JJdigs said:
Just curious what models had two tones...I think the royal sabre might have been one any others. Thanks
The following models in order of production:
Royal Sabre .. 4/'86 to 9/'89
Golden Sabre Plus .. 3/'89 to 2/'92
Pantera .. 7/'90 to 2/'92
Golden Sabre II .. 7-'92 to 5/'99
Euro Sabre .. 5/'01 to ??
The
Royal Sabre was their first Notch Disc. model and had the variable 2-Tone Notch Disc. adjustment. During the early era Tesoro had the Golden Sabre, but while it had Notch Disc., it didn't have the 2-Tone audio.
The
Golden Sabre Plus was Tesoro's first and only model operating at 15 kHz and did have the 2-Tone audio governed by the Notch Disc. control setting.
The
Pantera was my favorite of the above because it also featured an external manual GB control for versatility and allowed the user to change coils and adjust for the proper GB. But like many models that feature manual GB, we have seen that quite often most 'average' or 'typical' consumers prefer a 'simple' approach and want a factory-preset GB instead of manual GB control. The manual GB Pantera was only made for 1 year and 5 months.
The
Golden Sabre II was essentially the Pantera in a
'turn-on-and-go' [size=small]
(meaning preset GB)[/size] design. It used the Pantera circuit board, but they removed the manual GB control and kept it simple with an internally preset GB trimmer. It, with the preset GB, obviously had more appeal as it was manufactured for 6 years and 10 months.
All of the above models had a variable 2-Tone adjustment using the Notch Disc. control, and that allowed the user to have a "Tone Break" to hear only a Low Tone or only a High Tone, or break below a US 5¢, break in the Pull Tab range, break at the US Zinc 1¢ point or some arbitrary setting they desired.
The
Euro Sabre was different in that it had a 2-Tone function that was supposed to, by design, split at about a Ferrous/Non-Ferrous break point and the operator didn't have much control over the overall 2-Tone function, it was simply intended to be a Low-Tone for ferrous and a High-Tone for non-ferrous.
Those are the only 2-Tone models from Tesoro that come to my mind right now so I stand to be corrected, if I missed a model somewhere along the line. Naturally I am not up on the particular models for foreign sales but I am sure they could have had one of these for overseas other than the Euro Sabre.
Monte
