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steeevo
02-16-2012, 01:30 PM
I have found a damaged 1210 online for £90 the seller just emailed me saying all the lights work and the platter is working fine. the main issue is the arm as it locks on the record with the weight on and there is an occasional shortage in the stereo wire.
what the hell does that mean, could i fix it. im up for a project of restoring a tt, any help?
Buy it for a song and replace the tonearm :shrug:
JohnXVI
02-16-2012, 03:50 PM
The price of the tone arm and the TT combined is still less than what you would find around. It requires patience, soldering basics and a steady hand, but it is pretty straight forward.
Rek_Aviles
02-16-2012, 03:51 PM
As stated above, definitely worth buying and repairing at that price.
BuddyUK
02-16-2012, 05:05 PM
For £80 you could have that repaired and serviced professionally and still have a bargain bro.
Nicadraus
02-16-2012, 08:06 PM
Get it and repair it. If you can't do the repairs, let someone experienced do it for you. :)
sounds like you should buy it asap.
L2daGee
02-16-2012, 10:35 PM
Buy it. Replace tonearm, and RCAs. Then sell it for a profit.
mavericckk..
02-17-2012, 03:32 AM
replacing the tone arm and calibrating it correctly is not an easy job..am i wrong?
Marc S
02-17-2012, 04:58 AM
if you dont buy it, i will :tup:
punky
02-17-2012, 08:44 AM
Absolutely! Grab it! If you were in the NYC / NJ area, I'd recommend you a good Technics repair guy, but you're in the UK.
L2daGee
02-17-2012, 01:25 PM
replacing the tone arm and calibrating it correctly is not an easy job..am i wrong?
If you replace the entire tonearm mechanism, it will already be factory calibrated. All you need to do is install it, which involves some intermediate soldering skills. There are tons of video tutorials all over the interwebs. I've done it 20+ times. The first time I did it, was the first time I ever soldered anything, and it was a success.
DeeJayTex
02-17-2012, 01:58 PM
As long as the tonearm you get has it already mounted in the pivot mount your golden. Just open the table up, desolder the wires from the old arm and under the pair of screws holding the pivot mount to the base and off it comes. feed the wires threw the hole, screw new arm back in and solder the wires in properly. I take a picture so i have a reference on how they go back on, Technics used 3 or 4 different Circuit boards so the wiring doesn't always mean its the same.
Still a fairly easy fix and totally worth it!
steeevo
02-20-2012, 09:14 AM
Yeah thats what i was thinking, i thought it was too good to be true, he is sending me a picture then i will go and collect it, im not telling any of you where it is tho hahaha
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