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.

Awesome! Glad to hear that.

Thanks for watching. Nice to have fans from the land of the summer Christmas. :D

Hey Ken same in the States. Love vinyl.

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.

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...

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!

Corsley? More like a mega pile of shite

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

I have one. A viewer thought the same thing and sent one in.

I bet it did.

Better cart would help.

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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.

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Thanks for watching, David.

That stuff is pricey though. I usually use automotive belt dressing. Works similarly to rejuvenate and restore tackiness to old rubber.

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.

For too long stuff like this just went to the curb with the weekly garbage.

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:)

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

I watch a couple other guys on KZfaq 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!!!!

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?

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.

A lever would be nice. I'll throw in some new RCA cables if someone wants to buy it.

lighter fluid that is

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.

That's what I wanted to say, and with the emphasis on the first syllable: GA-rard. :-)

I think it's more reasonably worth about $60-$70 retail. But I'll take it.

Try here www.etsy.com/listing/532073054/vintage-garrard-lab-72b-fully-automatic?&gclid=Cj0KCQjwz_TMBRD0ARIsADfk7hSxtRat69Pul8NQbkP6vR_0FHOi3_Z_tstDIUv0iLp2wJmytjyI2awaAlNDEALw_wcB

that's ridiculous...

$125 is the gouging the hipsters price.

Great job by the way . By the looks of it being so clean ,, It probably had the same problem .A very expensive job if I had it sent out for repair .

It's definitely not belt drive. Like most Garrards it's rim drive

Yeah, its there design. and appearance, you can confuse it with a belt drive with its design at some angles and the first shot he gave it...and I don't keep up on the companies tech preference, so that lead to some confusion. But I knew it when I seen how that metal peace was working with resistance that he found the problem although he wasn't sure of it. The other stuff the oiling was secondary that would have probably slowed it down had it been working, but something was LOCKING the motor and swallowing the physical native activity as the joints he was lubricating would create a play drag...enjoyable...but not stop it. That stupid metal peace got locked up which was why he needed to heat up the oil to remove it. There are other ways you can do it, but I wouldn't recommend a cigarette lighter as the open flame can change the consistency of the metal and the operation. Anything that super heats metal with transference of contact would be good. Boiling water and a old radio antenna could work by holding it over the vapors or against a metal pot on the stove to heat it up, then apply it to the spindle could work. Because the interior of the antenna would collect and pocket the heat and contact with the oil would transfer it if you don't got what he used. It just takes longer because you got to find a old antenna, heat up water to expose the antenna to the heat to warm it before applying it...I haven't tried it. But this is the application of theory. Just don't put the antenna into water because you don't want to expose the components in the record player to water. It might even take a couple of warming of the antenna because what he used in the video creates continued consistent heating, and the antenna is warmed solely when over the vapor trails of boiling water. PS - stove water off a gas stove is better than electric and don't think hot water in the sink is the best solution as water on the stove has continued heat friction. PS - don't used the boiled water for dinner especially if you accidentally dip the antenna as it raises a metal compound in the water - this isn't the best 2 and 1 solution and could make you sick and ESPECIALLY it would leave a metal like taste to your food that would make you gag. Oh, if you accidentally wet the antenna dry it and start warming it again. Also the antenna should be a section of a retraction antenna like you might find on a boom box, and the base section is best as it pockets more heat. Kudos.