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SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 2:30 pm
by MrGorf
Hey guys,
Just wondering if anyone knew why Seeburg put those colored plastic sheets over the title strip windows on the SMC-1. Seems like all they do is make it harder to read the selections. Just wondering if they were standard issue.
Thanks
Don
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:58 pm
by Ron Rich
Don,
Seeburg did not put any "colored plastic sheets" on them ??
You must have something someone else has done--
Ron Rich
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:14 am
by MrGorf
That would explain why I had trouble seeing the selections.
I removed them and everything is so much better, although whoever put them in went to a lot of trouble. I had to take the glass on the top section completely out to remove the overlay.
In hindsight I should have known they weren't original as they were different shades of blue.
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:34 am
by MrGorf
Weird - I just pulled this picture from a 'for sale' thread on KLOV and it looks just like mine did - darker blue on the upper window and a lighter color on the lower.
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:31 pm
by Ron Rich
Hi Don,
It's possible that my great, but not too log memory, is fooling me here-I just do not recall seeing it before--
Perhaps it was a "polarize sheet", to stop "glare" (in a dark bar)--?? They did do that one one other model (FC-1). Ron Rich
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:07 pm
by MrMario64
It's absolutely original.
Even the ads have those.
It's purely cosmetics, I have new ones on my juke, the original ones were completely yellowed. New ones make it looks so much better!
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:27 am
by MrGorf
Where did you get the replacements?
Don
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:39 pm
by MrMario64
Friend of mine uses foils to color the lights in a theater. He had a sample book with all foils in it. I just matched the best looking ones.
I'll have to find the pictures of them. I'll post them shortly.
ps. Sorry for the delay
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:10 pm
by MrMario64
Here are the foils I used. They are used in Theaters as filters for their Lights.
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Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:03 pm
by DoghouseRiley
Over here they're called "theatrical gels."
You can find A4 sized acetate on eBay in different colours quite cheaply, I used it to restore the illuminated panels on my Rock-Ola 443.
I overlaid them to achieve the right effect.
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:53 pm
by Ron Rich
Guys,
Since my previous posting, I have had a couple of SMC-1's in for service--Yes, the upper sections on both of them had the "gels"--so my memory failed me--again
Ron Rich
Re: SMC-1 title strips
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:15 am
by MrGorf
DoghouseRiley wrote:Over here they're called "theatrical gels."
You can find A4 sized acetate on eBay in different colours quite cheaply, I used it to restore the illuminated panels on my Rock-Ola 443.
I overlaid them to achieve the right effect.
That really looks good on there.
