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Can anybody identify this turntable?

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I know what the guitar amp is.... :yes:

The turntable screams "Ampeg" to me for some reason, though I doubt that's what it is.

I want the Son House LP.

Didn't watch the video, but it's a cool picture.
 
Newcomb was a maker of institutional record players located in Hollywood CA. It resembles one, though not a model I have seen.
 
There were portable transcription TT's that one could use to cut a record, ala Rek-O-Kut. I wonder if that's what that is.
 
Newcomb/Califone. Had one at my elementary school.

I thought that the TC-252 was a transport only machine....that has electronics in it.
 
vinyldavid said:
Newcomb/Califone. Had one at my elementary school.

I thought that the TC-252 was a transport only machine....that has electronics in it.
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I think the TC-252 had an amp & a pair of detachable speakers inclusive of the unit. I have a pair of TC-260s which are in the same 'generation', & they have two speakers & amp built into the cabinet. The transport & levers, knobs look the same as the TC-252 in the video & photo. The TC-250 WAS a transport deck only, with no built in speakers or amp. It had a preamp, of course. Its appearence was almost exactly like the TC-260, minus the speakers, amp, & volume-treble-bass knobs.

My TC-260s were made between 1966-1969, so they are 40 years old at the youngest. After cleaning them up & demagging the heads I replaced the motor run capacitor in both of them. They run very well now, though I don't often try recording with them. But they are pretty good for playback during transfers to CDR for most average pre-recorded or home-recorded consumer grade tapes. They run at 3-3/4 & 7-1/2 IPS, so most tapes can be played back easily. I also have a TC-377 from 1973 that will run at 1-7/8 IPS also, just in case I come across some crummy-sounding home recording done at that slow speed(same speed as cassettes, but without all the 'tweaks' that made cassettes a reasonable hi-fi medium).
 
I have a TC-252 it is a great design. It comes with 2 mics that fit in a side compartment of the reel to reel and 2 detachable speakers. It's very portable and I was able to try some recording with it.
 
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