UPDATE: Lot's of people questioned if this was indeed out of a console. I know for a fact it was...more on that coming in Wednesday's video...stay tuned! Also, I do have the stacker spindle - haven't tested it yet. Thanks for all of the kind comments - it was a fun show.
Then it was maybe a custom built console to which the owner could install any brand of electronics. You seem to have a lot of British viewers today. 11,000 feet up there, I don't think I'd stay around long.
Actually, the 'bias' or 'anti-skate' system on this series is not primitive at all. It's quite advanced, providing the proper bias relative to the tone arm's position rather than a very hard to calibrate spring (which, done properly works, too, just BSR and Audio Technica both had their problems with that, decades apart.)
and sound amazing too i have a a zero100 but i prefer the 92 as it has the conventional antiskate as aposed to the magnet type, but i do like the speed adjuster, i love old Garrards
Nice record changer. It didn’t necessarily come out of a console, but it is meant to go into one. Consoles don’t get the love they deserve. The size of the cabinet works as something of a resonance chamber, giving their sound an inherent depth and richness. I recall an old Zenith console, the on/off switch was on the bass knob, not the volume knob. The idea was that if you switched it on with the bass all the way up the “pop” would be loud enough to potentially damage something.
I love Garrard TTs (my dad had two of them). Usually their one drawback was that they ran slow, sometimes putting your music a half key lower, so you really lucked out with the accuracy on this one (unless it was the ‘cheaper’ models that did this). Also, if I remember correctly, the #s on the tone arm are the grams of tracking force. You would zero out the arm, then slide the weight to the appropriate number.
Note again, that I bought one new, back in the 1970's. The M/Auto lever is supposed to raise up the front of the cartridge in auto mode and lower it in manual mode but yours wasn't working. You turn (not slide) the counterweight to zero balance the arm with the sliding weight set to zero. The markings on the sliding weight indicate the stylus force in grams, and it's pretty accurate, if you initially balance the arm so it floats horizontally with the weight set at 0 grams.The ant-skating is a step up from the hanging weight type (so, by no means is it primitive). The plastic tower holds your stack of 12 inch LP's at the outer edge for automatic multi-play operation,. It's there in place of the more common arm thing that swivels over and rests on top of the stack of records. The new units had wonderful viscous damped cueing and smooth, quiet operation. The base vs. console thing: Garrard made standard bases and dust covers for these. Those might even still be available on e-bay, perhaps. Probably, if your unit came out of a console that would have been a custom-made console. UPDATE! IDK about any of these being used in console stereos, really. Your M/A lever was not functioning because the slide-on cartridge holder was somehow hanging low in the front. That would result with too steep of a vertical tracking angle, creating distortion and maybe even causing the stylus plastic housing to drag on the record. The cartridge holder slides in or out of the headshell at the front of the tonearm. These 'tables came with a transparent plastic stylus overhang gauge. With the cartridge slider removed, the gauge would slide onto the slider and the cartridge would be positioned so that the stylus tip lines up with the indicator on the plastic gauge.
Several things about this turntable. It probably did not come out of a console and just needs the base, sold separately. You should clean and lubricate the changer mechanism: the auto shut off is not working. Lubricate the motor too. That is a record stabilizer at the back, but it only works with 12" records. You'll need to find the long stacking spindle and the thick 45 rpm stacking adaptor. You've put an N75 stylus on the M44 cartridge and as you pointed out, the angle is wrong. The scale on top of the tone arm is for tracking weight which you adjust after you balance the arm. The scale on the side is indeed for anti-skate and you'll note it has settings for both conical and elliptical styli. And finally, look up the correct pronunciation of Garrard!
The markings on the arm are for setting tracking force. You slide the small weight to the zero mark, use the counter weight to zero balance the arm, and then set the proper tracking force using the small weight and the markings on the arm. The anti skate design is quite decent, they just use a weight instead of a spring. The pole next to the arm is used when you install the optional stacking spindle.
Great video! It is a record changer. The device in the back by the rear of the tone arm may be related to the stacking of records. Very interesting to see the clockwork mechanism. Nice seeing different locations too! Purple Suitcase?
Under the platter, the mechanism at the 3 o'clock position is for the shut-off after the record is done. There are two pieces, IIRC, that need to be cleaned of old grease so they move independently of one another. Not a hard fix!
Bear Family does an amazing job, especially on their box sets. You're right about the care and attention they take with their releases. All the extra material included is much appreciated by most collectors. i just visited their website and discovered the Patsy Cline CD, along with the Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins CDs, are available as a bundle at a reduced price.
Bear Family Records is where I bought my 4 beautiful huge LP sized box sets of Dean Martin. The 4 sets cover his entire recording career. The sound quality of these sets is unbelievable. Multiple CD's, some DVD's and an LP size hardcover book in each box. Tons of pictures and information. Well worth the cost. Bear Family Records is totally amazing in every way.
It would not have come out of a console if it came in its original box. This is how they were sold. You could purchase the base separately. That was the norm for Duals and Garrards (and many others) back in the day.
Hey, I believe that the numbers and the slider on the tone arm are a fine adjustment for the tracking force. The slider is a weight. This is a cool TT and would be worth buildind a base for. Have fun with it!!!
