I'm with ya Mark! Can't really figure out why it's so much fun but it is... I wish I'd get off my dead arse and do some fixing myself but it's just too tiring watching others work. You know, because when this is over I have to take a nap...
Yeah... Brad's videos are great and he can play the guitar in an interesting and great manner, and not like those paid, shitty wannabes doing the "demos" on YT... Always liked his style of videos, started making tube geetar amps because of him, I mean he inspired me to do more, and explore the tube world. Hope he doesn't disappear like Uncle Doug for some reason. But keep up the work after all, learned many tips and tricks from you, and now I am comfortable to move on tubes like EL86, ECC88, EL90, ECC85 because you posted that RCA tube manual... Great thing.
Glad to see you got that to live on. It doesn't surprise me that it was seized up given how old it is. Garrard were a major employer round here (Swindon, UK) back when I was a kid and I remember the factory very well. There's a retail outlet on that site now. They were the upmarket brand back then if you could afford them (or knew somebody in the factory) and they were known as indestructible.
Brother, you saved me. Bought a Sylvania fold up unit with Garrad turntable. Would not drop or return the needle. followed your method, lubricated everything and found the needle position adjustment screw on the base of the tone arm and Voila!. Working like a champ. not sure if 45 and 78 records will work on the automatic drop function but I'm happy where it is. Local Music Prof is going to use it in his History of Popular Music class to show how pop music was spread to the unwashed masses. Thanks again.
I brought a Gerrard 3500 back to life. Dried grease and bushings, corroded gears, etc. Totally broke it down and rebuilt it, new needle, new cartridge, phono wires... Sounds and runs like a dream.
I bought and fixed up a 1978 Panasonic/Technics turntable last year. Easily fixed with contact/pot cleaner, new lubricants, speed adjustment, new cartridge/needle. Now it's ready for another 30+ years. Brad, your videos give me ideas, tips, and inspiration to pursue my hobbies in music, electronics, and fixing things. It's what "Reality TV" should be. :-)
Fixing things like this is exactly the sort of thing my grandfather used to do. He worked for decades repairing various electronics for people and in his spare time he would look for anything tossed out or on sale for cheap that was broken so he could fix them up. He also loved classical music and thus hi-fi tech, so speakers, record players, radios were always being repaired at his home.
Holy carp, that's EXACTLY my parents' turntable! So many chipmunks albums went through that thing. Also played my dad's 78-RPM collection. And last I checked (2017) that turntable and all the records are still in the living room.
Thank you so much for the video man I have a 1974 realistic clarinette 104 that was my great uncles he bought new in 74 or 75 and it was the first record player that I ever heard as a kid and it hasn't worked in years but I held on to it just on the off hand chance that I might be able to fix it one day and sure enough today was the day!! I have never worked on a record player in my life but I had the confidence to do it just not the knowin and your video gave me a basic understanding of how the mechanical side of it worked and that was all I needed thanks for the help man really appreciate it because I got this thing running like it just came out of the box and it would have ended up in the trash sooner or later
I can't believe I fixed ours!! It had grease completely locking it. I took the top off, cleaned it and relubed it, Along with the gears and such. Also, I relubed the mechanisms inside, like the changer and such. Works 100 percent like it did 30-40 years ago.
My dad bought a nice Garrard changer back in the late 60s or early 70s and I still use it today. It's had to have the usual work done over the years but it's a grand old machine and sounds great. My friends love it; vinyl is cool again but you don't see too many changers these days among all the Crosley garbage, plus the retro style of these things earns them extra cool points.
Great to see it did not take more than a clean and lube. Vynl is making a come back here in NZ and new players are available but the old ones still do the job. Over in Australia there is a new factory pressing records with the new technology so old ways never die. All the best bro
Garrard, like Thorens, were market-leaders in the manufacture of high end disc players, supplying a range of units to cater for the basic pop record buyer to top of the range "separates", with the 301 and 401 turntables best known. They still fetch good prices with those who know their stuff in that area of sound reproduction, and it's good to see vinyl making something of a comeback too!
Hot iron on the shaft makes it expand, more difficult to pull out. Propane torch slowly all around that gear will make the hole expand. A gear puller works really well.
Great videos man! A few years ago I found an old bsr turntable next to a garbage can on the side of the road. Nothing fancy. Took it home, it didn't power up (just a bad fuse) but nothing else worked properly. Same thing... the grease on everything literally turned to concrete and seized everything up. So in all just needed a new fuse and good cleaning and re-greasing and a new needle and it was like new again. It was so rewarding restoring something to working condition which would have otherwise ended up in the garbage.
The catch may be in finding a good needle. Seems like all that's left is the cheap "one brand fits all" brands. In particular, I'm thinking about Shure needles to fit their cartridges.
I actually saved a few Audio Technica needles from the late 70's for my Hitachi direct drive turntable. Like anything else from the last century I assumed the cheapest needle today - made for the DJ abuse would be better than any 70's-80's needles.The needle's just a tube wiggling in a magnetic field - not rocket science .......but I could be wrong.
There are different shapes to the needle which affects how rides in the groves. I suspect the cheap needles are either not as well quality controlled for size, or else use a shape that's easier to make while a better needle is the correct size and shape. In the case of the Shure cartridge, I bought a new needle since I wasn't sure of the condition of the old one, but the sound wasn't as good as the Shure needle that I already had. I can't remember exactly what it was, but I think it had more distortion.
