Wow that's a beautiful pinball machine! I'm trying to score a monopoly myself!
@thehappyhermit01Ай бұрын
You didn't even mention the wheels. I just ordered a set of 18 x 9's with negative 13 offset Fuel Assaults for my FX4. How have they held up thru the weather? They're looking good.
@popbumper16 күн бұрын
Fantastic. I didn't baby them, but didn't curb them up either. I think the finish on Fuel wheels is very good.
@thehappyhermit01Ай бұрын
Hope yer gettin a V-8 this time. It's not a real truck unless ya got one of those under da hood. 😄
@popbumper16 күн бұрын
I would have thought so - but a 3.5 with good working turbos is still a scooter. But I'm with you, a V8 is the way to go.
@donmorton72822 ай бұрын
This, Haunted House and Black Hole, 3 of Gottlieb’s greatest machines
Obviously I'm late to the video but did this sell ? Thank you.
@popbumper16 күн бұрын
About a week after I posted the video.
@chrisstennie75343 ай бұрын
were there any good sources that you found for parts? I need a driver board
@popbumper16 күн бұрын
Not bowler specific but I know they're out there. The boards in mine are good and I'm likely to post it up for sale again soon. I enjoy playing it once in a while.
@goiania_pinball5 ай бұрын
Those stickers in appron, do you make it or originals?
@popbumper4 ай бұрын
Those were purchased online. I can't recall where I found them, probably eBay. I like the look.
@AudioElectronicsChicago5 ай бұрын
good looking EQ 😍
@popbumper4 ай бұрын
Thanks. Pretty neat.
@leeanncotrone83695 ай бұрын
Wow thats great love to have one i had a digi tek that gave allot of echoing reverb depth gain i loved to listen to the differences in aound using reverb. I had a aound mixer that had reverb it qas amaizing
@andris57365 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉super
@johnsalko50775 ай бұрын
I bought one of these and the tone arm stops at the edge of the platter. How do you get the dust cover off?
@johnsalko50775 ай бұрын
I got it off.
@popbumper4 ай бұрын
Sorry John. Missed your comment. Glad you got it off.
@somosricardovids6 ай бұрын
Is this a Digital Delay?
@popbumper4 ай бұрын
No. It's very analog sounding. I say this with an * because I haven't dug up schematics to see. But it sounds analog to me.
@davidg87116 ай бұрын
Hello, how r u. I have a few problems which maybe u could help me with. I have just received an L-A31 in very clean condition, even the dust lid is scratchless. But i have a query, the headshell & cartridge are turned slightly clockwise so the cue level arm is slightly down and the left hand side of headshell is up!!! Which surely is not correct? Or is it, because the videos i have seen of this turntable seem to be the same, including yours!? I have tried undoing the two screws under the collar which the headshell plugs in to and it does turn, but when u put the screws back in it seems to go the same way again!!! Which Leads me to believe there is a v out under the tone arm in that section so it finds that position constantly??? Its driving me NUTS!!! SHOULD the headshell be level on this model? Or turned clockwork slightly(surely not) so why do others seem to be this way? Oh, and what i think is the centreline down by the counterweight seems to be off, if it is a centreline? But its off the opposite way to the headshell/cartridge, as if the arm has turned anti clockwise slightly. Hopefully u still have this model to check it against my words. Or u may even know through experience. I would be SERIOUSLY grateful if u could help. Many thanks, David...
@popbumper16 күн бұрын
What a mystery. I have no real idea why these are turned a bit. Truthfully, I never noticed it and am surprised that I didn't because I'm pretty OCD about that sort of thing. They stylus should be at a 90% angle - right? If they cut these masters at a perfect 90% angle, then it makes sense that the stylus should be in the exact position to replay properly in the groove. I have no answer. Did you ever find one?
