3 Years of Fisher Consoles
It has been almost 3 years since I found my first Fisher console, breathed in my first lung-full of cadmium oxide-laced chassis dust and contracted a severe case of the console disease. It’s a chronic condition that has literally changed my life. There being no effective cure as far as I know; all you can really do is treat the symptoms: spend all your disposable income on your wife/girlfriend/SO before it adds up to console money; have a computer-savvy toddler set the parental controls on your computer to block CL; sell whatever van, SUV or other console-wagon you use to get your fix (that’s what I did recently) - OR you could go the extreme route and build, buy or rent enough square footage to accommodate your habit. That, sadly, is bound to be no more than a temporary cure.
Perhaps the most effective therapy I’ve found so far is by experiencing the excitement of others' Fisher console finds vicariously through the posts here at AK. To that end, and for the sake of all of the afflicted, I’ve compiled a retrospective index of the Fisher consoles that have surfaced over the last 3 years with links back to the original post. This can also serve as a roster of AK members who are most likely already afflicted and who should be PM’d if you note a Fisher console in their neck of the woods. Don’t expose yourself needlessly if you feel you are at risk of contracting this terrible malady. Let someone for whom it is already too late properly dispose of these especially hazardous Fisher consoles.
If you're not on this list but feel you should be, I encourage you to step out of the shadows and be recognized. Share your story and post some photos of your Fisher console(s). You’ll feel better and, at the same time, be doing a service for your Fisher-striken fellows. If you’re on this list and have somehow broken free . . . I don’t think I really want know anything about that as it would tend to contradict my rather delusional world view. If, on the other hand, you are on this list and would like to update your story; that would be delightful.
I have noticed, in many of the older posts, that the links to the photos are no longer functioning and I worry that something bad may have happened. It would ease my mind if these could be fixed. There are also a few cases of people joining AK, posting a few times about their Fisher console and then dropping off the face of the earth. It is my sincere wish that those folks are OK and, perhaps, at this very moment, enjoying their now fully-restored Fisher consoles. If they subsequently sold that console using the information posted herein, I fear the delayed onset strain of the disease can be especially vicious.
Unrepresented below are the saddest cases: AK members who have inherited Fisher consoles through their families. They are truly blameless; having grown up with the high fidelity and never knowing any other mode of existence. Off the top of my head I can only think of only one such case: Duffinator and his beautiful
1955 Custom Electra II. Are there others?
If I have missed any AK Fisher consoles please let me know as every last one helps.
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5-16-07:
1960 Premiere - TheRed1
6-25-07:
1957 Medalist II - vendo81
6-27-07:
1957 Series 60 - elduce
11-01-07:
1966 Custom Electra - TheRed1
11-09-07:
1960 Custom Electra III - TheRed1
2-06-08:
1964 Ambassador VI - skibjr
2-16-08:
1962 Ambassador IV - pich
7-31-08:
1961 Statesman II - mcsteam22
8-28-08:
1963 Custom Electra VI -relaximus
9-11-08:
1962 Custom Electra V - skykng
9-22-08:
1963 Regent - schwarcw’s friend
10-19-08::
1964 Allegro/1965 Allegro II - analog addict
10-19-08:
1964 Allegro/1965 Allegro II - barrynsue
11-13-08:
1959 Series 510 - TheRed1
11-22-08:
1964 Custom Electra VII - auxtech66
11-22-08:
1961 Executive VI - Jimmy64>Joe11611>perchdog (see below)
11-24-08:
1964 Executive IX - scootchu
11-26-08:
1964 Diplomat II - cbrann
12-04-08:
1962 Futura III - jean lafite
12-6-08:
1966 Allegro A-190 - mpholland
12-13-08:
1959 Series 510 + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - Jcricket
1-02-09:
1958 Custom Electra II (Normandy) - jonboy55
1-03-09:
1961 Custom Electra IV - p.dow
5-11-09:
1960 Custom Electra III - tlgibbs
6-09-09:
1965 Warwick (Futura V?) - mgzny
7-11-09:
1963 Ambassador V - grinder029
7-13-09:
1962 Philharmonic II -
k7cid@me.com
7-30-09:
1966 Custom Electra - the fish
8-10-09:
1965 Custom Electra VIII - larryderouin
8-16-09:
1966 Philharmonic - nerdorama
8-31-09:
1965 Futura VI - larryderouin
9-01-09:
1964 Philharmonic IV - Saint Johnny
9-12-09:
1960 Custom Electra III - deadbeat son
9-28-09:
1959 Series 610 + 560 ‘Stereo Companion’ - visman
10-30-09:
1958 Custom Electra II - jonboy55
11-07-09:
1961 Custom Electra IV - WarrGo
11-24-09:
1961 Executive VI - perchdog
12-02-09:
1958 Series 61 - jonboy55
12-04-09:
1964 Allegro - rcflybob
3-03-10:
1963 Custom Electra VI - that70sguy
3-15-10:
1960 Custom Electra III - ziphius
3-20-10:
1956 Custom Futura - relaximus via sobr1
3-27-10:
1964 Futura V - achilles_bog
4-01-10:
1964 Custom Electra VII - RuSsMaN
4-02-10:
1950 Coronet/Allegro - cooljjay
4-11-10:
1966 Philharmonic - vinyldavid
4-24-10:
1964 Executive IX -perchdog