It's all about weight and the cartridge - the needle is usually either elliptical or conical and the size is fixed by standards of vinyl - the issue is how light can you track the needle mounted in the cartridge which are both dead weight on the arm. The cartridge is more key than the needle.
Most of the turntables from the 60s-70s are highly serviceable and with a little TLC and routine maintenance will provide decades of worry-free enjoyment. Modern tables fall into basically 3 types - the cheap Crosley Chinese things which you should stay away from, the DJ grade tables which are ok, and the ultra high end stuff which is for cork sniffers with more money than sense.
Hahahahahahahaha thanks for the advice ! I will most certainly stay away from anything Chinese LOL. I am of an age that I remember playing lots of vinyl and long for the days ! MP3s are very good but something different about vinyl and a decent record deck. Once again thank you very much for the information. I will be looking out for a quality deck to repair, wish me luck because I don`t think I can acquire one for 2 dollars, not in the UK anyway. Take care...
Simply amazed at your ability to diagnose and repair these things. If your interest and desire was in the medical field no telling what you could do.... I enjoy watching your talents......
First time viewing. That $ 2.00 turntable turns out to be a 💎 gem. 4 speed turntable wow. Why can't models today have these features? The mystery of the 16 RPM is solved by watching other videos that played Easy Listening, Department store & elevator music it was 16 RPM records at that time from the 1960's & into the 1980's. What i observed there was no cueing device on the Gerrard model that came many years later. BSR were among the first ones on the turntable also 12', 10' & 7' record size device as well. I didn't forget 78 RPM. I use to repair turntables like these on console stereos & table models. Wish i had GERRARD again. Nice video enjoyed watching. 🎥📺👍✅
I am thankful for this video, as I purchased a really mint condition Onkyo direct drive linear tracking turntable that didn't work, so I took it apart and found that there was two minor issues. One the ground wire was corroded and two the stylus belt was worn out. After cleaning the ground wire good, all the front panel lights started working and then I noticed the belt, common thing to go wrong. I just need to buy a belt now and I have a working vintage unit. I prefer to fix old electronics than to toss them out. They have value to someone that appreciates how things were made back in the 80's. Keep it up, I really like the vintage HiFi fixes, just cause that is what I am in to .
A good . yet gentle , and real breed of Cats, 2 of them, the better if they are siblings, and specially so if they are twins working in tandem, will be a lot more wholesome ,healthier and instructive , than that type of game you wrote about. Your way only will end up messing up the mind of your and all kids in the US. And I am far from being PC. You hear...
Gerrard made some decent tts back in the day. I've got a bizarre ADC Accutrac and a really old Rheem Caliphone TT. The Rheem was made for schools, for playing in gymnasiums, I guess, two 15" speakers and it uses two 6L6s in the output. I plugged my guitar into a mic input, and a 4x10 cab into the TTs aux output. Crazy, it sounded awesome.
I had many Garrard turntables..One was built into a KLH combo system that really kicked ass. they were always reliable.!! All you need is more lube and patience
Great find, great video, and great job. I think the one thing you may need to add to your tools is a heat gun. It looks like a hair dryer, but it has a small airway at the end that puts out extremely concentrated heat, much more so than a hair dryer. You wouldn't be able to touch the cam when you were done, but it would do a fantastic job at freeing the cam wheel from the shaft. Thank you for posting.
this was cool but I can't tell you how stressed out I was watching you leave all of that white goop (presumably grease?) in the bowl of the changer mechanism, lol. Really cool though, I'd love to find an old record player and get it working!
Fixed 100's of those back in the day. By the way the Electrophonic brand was pretty low end. Mostly BSR turntables. Anyway... We called Garrard's "grease" glue. Shocked this one was kept this long without being fixed.
I think those are the songs from the movie La Bamba. Man you did a good job on that turntable. Reminded me when I use to fix my VCR. On some of the rubber belts I use to use rubber revitalizer it use to make them new. Great video.
Before looking at the video I know that this needs the turntable bearing cleaning & re-greasing. The same goes for the trip & return cog with the shaped track on the underside. That you had to dismantle the motor and use heat to free the cam from it's spindle says it had been left somewhere & forgotten for quite a long while. The turntable looks rather like a Garrard 3000, but the tonearm is different
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Great video...really enjoyed it. Just a hint. Don't use normal lube oil. Only use the finest quality sewing machine oil for turntables. That's how they did it originally in the factory in England.
Y9 To fix them, you want to do what Brad does, take it apart piece by piece, examine & ruminate on each piece, then put it back together again. I'm sure that's what does it?,
Thats a fricking Garrard! I have an old 301, the best turntable ever made. I have to have it specialy insured cos its worth thousands!! The one you have there might be worth something to a collector. I will sell you my 301 for $8000. 🙄📀
I lost track oh how many of those I repaired in the mid-70's. I usually re-built the motor also.
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It's a Garrard, a British manufacturer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrard_Engineering_and_Manufacturing_Company). My old man had one in the 60s as it was a fairly high spec unit for his jazz albums. Good job.
I like a product called Rubber Renue available on Amazon and many other chem supply stores. Cleans rubber parts great, and restores the rubbery-ness. Of course, you've got to have something decent to start with, no miracles here.
That screwdriver is pleading 4 it's life! you're teachin my kid bad habit's! lol thx brad HAVE A GREAT DAY!! DID U ENJOY THE ECLIPSE? WE HAD 96% HERE IN SOUTHWEST VA.
