The Garrard 401 (39432) Restoration Pt I - Am I nuts...

I've always wanted a 401 and after restoring a 301 I thought I'd have a crack at one of these. The resto must be easier than my Goldring G99 which over 2 years to finish. This 401 (39432) does have some problem with the paint work but that's pretty easy to fix and I can see I'm going to have fun stripping this down and getting a decent finish. This project is going to be a complete nuts and bolts restoration with everything being stripped and re-assembled, I'll be plonking this in a nice plinth and then comparing against my 301. I've already got a Phoenix Engineering Tachometer and PSU system organised so this will be completely stable to within 0.001 RPM!


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The mat and metal disc are looking a bit worse for wear but these are easy fixes. The grey top plate is shot and so are switches and legends .


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The wiring is the typical rats nest of crap! I'll be rewiring all this. I do know that the thing turns on and spins!!

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The deck should be showing up sometime next week, so as ever stay tuned!