Anyhoo, I got a call yesterday evening from a retired coworker and she was at a thrift store that I never heard of, and found a Maggie. If I wanted it, she would pay for it...they were only asking $35 bucks for it. Of course, I said yes, sight unseen. Apparently, this store hasn't caught on yet with jacking up the prices like other stores around town.
Upon checkout, she got to spin the "Wheel of Fortune" near the register, and everything she bought was half-price. So, I got a Maggie for $17.50. To return the favor, I'm gonna give her a nice "lowboy" GE console that's been wrapped up in blankets out in the garage that I restored a few years back.
Well, today after choir rehearsal, I went to the store to pick this thing up, and WOW!!! My jaw dropped, because it looks exactly like the Francisco(?) Astro-Sonic 100 in my livingroom, with the exception that this one has the older W610, black tonearm changer and a reel-to reel deck installed. It even has the original microphones with RCA jacks. Mine has the newer W622 changer and my receiver controls don't have that black ring around them.
This thing has to weigh over 150 pounds, but me with my little 130 pounds managed to wrestle it off the back of my truck onto a big piece of carpet I keep out there (incase my truck leaks any fluids).
I will not plug it in because someone spliced the cord with a big old-fashioned black plug. Rather than connecting the cord directly to the plug terminals, they cut this wire off of something else and attached it and wrapped it with a ton of electrical tape. I also notice a few screws missing from the back, so no telling who may have done some tinkering.
It does have a few nicks and dings here and there, and there are two water spots on the left sliding top, which are not severe. If the $650 listing price was not enough, add another $250 for the reel-to reel. Certainly wasn't cheap back in 1966.
Sorry for the pics not being any better...I was shaking with excitement and my cell phone is over six years old. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. --BB
Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona
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