We had about 96% here in Louisville too. I was planning a road trip to Western Kentucky where my parents live and where it was at maximum - 2:40 of darkness, but the wife and I are house hunting and we wanted to see some houses.
Not sure if memory is serving me OK but I think when the small spindle is in place, the motor only kicks in AFTER you lift the arm up to put on the record. Seem to recall it as a quirk of these turntables.
This one wasn't like that, I don't think. At one point, I remember having the platter off and checking the idler wheel with the arm in the up and out of the way position...still nothing. Motor was main culprit. It was seized.
Stunned to realize that I have Trini Lopez Live at Basin Street East, which includes La Bamba , on Reprise records vinyl. A thrift store find as I'll bet this LP is which seems to be Live at PJ's. Reprise also brought us the guitar stylings of Jimi Hendrix of course. I like a lot of guitarists for example David Grissom from our 'ologist's vicinity but can you imagine not having heard Jimi Hendrix?
"The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language." Here in Limeyland we'd pronounce Garrard like a posh garage or Nigel Farage. Garrard are the jewellers to Her Majesty The Queen and they started a phonograph business in addition to the Queeny Jewelly business. Garrard made the classic 301 'transcription motor' turntable as used for BBC radio transmissions in the late 1960s and early 70's. (I have my dad's example from 1969.) I'm amazed and frankly quite touched by just how many of Brad's hi-fi finds have a British made turntable. Well done everyone. Oh and I like the new fast forward noise.
You showed us your bird. (Bevis and Butthead laugh) As an edit - When heating, you would probably get better mileage trying to heat the casting around the shaft vs the shaft itself. If yo heat the shaft, you're expanding the shaft size and going against your goal of removing the gear. If the gear casting were heated, it may help the cause.
My idea was the gear was seized to the shaft because of old grease. The hope was heat that grease so it wasn't a sticky paste. But yes, Heat will expand the area.
Understood. Was just contributing a tidbit of info. Actually, doing it the way you did it could also prove useful for something in addition to loosening the grease...if the shaft does expand, when it cools and contracts, it may also break something free.
Cool. I'm starting to think the old way is the easiest way.. Records, reel to reel, am/fm and lots of real wire. Always works. I'm just getting tied of digital wireless...
I'm not sure what the British used for grease and oil but all of them, Garrard, BSR, Collaro/Magnavox used a grease that turned into bubble gum early then into concrete. I made my living working on record changers in the late 60's and 70's and some of them had to be torn down by the time they were a year old. My go to lubricants were Lubriplate (white lithium grease) and turbine oil, brand usually zoom spout. Beware of the clear 3 in 1 it will gum up if used in electric motors, turbine oil will not. 3 in 1 does make an oil specially designed for electric motors and it's good. Not a criticism just a suggestion it would be helpful to use the common names for the parts of the changer, such as, Cycling cam, "C" clip, trip link, velocity trip mechanism and pawl. If you need a service manual many turntable/changer manuals are available free at www.vinylengine.com requires registration but its free....
I watch a couple other guys on RUclips who use Zoom Spout. I sub 3-in-1 oil mostly. I know it isn't ideal. I don't do enough turntable services to make the names of every part second nature. I know the cycling cam, although I didn't use its proper name in this video. Thanks for the comment and the link. I'm still learning all the time.
Well, Bravo for tackling a Garrard, they're about my least favorite changer to service. However I do own a Garrard Zero 100C and enjoy using it now. That was about the fussiest unit I've ever serviced. I was factory trained on Voice of Music and Magnavox changers, serviced a lot of Fender, Gibson and Kustom amplifiers while working for a music store and Magnavox dealer. Spent 28 years working in two way radio and now retired. Have Fun!!!!
Just picked up a Sears AM-FM Console stereo and having issues with the turntable. Radio and 8 track recorder work fine but I was just looking to use the turntable. I will attempt to do the same fix as this video but one other thing I was wondering is would voltage requirements be an issue as well? Meaning the system is 120v and I live in Japan which is 100v outlets. I’ve used other American appliances before without issues but any input if this could be why it’s not turning or could need some TLC being the people I bought it off only used it for a T.V. stand pretty much.
If that has stereo/AV out jacks I would like it...although I see a couple of problems. Your short and the changer while it works it runs it roughly. But totally worth $2.00
CAN YOU HELP ME? I HAVE THE MODEL 40BTURN TABLE/ I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE TWO SMALL WIRES YOU CAN SEE THEY I THINK NEED TO BE RE-SODDER. CAN YOU GIVE IEDQS HOW TO DO THAT I CAN NOT FIND ANY PLACE IN ORLANDO? THAT DO REPAIRS ON A GERRARD TURN TABLE, THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS
I am all for having a Garrard record changer, my only issue is that most record changers do not have a size selector and it assumes the size of the record. 33 1/3 speed is either 12 or 7 inch, 45rpm is only 7 inch, 78rpm is 10 inch. I have 12 inch 45rpm records and 78rpm, so the changer mechanism would be useless for me when playing those.
Those were the best because they could play 16 speed as a kid that's how we learned a bunch of songs on guitar because it was exactly slow down but in the same key
Hi, I have a Marshall valvestate amp that yesterday starting letting out a high pitched continuous squeak whenever I turn it on and the reverb is on. The more reverb I turn up on the amp, the louder the squeak. As well as this, it's constantly stuck on channel 2 and I get no output when a guitar is plugged. I think this may have happened in transit as I was moving the amp to a venue for a gig. Any ideas what could cause this? Thanks
So was that Trini Lopez on the record? It almost sounded like Johnny Rivers, Live at the Whisky A-Go-Go. Hal Blain on drums and Joe Osborn on bass. They were part of the RCA "Wrecking Crew". Carol Kaye, the female guitarist and bassist said their real name was the Clique, or something like that. Yes Brad can and will fix anything! Hey, run for president. Thankz
Back in the day, I would set down and put Trini or Johnny on and learn every song on the album! 3 piece bands, which is what my brothers and I had and it was easy to emulate what those cats were laying down! Thankz for the memory!