Garrard and BSR turntables could be found in most record players, stereograms and 'music centres' here in the UK until at least the late Seventies. I don't know if you had the latter in the US - a flat tabletop console system with a tuner, cassette, phono and very occasionally an 8-track deck, all integrated under a plexiglass lid, but most of the ones sold here had a British-made record mech in them. And it's funny you say that about country music, as I'm getting a similar education in metal and other heavy genres from my GF, a Goth, metalhead and general connoisseur of everything that rocks 🤘 I've always been more of a MOR / EDM kinda guy; loved my disco house, Eurodance and trance back in the day, but she's introduced me to a whole load of new music (much of it British 🇬🇧) that always seemed inaccessible without a knowledgeable 'guide'. Oh, and I've also discovered that metalheads are generally some of the nicest and most open-minded folks around 😊
I own a Garrard Zero 100sb from 1976 with an Empire 2000 cartridge and it still works as a clock. When I was a kid, my father had a 86sb with the same brushed metal base as mine.
I had one, back in the day. It had a base and dust cover, and a Shure M95ED magnetic cartridge tracking at a bit less than 1.5 grams. No, it probably was not pulled out of a console. It's just the chassis without the base and dust cover. The base had flip-up storage bins on the right of the table for the single play and multi-play spindles and a single-play 45 rpm adaptor. A multi-play 45 rpm spindle, the LRS100, was available as an add-on accessory. I landed here because I'm trying to find out the year when these were made. I'm trying to remember when I bought the 'table to determine something else; that is when was Queen's album, A Night at the Opera released. I played that album on the wonderful Garrard 82 in all it's glory, with very smooth an quiet automatic and manual operation. Sources say the Queen album came out in 1975. I'm pretty certain I did not have the Model 82 table back in '75, when I was still in high school. I distinctly remember listening to that album in a listening room when I was in college, around 1977 or '78. I graduated college in '79. That was just after that the next two albums, A Day at the Races, and the album with We Will Rock You/We are the Champions were released. We could ask Brian May, but I think the sources on when some '70's albums were released might be in error (or I'm in error, but my memory is not very faulty). So please let me know, if you know how to get in touch with Brian May! UPDATE! I probably bought the 'table in the summer of '75, when I had a part time job, after graduating from high school in June '75 and before attending college starting in September '75. The album, I guess must've been released in '75 but I didn't hear it and bought the album a couple of years later, I guess. The phono cartridge was a Shure M91ED, not a M95ED.
I had this turntable, purchased new in 1975 from Olsen Electronics in Cleveland, Ohio. Yours could have been in a console but not necessarily. The TT was sold separately from the base. Two bases were available, the less expensive plastic one (which I purchased) and a more expensive wooden one. It was a fine TT, which I used with an Audio Technica AT 11-E Cartridge. The weak point is the headshell which was what broke on mine. The slide on the arm is the down force. The arm was balanced by setting the arm force to 0, the arm is balanced by turning the counterweight until balance is achieved. Then downward force applied with corresponding anti-skating. BTW, I MAY have my original manual in files if you want me to scan it and send it to you as a pdf. I may even have a replacement NOS Idler or two purchased about 1980. Can't say about the elastomer, but has never been used.
it's running repeat because some of the cam gears are fouling on the packing material you are using to support the record deck. The clearance is tight. Try supporting the turntable on 3 equal size cans of soup for servicing and testing (or other canned foods)... one under each spring support. Either that or the grease is old and stiff. Clean of any hardened grease with IPA and re grease. Also, Garrard sold the plinth as a separate item. The plinth would be available in 3 different wood types or... you could just embed it in your own cabinet. You get to choose. You can still find plinths on ebay from time to time. Also, the 82 was available in white as well as black so you could mix and mach deck colour with plinth colour. The service manual pdf file is also easily available on line with a quick Google search. I recommend reading it. Also, it explains the decks full operation. I run a Garrard SP25 Mark III from 1975 as my main turntable. It needs re-greasing every 5 years but apart from that... they will run problem free forever when set up correctly. Good luck and enjoy.
Garrard turntables were sold without the base or dustcover, they were sold separately. If it had come from a console, you wouldn’t have the box and packing. Back in the day, you would buy these from a reseller such as Lafayette Radio or Allied Electronics. Lafayette offered a “free” cartridge for a addional penny. You had your choice of an Empire, Pickering or Shure cartridge. As a poor hifi geek back in 1969, I bought a Garrard 40B. I could’t afford the base, so I pilfered three soup cans from my Mom’s pantry, one for each of the springs. This served until I saved up the $11 for the base and dustcover. Two observations. The record size switch is, basically a cam that the changer mechanism “reads” when the changer is engaged. Second, the structure that you wondered about being “broken”, is actually part of the two-point support for stacked records. This replaced the older overarm found on practically all automatic changers. This needed, because the design of the spindle requires some support or pressure to hold the stacked records level. Dual used a different spindle design that could support the stack by itself. The cueing mechanism uses viscous fluid that is, almost certainly, dried up. Back in the day, I worked on a lot of record changers when I was a repair technician.
I enjoyed your video very much.Patsy Cline was such a big talent that her fame ran across all types of music. I fell in love with her the first time i heard her sing. I have never met anyone that didn't care for her work. She was very special.
