Another tube console..help...

[diddlybopper]

I have access to a lovely console which has a Fisher amp along side a Garrard Lab 80 table....thats all the info I have at the moment,I'll take some pics and post later today.My question is:it it worth $80.00? It seems to be in good working condition.
Ant input would be appreciated.

Thanks for the link to the Fisher Console site I've found that it's an

Fisher Ambassador VII Console (1965)
(Model A-690)

Chassis: 59-T, 59-A

18 Tubes, 9 Transistors/65 Watts

 

[stanko]

IMO, yes. Lab 80's are cool. The most desirable part of them is the short spindle, hard to find these days. They are frequently froze up from dried up grease, but if you don't force things and have some kerosene you should be able to resurrect it. Dip the idler wheel in brake fluid for a few seconds to soften up the rubber again. Not long, or the rubber will dissolve. Fisher tube stuff is among the best of the era in tubes.

 

[pich]

Probably will have a few nice Telefunken tubes but it is a hybrid amp with transistor power output.

 

[gadget73]

If its got a Lab 80, it would be a better Fisher. Its likely worth the 80 bucks, but you might be getting into the time period where its not fully tubed. I don't know the specifics, but I know Fisher had a tube/transistor hybrid amp at one point that used ELL80 tubes to drive the output transistors. This *might* be it. I'd still be into one of those myself, I understand they sound pretty good.

Lab 80's are finicky machines but work well once you get them cleaned up and set properly. Its probably the most complex mechanism ever used by Garrard, but its also probably the best consumer machine they ever made.