I notice that while it has a changer arm it has no changing spindle. Is that a common modification? I ask because I just picked up a Fisher model 125 with a bsr changer that doesn't have the changer spindle either. When I figure out the model # I'm going to change it back to a changer instead of the short singles spindle it has on it now.
Direct drive tables were the best.Fisher made a few good ones.Technics also..Bsr was a good brand..The best were turntables with a stroboscope and definitely weighted arms.
I go along with that, but a table like this still has a place in the market. For casual listening, these work nicely. I know a lot of people cringe at changers, but how else can you listen to "Wish You Were Here" or "Thick as a Brick" all the way through without getting out of the chair?
Hi sorry to bother you I wonder if you can help me. I recently bought a record player /cd/ radio combi called classic from someone on facebook. The person told me its in good working order. Apparently the the cd and radio works but im having a problem with the turntable. Its spinning slow on the 45rpm. What could be wrong?
No . Mag / Tape worked on sliding front door . Door worked for a few months . How ever if you hold door closed when you turn power on . everything works fine. this problem started just a couple of weeks ago. Last night when i tried it , it played one record both sides. so i put a second record in. it played about one minute on track one., then stops. i can run arm forward to end of of record. in cue mode. returns to start automatically.
Looks like you need a tool for pulling brake rotors off an axle. It has three hooks for the rotor and a threaded center rod that snugs up on the axle. You tighten a nut on the rod and it pulls the rotor or gears off a shaft. Or a bigger hammer.
looks like the standard BSR changer / suspension unit, found in everything from low end off name products to full cabinet setups and even a few Panasonic models. they got a lot of hate back in the day for not targeting the high end and not following the established format. in my experience, they tend to be very robust, have a lot of mechanical parts that like to get stuck, and tend to sound pretty dang good given a well matched cart (they seem to favor Shure). typical for one channel, usually the left, to go out for some reason. all in all, cool find.
I'm surprised you tried to heat up the center post. That would just swell it and make it a tighter fit. I'd think you'd want to heat the gear. As a suggestion, pick up some penetrating oil. It works far better than WD-40 for that job.
Thanks for sharing all these :) I have problems with my Denon recordplayer. It is always spinning and the arm you cant move in to the center. It just goes back. Anybody have a solution or I can explain more of the problem.
The Poor Ol' Dear needed some Guinness, she was Dehydrated. Was Surprised to see no Cueing Lever on it. The one I had so long ago, had one. Are U going to put New Jacks on it?
I dunno why but all these videos are so satisfying. I love watching people fix things. It's a lost skill.
I'm with ya Mark! Can't really figure out why it's so much fun but it is... I wish I'd get off my dead arse and do some fixing myself but it's just too tiring watching others work. You know, because when this is over I have to take a nap...
I fix things myself, so I watch other fix-it channels for extra ideas/advice.
DeadKoby I just got started trying to repair things. Me too!
I'm actually pleased at the response I got from my channel, where people try the projects I've successfully completed on it.
Yeah... Brad's videos are great and he can play the guitar in an interesting and great manner, and not like those paid, shitty wannabes doing the "demos" on YT... Always liked his style of videos, started making tube geetar amps because of him, I mean he inspired me to do more, and explore the tube world. Hope he doesn't disappear like Uncle Doug for some reason. But keep up the work after all, learned many tips and tricks from you, and now I am comfortable to move on tubes like EL86, ECC88, EL90, ECC85 because you posted that RCA tube manual... Great thing.
Glad to see you got that to live on. It doesn't surprise me that it was seized up given how old it is. Garrard were a major employer round here (Swindon, UK) back when I was a kid and I remember the factory very well. There's a retail outlet on that site now. They were the upmarket brand back then if you could afford them (or knew somebody in the factory) and they were known as indestructible.
Brother, you saved me. Bought a Sylvania fold up unit with Garrad turntable. Would not drop or return the needle. followed your method, lubricated everything and found the needle position adjustment screw on the base of the tone arm and Voila!. Working like a champ. not sure if 45 and 78 records will work on the automatic drop function but I'm happy where it is. Local Music Prof is going to use it in his History of Popular Music class to show how pop music was spread to the unwashed masses. Thanks again.
I brought a Gerrard 3500 back to life. Dried grease and bushings, corroded gears, etc. Totally broke it down and rebuilt it, new needle, new cartridge, phono wires... Sounds and runs like a dream.
I bought and fixed up a 1978 Panasonic/Technics turntable last year. Easily fixed with contact/pot cleaner, new lubricants, speed adjustment, new cartridge/needle. Now it's ready for another 30+ years. Brad, your videos give me ideas, tips, and inspiration to pursue my hobbies in music, electronics, and fixing things. It's what "Reality TV" should be. :-)
That was so gratifying! I now have hope again for my turntables that are collecting dust lol
Fixing things like this is exactly the sort of thing my grandfather used to do. He worked for decades repairing various electronics for people and in his spare time he would look for anything tossed out or on sale for cheap that was broken so he could fix them up. He also loved classical music and thus hi-fi tech, so speakers, record players, radios were always being repaired at his home.
