can I say I just love the design of these unique Rockolas

I also have several Seeburg and Rockola wall boxes for the jukeboxes

Almost forgot my HUO Rowe Storm wall mount jukebox

I like jukeboxes

I have a Wurlitzer 2700 loaded with 100 records from the 80's. Everyone loves the juke!

Someone had to ask! Just like merccat, my jukebox collection is larger than my pin collection. I started in jukeboxes back in 1984 (see my pinside story). All are complete working originals, a few a fully restored.

Seeburg
B
C
V200 (fully restored)
161
222
Q100 (fully restored)
SS160
SPS2 (fully restored)
VMC1 (rare)
AMS1 (rare)
BMS1000 (fully restored)
200 LU-1
200C-1

Rockola
1448
1464
1468
R-91 (CD)

Rowe/AMi
H-200
I-100
Continental 2
MM-1 (with a Phonovue)

Wurlitzer
2100
Tele-Disc (very rare)

United
UP-C

NSM
Firebird (CD)

Ristaucrat
S-45

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What are you gonna do with the cabinet?

Toucanf16, which one sounds the best? Does one brand sound better than the others?

I have been restoring my Seeburg 100r for about 2 years. New paneling, speaker cloth, recapped the amp, found a nice red head cartridge and the .7 Mil stereo compatible styli. It seems noiser (whooshing sound?) than I remember. Maybe this normal? Not the most scientific way to share the audio, but what do you gents think? Here's the end a record with the sound level fading out then back up so you can hear the extra noise.

This is my Seeburg Vogue II... great juke with great sound! I restored it last year but now it has a problem with mechanics...
It doesn't accept any selections. I mean, as soon as it's powered on, it starts to play ANY record, one by one in sequence, without stops.
I checked and tested the grey and black boxes, also the "brain" in another friend's juke (Seeburg Sunstar), and they are 100% functioning! So... do you have any suggestions where I can check to solve my problem?

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Bought this Seeburg 222, a few month ago. really adds to the total game room experience in my opinion.

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All the 50s stuff is cool. But I sure love me some 222! (The 161 is a close second!)

Hard to say. It's hard to beat the sound on a Seeburg R. But, honestly, they all have their own special sound. You can't go wrong with any of the 70s Seeburgs, my SPS2 sound fantastic!

Yes, it has Auto volume control. But I've even yanked the tube that controls it and it's about the same.
Tubes were tested and replaced as needed.

Could it be motor hum? Have you replaced the rubber motor coupler, motor support, and motor mounts?

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Nice jukes, everybody.

I have one. I'm not really a 'juke' person - hence why I only have one - but I have/had to have one with my games. I usually always have it playing some records as I'm working or playing my games. I'm a Rowe/AMI guy myself; I can take apart a 1100 Mech with my eyes closed, and on watching one operate, i can tell you what it's not doing right.

This came from having an MM-6 in my basement when I was a kid, when my dad had two of them, and game me one to take apart. That specific one is long gone, but I picked up another one a couple years ago. While the 50's and 60's machines and art-deco are fantastic, to me they're far too pretty and expensive to make it worth it to me. (I want the music, don't need the fancy-looking high-end restored game-room vibe.) Since buying this one, I've picked up three more 1100-based mech jukes - and across the 4 of them, spent only $450, total. (I parted the others out, saved what I knew I would need, sold or recycled the other parts, and burnt the cabinets.)

I'm also into the various options that Rowe AMI had - I have two wallboxes that will be connected up to my juke (as soon as I get stepper working), as well as a money meter and a dollar bill validator from the late '60s. I do NOT have the aforementioned PhonoVue - would be interested in seeing how it works, but it's too large for me to have one.

On mine, I also got rid of the florescent bulbs - as they do horrible work to plastics. So the only thing that's ''upgraded'' is the lighting with LEDs. I like how it came out, and in the door have manually color changeable strip to light up the titlestrips.

(And yes, I know I'm missing some strips..)

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Hm, now that I have not done. I only removed the clutch and cleaned/lubricate it. I will have to find these rubber parts in the service manual and locate the parts online.

I've been looking for a Seeburg wallbox for a while now to convert to stand alone operation with a RPi inside but it seems the prices on these are really high now.

And shipping is a killer.

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I've had my 1947 Seeburg Symphonola 147 "Trashcan" for about 3 years now and love it! The box is very original - down to the coin mech, selection mech, wiring etc. and it even has all of its original paper tags still intact. The two wrap around side plastics are reproductions since the originals were notorious for shrinking, warping, and cracking from the heat over time, but the dome is still original. The wooden cabinet is in overall nice shape with the exception of a few nicks and scratches here and there. It just needed a thorough cleaning when I brought it home.

It still sounds beautiful and although the fact it plays 78s (that have to be manually flipped) is usually a turnoff to a lot of people, I love playing the early rock and roll records I've been able to find.

While it's not as "functional" as boxes from the 50's on, there's nothing quite like the styling from the 30's-40's.

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I totally agree. I have a seeburg 60 disc that I converted to an mp3 hard drive system. Now, I can have 100 folders (00-99) with 100 songs in each folder! That's 10k songs instead of the normal 120 +/-.

I have a 4 TB external HD filled with 700,000 songs. I am in the process of filling the jukeboxes HD with the billboard top 100 from 1959 to present. A huge undertaking since each folder and each song has to be renamed. Otherwise, the jukebox won't recognize the file as a song and play it.

When on background play (random play), you never know what decade song will play next. It's really fun. I connected the speaker outputs to a pair of outdoor speakers by the pool so whatever's playing inside, is also playing outside.

I also have a rowe ami 100cd that was owned by chipper jones of the atlanta braves. It is mint condition and filled with 100 CDs of mostly greatest hits from the 60's - 00's.

