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Pioneer SX-1250 in the house!

WOW! Things are materializing pretty fast. Found a faceplate and a switch, thanks to Sicman! So, now it's just the wood case that needs attention.
 
The stars are really aligning today!! Divotdog has agreed to fabricate me a new wooden case out of solid wood! He did an incredible job on my kenwood KR-9400 side rails, so I can't wait to see how this will turn out! :banana:
 
now we're cookin' with gas- keep us posted and put up pics of the finished wooden case- we may be on to something here- how much did he quote you pricewise ?
 
marantzfan!

Congrats on your SX-1250 progress. Please post BEFORE & AFTER pics - the transformation would be inspiring for some of us not blessed with a
blemish-free SX-1250 [ like myself ] I still need to find a better condition faceplate, volume knob & tuning knob for mine.
 
Well, good and bad news. First, I got the new faceplate, and it's pretty nice. I did a little switcharoo between the two faceplates to put the best looking elements together. Gave it a good cleaning, and it looks pretty nice. A few scratches, but what can you do?

Now, the switch came in also, and I am going to have it installed tomorrow when I go up to Albuquerque. I'll let the pros handle the tricky part.

Now for the wood case. Divotdog had offered to make the case out of solid wood, but he sounds like he's awfully busy right now. So, LBpete is working on reveneering it in black walnut as we speak, which I think will look every bit as good as the solid wood case would have. I have a Sansui 9090DB that was reveneered by LBpete, so I can vouch for the quality of his work.

So, I think I am about two weeks away from this project being complete! As soon as everything is put back together I will post the before and after pics. No peeking.:D
 
Well that took a bit longer than expected, but she's all finished and put back together! Aside from a few scratches on the top of the faceplate, it looks perfect. I replaced two indicator lamps (myself, :thmbsp:) all dial lamps, got a better looking faceplate, had LBpete reveneer the wood case in black walnut and gave her a good cleaning.
 
Now if anybody has a mint/near mint faceplate and really thinks this should receiver should be 100% perfect, feel free to PM me...:D
 
marantzfan said:
Now if anybody has a mint/near mint faceplate and really thinks this should receiver should be 100% perfect, feel free to PM me...:D
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Looks pretty near mint to me! Great job on the cleaning up and reveneer.

Out of curiosity, what type of finish did you choose for the cab?
 
Really enjoy seeing a project like this and to turn out with such excellent results. The wood grain in the cab looks great!
 
Fantastic job. That Pioneer looks outstanding. :thmbsp:

Like others, I would like to know what you used to laminate the case.

Congratulations!!!

Bruhl
 
Hey,
Excellent job! Looks great! to me, like brand new. How does she sound is the next question? I have an SX-850 that I use and it sounds great.

Later,
Good luck and happy Audio!

John.:music:
 
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