You keep calling it a turntable. It is a RECORD CHANGER which used to be very popular. You say it is out of a console but if it was it would not be boxed like that. Many record changers were sold like the one you show and the base ( plinth ) was sold separately as well as the cartridge. Changers like the one you are showing have stood the test of time. In 50+ years where will todays cheapie turntablees being sold these days be ? I still have my Garrard AT60 from the 1960's still playing well. Thanks so much for this video showing people what Quality is really all about.
The markings on the tone arm are stylus pressure. You first balance it at Zero and then advance the slide to the desired force. The device to the side is to facilitate stacking of discs. They offered two different spindles. You have the standard single one. But there is a taller one that allows you to stack records on that platform. In full automatic, as one record ends and the arm retracts, the next disc will drop.
That should have come with a stacking spindle. That's vertical tracking on the arm an anti-skate beside the arm. Most of those turntables the plinth was so separate
That's a great vintage turntable find! Since you're not interested in a big console-type cabinet, you can build your own base to your liking, you can even use a vintage small piece of luggage and place the Preamp, Amp and speakers there to make it a one-of-a-kind Garrard portable suitcase player, that'd be awesome 😍 😃
I still have mine, it's that exact model. Bought it new back in the late 70's from Jim Hudson at Hudson's Audio on Pennsylvania and Menaul here in albuquerque. They are long gone but I still have the turntable. Haven't run it in years!
looks like it is missing it's Base. The sticker showing "Caution : refer to enclosed instructions for fitting Base."(time 12:01). I bought a NOS Garrard SL 65 from the 1970's in its original box and I had to install the changer to the base.
I agree with you about country music. When I hear someone say they don't like country music I always ask which country music because of the great variety within country music across the decades.
Have a few of these in the series 82,92 and zero 100 ,the thing at 1 oclock on the platter is the record stacker works with the long spindle to drop records. Nice find
Bear Family Records….they know how to do it right! I grew up with a mom who was a Country fan, so I was listening to everything from The Beatles to Dolly Parton to The Carpenters to Patsy Cline to Dixieland Jazz to Lawrence Welk.
That wasn't from a consul, or as we called them a radio gram, it's how we used to buy record decks in the 1970's - just the deck, no wooden plinth. It would have come with a paper stencil for cutting out the hole for the mechanism in a bit of plywood. Oh and it's a "Garr-ard" - like "Garage", not a "Jarrard" The switch on the head shell is interesting, I've never seen that before. Maybe mono/stereo? Finally I think that was originally an autochanger, the long spindle is missing,
Great video and fantastic mechanism. Would be great to have it mounted in a clear cabinet so that the working mech would be on display when in use. Keep up the great work. Denis, Ireland
I just received a vintage Garrard as a gift. I have never had one before. Everything works, but I can only faintly hear the sound. I believe I need a pre-amp. What kind of speaker do you connect it to? I'd love to have some help!!
A great review. Brings back memories. This was the first "really good" turntable that I bought in the 70s to replace another Garrard with a ceramic cartridge. It came with a Sure cartridge and an optional heavy wood/plastic base and was purchased at a Lafayette Radio and Electronics store in MA with one of their branded tuners and speaker sets. It was a great setup, although a bit pricy. The setup lasted me well into the mid 90s.
What about a MARANTZ SLT-12 or if you have very little room what about a MARANTZ 143 system with a Linear Tracking Turntable with the tonearm in the lid of the turntable which has a belt which can be accessed after removing the black pegs holding the cover on the tone arm assembly and the belt is replaced the pegs are replaced.
Just set the weight at the back of the arm to balanced, and then slide the little slider on the arm to the right stylus force. Simple., nice mechanism for this. Seems a very nice one. Congrats!
I worked at Plessey in Ilford and worked on building transceiver’s that were used by the Royal Navy. Plessey also built traffic light boxes and other electronics They were taken over by Siemens The turntables were built in Swindon England. You are missing the long spindle for the auto hanger I preferred the BSR record players myself
10:10 Looks a lot like the underside of the 1974 Dual 1229 that I bought new and still have. "Fix My Dual" in Des Moines Iowa restored it 3 years ago. My first turntable was a late 60's Garrard. I don't remember the model number but it was one or two steps above entry level when they probably made a dozen different models. I thought it was pretty great when I got it. I'm thinking that the A-M switch on the headset is to adjust the tracking angle. A = automatic = a stack of records on the drop down spindle. M = manual = single record at a time. My Dual has a switch at the back of the tonearm that lifts the arm up to play multiple records stacked on a spindle. Yes, the Dual 1229 came with a spindle for playing stacks of records. I've still got my spindle but I only used it a few times to see how it worked and to play double albums with the 1-4, 2-3 side format.
nice. the only thing to go wrong is the Garrard Greese which goes like glue. but you can use it in manual mode i have many Garrards and they sound amazing
There should be a stacking spindle, for usually up to 6 records. These are often missing as record stacking was out of fashion by the time these were made.
One thing I hate about Garrard Record Changers is that most have the speed and size of record in 1 piece. I have 12 inch 45rpm records that won't work properly through the auto feature. I even have 10 inch 78rpm records that will also not work properly.
I grew up with my parents having Country on every morning so I always liked it and I do love 80's hair bands as well, but the modern country has gotten really good some of it borders on rock. To me the king of country will always be and has always been George Strait. Country and Rock from like 70's to late 90's are my favorite genres.
Great find for $10! I have a turntable out of a Phillips console from the 1970’s. Unfortunately, the rubber idler was dry and cracked, but the mechanism worked, albeit very noisy. If I can find a reasonably price rubber idler, I plan to make a clear acrylic base. It would be fun to watch the record changing mechanism playing a record.
