Great Article On Garrard 301 Acquisition & Restoration

[131east23]

Just browsing the internet and stumbled on this great article about the acquisition and restoration of a Garrard 301. The links at the top cover a wide array of topics all related to idler drive TT's. It all seemed informative to me, enjoy.

http://home.earthlink.net/~transcrubbers/index.html

Here is another nice article...

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/garrard/301.html

Don't know why I'm looking at these. I can't afford one. But they sure are pretty...

 

[guiller]

Thanks for the sharing...

 

[Dandy]

Thanks for these links, posted almost 7 years ago. I've seen them both before, but your post helped me to find them again. I've just got round to refurbing my Garrard 301 now. I got it more than 10 years ago and have only used it lightly because I wanted at least to give the motor some attention. I just got the main bearing and idler wheel sorted out when I first got it.

The other website I have found helpful is this Garrard 301 rebuild by Coliseum Developments: http://www.colisiumdevelopments.co.uk

 

[totem]

Wonder how many know about the "prototype" Garrard 301 that looked quite different from the one we
all know and recognize?

 

[Dandy]

More info on this would be welcome. There is no mention of a prototype 301 in The Garrard Story by E W and B E Mortimer (2016), though there is a picture on page 56 of a simple prototype record changer that they decided not to proceed with.