technics 1200

ok here we go..another project started...

well it was beat to hell and i talked him to 120..not bad..

not sure what color im going with but heres the start..












by the time im done,,this should last another 50 years..

Yep, that's pretty beat up. But I've seen Techs in worse shape that were given new life by people who know what they were doing. You'll be aiight. Go with a day-glow green. lol

first deck i ever tore apart but it only took about half an hour..

already ordered mad parts..
new tone arm
all new parts for the tone arm (weight,knobs,lift,rest,lock,etc..)
new buttons (rpm buttons,start,etc..)
new power and rca cables
oil
couple other things also...

day glow green...iiiiiiidont know..
i was thinking white or maybe charcoal grey or gun metal silver..

What no pink-ish red like the rest of your equipment?

oh it'll have some pink in it

Swap out the stock RCA cable for Monster Cable's RCA cable. That's what I did on both of mine. A noticable diffence in sound and being grounded.

^^thank you very much..

did i also see somewhere that there was a way to eliminate the ground wire???

ok so i was leaning twords red so much...lol..i just want everything to match....but i scratched the red idea and am now going with the gun metal grey,with mettalic flake..should look pretty dope..be back with pics along the way..

Post pics ASAP. And, I will find pics of my brothers candy red 1200s when I find them. I would love to paint mine red but have never found time or a good reason to.

well i decided to paint the outside of the tonearm base a high gloss black..it'll look dope with the chrome arm and silver base..
also purchased some monster cables for the rca outs and a new power cord..
leaving the red out of this one..

this is by far a much harder task than doing an mpc..

im not re-labeling this as it only said "technics sl-1200mk2"

so i ordered oem stickers for it instead...

still letting the primer dry then i'll spray it down and post some pics..

taxman...u should do yours just because you want to!!
oh and find those pics,,id like to see them.

you're a good man for bringing that technics back from the dead... i love my pair of sl1200mk2s, but probably would have never picked one up in that condition... props for resurrecting it.

thanks man,,stick around for the outcome..

Are you gonna paint the dots on the platter? because that sounds pretty tricky. Also, you gonna replace the pop up light cause I've been wondering how to do that

Grenozh wrote:Are you gonna paint the dots on the platter? because that sounds pretty tricky. Also, you gonna replace the pop up light cause I've been wondering how to do that

technics 1200 faq here:
http://music.hyperreal.org/dj/sl1200.html

6.3 - Changing the pop-up lights
http://music.hyperreal.org/dj/sl1200.html#6.3

Grenozh wrote:Are you gonna paint the dots on the platter? because that sounds pretty tricky. Also, you gonna replace the pop up light cause I've been wondering how to do that

yeah..i'll be doing all of this with pics as my parts come in..

heres a list of parts ordered..

tone arm
tome arm base
lift assembly
arm base lock
anti skate knob
technics stickers
slider knob
stop start button
45 and 33 rpm buttons
on-off dial
tone arm lift
pop up light cover
pitch control decal
45 adaptor
tone arm weight
felt for pitch control
stylus illuminator ornament
strobe illuminator case
instruction manual
service manual

also a few other things that i havent ordered yet..












every dot on this thing was black as sh1t..took sand paper to get them silver