Garrard sp25's disco driver 80 |
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ollie80
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Hi Chaps, HAPPY NEW YEAR. A question which ive been meaning to ask.. What was the difference between a Garrard SP25 and a Garrard SP25 disco driver 80? Im guessing they are both belt driven. Was the platter / motor more beefier in the disco driver 80? Im a right in saying the disco driver 80 is called an 80 because it was released 1979/80? Thanks!
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jbl_man
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Martin will probually know the definative answer to this.
The earlier SP25 MK 3 was idler wheel driven. (rumble city!) Both SP 25MK 4 and disco driver are belt driven. SP25 MK4 had a semi-auto function (arm took itself of record and back to arm rest after track finished,and switched off turntable,really annoying function,which i used to "disable" by removing the toothed gear wheel under the platter). Disco driver was completely manual.(no auto function) It also had a better arm if i remember. Citronic CL300 is better than both in my opinion,much superior "S" arm. |
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ollie80
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Hey JBL, thanks very much for reply.
I used to have two SP25 mk4 built into a custom console. One of the sp25s came from a dynatron music centre.. The other one was sourced from a single deck seperate. haha yes the semi auto function, even at a young age I used to place the stylus manually on the record! So I guess Garrard entered the disco market propery with the disco driver 80
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Yes Ian I know the answer to this one having piles of them around at the moment
SP25 Mk 3 idler drive semi auto deck SP25 MK 4 (IV) idler drive semi auto SP25 MK 5,6 were belt drive On deck fitted into disco console all the semi auto was diasbled normally by removing a cogged wheel under the platter the Disco driver was a purpose built deck for disco use Built by Garrard after BSR got in there first with the horrible plastic ones The Disco driver 80 came out in 1980 and was a stripped down version of the SP25 MK 6 No auto mechanism at all no controls only speed If you look at one the chassis is the same as a SP25 with plastic panels covering up the holes in the top panels My favorite deck was the DD80 although the cartridge sliders were a problem especially in hot swetty venues The DD80`s were labelled 36SB underneath i think The same turntable as a 35SB a more upmarket SP25 When I get 5 minutes I will do some pics of the difference between the SP25 mk 5,6 and Disco driver 80 /36SB |
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ollie80
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Hiya Martin!! Thanks so much for the answers you have given!!
Will love to see the pics too. Thanks a billion
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Still reckon that the MII was the best built of the lot.
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mostyn
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agreed tony screw off head shell first decks i ever had dark green in colour
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mostyn
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used to strip sp25's levers linkages etc so they worked like dd's
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The Garrard part number fro the Disco driver is 126SB not 36sb as I put earlier
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mostyn
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in fact i remember seeing some consoles of the time fitted with 126sb's,if i remember looked like a sp25 til you got closer then some subtle differences,the arm weight and a different silver t/table centre on the t/table mat,silly how some things stick in your mind
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that would have been a 125Sb they were very similar to the Sp25 mk 5 as you say the weight and the number near the start controls etc Ive got some Garrard catalogs somewhere will scan them when I can find the old scanner and post them up |
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Br great to see those catalogs! It funny, whilst growing up all the turntables I was exposed to were Garrard SP25s! My dads Dynatron music centre (MK4), my first FAL disco console (MKIIIs), and custom console MK4 from the Dynatron and another MK4 from a separtes deck
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Ollie K
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