This is a great find I had. Garrard 775 or 770 I don't remember TT same type of tone arm it had issues like not switching to certain speeds as I switch to 45 to 78 the idler wheel goes down but if it is bummed up with old grease it will not switch speeds it jams all it needs is degreasing and cleaning and regressing u will get 78 rpm same with the autofunction it maybe bummed up like mine was I got it to work and it ran great with a stacking spindle for LP and 45 I have it to a coworker who had a suitcase player his died so I have him this one it had a cover I put in a new stylus and he was very happy I like these TT's like I said in beginning it is very mechanical to me it sounds real cool I have given up on my audio tech LP-120usb and more mod TT'S THE automation is for me I had the Garrard which I miss but I also have Dual 1009sk a 1225 two BSR with a ceramic and mag cart and I still have the C-10. I love them all and will never go back to manual again I work way too hard to sit down and get up or when I dose off to have tonearm at end of record so enjoy your Garrard TT these are great JRo
This could have been purchased to upgrade a ceramic cartridge setup in a console.and you say it was. Most often high tracking force ceramic cartridge setups were in consoles due to low cost (less levels of amplification needed due to very high output from the very cheap to manufacture ceramic cartridges) and more mistracking resistance ( 5g-10g tracking force) to combat the effects of vibrations. Coupled with rarely better than passable internal speakers whih rarely had any real bass in spite of their size these consoles were the mainsay for all those Jonses non-audiophiles needed to keep up with. Rare was the console with a designed in phono preamp and medium compliance magnetic cartridge turntable setup. They were outhere especially with Miracord turntables. Upgrading was not too hard as most turntables of the day were sold as naked chassis with a cutout diagram for a plinth or cabinet in the box. Note the foam damped spring suspension in the video as well as the draw bolts with metal clips to fit holes cut and drilled for the mechanism and securing bolts. This would have been an upper midrange changer suitable for a console or being custom mounted. Premade plinths most certainly would have been available. Could that be a Shure M91 ? Nice video guy! I was working electronics repair when these were wicked popular. GAK
Weird that the only option for record size, at 78rpm, is 12 inches when it is of course more common to see 78 rpm records at 10 inches. Always interested in the different ways different brands set up the functionality of these automatic changers though, thanks for sharing!
Garrard actually made two types of drop changers, the common spindle drop, that is most familiar, and the table drop, where the edge of the record rested on a small side table, from which it was pushed by a small finger to drop. For a time, Garrard, like many other manufacturers, made auto indexing changers, which didn't require manually dialing in the record size.
The only thing I have against these tables are slowing or stopping durning auto mode and extensive hum ! I have 2 Duals and 2 BSR's that play flawless. These must be common problems with Garrards. I've never had one that works.
Garrard is a very nice Britisch turntable ,there are more quality brands for electronics in England , Roberts [ best build quality in portable radio ] and another best quality radio brand is Hacker to !!
Took nine minutes to actually start talking about the turntable. And even more to actually get into its performance and quality. I lost my patience and will continue life not knowing if it’s good or bad.
Record ology I have a Crosley record player it has built in tap player and mw fmstreo and built in CD player my aunt bought new and paid 200,00 dollars for it aunt is not alive
Interesting video - it took me back to my school days. But, please note, Garrard is pronounced with a hard "G" as in Gary, not a soft "G" as in giraffe. A little research would have put you right!
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UPDATE: Lot's of people questioned if this was indeed out of a console. I know for a fact it was...more on that coming in Wednesday's video...stay tuned! Also, I do have the stacker spindle - haven't tested it yet. Thanks for all of the kind comments - it was a fun show.
Then it was maybe a custom built console to which the owner could install any brand of electronics. You seem to have a lot of British viewers today. 11,000 feet up there, I don't think I'd stay around long.
Actually, the 'bias' or 'anti-skate' system on this series is not primitive at all. It's quite advanced, providing the proper bias relative to the tone arm's position rather than a very hard to calibrate spring (which, done properly works, too, just BSR and Audio Technica both had their problems with that, decades apart.)
It's from 1974. Original price was $119.95.
I have the Zero 92 and it is the most reliable turntable I’ve ever owned. I don’t care what anyone says, it’s an ingenious piece of engineering.
and sound amazing too i have a a zero100 but i prefer the 92 as it has the conventional antiskate as aposed to the magnet type, but i do like the speed adjuster, i love old Garrards
Nice record changer. It didn’t necessarily come out of a console, but it is meant to go into one.
Consoles don’t get the love they deserve. The size of the cabinet works as something of a resonance chamber, giving their sound an inherent depth and richness.
I recall an old Zenith console, the on/off switch was on the bass knob, not the volume knob. The idea was that if you switched it on with the bass all the way up the “pop” would be loud enough to potentially damage something.
I love Garrard TTs (my dad had two of them). Usually their one drawback was that they ran slow, sometimes putting your music a half key lower, so you really lucked out with the accuracy on this one (unless it was the ‘cheaper’ models that did this). Also, if I remember correctly, the #s on the tone arm are the grams of tracking force. You would zero out the arm, then slide the weight to the appropriate number.
The FIRST thing you should do when you get a piece of equipment is find the owner's manual online and read it.