Holy carp, that's EXACTLY my parents' turntable! So many chipmunks albums went through that thing. Also played my dad's 78-RPM collection. And last I checked (2017) that turntable and all the records are still in the living room.
Thank you so much for the video man I have a 1974 realistic clarinette 104 that was my great uncles he bought new in 74 or 75 and it was the first record player that I ever heard as a kid and it hasn't worked in years but I held on to it just on the off hand chance that I might be able to fix it one day and sure enough today was the day!! I have never worked on a record player in my life but I had the confidence to do it just not the knowin and your video gave me a basic understanding of how the mechanical side of it worked and that was all I needed thanks for the help man really appreciate it because I got this thing running like it just came out of the box and it would have ended up in the trash sooner or later
Awesome! Glad to hear that.
Great repair. Those Garrards were so much better than the BSRs, which were all over the place in the 70s.
I can't believe I fixed ours!! It had grease completely locking it. I took the top off, cleaned it and relubed it, Along with the gears and such. Also, I relubed the mechanisms inside, like the changer and such. Works 100 percent like it did 30-40 years ago.
My dad bought a nice Garrard changer back in the late 60s or early 70s and I still use it today. It's had to have the usual work done over the years but it's a grand old machine and sounds great. My friends love it; vinyl is cool again but you don't see too many changers these days among all the Crosley garbage, plus the retro style of these things earns them extra cool points.
When we were kids, these were utter shit, but now we have Crosley who have redefined 'utter shit' to a new level.
Corsley? More like a mega pile of shite
Great to see it did not take more than a clean and lube. Vynl is making a come back here in NZ and new players are available but the old ones still do the job. Over in Australia there is a new factory pressing records with the new technology so old ways never die. All the best bro
Thanks for watching. Nice to have fans from the land of the summer Christmas. :D
Hey Ken same in the States. Love vinyl.
Garrard, like Thorens, were market-leaders in the manufacture of high end disc players, supplying a
range of units to cater for the basic pop record buyer to top of the range "separates", with the 301
and 401 turntables best known. They still fetch good prices with those who know their stuff in that
area of sound reproduction, and it's good to see vinyl making something of a comeback too!
Hot iron on the shaft makes it expand, more difficult to pull out. Propane torch slowly all around that gear will make the hole expand. A gear puller works really well.
Great videos man! A few years ago I found an old bsr turntable next to a garbage can on the side of the road. Nothing fancy. Took it home, it didn't power up (just a bad fuse) but nothing else worked properly. Same thing... the grease on everything literally turned to concrete and seized everything up. So in all just needed a new fuse and good cleaning and re-greasing and a new needle and it was like new again. It was so rewarding restoring something to working condition which would have otherwise ended up in the garbage.
Stuff from this era is very good, very reliable stuff with routine maintenance. Can't beat 'em.
The catch may be in finding a good needle. Seems like all that's left is the cheap "one brand fits all" brands. In particular, I'm thinking about Shure needles to fit their cartridges.
I actually saved a few Audio Technica needles from the late 70's for my Hitachi direct drive turntable. Like anything else from the last century I assumed the cheapest needle today - made for the DJ abuse would be better than any 70's-80's needles.The needle's just a tube wiggling in a magnetic field - not rocket science .......but I could be wrong.
There are different shapes to the needle which affects how rides in the groves. I suspect the cheap needles are either not as well quality controlled for size, or else use a shape that's easier to make while a better needle is the correct size and shape. In the case of the Shure cartridge, I bought a new needle since I wasn't sure of the condition of the old one, but the sound wasn't as good as the Shure needle that I already had. I can't remember exactly what it was, but I think it had more distortion.
It's all about weight and the cartridge - the needle is usually either elliptical or conical and the size is fixed by standards of vinyl - the issue is how light can you track the needle mounted in the cartridge which are both dead weight on the arm. The cartridge is more key than the needle.
Absolutely fascinating ! Brilliant fix and a quality deck for just 2 dollars and some tlc ! Well done sir !
Most of the turntables from the 60s-70s are highly serviceable and with a little TLC and routine maintenance will provide decades of worry-free enjoyment. Modern tables fall into basically 3 types - the cheap Crosley Chinese things which you should stay away from, the DJ grade tables which are ok, and the ultra high end stuff which is for cork sniffers with more money than sense.
Hahahahahahahaha thanks for the advice ! I will most certainly stay away from anything Chinese LOL. I am of an age that I remember playing lots of vinyl and long for the days ! MP3s are very good but something different about vinyl and a decent record deck. Once again thank you very much for the information. I will be looking out for a quality deck to repair, wish me luck because I don`t think I can acquire one for 2 dollars, not in the UK anyway. Take care...
Great troubleshooting and fixing, and all with no unnecessary music added. Keep up the good work.
You're like the Bob Ross of fixing electronic shit! I'm gonna fix this turntable but first here's a happy little tree with his little friend the hawk.
Simply amazed at your ability to diagnose and repair these things. If your interest and desire was in the medical field no telling what you could do.... I enjoy watching your talents......
Momma always said I should be a doctor or lawyer. Maybe I can do surgery in the courtroom...
aye, but its the heartbreak we can't take. Tis why we're musicians first!