Jukeboxes are fun~!~

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That is a beautiful looking beast!

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s I always owned a Seaburg and a Rowe AMI CD juke. 100% agree that a jukebox of any kind is a must have for a gameroom or bar area. Everyone loves picking out songs to play, and add music videos to the jukebox and it's a surefire hit.

Nowadays, I prefer the modern touchscreen jukeboxes like you'd see on locations, so I built my own systems. In my bar I use a dual screen wall mounted system. But I build and sell kiosk jukes and bartop jukes. 20,000+ songs; 4000+ music videos; karaoke; 300+ touchscreen games (better than a Megatouch for home use).

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Oh man. I could drool over these beauties for days. I will have one that plays 45's someday....someday.

BD that 47 Seeburg is prettier than a State Fair Pageant Queen...and that's pretty.

Great to see a thread about jukeboxes. It is not a gameroom unless you have at least one jukebox; it's just a playroom. I have a Wurlitzer 3400 Americana with four wallboxes as my bread and butter workhorse. For the aesthetic touch I have a Seeburg 100R. I grew up in Philly in the 50's so my jukes are stuffed with 50's tunes. Most 45's back then had only one good side. So that is 100 wasted spaces in a 200-play jukebox. I built a little jig where I glue two records together to get two good sides. There is enough room in the Americana's magazine for a 2-ply record. I plan on getting everything chromed on the "R" this fall and restoring that box. Keep the posts coming.

I love jukeboxes and would love to restore an old Wurlitzer or Seeburg, but for now I have restricted myself to building touchscreen jukes. I am getting ready to remodel my basement and build a bar and I will probably end up picking up a 27" Touchscreen to mount to the wall for my jukebox. In my living room I went for a different style though.

There is a local family owned music store that has been in town for about 75 years. The owner restores old radios and has about 50 of them in his store restored. One day I stopped in and told him what I was interested in doing and asked if he had a cabinet I could buy that wasn't going to be restored. He said he had the perfect cab. Was missing everything and he said it was beyond restoration. He gave it to me for free.

I stripped it and applied fresh lacquer. I added a 15" touch screen and a 200w computer speaker setup (sub and 2 speakers). It has about 25k songs on it or about 1600 albums. I have started adding music videos recently and have a large collection of Mastermix (DJ) CDs on it. The bezel around the monitor is temporary and I still haven't made a suitable replacement and the speakers need to be replaced, although they work find for a living room environment. I am considering adding bluetooth to both jukes and running them through a Sonos system in the living room and game room. The jukebox software I use is Etouch.

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here's mine. Plays 45's. Nice and small

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I'm at work or else I would post pics, I have an NSM Firebird wall CD jukebox but instead of using its internal amp I have it hooked up to two Onkyo M-504's amps and two Onkyo P-304 pre-amps. One setup is hooked up to a pair of Klipsch Cornwall's and the other set to a pair Klipsch Chorus with Bob Crite's crossovers and upgrades. Its loud and clear enough to keep up with my Ludwig's !

You may not want to go with a 27" touchscreen and instead go with a 23" touchscreen and a 23" 2nd monitor to display the videos and "now playing" info. That allows people to pick songs on the touchscreen while videos and info are displayed on the 2nd screen.

I was planning a secondary monitor for the videos, now playing, and possibly karaoke. Any specific reason you are suggesting a 23"? I'm not committed to anything yet so i'm all ears.

I have a wurlitzer 1400. I did a ton to it and though it sounds great I am still having trouble getting the selector to pick every record.

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I say "Here! Here!" - to the earier post noting that 'every gameroom should have one.'

I posted this earlier in another thread:
1954 Seeburg HF-100R.
A Grade 1 restoration by Zuddie Smith, with all amp board rebuild work by the great Bill Bickers.
1300 watts and 5-speakers of pure joy.
(Thanks to those who also posted pics - some great examples of some awesome jukes!!).

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mines also from 1954. Our models look very similar.

No, you just mentioned using a 27" monitor and I thought that was going to be your only screen. I'd suggest using a normal 27" screen for the 2nd since that is what will really be displaying all the content. Why waste the $$ on a 27" touchscreen that's only going to be used for selecting songs and videos? 23" just being a nice size for song selection, very inexpensive too.

I have 3 video outs on my juke PC so I can send the Now Playing content to my 42" tv behind the bar when I want to. If you also have a tv in the area, that could be a consideration too.

What juke software are you using? I've been playing around with Touchjams lately since it has widescreen high res skins that look fantastic. But the video playback can be flaky and does weird stuff eventually. Otherwise I've used e-touch for years, but not every version has nice widescreen skins, so I'm still using version 7 and 8 because of the widescreen skins available.

Rick

That's a real beauty. My buddy restored one just like it, so I know what it looks like in person.

Here's my homebrew touchscreen juke, built from a 1942 Philco radio cabinet. I'm currently running Kodi multimedia software on Linux Ubuntu. The amp inside is a Luxman R-404 reciever that I've had since I was a teen, and this also is juiced up with an Omnia One that I'm using as an active EQ. The Omnia One is a pro radio processor that is built by the company I work for.

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Here is my 1948 Rock-Ola 1428. We also have a 1958 Seeburg 220 and a 1954 Rock-ola 1446 Comet Fireball

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Unplug the single black wire (rca connector) from the power supply. No records should pickup. If it still stops on every record you have a mechanical issue. I believe there is a series of service switches. Check those out as well.

There is a very good Yahoo group for Seeburgs (which I am a member of).

yeah looking for singles is great fun. my mother (70) loves to come over and listen. my wife and daughter also help in finding the 45's I want. bought this one in perfect original condition from a guy who restores them. really happy with it.

Some great examples in this thread, keep 'em coming!