Here in Brazil,the garrard models were very popular, its nice to see people from other parts of the world talking about it
My dad was always a Garrard user. He had an SP25 MK II, which he would later change for the more plastic MK IV.
Note again, that I bought one new, back in the 1970's. The M/Auto lever is supposed to raise up the front of the cartridge in auto mode and lower it in manual mode but yours wasn't working. You turn (not slide) the counterweight to zero balance the arm with the sliding weight set to zero. The markings on the sliding weight indicate the stylus force in grams, and it's pretty accurate, if you initially balance the arm so it floats horizontally with the weight set at 0 grams.The ant-skating is a step up from the hanging weight type (so, by no means is it primitive). The plastic tower holds your stack of 12 inch LP's at the outer edge for automatic multi-play operation,. It's there in place of the more common arm thing that swivels over and rests on top of the stack of records. The new units had wonderful viscous damped cueing and smooth, quiet operation. The base vs. console thing: Garrard made standard bases and dust covers for these. Those might even still be available on e-bay, perhaps. Probably, if your unit came out of a console that would have been a custom-made console. UPDATE! IDK about any of these being used in console stereos, really. Your M/A lever was not functioning because the slide-on cartridge holder was somehow hanging low in the front. That would result with too steep of a vertical tracking angle, creating distortion and maybe even causing the stylus plastic housing to drag on the record. The cartridge holder slides in or out of the headshell at the front of the tonearm. These 'tables came with a transparent plastic stylus overhang gauge. With the cartridge slider removed, the gauge would slide onto the slider and the cartridge would be positioned so that the stylus tip lines up with the indicator on the plastic gauge.
Several things about this turntable. It probably did not come out of a console and just needs the base, sold separately. You should clean and lubricate the changer mechanism: the auto shut off is not working. Lubricate the motor too. That is a record stabilizer at the back, but it only works with 12" records. You'll need to find the long stacking spindle and the thick 45 rpm stacking adaptor. You've put an N75 stylus on the M44 cartridge and as you pointed out, the angle is wrong. The scale on top of the tone arm is for tracking weight which you adjust after you balance the arm. The scale on the side is indeed for anti-skate and you'll note it has settings for both conical and elliptical styli. And finally, look up the correct pronunciation of Garrard!
The markings on the arm are for setting tracking force. You slide the small weight to the zero mark, use the counter weight to zero balance the arm, and then set the proper tracking force using the small weight and the markings on the arm. The anti skate design is quite decent, they just use a weight instead of a spring. The pole next to the arm is used when you install the optional stacking spindle.
Great video! It is a record changer. The device in the back by the rear of the tone arm may be related to the stacking of records. Very interesting to see the clockwork mechanism. Nice seeing different locations too! Purple Suitcase?
That lever probably has something to do with the repeat function, too.
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Under the platter, the mechanism at the 3 o'clock position is for the shut-off after the record is done. There are two pieces, IIRC, that need to be cleaned of old grease so they move independently of one another. Not a hard fix!
Bear Family does an amazing job, especially on their box sets. You're right about the care and attention they take with their releases. All the extra material included is much appreciated by most collectors. i just visited their website and discovered the Patsy Cline CD, along with the Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins CDs, are available as a bundle at a reduced price.
Bear Family Records is where I bought my 4 beautiful huge LP sized box sets of Dean Martin. The 4 sets cover his entire recording career. The sound quality of these sets is unbelievable. Multiple CD's, some DVD's and an LP size hardcover book in each box. Tons of pictures and information. Well worth the cost. Bear Family Records is totally amazing in every way.
Loved this review! This reminded me of the very cool Zero 100 that maintained perfect cartridge alignment throughout the record. Love this channel!
It would not have come out of a console if it came in its original box. This is how they were sold. You could purchase the base separately. That was the norm for Duals and Garrards (and many others) back in the day.
Hey, I believe that the numbers and the slider on the tone arm are a fine adjustment for the tracking force. The slider is a weight. This is a cool TT and would be worth buildind a base for. Have fun with it!!!
That’s exactly what it is!
Garrard and BSR turntables could be found in most record players, stereograms and 'music centres' here in the UK until at least the late Seventies. I don't know if you had the latter in the US - a flat tabletop console system with a tuner, cassette, phono and very occasionally an 8-track deck, all integrated under a plexiglass lid, but most of the ones sold here had a British-made record mech in them.
And it's funny you say that about country music, as I'm getting a similar education in metal and other heavy genres from my GF, a Goth, metalhead and general connoisseur of everything that rocks 🤘
I've always been more of a MOR / EDM kinda guy; loved my disco house, Eurodance and trance back in the day, but she's introduced me to a whole load of new music (much of it British 🇬🇧) that always seemed inaccessible without a knowledgeable 'guide'. Oh, and I've also discovered that metalheads are generally some of the nicest and most open-minded folks around 😊
I own a Garrard Zero 100sb from 1976 with an Empire 2000 cartridge and it still works as a clock. When I was a kid, my father had a 86sb with the same brushed metal base as mine.