First time viewing. That $ 2.00 turntable turns out to be a 💎 gem. 4 speed turntable wow. Why can't models today have these features? The mystery of the 16 RPM is solved by watching other videos that played Easy Listening, Department store & elevator music it was 16 RPM records at that time from the 1960's & into the 1980's. What i observed there was no cueing device on the Gerrard model that came many years later. BSR were among the first ones on the turntable also 12', 10' & 7' record size device as well. I didn't forget 78 RPM. I use to repair turntables like these on console stereos & table models. Wish i had GERRARD again. Nice video enjoyed watching. 🎥📺👍✅
I inherited a model 1000 from my grandmother and I am going to reform it to keep of memory. Thanks for your video!
I am thankful for this video, as I purchased a really mint condition Onkyo direct drive linear tracking turntable that didn't work, so I took it apart and found that there was two minor issues. One the ground wire was corroded and two the stylus belt was worn out. After cleaning the ground wire good, all the front panel lights started working and then I noticed the belt, common thing to go wrong. I just need to buy a belt now and I have a working vintage unit. I prefer to fix old electronics than to toss them out. They have value to someone that appreciates how things were made back in the 80's. Keep it up, I really like the vintage HiFi fixes, just cause that is what I am in to .
At 11:38 through 12:40 reminds me of the setup of my kids Mouse Trap game up that I had to put together a couple times a week for them.
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Well done, I love vinyl and just yesterday picked up a suitcase player I am busy fixing it now.
Gerrard made some decent tts back in the day. I've got a bizarre ADC Accutrac and a really old Rheem Caliphone TT. The Rheem was made for schools, for playing in gymnasiums, I guess, two 15" speakers and it uses two 6L6s in the output. I plugged my guitar into a mic input, and a 4x10 cab into the TTs aux output. Crazy, it sounded awesome.
I bet it did.
I had many Garrard turntables..One was built into a KLH combo system that really kicked ass. they were always reliable.!! All you need is more lube and patience
Admiration and Appreciation from across the POND in Boris Blightey Land.
Great find, great video, and great job. I think the one thing you may need to add to your tools is a heat gun. It looks like a hair dryer, but it has a small airway at the end that puts out extremely concentrated heat, much more so than a hair dryer. You wouldn't be able to touch the cam when you were done, but it would do a fantastic job at freeing the cam wheel from the shaft. Thank you for posting.
I have one. A viewer thought the same thing and sent one in.
this was cool but I can't tell you how stressed out I was watching you leave all of that white goop (presumably grease?) in the bowl of the changer mechanism, lol. Really cool though, I'd love to find an old record player and get it working!
Great video Brad - really satisfying to watch.
I FOUND THAT EXACT TURNTABLE AT A GARAGE SALE FOR 2 DOLLARS!!!
WHAT THE BALLS!!!
DIONNAND000 wait a minute...go look in the mirror right now...tell me what you see... *Twilight Zone music*
Ah...but I inherited my granddad's--same model, needed a new cartridge and lube
They made these for a few decades, little changed along the way
what an ass
Fixed 100's of those back in the day. By the way the Electrophonic brand was pretty low end. Mostly BSR turntables.
Anyway...
We called Garrard's "grease" glue. Shocked this one was kept this long without being fixed.
I think those are the songs from the movie La Bamba. Man you did a good job on that turntable. Reminded me when I use to fix my VCR. On some of the rubber belts I use to use rubber revitalizer it use to make them new. Great video.
...the was a fine brand name for record players...good fix👌🏼
Yay, It works!!!
Nice fix !!!
Thanks for showing us the steps. Makes for good watching.
Before looking at the video I know that this needs the turntable bearing cleaning & re-greasing. The same goes for the trip & return cog with the shaped track on the underside.
That you had to dismantle the motor and use heat to free the cam from it's spindle says it had been left somewhere & forgotten for quite a long while.
The turntable looks rather like a Garrard 3000, but the tonearm is different
Yep, pretty much right on all counts. Needs a massive lube job. Good thing I live in KY.
what you did there. I see it.
thanks for this relaxing and satisfying watch, shame i can barely rewire a plug or change a fuse! lol hope you have a great day =)
Thanks for watching, David.
Worth saving! I dig the Trini Lopez album!
Can't beat $2 plus some elbow and lithium grease, and maybe a new RCA cable!
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Great video...really enjoyed it. Just a hint. Don't use normal lube oil. Only use the finest quality sewing machine oil for turntables. That's how they did it originally in the factory in England.
Good stuff. I have an old Technics receiver and pioneer tape player that's been sitting for 30+ years. would love to know
how to fix them.
Y9 To fix them, you want to do what Brad does, take it apart piece by piece, examine & ruminate on each piece, then put it back together again. I'm sure that's what does it?,
@@krietor thanks! Something to do this weekend:)
Thats a fricking Garrard! I have an old 301, the best turntable ever made. I have to have it specialy insured cos its worth thousands!! The one you have there might be worth something to a collector. I will sell you my 301 for $8000. 🙄📀
I lost track oh how many of those I repaired in the mid-70's. I usually re-built the motor also.
It's a Garrard, a British manufacturer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrard_Engineering_and_Manufacturing_Company).
My old man had one in the 60s as it was a fairly high spec unit for his jazz albums. Good job.
I like a product called Rubber Renue available on Amazon and many other chem supply stores. Cleans rubber parts great, and restores the rubbery-ness. Of course, you've got to have something decent to start with, no miracles here.
That stuff is pricey though. I usually use automotive belt dressing. Works similarly to rejuvenate and restore tackiness to old rubber.
