pbassplayer
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i bought a brand new mac 1700 in 1974 at age 21..still have it !!
i bought a brand new mac 1700 in 1974 at age 21..still have it !!
I started to like this old stuff at a pretty young age. When I was about 12 or 13 in the early 70's I lucked into a MC 240.
My Dad had bought a small parcel of mountain land to build a cabin on. It was only accessible in Winter by foot or tractor. He arranged to keep a tractor in the garage/shop of a ranch near the base of the mountain. It was a nice place with a big custom home. Anyway, while digging through all this cool old stuff stored in the shop while my Dad was working on the tractor I spied a MC 240 in what looked like great shape but covered in a layer of dust amongst the tools and farm stuff.
I was well aware of what it was and wanted it badly. I asked the man who owned the ranch if he would sell it to me. The story was they had put in a full custom sound system when the home was built in the 60's. They were broken into not long after and everything was stolen, but the Mac only made it about halfway down the driveway before the thieves just dropped it and left it (a bit heavy they are).
Anyway he told me, "promise you won't sell it and you can have it". One of the best deals I've ever gotten, I still have it and use it every day!
I also found a MR65 tuner in the window of an old TV repair shop in L.A. around this time with a $75 price tag on it. I somehow came up with the cash went back and rode home on the bus with it in my lap.
But it wasn't until I was in my 30's that I found a C-22 pre-amp that I could afford though.................