Vintage Decks...

[BLOK]

Picked up these vintage decks on 'that auction site'.
Intending to play my collection of [ex-jukebox & pub DJ] 45's from the 60's & early 70's.
Sound is pretty cr*p...but they are fabulous to look at.
No idea of a brand name...but has to be one of the first sets of portable DJ decks ever.
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[Wakefield Turntables]

They look a little like Lenco's?:scratch:

[Roy S]

Just BSRs I think.

[BLOK]

Yep, that's it. BSR's

[Beobloke]

BSR C141s or similar by the looks of it, and it appears someone has bodged Goldring G800s into their headshells.

I hate to be the voice of doom but they weren't designed to use an MM cartridge like this and I suspect they'll only track properly if the tracking weight is dialled up to silly levels. You'll probably get through stylii (or records!) at a fair rate, unfortunately.

[Marco]

Hi Dan,

Welcome to AoS. Have you paid for a trade account, in order to advertise your website and associated products here? :)

Marco.

[BLOK]

Just replied to your email Marco.
Dan

[Marco]

Hi Dan,

Just replied to it! :)

Marco.

[narabdela]

No way could a couple of those BSRs stand up to serious DJ use. They were nasty horribly flimsy things.

I reckon that rig was either a DIY job or a commercial failure.

[BLOK]

The are really cr@ppy to be fair.

But I only got them to play some vintage 45's that came out of the jukebox and DJ table in my dad's pub back in the 60's & 70's.

The 45's are pretty messed up...but through my PA set up you get a lovely lo-fi sound...that really works in a crowd of ska/northern soul aficionados.

On the plus side...The light in the middle works.