That screwdriver is pleading 4 it's life! you're teachin my kid bad habit's! lol thx brad HAVE A GREAT DAY!! DID U ENJOY THE ECLIPSE? WE HAD 96% HERE IN SOUTHWEST VA.
We had about 96% here in Louisville too. I was planning a road trip to Western Kentucky where my parents live and where it was at maximum - 2:40 of darkness, but the wife and I are house hunting and we wanted to see some houses.
Thank you for the video. It has helped me enormously. Now I'm just trying to get better sound out of it.
Better cart would help.
Not sure if memory is serving me OK but I think when the small spindle is in place, the motor only kicks in AFTER you lift the arm up to put on the record. Seem to recall it as a quirk of these turntables.
This one wasn't like that, I don't think. At one point, I remember having the platter off and checking the idler wheel with the arm in the up and out of the way position...still nothing. Motor was main culprit. It was seized.
It's a really good feeling to see something work that's been dead for many years.
Stunned to realize that I have Trini Lopez Live at Basin Street East, which includes La Bamba , on Reprise records vinyl. A thrift store find as I'll bet this LP is which seems to be Live at PJ's. Reprise also brought us the guitar stylings of Jimi Hendrix of course. I like a lot of guitarists for example David Grissom from our 'ologist's vicinity but can you imagine not having heard Jimi Hendrix?
Great video! I got the cam gear off my bsr using a little craft heat gun .was realy stuck. Did you not clean and lube centre bearing?
Nice one !!\m/!! Funny how the high end turntables only play one disc at a time and range from $400.00 to 20K.
"The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language."
Here in Limeyland we'd pronounce Garrard like a posh garage or Nigel Farage. Garrard are the jewellers to Her Majesty The Queen and they started a phonograph business in addition to the Queeny Jewelly business. Garrard made the classic 301 'transcription motor' turntable as used for BBC radio transmissions in the late 1960s and early 70's. (I have my dad's example from 1969.)
I'm amazed and frankly quite touched by just how many of Brad's hi-fi finds have a British made turntable. Well done everyone.
Oh and I like the new fast forward noise.
Great job. Great deal.
Great save on this old turntable Brad,,,Landfill has enough of them.
For too long stuff like this just went to the curb with the weekly garbage.
You showed us your bird. (Bevis and Butthead laugh) As an edit - When heating, you would probably get better mileage trying to heat the casting around the shaft vs the shaft itself. If yo heat the shaft, you're expanding the shaft size and going against your goal of removing the gear. If the gear casting were heated, it may help the cause.
My idea was the gear was seized to the shaft because of old grease. The hope was heat that grease so it wasn't a sticky paste. But yes, Heat will expand the area.
Understood. Was just contributing a tidbit of info. Actually, doing it the way you did it could also prove useful for something in addition to loosening the grease...if the shaft does expand, when it cools and contracts, it may also break something free.
Bought a kenwood 3100 turntable is it good turntable
Cool. I'm starting to think the old way is the easiest way.. Records, reel to reel, am/fm and lots of real wire. Always works. I'm just getting tied of digital wireless...
I'm not sure what the British used for grease and oil but all of them, Garrard, BSR, Collaro/Magnavox used a grease that turned into bubble gum early then into concrete. I made my living working on record changers in the late 60's and 70's and some of them had to be torn down by the time they were a year old. My go to lubricants were Lubriplate (white lithium grease) and turbine oil, brand usually zoom spout. Beware of the clear 3 in 1 it will gum up if used in electric motors, turbine oil will not. 3 in 1 does make an oil specially designed for electric motors and it's good. Not a criticism just a suggestion it would be helpful to use the common names for the parts of the changer, such as, Cycling cam, "C" clip, trip link, velocity trip mechanism and pawl. If you need a service manual many turntable/changer manuals are available free at www.vinylengine.com requires registration but its free....
I watch a couple other guys on RUclips who use Zoom Spout. I sub 3-in-1 oil mostly. I know it isn't ideal. I don't do enough turntable services to make the names of every part second nature. I know the cycling cam, although I didn't use its proper name in this video. Thanks for the comment and the link. I'm still learning all the time.
Well, Bravo for tackling a Garrard, they're about my least favorite changer to service. However I do own a Garrard Zero 100C and enjoy using it now. That was about the fussiest unit I've ever serviced. I was factory trained on Voice of Music and Magnavox changers, serviced a lot of Fender, Gibson and Kustom amplifiers while working for a music store and Magnavox dealer. Spent 28 years working in two way radio and now retired. Have Fun!!!!
the motor in the X-10 I bought a few fears ago was like that too,among all the other things that were wrong
I always use the soldering iron first, always works tho sometimes you have to apply the heat for maybe 5 minutes.
Just picked up a Sears AM-FM Console stereo and having issues with the turntable. Radio and 8 track recorder work fine but I was just looking to use the turntable. I will attempt to do the same fix as this video but one other thing I was wondering is would voltage requirements be an issue as well? Meaning the system is 120v and I live in Japan which is 100v outlets. I’ve used other American appliances before without issues but any input if this could be why it’s not turning or could need some TLC being the people I bought it off only used it for a T.V. stand pretty much.
Can you use denatured alcohol to clean off the old grease and oil.?
If that has stereo/AV out jacks I would like it...although I see a couple of problems. Your short and the changer while it works it runs it roughly. But totally worth $2.00
So. We have the tone arm... and we have that other bar that's alil higher up... what is that for??
I have a similar Garrard with the same problem. How do you remove the clip that holds the turntable on? It is not the typical C clip.
