GARRARD 401 - Restoration thread!!

[kirstysdad]

I very much regret selling mine...

[Wakefield Turntables]

I very much regret selling mine...

Find a knackered one like me and do it up!

[Wakefield Turntables]

The Garrard 401 (39432) Restoration Pt XIII - Not unlucky for some...

The 401 has been a mainstay of my collection for a good number of years now. Presently I'm having a kick-ass time experimenting with JICO stylii, this time it's the JICO SAS/B N447X stylus and it's a real stunner. I'm using this with my modded Shure M55E cartridge, this in itself will be going through a modification with a new Panzerholz body when it arrives from Germany. The new stylus has had about 5-7 hours usage and is nicely burning in, I'm having loads of fun trying different LP's which I haven't played for years. The 401 really is an amazing deck even though it's shunned by people who want an example of it's older brother the 301. Here's a quick picture of current 401 setup.



And here is a close up of the JICO N447-X SAS/B stylus in the Shure M55E.



I'm still debating getting the SAS/R which would be the ultimate for the little Shure M55E, maybe one day! Stay tuned...

[mbic]

According to the Garrard Serial Number Decoder, it was made around June 1974. That makes it a late one.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Thanks Michael, that's something I didn't know about my deck. I'm actually 9 months older than my deck! Talk about revisting your youth.

[mbic]

I have had my 401 since around 1970 when I was 20, I will be 74 this September! My 401 is in a Slateage skeletal plinth with a SME V and Denon DL 304.

[Jimbo]

The Garrard 401 (39432) Restoration Pt XIII - Not unlucky for some...

The 401 has been a mainstay of my collection for a good number of years now. Presently I'm having a kick-ass time experimenting with JICO stylii, this time it's the JICO SAS/B N447X stylus and it's a real stunner. I'm using this with my modded Shure M55E cartridge, this in itself will be going through a modification with a new Panzerholz body when it arrives from Germany. The new stylus has had about 5-7 hours usage and is nicely burning in, I'm having loads of fun trying different LP's which I haven't played for years. The 401 really is an amazing deck even though it's shunned by people who want an example of it's older brother the 301. Here's a quick picture of current 401 setup.



And here is a close up of the JICO N447-X SAS/B stylus in the Shure M55E.



I'm still debating getting the SAS/R which would be the ultimate for the little Shure M55E, maybe one day! Stay tuned...

Err what happened to your M55e Andy - is that a special edition!? SHURE would like to hear that combo and seriously considering the JICO N447-X SAS/B.

[Wakefield Turntables]

That is the M55E! I debodied it years ago after a recognised that the outer casing was massively resonant. I bought the Cocobola wood body from a chap in Germany who's still trading on eBay and will send stuff to the UK. I have had a Panzerholz body especially made for the M55E in a bid to further shield the M55E. The magnesium arm in the SME V-12 removes a lot of resonance getting into the cartridge, but we have a birch ply plinth and a decoupled motor which should also help. The Panzerholz body is just another mod to try and further reduce resonance.

[Jimbo]

That is the M55E! I debodied it years ago after a recognised that the outer casing was massively resonant. I bought the Cocobola wood body from a chap in Germany who's still trading on eBay and will send stuff to the UK. I have had a Panzerholz body especially made for the M55E in a bid to further shield the M55E. The magnesium arm in the SME V-12 removes a lot of resonance getting into the cartridge, but we have a birch ply plinth and a decoupled motor which should also help. The Panzerholz body is just another mod to try and further reduce resonance.

Nice one.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Jim, the chaps called Stanley Engineering Shop on eBay if you ever fancy a punt. He does all sorts of weird and wonderful woods, a tweakers delight.