Arm for Garrard deck

Hi All,

I'm after an arm to go on my Garrard 401. Was looking for partially or fully modded RB250's or RB300's, or anything interesting you may have hanging about - doesn't need to be retro but doesn't need to be recent either. Budget up to £150. Condition is important i.e. must be good!

PM me with any offers!

 

No-one got anything at all? Not even a cheeky little RB300 sat around gathering dust? Maybe a Mayware Formula 4?

If not I'll have to resort to fleabay, again

 

Have got an SME 3009 That came with my 301. I probably will not use it as part of the restoration if its of any interest?

 

Hi Andy, thanks for the offer, but I was hoping to use a Denon DL 160 that I bought a while back, and as I understand it mc cartridges are not such a great match for an SME 3009.

Probably should have mentioned the cartridge preference before.....sorry.

 

No problem and good luck with the project. Whose plinth you using?

 

Mine - I can't afford a slatedeck or Loricraft plinth so I'm making one out of a slab of Portland stone; I've cut and polished the slab but have yet to cut out the 'hole' for the deck to sit in - it's all marked up but I haven't yet got round to buying the core bit I need to proceed. In the meantime I've removed, cleaned and re-oiled the main spindle bearing, and am contemplating the motor itself (bit scary but apparently easy enough to do).

 

Hi Dave

Fancy meetin you here lol.

I have mounted that SME 3009 on my 301 as a stop gap. I have tried a Nagaoka Moving Iron / magnet cart and a Sumiko Bluepoint Special evo 3 moving coil. Different price points but the Sumiko is head and shoulders better than the Nagaoka.

Andy

 

Hi Andy,

So I take it the 3009 is happy with mc's then? Probably right enough, I think I read somewhere they weren't but tbh I have zero clue about it all ! Mind you, it's probably safer me having the rega arm as it doesn't have any confusing looking dangley bits for me to mess up .

It would be interesting to hear how you find your 301 vs the 401 if you get them both up and running. I must admit I think the 301's look cooler - that shouldn't matter, but it obviously does - and they're supposed to have the edge over the 401.

Cheers, Dave