@davidg871116 күн бұрын
@@popbumperdon't u mean 90°? Not 90%.... So i guess by what u said, yours is also off and turned slightly? I've managed to sort mine now. It took some serious fiddling with the two screw on underside, turning the headshell which ever way it needs and then tightening it while holding it and eventually i got it right and is now at a perfect 90°. I even brought a tiny level bubble to put on top of head shell to make sure it is parallel to the record and tone arm is level. I have a Goldring E3 Cartridge set at a perfect 2grams which i checked on electric scales and it sounds GGGRRRREEEEEAAATTTT as Tony the Tiger said! Lol...
@mustafagull77697 ай бұрын
I think this is 1987 model
@jamesk-nq6yo4 ай бұрын
1983년 정도 인거 같네요
@TheSkite5758 ай бұрын
Just dug this turntable out of mothballs to put back in use the speed won't stay constant how can I fix this? I also have the original receipt from 1980 I paid $150.00 lot of money back then for me. I remember buying a Accutrrack turntable for $200.00 and returning it as I didn't like it. Ahh the good ol days.
@popbumper4 ай бұрын
The pitch control wheel is likely the problem. A common problem is that these pitch control wheels are dirty on the inside and cause an erratic resistance to be read by the motor control circuit. I spray Deoxit into the wheel's potentiometer (open chassis and shoot a little into the device), rotate the knob back and forth about 20 times or more. Test and see if it stabilizes. If you can't get this to work, then you likely have a capacitor that has gone out of spec. Look for a blue capacitor (electrolytic) and replace it. Since this is over 25 years old, you can bet the capacitor has lived beyond it's intended life. Good luck.
@bikdav9 ай бұрын
I had no idea how complex and weird these turntables were.
@himethisisme9 ай бұрын
I just picked up one of these and I've got the same problem you did with the needle trying to drop on the platter when I've got a 45 on. I have to use the crane control-style buttons to manually guide it in. Can you share how you cleaned that opto?
@popbumper4 ай бұрын
I normally clean opto's with a Q-Tip that has window cleaner on it. It evaporates rather quickly.
@raymiehershey143011 ай бұрын
Had one, my first linear. Good to learn maintenance on. Moved on to Technics sl dl 1's. Much nicer, but this is a good starter.
@tacopie5176 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if Menards will ever see it as much as it used to
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Funny. I was just there today in it! There will be another Ford that will pay them a regular visit.
@henryscreations Жыл бұрын
wannabe Raptor 🤣
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
True. I love Raptors. So do many others that just can't pony up to own one.
@AndyPutt1 Жыл бұрын
Awesome gear, nice turntable, nice review... and great choice in music. Thanks for sharing your talents and passion.
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@martinaguitron2416 Жыл бұрын
Will you have part 2 up?
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Gosh - I didn't realize it's been this long. I suppose I need to get back to that project. Thanks for the reminder!
@martinaguitron2416 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video i just picked one up at an estate sale for 30 bucks and i just had a feeling with the counterweight it was nice.But Im very new at expanding my knowledgeable with record players
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Keep at it. For $30, you can afford to experiment and learn a lot. Just watch the attraction to every piece of gear you see at a yard sale or thrift store. You just might end up with a wall stacked with stuff!! LOL!
@nordic2112 Жыл бұрын
Came here wanting to hear what it sounded like. Left the same way I came - still no idea. How can it be a resource if you can't hear the unit's reverb effect over the reverb of your room?
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
I suppose then it was worth the cost you paid for the video. Nothing.
@davidvalero3075 Жыл бұрын
I have that same turntable but I never touched the counterweight and antiskating features. I'm saying this because I have both in 0 and still get sound. Do I have to change it like you do in 1.5 both?
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
You should. First - your counterweight might be showing 0, but it isn't really at 0. If it was, your tonearm would be balanced in mid-air, never touching the turntable. The way to setup any tonearm like this is to move the counterweight inward until the tonearm floats - meaning that it doesn't touch anything and seems balanced in the air. Then turn the numbered dial to 0 without moving the counterweight. Check it again to make sure it is still in a floating position. Now spin the counterweight slowly, ensuring the numbered dial moves with your turn of the counterweight. Once you get to 1.5, you'll have 1.5 grams of force on the stylus. Perfect. Then the anti-skate should be adjusted to match the 1.5g tracking force. You can get sound with antiskate at 0 - and likely have the tonearm skipping at mid-record and start to skate across it. But you could never play a record if you truly had 0 grams of tracking force. I hope that makes sense.
