wrxfiend Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I would like to call on the TT owning members to share with us your thoughts, stories, photos and info, basically anything to do with the most beautiful TT ever madeI grew up in a very musical family, but unfortunately it was the early eighties and my parents did not see the link between disc jockeys and turntablism. My father hand built me a scaled down fully functional stratocaster at the age of 6, I had drum kits, violins any instrument i could desire, but not the one thing i wanted most, Technics SL1200's and a mixer!Not to rag on my parents that much, we weren't well off by any means (being muso's) and i guess they couldn't justify the money for what they believed to be a fad.So in 1995 when my friend got his first set, i was like a fly on shit!My passion for these TT's has never dwindled, but when I could finally afford a set of my own, there was no stock available in Perth at the time (coz perth is wack!)I reluctantly bought some Vestax PDX2000's and to be fair they have served me very well, now my dilema is that of course they are no longer being produced! and as my vestax are fine its hard to justify to my missus why i will have to take a big loss to sell them and track down a set of 1210 mk5'sso thats my love affair with the mighty 1200 series TT, I hope i'm not the only one with this wierd fetish for an electrical item.now some pornAnd finally, me using the mk5's i was babysitting for a friend while she was overseas, I was roughly 22 and still had hair! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I bought my first set of turntables when I was 17 with the first instalment of my student loan.Couldn't afford technics at the time so went for a set of Numark TT2 Pro's. Damn fine TT's.Wasn't technics though.....After a couple of years... one day my dad came home from work and told me a story about one of the work vans being stolen and found abandoned. Amazingly, they were abandoned with a pair of 1210 mkII's in the back of them.Ideal. Got them a full service and never looked back. Still work like a dream. would only change them for a set of mk5's. Other than that i'm very happy with them. Miss them too due to working in the mines. Been waaaay to long since i've had a proper shot of them. 'mon the technics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 ^^^^^you lucky son of a bitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 ^^^^^you lucky son of a bitch! I know. the shell is a bit battle worn and the WHALE had a kappa sticker on one that has sun faded the shape on it permanently. but fuck it... they work perfect and cost nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 No sync button! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREMM1S Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Never realised they had pitch indicators on them.I'm still kicking myself that at my old job my boss got rid of about 5 or so pairs for like 5/6/700 a pair.Wish i had've got some back then, really want to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russell Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Never realised they had pitch indicators on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Service Manual for SL1200mk2http://www.mediafire.com/view/?62pj6vb3r14bi61for those of you lucky enough to have a pair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overit Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I fapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 I fapped yeah I look good operating those bad boys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overit Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 LMAO...sorry to disapojn you sjon but it was the close up of the pitch fader at a steady green-lighting 0: ready for anything baby, ready for anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overit Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 omg, open gusset shot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Oxykon, hurry up and post yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxyKon Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Ill get to it tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 omg, open gusset shot:love those teasing half pulled down panty shots! =D> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 if we can get 1,000,000 facebooks likes, we can rescue this poor caged 1200! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duz Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Need to dust off mine and get some glam shots in....in the mean timefrom when I first put the light mods & glow paint on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Thats dope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxyKon Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Duz helped me do that to my mk5's, is a pretty cool feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yizzle Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 ^ sikwhales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overit Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 purists corner over here.no mods.anyway: I started on mismatched c90 tape players aged 7 in 1980. Found a record player in the charity shop and did mixes for a while using one C90 player and one belt drive technics (cannot rem the model number but had seperate pitch controls for 33 and 45). This was pre Dance music and just as Hiphop was reaching the UK via the punk/Ska/two tone scene.Shared a student house (in the ghetto) from age 17 with a manc who had 1200s. Got robbed several times.Finally got my own pair 1998-ish (blagged an enterprise start up loan from the welfare state). Set them up in a spare room (different shared house, but still proper ghetto) on a turned over wardrobe with another mate who had some = 4 sl1210s, a vestax pmc 05 pro II and a technics dx 1200 (the one fiend posted pic of above). Did set up the enterprise too as starter my first club night.Once I gained a rep and started gigging with them they've done a lot of travelling to and from local bars and clubs, been to Glastonbury 4 times, several other festies and Europe once or twice. On occasion I have used them (in their flight cases) to sleep on - as much to keep me off the ground as to be sure they didnt get robbed while I napped. 15 years on and they are still going strong. Never modded, never tricked.I had the audio out cable replaced twice on each, after DIY fixes to the plugs reduced the length too far. The little white light on one of them doesn't work Mine have names too: Lucy is the left deck, Rachel is the right deck. The flightcases are labelled so I can set them up anywhere in battle position and know the cables are already threaded on the correct side for quick set up.Many is the event where I am found in the van afterwards wimpering: "are my girls on board? did anyone pack my girls?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 you cant forget the gold technics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggssell Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 and in action w klever an craze (who must have a room full of them!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxfiend Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 wimpering: "are my girls on board? did anyone pack my girls?"ROFL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxyKon Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 ok heres my upload, Technics SL-1200MK5's (imports), duz is the man when it comes to modding TT"s, we took them apart and installed black UV lights, then I painted the platters with a white primer (2 light coats) and applied the UV paint (6 light coats), let it dry for a week, and at the end, well it pays off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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