I had one, back in the day. It had a base and dust cover, and a Shure M95ED magnetic cartridge tracking at a bit less than 1.5 grams. No, it probably was not pulled out of a console. It's just the chassis without the base and dust cover. The base had flip-up storage bins on the right of the table for the single play and multi-play spindles and a single-play 45 rpm adaptor. A multi-play 45 rpm spindle, the LRS100, was available as an add-on accessory. I landed here because I'm trying to find out the year when these were made. I'm trying to remember when I bought the 'table to determine something else; that is when was Queen's album, A Night at the Opera released. I played that album on the wonderful Garrard 82 in all it's glory, with very smooth an quiet automatic and manual operation. Sources say the Queen album came out in 1975. I'm pretty certain I did not have the Model 82 table back in '75, when I was still in high school. I distinctly remember listening to that album in a listening room when I was in college, around 1977 or '78. I graduated college in '79. That was just after that the next two albums, A Day at the Races, and the album with We Will Rock You/We are the Champions were released. We could ask Brian May, but I think the sources on when some '70's albums were released might be in error (or I'm in error, but my memory is not very faulty). So please let me know, if you know how to get in touch with Brian May! UPDATE! I probably bought the 'table in the summer of '75, when I had a part time job, after graduating from high school in June '75 and before attending college starting in September '75. The album, I guess must've been released in '75 but I didn't hear it and bought the album a couple of years later, I guess. The phono cartridge was a Shure M91ED, not a M95ED.
I had this turntable, purchased new in 1975 from Olsen Electronics in Cleveland, Ohio. Yours could have been in a console but not necessarily. The TT was sold separately from the base. Two bases were available, the less expensive plastic one (which I purchased) and a more expensive wooden one. It was a fine TT, which I used with an Audio Technica AT 11-E Cartridge. The weak point is the headshell which was what broke on mine.
The slide on the arm is the down force. The arm was balanced by setting the arm force to 0, the arm is balanced by turning the counterweight until balance is achieved. Then downward force applied with corresponding anti-skating.
BTW, I MAY have my original manual in files if you want me to scan it and send it to you as a pdf. I may even have a replacement NOS Idler or two purchased about 1980. Can't say about the elastomer, but has never been used.
That’s awesome!
it's running repeat because some of the cam gears are fouling on the packing material you are using to support the record deck. The clearance is tight. Try supporting the turntable on 3 equal size cans of soup for servicing and testing (or other canned foods)... one under each spring support. Either that or the grease is old and stiff. Clean of any hardened grease with IPA and re grease.
Also, Garrard sold the plinth as a separate item. The plinth would be available in 3 different wood types or... you could just embed it in your own cabinet. You get to choose. You can still find plinths on ebay from time to time. Also, the 82 was available in white as well as black so you could mix and mach deck colour with plinth colour.
The service manual pdf file is also easily available on line with a quick Google search. I recommend reading it. Also, it explains the decks full operation.
I run a Garrard SP25 Mark III from 1975 as my main turntable. It needs re-greasing every 5 years but apart from that... they will run problem free forever when set up correctly.
Good luck and enjoy.
Garrard turntables were sold without the base or dustcover, they were sold separately. If it had come from a console, you wouldn’t have the box and packing.
Back in the day, you would buy these from a reseller such as Lafayette Radio or Allied Electronics. Lafayette offered a “free” cartridge for a addional penny. You had your choice of an Empire, Pickering or Shure cartridge.
As a poor hifi geek back in 1969, I bought a Garrard 40B. I could’t afford the base, so I pilfered three soup cans from my Mom’s pantry, one for each of the springs. This served until I saved up the $11 for the base and dustcover.
Two observations. The record size switch is, basically a cam that the changer mechanism “reads” when the changer is engaged. Second, the structure that you wondered about being “broken”, is actually part of the two-point support for stacked records. This replaced the older overarm found on practically all automatic changers. This needed, because the design of the spindle requires some support or pressure to hold the stacked records level. Dual used a different spindle design that could support the stack by itself. The cueing mechanism uses viscous fluid that is, almost certainly, dried up.
Back in the day, I worked on a lot of record changers when I was a repair technician.
I enjoyed your video very much.Patsy Cline was such a big talent that her fame
ran across all types of music. I fell in love with her the first time i heard her sing.
I have never met anyone that didn't care for her work. She was very special.
You keep calling it a turntable. It is a RECORD CHANGER which used to be very popular. You say it is out of a console but if it was it would not be boxed like that. Many record changers were sold like the one you show and the base ( plinth ) was sold separately as well as the cartridge. Changers like the one you are showing have stood the test of time. In 50+ years where will todays cheapie turntablees being sold these days be ? I still have my Garrard AT60 from the 1960's still playing well. Thanks so much for this video showing people what Quality is really all about.
Can you post a link for the band at the end? Would love to hear more of their retro music. Thanks.
ettdofficial.bandcamp.com/album/emiles-telegraphic-transmission-device
The markings on the tone arm are stylus pressure. You first balance it at Zero and then advance the slide to the desired force. The device to the side is to facilitate stacking of discs. They offered two different spindles. You have the standard single one. But there is a taller one that allows you to stack records on that platform. In full automatic, as one record ends and the arm retracts, the next disc will drop.
I have both spindles but the markings on the tone arm extend way beyond where the counter balance could go.
@@Recordology There should be a small weight that slides along the markings.
