one technic shouldn't stop a show.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Brotha,i aint got the cash to fix this one,or buy a new one.

TheRealFiness said:

what's wrong with the one you have? Broken belt/drve? i thought Technics were indestructable?

sinisterpentatonic said:

its direct and over 20 years old and been through a house fire in 93, it was just time i guess

TheRealFiness said:

That sucks! I know how much you love spinnin' that thing!

we should hold a funeral for it on here or something...and this reminds me of the gemini turntable i spotted at my usual vinyl-diggin haunt that's for sale for like $80. only thing wrong with it is that one of the little feet on the bottom of it is broken, otherwise it plays fine. sad thing about that is that the store might be either closing or moving pretty soon...hopefully it don't close, because i love that store to death. it'd break my lil' vinyl geek heart if it closed.




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yeah im hurt like fuck right now

TheRealFiness said:

well, at least you have the perfect excuse to pick up that axe now.

sinisterpentatonic said:

well, i di have a toolbox with a bunch of tools so i can at least try right?... cant fuck it up more than its already fucked right?

TheRealFiness said:

i meant guitar. But yeah, that's what i'd do if it were mine, go Mcgyver and shit.

sinisterpentatonic said:

cant afford an axe right now

sinisterpentatonic said:

hehehe: "i fixed it with a paper clip, a half-piece of chewed bubble gum and some human hairs."

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

nah its dead..i mean deeeeead.. i cant fix it... even goin Mcgyver

Technics SL-1200 Service Manual...

http://www.eserviceinfo.c...fileid=800

...FREE!


You'll need some type of decompression software (UnZip, etc.) to open the file.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

TheRealFiness said:

theAudience said:

hey man, gimme a call on the house phone, cus the cell is dead..

oooo Finess...bet that hurts.
RIP 1200. It had an excellent run though.

Red said:

well, i opened her up and realigned her tone arm assembly, i can only hope she doesnt slip again, i can only turn the screw so much.so she's kinda limpin a bit, but im still pronouncing her esta Muerto

U could probably find another on ebay.

My 1900 still works really well...and she must be....mmmmm over 30 years.

Red said:

30? wow...

30 years maybe more. It's taken a beating too. I schlepped that thing around for years to all the gigs...And my son kidnapped it about 15 years ago when he was learning to scratch...and when it went out the door...I thought it would never survive. But he returned it a few years later and it's as good as new. Back then Technique was KING.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

TheRealFiness said:

the tone arm's jacked up? what's wrong with it, is it skating or somethin?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

the assembly under the tone arm is slipping

Red said:

man...i wish i had a technics. i see 'em from time to time but they're usually kinna expensive (the ones i find are used)...



i got a jinky sherwood st-880 that i bought from a friend whose record store i used to moonlight at...in fact, that's the very thing that got me to work at that store, the dude was amazed by the fact that someone my age was so interested in vinyl.

then again, i can't call it "jinky"...dunno how old it is, but it runs pretty sweet.

well...if you've adjusted the anti-skate dial... and weights...and ahem...check to see that the wax you are spinning isn't an old test pressing with the center hole off center. I've had that happen before.

You must be able to find another tone-arm assembly to replace.
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Red said:

Nice.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Actually, Sherwood's are pretty good units, the one you have wasn't their best model but it's still good. And unless you plan on Djing or doing mixes there's many brands out there that are just as good if not better than a 1200. People tend to romantize over them because of their history, but most audiophiles will tell you it's just a bunch of hype.

this is my baby right here. but they've seem to made this model available in an array of colors now.



Mines looks more like this, but it also has the glass disc like the one above.