Turntable

[ninedecks]

I've a Garrard 86SB mk11 available. In remarkably good condition.
Rescued from a loft where it had been stored for many years.
£37 collected. This would leave you a bit of cash to upgrade the original cartridge.
Dave

[John]

You could get a decent lenco for 150 and upgrade it when funds became available be far better than the Rega if you put it in a decent plinth and get it working correctly

[tim_bissell]

Can you make or buy a simple shelf and screw it to the wall just above the rack? Put it up whole the Mrs. is out

-- Tim

[DSJR]

I've a Garrard 86SB mk11 available. In remarkably good condition.
Rescued from a loft where it had been stored for many years.
£37 collected. This would leave you a bit of cash to upgrade the original cartridge.
Dave

Having just performed extensive mechanical surgery on a mechanically similar (apart from the drive) AP76, if anyone gets one of these underated decks, PLEASE don't force the speed change mechanism and even use the deck until the pivoting linkages have been freed off (not with WD40 either) and the trip pawl on the auto-cam has been properly cleaned and re-fitted. Get these things sorted mechanically and re-wired from deck to amp and the "AP,SL and Zero" Garrards (including the 86 models) actually sound pretty decent with something like an AT120E (440MLa?) and similar "kind" MM types tracking at around 1.5g fitted. Surpsingly good in fact, covering their tracks very well - sweet toned and airy in presentation. They do need some work on them usually, but having stripped out my first AP76 forty years ago this summer (YIKES!!!!!), I was keen to try one again...