That should have come with a stacking spindle. That's vertical tracking on the arm an anti-skate beside the arm. Most of those turntables the plinth was so separate
That's a great vintage turntable find! Since you're not interested in a big console-type cabinet, you can build your own base to your liking, you can even use a vintage small piece of luggage and place the Preamp, Amp and speakers there to make it a one-of-a-kind Garrard portable suitcase player, that'd be awesome 😍 😃
I still have mine, it's that exact model. Bought it new back in the late 70's from Jim Hudson at Hudson's Audio on Pennsylvania and Menaul here in albuquerque. They are long gone but I still have the turntable. Haven't run it in years!
looks like it is missing it's Base. The sticker showing "Caution : refer to enclosed instructions for fitting Base."(time 12:01). I bought a NOS Garrard SL 65 from the 1970's in its original box and I had to install the changer to the base.
I agree with you about country music. When I hear someone say they don't like country music I always ask which country music because of the great variety within country music across the decades.
Have a few of these in the series 82,92 and zero 100 ,the thing at 1 oclock on the platter is the record stacker works with the long spindle to drop records. Nice find
Bear Family Records….they know how to do it right! I grew up with a mom who was a Country fan, so I was listening to everything from The Beatles to Dolly Parton to The Carpenters to Patsy Cline to Dixieland Jazz to Lawrence Welk.
That wasn't from a consul, or as we called them a radio gram, it's how we used to buy record decks in the 1970's - just the deck, no wooden plinth. It would have come with a paper stencil for cutting out the hole for the mechanism in a bit of plywood.
Oh and it's a "Garr-ard" - like "Garage", not a "Jarrard"
The switch on the head shell is interesting, I've never seen that before. Maybe mono/stereo?
Finally I think that was originally an autochanger, the long spindle is missing,
Great video and fantastic mechanism. Would be great to have it mounted in a clear cabinet so that the working mech would be on display when in use. Keep up the great work. Denis, Ireland
I just received a vintage Garrard as a gift. I have never had one before. Everything works, but I can only faintly hear the sound. I believe I need a pre-amp. What kind of speaker do you connect it to? I'd love to have some help!!
A great review. Brings back memories. This was the first "really good" turntable that I bought in the 70s to replace another Garrard with a ceramic cartridge. It came with a Sure cartridge and an optional heavy wood/plastic base and was purchased at a Lafayette Radio and Electronics store in MA with one of their branded tuners and speaker sets. It was a great setup, although a bit pricy. The setup lasted me well into the mid 90s.
What about a MARANTZ SLT-12 or if you have very little room what about a MARANTZ 143 system with a Linear Tracking Turntable with the tonearm in the lid of the turntable which has a belt which can be accessed after removing the black pegs holding the cover on the tone arm assembly and the belt is replaced the pegs are replaced.
Just set the weight at the back of the arm to balanced, and then slide the little slider on the arm to the right stylus force. Simple., nice mechanism for this. Seems a very nice one. Congrats!
I love that design of Garrard tonearms.
I worked at Plessey in Ilford and worked on building transceiver’s that were used by the Royal Navy.
Plessey also built traffic light boxes and other electronics
They were taken over by Siemens
The turntables were built in Swindon England.
You are missing the long spindle for the auto hanger
I preferred the BSR record players myself
Bear Family sells excellent compilations. Huge fanatic of their 10 inch LPs.
Very nice. Vintage auto turntable mechs, like tape decks are a marvel to watch. Ordered a copy of Patsy CD :)
That CD is gorgeous! Bear Family does such great work.
Yo. Where is part two of the Model 82 repair? Link to Part 2, please. Thanks.
10:10 Looks a lot like the underside of the 1974 Dual 1229 that I bought new and still have. "Fix My Dual" in Des Moines Iowa restored it 3 years ago. My first turntable was a late 60's Garrard. I don't remember the model number but it was one or two steps above entry level when they probably made a dozen different models. I thought it was pretty great when I got it.
I'm thinking that the A-M switch on the headset is to adjust the tracking angle. A = automatic = a stack of records on the drop down spindle. M = manual = single record at a time. My Dual has a switch at the back of the tonearm that lifts the arm up to play multiple records stacked on a spindle. Yes, the Dual 1229 came with a spindle for playing stacks of records. I've still got my spindle but I only used it a few times to see how it worked and to play double albums with the 1-4, 2-3 side format.
Love the bear catalogue looks like an impressive albums in it.
i've bought alot of turntables without a base, i just put boards under the edges to elevate it
nice. the only thing to go wrong is the Garrard Greese which goes like glue. but you can use it in manual mode i have many Garrards and they sound amazing
Record ology your Record player works good
Record ology your new Record player is cool
There should be a stacking spindle, for usually up to 6 records. These are often missing as record stacking was out of fashion by the time these were made.
Record ology I love record players
Sorry but shouldn’t the Patsy Kline props been done on a separate video?
i got a casette tape of Patsy cline, beautiful voice 🎶🎶
Awesome!
One thing I hate about Garrard Record Changers is that most have the speed and size of record in 1 piece. I have 12 inch 45rpm records that won't work properly through the auto feature. I even have 10 inch 78rpm records that will also not work properly.
I grew up with my parents having Country on every morning so I always liked it and I do love 80's hair bands as well, but the modern country has gotten really good some of it borders on rock. To me the king of country will always be and has always been George Strait. Country and Rock from like 70's to late 90's are my favorite genres.
Great find for $10! I have a turntable out of a Phillips console from the 1970’s. Unfortunately, the rubber idler was dry and cracked, but the mechanism worked, albeit very noisy. If I can find a reasonably price rubber idler, I plan to make a clear acrylic base. It would be fun to watch the record changing mechanism playing a record.