@zachgutzmer1172 Жыл бұрын
Its great to hear that voice, reminds me of the Left for Dead days :)
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Thank you @zachgutzmer1172. I just started a new channel "The Silverball Podcast". Please check it out. Some of that stuff and new stuff is out there. Spread the word!
@monstertruckess Жыл бұрын
wut.. I bought this years ago from a thriftstore and only today I learned that it almost as old as I am and it has direct drive (yes I know it's written there). Hidden treasures in the home haha
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
It's a thrill to find these in thrift stores and garage sales. I hope you are enjoying yours.
@ryrythefryguy4645 Жыл бұрын
could anyone heree tell me how i can adjust the auto return on this model? my turntable works really well except for the auto return engaging before the album is finished. or is there any way i can just disasemble the automatic functions? especially the auto return, and just have manual operation, so that i can play an album all the way through? albums that have longer running times get the last track cut off. sometimes if i cue the tone arm to the last song, it will play it all the way through. but if i have an album that has a track that fills the whole side, its kinda rough that this player wants to auto return too quick! any help appreciated, thanx!
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Check the manual at Vinyl Engine for tonearm adjustment. It should be pretty clear. Another person mentioned that they aren't taking any new members but maybe that has reopened. If you can't get the manual, maybe you can obscure your email address and reply so one of us can email you a copy.
@ryrythefryguy4645 Жыл бұрын
@@popbumper i tried that, but they arent taking membership
@osamabobladen8203 Жыл бұрын
Thoughro description. I'd buy it! What part of the country are you in?
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
unfortunately, it's long gone. I'm in the hills of Southern Illinois. Yes ... we have hills! LOL!
@JustEnjoyingLife73 Жыл бұрын
Hi! Thank you so much for your kind words, credit and link to my video! I was just asked about this the other day on my video, so I thought about it, and I just came up with a theory on the purpose of the neutral wire. I think it is a safety feature for when the contacts become fused together so that opening the lid would still kill the motor while the contacts are fused together. I'm going to assume the link has some conductivity (and it would be interesting to test a working switch to see if there is in fact continuity - it looks like a carbon compound of some sort), so if the contacts (the ones that have turned black on yours) were fused together, when the plunger is released, it would cause that piece of metal directly touching the plunger, to come into contact with the other end of the link, which is connected to neutral. This would result in a dead short, instantly blowing the link, releasing the other contact, killing power to the entire machine. What do you think? It's basically a safety feature to turn off the machine if the lid opens, even if the lid switch malfunctions. As those black marks indicate, there must have been an event that caused the contacts to fuse, so when the lid was opened, the link melted apart.
@thetigertard Жыл бұрын
My player struggles to start certain records, the tone arm won’t sit low enough.. is this an adjustment issue or a record issue? I just bought mine refurbished and everything else works great
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Check the manual at Vinyl Engine for tonearm adjustment but I think this could be resolved with a thin turntable mat on top of the stock vinyl mat.
@euclidesortiz7766 Жыл бұрын
This ecualizer is good for ecualized music?
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
An equalizer assists in changing the way your speakers sound to best represent a recording, or compensate for a not-so-good recording mix so it will sound better.
@davidjoshua1075 Жыл бұрын
❤👍👍👍 Thank You so much!!! Was in a pickle and you saved the day.
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
@tbone8876 Жыл бұрын
Hi Rob, I know you are busy but I think it would be cool if you would put out some videos covering your games. Similar tour videos like this one. Iron Maiden would be a great one to start with if you decide to. Anyway, I enjoy watching your pinball content and as an old fan, I still go back and listen to the old silverball podcasts occasionally.
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment. Please take a look at my new channel @thesilverballpodcast where I am posting up new content and some old stuff too. I'm hoping that channel will eventually get traction and take off. For now, it is hidden and hard to be seen by all the pinball people that will appreciate it.
