Fully Restored 1968 Hacker GP42 Gondolier Plays Russ Conways Side Saddle 1959 78 rpm
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Not wanting to be left out on the Side Saddle 78rpm record. I bring my entry on the Rolls Royce of Record Players The 'Hacker GP 42 Gondolier'
This video is for the Three Nicest Russ Conway fans on UA-cam!
Joe - Ivoriesman, Neil - Pyestudiocolour and Mike - honkytonkpiano. a former Hacker GP15 Cavalier owner and Amazing Pianist!
For anyone interested this GP42 has been 'Fully' Restored in every way!
I hope you enjoy my Side Saddle 78rpm entry...haha!!!
Thank You :)
Your phongraph looks amazing.
What a fabulous record player, and side saddle on 78, im green with envy
@pyestudiocolour Ah...Clarke & Smith in the wooden case?...I'll have to step up to my Dynatron RG86 Burlington Stereogram...And I'll plug the external speakers in too...haha!!!!
I'll do a video on an HF42 later...I'll make it sound horrible as I can...I have a terrible workshop copy of Roulette and I'll put in a worn out stylus...haha!!!
Thanks Neil for your kind words...I was just having a bit of fun :)
Get that Cavalier of yours out...Same speaker and amp...I've one on the bench right now!
This is a good record player and modern vinyl 78 rpm record
Good Player, yes. The 78rpm record is from 1959 and made from Shellac, its not a modern vinyl.
@GarrardAT6 I'm not surprised! I'm thinking of attempting a restoration on one soonish. I'm an impoverished student right now though so it may have to wait. I have an old Dansette too but I'd rather spend the money on the Hacker.
Great that you found the extra speaker too. That must have been hard to come by.
Do you guys have some kind of competition going with how good the record can sound or something?
Sounds ace. What state was it in when you got it? Or is it the same one as in your other videos? If so, good work!
hi great vids i am enjoying very much
@sablestable Thank You! I've just got another one...haha!!!
I've also got the AL42 separate amp/speaker that goes with this for stereo.
Everyone I've showed it to with the AL42 connected just goes...Wow...That does sound amazing!
I'll do a video of it connected soon...It'll be hard to show the stereo effect as I only have mono camera...But I'll find a way...haha!!! Thanks for commenting! :)
@ciarantlogue Thank You...The camera audio doesn't pick up how nice they really sound...The bass is quite amazing!!!
This one isn't the one I've showed the restoration on...That one is almost finished now...I've had to put a few repairs and other machines in front of it...But I will be doing a completion video on it soon...They all come to me broken and unloved...They leave like new!
I currently have 5 of them, this one was re-homed about a month ago
The new owner is over the moon with it! :)
@ciarantlogue I was just having some fun...Nothing really beats a Hacker Gondolier (And they know it...haha!!!)
I've become very good friends with Joe - Ivoriesman...He is such a lovely guy! We chat on the phone for hours...Also Loyboy1979 he called me 5 mins ago...haha!!!
If you need any help or advice please feel free to ask!
What Model Dansette do you have? Thanks for the sub! :)
@NJPurling Too much to answer in 500 characters...So many different causes of humming and cures...haha!!!
If you want a chat about it fine! Send me a personal message...I'm in the workshop all day today. :)
@GarrardAT6 Ah right. I would tend to agree but I have only really heard a few.
It's a Conquest exactly like this:
I picked it up on eBay (I must be mad...) and it is in much worse condition that I thought. I might just send it back and focus on the Hacker actually.
@727JeffN Thanks Jeff...I've got a lot of UA-cam catching up to do...I'll do you before CW or Roxy :)
You said the other day one of your accounts got enabled for longer videos...I just got that message on this one...Right...What album shall I play...haha!!!
Any sign of that package I sent you yet?
I paid extra for a fast air mail delivery as the cheaper boat and land option was 6 weeks!
If it's gone the slow route heads will be rolling at the Post Office!!!
@NJPurling Garrard 3000's normally have a Sonotone 9TA as standard fit?
I do have 3 Gondoliers with standard fit SP25 MK2's. One is on the bench right now. The caps that normally fail are the grid-couplers. They never really make a hum, just make the sound distorted as the valves overheat
I changed the ECL86's for a matched pair of new old stock Mullards as one was a Mazda. ECL86's are normally very reliable!
Most Gondolier hums are the transformer, easy cure with a little packing. :)
I have one as well.
I dropped in a SP25 Mk2 and took the SC12H cartridge from the original Garrard 3000 changer.
Hums a bit though. The smoothing can is by Hunts, 'nuff said. Was 50+50 can the source of hum in your Gondolier or down to the other electrolytics on the HT rail?
All I have done is to change the grid-couplers to the ECL86's pentodes.
Are ECL86's generally reliable. I haven't seen new ECL86's in matched pairs very often.
@margaretsville Thank You!
I put quite a lot of time into this one...But the results are well worth it!
Thanks for Subscribing! You have some Superb Videos! (Subscribed)
@simonspiers And the Record Player World! :)
Experience with radios has made me very suspicious of capacitors made by Hunts?
My Hacker does hum, so I naturally suspected the main 50+50uf can has dried up.
Do you change them, or not? The hum is audible through the speaker,wheras yours is silent, even at full volume. So, if it is not due to any of the capacitors: Precisely what do you do to the transformer? I assume you refer to the mains transformer.
@IVORIESMAN Yes I saw it Joe...You're as bad as me...I comment using the wrong UA-cam account and you comment on the wrong video...haha!!!
I bet you just did it to make me not feel like such a complete wally...haha!!!
Day off work young man !
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