That's nice work Andrew. That plinth looks quite different from the one I had though.
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That's nice work Andrew. That plinth looks quite different from the one I had though.
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Brian, this GL75 was made in Italy so I presume the plinth was made there as well.
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Ah..that probably explains it
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The Reference Lenco Pt CXIII - A picture paints a thousand words.
So here is a picture of the stock Lenco. It's hiding a few secrets! I thought I'd detail what's been done so far.
1. The platter has had a little polish. It's still not great and is a work in progress. I'll polish it a little every day or so until I'm happy with the finish. OK this is not strictly going to improve the performance of the deck but it sure looks nice!
2. Speed selector replacement. This deck had no speed selector and luckily I managed to find a fully intact one in my spares, so whilst not original to this deck it's colour perfect for the year the deck was made.
3. The platter mat. This was filthy, so the disc has been polished and the mat has been cleaned and treated to some Autoglym rubber repair.
4. The top plate. The paint work has been T-cut a couple of times and now shines, I notice a couple of bubbles under the paintwork but I like these and are part of the decks history. I polished the metal trim on the top plates base, again very dirty but now just looks factory fresh.
5. The bias weight. The screw was missing from the bias weight and a really helpful LH member sent me a replacement.
6. I've polished the counterweights on the tonerarm.
So, a few things still need doing. The tonearm needs a little cleaning and overhauling, new "V" blocks, better grounding wire, etc. The motor needs stripping and overhauling. I need to install new power cable, and a few other bits and bobs. Slow and steady wins the race.
Stay tuned.
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Looking great, Andrew. I’d completely forgotten 16rpm was ever a thing!
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Looks nearly as nice as mine mate.Originally Posted by Wakefield Turntables
The Reference Lenco Pt CXIII - A picture paints a thousand words.
So here is a picture of the stock Lenco. It's hiding a few secrets! I thought I'd detail what's been done so far.
1. The platter has had a little polish. It's still not great and is a work in progress. I'll polish it a little every day or so until I'm happy with the finish. OK this is not strictly going to improve the performance of the deck but it sure looks nice!
2. Speed selector replacement. This deck had no speed selector and luckily I managed to find a fully intact one in my spares, so whilst not original to this deck it's colour perfect for the year the deck was made.
3. The platter mat. This was filthy, so the disc has been polished and the mat has been cleaned and treated to some Autoglym rubber repair.
4. The top plate. The paint work has been T-cut a couple of times and now shines, I notice a couple of bubbles under the paintwork but I like these and are part of the decks history. I polished the metal trim on the top plates base, again very dirty but now just looks factory fresh.
5. The bias weight. The screw was missing from the bias weight and a really helpful LH member sent me a replacement.
6. I've polished the counterweights on the tonerarm.
So, a few things still need doing. The tonearm needs a little cleaning and overhauling, new "V" blocks, better grounding wire, etc. The motor needs stripping and overhauling. I need to install new power cable, and a few other bits and bobs. Slow and steady wins the race.
Stay tuned.
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I've never never played a 16 rpm. I've never even seen anything on sale that resembles 16 rpm. What about this, 120 RPM!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsc_PAK39oo
I've not even fired it up yet!Looks nearly as nice as mine mate.
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Wasn't 16rpm used for spoken word records which didn't need to sound as good?
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Yes and yes! Plemty of clips on Youtube with 16 rpm records. Sounds quality not great but I would also suspect that recording quality varies from one disc to the next.
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Looking good Andrew. What did you use to polish the platter and are you using an M55E with this one?
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Brian
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