@johnnicholas2079 Жыл бұрын
Very cool video and I learned enough to pull mine apart. I have one of these L-L1's and I've been repairing it and am stumped. I've replaced both belts and the needle and now the record will play if I manually queue it up and the STOP button will pick up the needle and return the tonearm. However, the START button does not work - it spins up the record and picks up the needle then starts to move the tonearm. The tonearm never stops moving to drop the needle on the record and will just keep trying to move to the left. Also, the automatic return when the record ends does not work. The needle just stays on the record and it keeps spinning. I just can't figure out what is supposed to control these couple of actions and why they don't work. All suggestions are welcome. What a mystery! It would be real helpful (i think) to know what the turntable senses that tells it to stop moving the tonearm over and start playing the record, and then recognizing the record is done to pick up the tonearm and return it to home. I can see what makes it stop at the home spot - there is a little mechanical switch that gets tripped, but these other two are a mystery. Is it an optical sensor that counts the distance traveled somehow or a sensor that see the needle move quickly to the center when the record is done?
@nicholascigrand Жыл бұрын
Have you downloaded the service manual from vinylengine? I performed the offset adjustment and arm parallel adjustment and that seemed to fix a similar issue on mine.
@johnnicholas2079 Жыл бұрын
@@nicholascigrand I would like to do that but vinylengine is locked for new users and I don't have an account. Would be great if there was a way to get registered or another way to get the document. The owner's manual is not good enough - does not provide any hints on what to do.
@nicholascigrand Жыл бұрын
@@johnnicholas2079 I'm happy to share it with you if you can give me a means to get it to you
@johnnicholas2079 Жыл бұрын
@@nicholascigrand I've tried to post my email address three times here but the post never appears. Let me try to obfuscate it and see if my reply will save. Its my youtube name minus the numbers, so first and last name. and then you add aol to it.
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
@@johnnicholas2079 is Vinyl Engine locked to new peeps? I hope not. Hope you tried again to join. It is a vital resource for restoration.
@NickLapin Жыл бұрын
The light on the upper left corner provides light (in low light situations) to the size sensor to set speed and needle to 7"/45rpm or 12"/33rpm automaticly. In the platter mat and platter itself you'll find three lenses, to send the light to the sensor underneath. It also prevents the arm moving to the platter if you'ld press 'start' with no record on the platter. This is uniquely to the QL-L2 and the QL-L20 (the black version of the same turntable). The L-L1 misses out on this feature. (So by covering the lenses, might suspect a mall function in the electrics, but it is an easy fix;-) ) My two copies of this type turntable suffer from dry rubber insulator hoses, which function as shockabsorbers together with one spring per foot. This effects the spinning of the platter and its mat. By adding an propper size rubber ring (± 1mm thick) between the spring and the lower metal black casing the platters turns propperly again.
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all of this information. For me of course, but certainly for anyone that ends up at this video and reads these comments!
@mono_log_ Жыл бұрын
Learning new things everyday
@chris2470104 Жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm planning to get one of this units, did you ever get a microphone? Can you tell me which one you recommend? I was searching on eBay, and I came across a Sansui SDM-1 and a SDM-2 microphones, do you think one of these is a good choice?
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
I never did get a microphone connected up on it. I suspect either of the Sansui mics would be good in this case.
@smallsoldier1663 Жыл бұрын
Lucky you the glass was in great shape. I don't think this works with a glass of unknown origin without any further measures like heat or something.
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
Tempered glass doesn't like un-uniform heat. That's why it can break just by handling it or moving from cold to hot environment quickly. Any Pinball glass with art on it should be tempered. So it's strong. No luck, just 25 years of doing this.
@smallsoldier1663 Жыл бұрын
@@popbumper thanks for your explanation. I guess I was lucky then. I had a Night Rider backglass with a very rusty trim. The trim was so stuck in one side, I had to use heat to losen it.