There are places that can rebuild your idler wheel with new rubber.
This is a great find I had. Garrard 775 or 770 I don't remember TT same type of tone arm it had issues like not switching to certain speeds as I switch to 45 to 78 the idler wheel goes down but if it is bummed up with old grease it will not switch speeds it jams all it needs is degreasing and cleaning and regressing u will get 78 rpm same with the autofunction it maybe bummed up like mine was I got it to work and it ran great with a stacking spindle for LP and 45 I have it to a coworker who had a suitcase player his died so I have him this one it had a cover I put in a new stylus and he was very happy I like these TT's like I said in beginning it is very mechanical to me it sounds real cool I have given up on my audio tech LP-120usb and more mod TT'S THE automation is for me I had the Garrard which I miss but I also have Dual 1009sk a 1225 two BSR with a ceramic and mag cart and I still have the C-10. I love them all and will never go back to manual again I work way too hard to sit down and get up or when I dose off to have tonearm at end of record so enjoy your Garrard TT these are great JRo
Great vid man always good to hear vids from you hope your feeling better >:D
This is a great record player
This could have been purchased to upgrade a ceramic cartridge setup in a console.and you say it was. Most often high tracking force ceramic cartridge setups were in consoles due to low cost (less levels of amplification needed due to very high output from the very cheap to manufacture ceramic cartridges) and more mistracking resistance ( 5g-10g tracking force) to combat the effects of vibrations. Coupled with rarely better than passable internal speakers whih rarely had any real bass in spite of their size these consoles were the mainsay for all those Jonses non-audiophiles needed to keep up with. Rare was the console with a designed in phono preamp and medium compliance magnetic cartridge turntable setup. They were outhere especially with Miracord turntables. Upgrading was not too hard as most turntables of the day were sold as naked chassis with a cutout diagram for a plinth or cabinet in the box. Note the foam damped spring suspension in the video as well as the draw bolts with metal clips to fit holes cut and drilled for the mechanism and securing bolts. This would have been an upper midrange changer suitable for a console or being custom mounted. Premade plinths most certainly would have been available. Could that be a Shure M91 ? Nice video guy! I was working electronics repair when these were wicked popular. GAK
we had a garrard back in the 70s.maybe that model
I sort of spelled it, and I found Emile's Telegraphic Transmission Device Good stuff. Are they a variation of what OMD was?
a good spit n polish, a shiny vintage plinth, set the anti scate, and it should be beautiful.
That's pretty cool. You going to build a box for it?
Not sure yet
Hi Great!!!!! HOw sad it is that they don't make things like this anymore. Now, your lucky if a audio product lasts 5 or 10 years.
I love Patsy Cline music !!, greetings from Assen in the Netherlands !!
Excellent! Greetings!
Weird that the only option for record size, at 78rpm, is 12 inches when it is of course more common to see 78 rpm records at 10 inches. Always interested in the different ways different brands set up the functionality of these automatic changers though, thanks for sharing!
I agree. I have about twenty 78’s, which are all 10 inches.
Garrard actually made two types of drop changers, the common spindle drop, that is most familiar, and the table drop, where the edge of the record rested on a small side table, from which it was pushed by a small finger to drop. For a time, Garrard, like many other manufacturers, made auto indexing changers, which didn't require manually dialing in the record size.
Angela Normansell sang tracks exactly like Patsy Cline and if you closed your eyes you would swear blind that it was Patsy Cline Singing.
Where can I hear her singing?
If you're interested in parting with this let me know I might be interested
The only thing I have against these tables are slowing or stopping durning auto mode and extensive hum ! I have 2 Duals and 2 BSR's that play flawless. These must be common problems with Garrards. I've never had one that works.
Awesome video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Better to leave the motor running when changing speed with that type of idler drive.
Please can I ask what the best speak for this is ?
its in amazing condition
You look good in this video
Thank you
Awesome video !
Thanks!
Plinth sold separately.
A couple of box sets patsy cline radio shows.
Record ology your Record player sond good
45 12 inch option si missing 😁
Some of your actions may be gummed up, but overall it is a great turntable you got there.
Woohoo~ like it~ amazing ,catch you later! 👏
Thank you! Cheers!
Garrard is a very nice Britisch turntable ,there are more quality brands for electronics in England , Roberts [ best build quality in portable radio ] and another best quality radio brand is Hacker to !!
Bear family good label.
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Shouldn't really touch the idler wheel rubber with fingers
You call synth-pop "retro"?! for us dinosaurs it's still a hot novelty.
"Up on cripple creek...."
Took nine minutes to actually start talking about the turntable. And even more to actually get into its performance and quality. I lost my patience and will continue life not knowing if it’s good or bad.
looks like it came from one of those 50s radiograms
Record ology I have a Crosley record player it has built in tap player and mw fmstreo and built in CD player my aunt bought new and paid 200,00 dollars for it aunt is not alive
Awesome!
Record ology what year is your record player the record player is built better then the new record players
Interesting video - it took me back to my school days. But, please note, Garrard is pronounced with a hard "G" as in Gary, not a soft "G" as in giraffe. A little research would have put you right!
It's about the CD not the turntable
Makes me laugh how Americans pronounce the word Garrard especially as I used to wire the arms up on Garrard turntables back in the day.