CAN YOU HELP ME? I HAVE THE MODEL 40BTURN TABLE/ I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE TWO SMALL WIRES YOU CAN SEE THEY I THINK NEED TO BE RE-SODDER. CAN YOU GIVE IEDQS HOW TO DO THAT I CAN NOT FIND ANY PLACE IN ORLANDO? THAT DO REPAIRS ON A GERRARD TURN TABLE, THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS
Please can I ask what the best speaker would be for this
I am all for having a Garrard record changer, my only issue is that most record changers do not have a size selector and it assumes the size of the record. 33 1/3 speed is either 12 or 7 inch, 45rpm is only 7 inch, 78rpm is 10 inch. I have 12 inch 45rpm records and 78rpm, so the changer mechanism would be useless for me when playing those.
Those were the best because they could play 16 speed as a kid that's how we learned a bunch of songs on guitar because it was exactly slow down but in the same key
I love vintage tecnology, back then they Made thing to last and to work fine
Hi, I have a Marshall valvestate amp that yesterday starting letting out a high pitched continuous squeak whenever I turn it on and the reverb is on. The more reverb I turn up on the amp, the louder the squeak. As well as this, it's constantly stuck on channel 2 and I get no output when a guitar is plugged. I think this may have happened in transit as I was moving the amp to a venue for a gig. Any ideas what could cause this? Thanks
If it was dropped in shipping, could be a broken solder joint. Without looking, hard to diagnose.
So was that Trini Lopez on the record? It almost sounded like Johnny Rivers, Live at the Whisky A-Go-Go. Hal Blain on drums and Joe Osborn on bass. They were part of the RCA "Wrecking Crew". Carol Kaye, the female guitarist and bassist said their real name was the Clique, or something like that. Yes Brad can and will fix anything! Hey, run for president. Thankz
Trini Lopez, yes. I got this live record with the table, and a couple other albums too, including some Johnny Winter and Golden Earring.
Back in the day, I would set down and put Trini or Johnny on and learn every song on the album! 3 piece bands, which is what my brothers and I had and it was easy to emulate what those cats were laying down! Thankz for the memory!
The Guitologist good find Johnny Winter is good stuff. RIP
Hands got in the way often but I did learn some. Thanks
five years ago he was lost , i hope he got it together now!!!!
I notice that while it has a changer arm it has no changing spindle. Is that a common modification? I ask because I just picked up a Fisher model 125 with a bsr changer that doesn't have the changer spindle either. When I figure out the model # I'm going to change it back to a changer instead of the short singles spindle it has on it now.
Direct drive tables were the best.Fisher made a few good ones.Technics also..Bsr was a good brand..The best were turntables with a stroboscope and definitely weighted arms.
I go along with that, but a table like this still has a place in the market. For casual listening, these work nicely. I know a lot of people cringe at changers, but how else can you listen to "Wish You Were Here" or "Thick as a Brick" all the way through without getting out of the chair?
Hi sorry to bother you I wonder if you can help me. I recently bought a record player /cd/ radio combi called classic from someone on facebook. The person told me its in good working order. Apparently the the cd and radio works but im having a problem with the turntable. Its spinning slow on the 45rpm. What could be wrong?
Excellent job
Great work bro!!
My parents had this changer with their Morse Electrophonic AM/FM/ 8-track receiver and speakers.
No . Mag / Tape worked on sliding front door . Door worked for a few months . How ever if you hold door closed when you turn power on . everything works fine. this problem started just a couple of weeks ago. Last night when i tried it , it played one record both sides. so i put a second record in. it played about one minute on track one., then stops. i can run arm forward to end of of record. in cue mode. returns to start automatically.
Looks like you need a tool for pulling brake rotors off an axle. It has three hooks for the rotor and a threaded center rod that snugs up on the axle. You tighten a nut on the rod and it pulls the rotor or gears off a shaft.
Or a bigger hammer.
I remember stacking SEVERAL albums when spending some quality time with the girlfriend lol
I have a garrard c 600. How do you change speed to 45 rpm?
Okay, a fix it video/channel and find a raptor. Off to a great start for a new watcher.
Hey there, what did you use to make the sound louder? Thank you
A test amplifier.
looks like the standard BSR changer / suspension unit, found in everything from low end off name products to full cabinet setups and even a few Panasonic models. they got a lot of hate back in the day for not targeting the high end and not following the established format. in my experience, they tend to be very robust, have a lot of mechanical parts that like to get stuck, and tend to sound pretty dang good given a well matched cart (they seem to favor Shure). typical for one channel, usually the left, to go out for some reason. all in all, cool find.
I have one just like that, but can't figure out why it was so sluggish when it first came
I'm surprised you tried to heat up the center post. That would just swell it and make it a tighter fit. I'd think you'd want to heat the gear. As a suggestion, pick up some penetrating oil. It works far better than WD-40 for that job.
Good fix
Great job
Great vid man!
Thanks for sharing all these :) I have problems with my Denon recordplayer. It is always spinning and the arm you cant move in to the center. It just goes back. Anybody have a solution or I can explain more of the problem.
The Poor Ol' Dear needed some Guinness, she was Dehydrated.
Was Surprised to see no Cueing Lever on it.
The one I had so long ago, had one.
Are U going to put New Jacks on it?
A lever would be nice. I'll throw in some new RCA cables if someone wants to buy it.
I liked the nature footage at the beginning at no extra cost ...
I still have my old turntable from 1982