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
@@smallsoldier1663 I have had a rusty lift before and it was very hard to break loose. I think I sprayed a liberal amount of wd40 or similar, and let it sit for a couple days. Glad yours worked out.
@milanbogovac Жыл бұрын
Hi Slick Flick. I think that those 4 memory positions are memorised by someone, not by factory. You have option to make your own eq and memories it. Cheers
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
I think you are right. After this video was shot, I seem to recall going a bit deeper on this and getting it to hold my memory. Maybe when it loses power, it defaults to the settings I show. Thanks for your comment.
@TheAgeOfAnalog Жыл бұрын
You might want to check the speed with the Turntabulator app. I've bought and sold several of these and all have needed speed adjustments.
@popbumper4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@petespedals Жыл бұрын
I just repaired/restored this for the person who bought it. Couple of things: no germanium transistors are used in the Super Fuzz, silicon only. The transistors replaced are the same kind as the ones put in, they are just in different cases. Only one of those original transistors was not working, so may have been easier to replace that. Finally, the reason this was behaving strangely when a note sustained (volume swell and stuttering at the end) was one of the transistors (#5 in the signal chain) was incorrectly installed. The Emitter and Collector were reversed. Took awhile to figure that one out...
@Wheelchairrager2 жыл бұрын
Do you still have it????
@popbumper2 жыл бұрын
Nope. Sold it same day I listed it
@oscar-ke7kl2 жыл бұрын
You need to clean the linear mechanism, its super slow, it's not that slow
@brendan52352 жыл бұрын
These things are beautiful. It’s a shame audio companies don’t focus on the visual beauty and effects on their products anymore.
@brodel772 жыл бұрын
I love linear tracking turntables. So fun and convenient!
@DlSCS2 жыл бұрын
bro, I was so scared when I first watched this in 2010 (at the time i was 6 years old), now I am nearly 18 and coming back to this video gives me hella lot of nostalgia and confusion.
@popbumper2 жыл бұрын
My son who is in the video, was also 6 at the time. I can see how this might have been scary for you. I feel bad that it scared you back then.
@DlSCS2 жыл бұрын
@@popbumper its all good! I still find it funny seeing it after like 12 years. I still have no idea how i still remember this video out of the blue haha
@masonmiller81052 жыл бұрын
What size belt did you use???
@popbumper Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry I can't remember. I have about 40 belts for belt drive platter motors and another 20 small ones. I tend to fit them by hand. Amazon has bulk belts with assorted sizes. There may be a kit available on ebay for this one.
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Wow that's a beautiful pinball machine! I'm trying to score a monopoly myself!
You didn't even mention the wheels. I just ordered a set of 18 x 9's with negative 13 offset Fuel Assaults for my FX4. How have they held up thru the weather? They're looking good.
Fantastic. I didn't baby them, but didn't curb them up either. I think the finish on Fuel wheels is very good.
Hope yer gettin a V-8 this time. It's not a real truck unless ya got one of those under da hood. 😄
I would have thought so - but a 3.5 with good working turbos is still a scooter. But I'm with you, a V8 is the way to go.
This, Haunted House and Black Hole, 3 of Gottlieb’s greatest machines
"Volgano... [ga-CHUNK CHUNK]] shoo-tlit volgano...It scunnah blow..."
Obviously I'm late to the video but did this sell ? Thank you.
About a week after I posted the video.
were there any good sources that you found for parts? I need a driver board
Not bowler specific but I know they're out there. The boards in mine are good and I'm likely to post it up for sale again soon. I enjoy playing it once in a while.
Those stickers in appron, do you make it or originals?
Those were purchased online. I can't recall where I found them, probably eBay. I like the look.
good looking EQ 😍
Thanks. Pretty neat.
Wow thats great love to have one i had a digi tek that gave allot of echoing reverb depth gain i loved to listen to the differences in aound using reverb. I had a aound mixer that had reverb it qas amaizing
❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉super
I bought one of these and the tone arm stops at the edge of the platter. How do you get the dust cover off?
I got it off.
Sorry John. Missed your comment. Glad you got it off.
Is this a Digital Delay?
