Somebody sure took good care of the old Ambassador. How does that Garrard type "A" sound? Did it come with a period cartridge? I just picked up a type "A" with an Empire 108 but I've yet to play with it.Here's a few shots of my '63 Ambassador V - from what I gather in the above thread, this is an example of the 'Italian Provincial' cabinet in 'distressed walnut'. Picked it up as a fixer on Craigslist last year. She sure cleaned up nice!
It was extremely well taken care of (including servicing) by the Zwicke family - note the brass plaque above the receiver in the above pictures. I have paperwork from a trip to the shop in 1983 but I suspect it went back sometime in the early 90's as well - there is a very new sticker on the back from a local electronics repair shop. In addition the son was an electrical engineer and apparently did some work himself as well - I have some of his notes on troubleshooting. I just got real lucky - thank you Craigslist!Your Fisher console is absolutely gorgeous. Did you get it in that condition or did you restore it yourself.
Somebody sure took good care of the old Ambassador. How does that Garrard type "A" sound? Did it come with a period cartridge? I just picked up a type "A" with an Empire 108 but I've yet to play with it.
I'm wondering if, like cars, the console model year started sometime the previous year. I found your console in the 1964 catalog - Italian Provincial in Distressed Walnut - but for some reason the ad men have dressed it up with Asian knick-knacks, paintings and a brown shag: -Hey, I just noticed that yours is on a brown shag, too!