[Vintage-Audio] Blind Dude Needs Functional Turntable

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All,

Several days ago I got quite a surprise in the mail. A friend found an 
original release of Glen Campbell's version of "Amazing Grace" with Glen not 
only singing, but also playing the bagpipes. I have always liked this 
unusual arrangement, but could never find a copy of it. I think he did it 
'live' originally.

I did find one vinyl album four years ago with the actual song on it, but 
the album had been damaged by some scratches. Then I found a CD that 
appeared to have the version I wanted on it, so I bought it. The song had 
Glen singing with a female, not the original at all.

As I was listening to the like new 45 rpm single playing through the 1974 
James B. Lansing Century L-100 speakers, I got to thinking about all the 45 
singles and 33 1/3 rpm albums that I have here in my audio Shack. I do not 
have a back up turntable! If anything goes wrong with my 1974 Sony/Marantz 
model 5520 I am up an Oxygen free wonder wire creek with no canoe to paddle!

The 45 rpm single was in near perfect condition, so you know that the blind 
dude immediately made two remastered CD copies!

If any of you know where I can purchase a working and fully functional good 
quality turntable, please contact me! All I really need is one with two 
speeds, 33 1/3 and 45 rpm, the ability to track down to .75 grams, a dust 
cover and properly balanced aluminum turntable mounted in a preferably wood 
cabinet.

If the turntable should happen to have strobe lights, or other means of 
instrumentation, that allows the user to monitor the rotational speed of the 
turntable, and controls to adjust the rotation +/- for the proper turntable 
speed, not a problem! My ears will tell me everything, and probably more, 
then the strobe lights can!

If the turntable has the anti-skate, or is it anti-skid?, mechanism to 
prevent the stylus from doing a little hop, skip and bounce routine across 
the surface of the vinyl records grooves, that will be fine.

Thank you for doing some checking for me guys, please know that I do 
appreciate your efforts on my behalf! I will even reward you with some of 
the original vinyl albums, or singles, that I have already remastered to CD. 
Be aware that I do 'NOT' colorize the music or vocals! What I try to do is 
remaster the vinyl to CD to sound exactly as it did when first released. 
However, should I have a song, or an album, that you want, and you want me 
to color the sound to your particular tastes, I will remaster the music and 
do it your way.

Thanks very much for your assistance!





Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
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