No. It's very analog sounding. I say this with an * because I haven't dug up schematics to see. But it sounds analog to me.
Hello, how r u. I have a few problems which maybe u could help me with. I have just received an L-A31 in very clean condition, even the dust lid is scratchless. But i have a query, the headshell & cartridge are turned slightly clockwise so the cue level arm is slightly down and the left hand side of headshell is up!!! Which surely is not correct? Or is it, because the videos i have seen of this turntable seem to be the same, including yours!? I have tried undoing the two screws under the collar which the headshell plugs in to and it does turn, but when u put the screws back in it seems to go the same way again!!! Which Leads me to believe there is a v out under the tone arm in that section so it finds that position constantly??? Its driving me NUTS!!! SHOULD the headshell be level on this model? Or turned clockwork slightly(surely not) so why do others seem to be this way? Oh, and what i think is the centreline down by the counterweight seems to be off, if it is a centreline? But its off the opposite way to the headshell/cartridge, as if the arm has turned anti clockwise slightly. Hopefully u still have this model to check it against my words. Or u may even know through experience. I would be SERIOUSLY grateful if u could help. Many thanks, David...
What a mystery. I have no real idea why these are turned a bit. Truthfully, I never noticed it and am surprised that I didn't because I'm pretty OCD about that sort of thing. They stylus should be at a 90% angle - right? If they cut these masters at a perfect 90% angle, then it makes sense that the stylus should be in the exact position to replay properly in the groove. I have no answer. Did you ever find one?
@@popbumperdon't u mean 90°? Not 90%.... So i guess by what u said, yours is also off and turned slightly? I've managed to sort mine now. It took some serious fiddling with the two screw on underside, turning the headshell which ever way it needs and then tightening it while holding it and eventually i got it right and is now at a perfect 90°. I even brought a tiny level bubble to put on top of head shell to make sure it is parallel to the record and tone arm is level. I have a Goldring E3 Cartridge set at a perfect 2grams which i checked on electric scales and it sounds GGGRRRREEEEEAAATTTT as Tony the Tiger said! Lol...
I think this is 1987 model
1983년 정도 인거 같네요
Just dug this turntable out of mothballs to put back in use the speed won't stay constant how can I fix this? I also have the original receipt from 1980 I paid $150.00 lot of money back then for me. I remember buying a Accutrrack turntable for $200.00 and returning it as I didn't like it. Ahh the good ol days.
The pitch control wheel is likely the problem. A common problem is that these pitch control wheels are dirty on the inside and cause an erratic resistance to be read by the motor control circuit. I spray Deoxit into the wheel's potentiometer (open chassis and shoot a little into the device), rotate the knob back and forth about 20 times or more. Test and see if it stabilizes. If you can't get this to work, then you likely have a capacitor that has gone out of spec. Look for a blue capacitor (electrolytic) and replace it. Since this is over 25 years old, you can bet the capacitor has lived beyond it's intended life. Good luck.
I had no idea how complex and weird these turntables were.
I just picked up one of these and I've got the same problem you did with the needle trying to drop on the platter when I've got a 45 on. I have to use the crane control-style buttons to manually guide it in. Can you share how you cleaned that opto?
I normally clean opto's with a Q-Tip that has window cleaner on it. It evaporates rather quickly.
Had one, my first linear. Good to learn maintenance on. Moved on to Technics sl dl 1's. Much nicer, but this is a good starter.
I wonder if Menards will ever see it as much as it used to
Funny. I was just there today in it! There will be another Ford that will pay them a regular visit.
wannabe Raptor 🤣
True. I love Raptors. So do many others that just can't pony up to own one.
Awesome gear, nice turntable, nice review... and great choice in music. Thanks for sharing your talents and passion.
Thank you!
Will you have part 2 up?
Gosh - I didn't realize it's been this long. I suppose I need to get back to that project. Thanks for the reminder!
Thank you so much for this video i just picked one up at an estate sale for 30 bucks and i just had a feeling with the counterweight it was nice.But Im very new at expanding my knowledgeable with record players
Keep at it. For $30, you can afford to experiment and learn a lot. Just watch the attraction to every piece of gear you see at a yard sale or thrift store. You just might end up with a wall stacked with stuff!! LOL!
Came here wanting to hear what it sounded like. Left the same way I came - still no idea. How can it be a resource if you can't hear the unit's reverb effect over the reverb of your room?
I suppose then it was worth the cost you paid for the video. Nothing.
I have that same turntable but I never touched the counterweight and antiskating features. I'm saying this because I have both in 0 and still get sound. Do I have to change it like you do in 1.5 both?
You should. First - your counterweight might be showing 0, but it isn't really at 0. If it was, your tonearm would be balanced in mid-air, never touching the turntable. The way to setup any tonearm like this is to move the counterweight inward until the tonearm floats - meaning that it doesn't touch anything and seems balanced in the air. Then turn the numbered dial to 0 without moving the counterweight. Check it again to make sure it is still in a floating position. Now spin the counterweight slowly, ensuring the numbered dial moves with your turn of the counterweight. Once you get to 1.5, you'll have 1.5 grams of force on the stylus. Perfect. Then the anti-skate should be adjusted to match the 1.5g tracking force. You can get sound with antiskate at 0 - and likely have the tonearm skipping at mid-record and start to skate across it. But you could never play a record if you truly had 0 grams of tracking force. I hope that makes sense.
Its great to hear that voice, reminds me of the Left for Dead days :)
Thank you @zachgutzmer1172. I just started a new channel "The Silverball Podcast". Please check it out. Some of that stuff and new stuff is out there. Spread the word!
wut.. I bought this years ago from a thriftstore and only today I learned that it almost as old as I am and it has direct drive (yes I know it's written there). Hidden treasures in the home haha
It's a thrill to find these in thrift stores and garage sales. I hope you are enjoying yours.
could anyone heree tell me how i can adjust the auto return on this model? my turntable works really well except for the auto return engaging before the album is finished. or is there any way i can just disasemble the automatic functions? especially the auto return, and just have manual operation, so that i can play an album all the way through? albums that have longer running times get the last track cut off. sometimes if i cue the tone arm to the last song, it will play it all the way through. but if i have an album that has a track that fills the whole side, its kinda rough that this player wants to auto return too quick! any help appreciated, thanx!
Check the manual at Vinyl Engine for tonearm adjustment. It should be pretty clear. Another person mentioned that they aren't taking any new members but maybe that has reopened. If you can't get the manual, maybe you can obscure your email address and reply so one of us can email you a copy.
@@popbumper i tried that, but they arent taking membership
Thoughro description. I'd buy it! What part of the country are you in?
unfortunately, it's long gone. I'm in the hills of Southern Illinois. Yes ... we have hills! LOL!
Hi! Thank you so much for your kind words, credit and link to my video! I was just asked about this the other day on my video, so I thought about it, and I just came up with a theory on the purpose of the neutral wire. I think it is a safety feature for when the contacts become fused together so that opening the lid would still kill the motor while the contacts are fused together. I'm going to assume the link has some conductivity (and it would be interesting to test a working switch to see if there is in fact continuity - it looks like a carbon compound of some sort), so if the contacts (the ones that have turned black on yours) were fused together, when the plunger is released, it would cause that piece of metal directly touching the plunger, to come into contact with the other end of the link, which is connected to neutral. This would result in a dead short, instantly blowing the link, releasing the other contact, killing power to the entire machine. What do you think? It's basically a safety feature to turn off the machine if the lid opens, even if the lid switch malfunctions. As those black marks indicate, there must have been an event that caused the contacts to fuse, so when the lid was opened, the link melted apart.
My player struggles to start certain records, the tone arm won’t sit low enough.. is this an adjustment issue or a record issue? I just bought mine refurbished and everything else works great
Check the manual at Vinyl Engine for tonearm adjustment but I think this could be resolved with a thin turntable mat on top of the stock vinyl mat.
This ecualizer is good for ecualized music?
An equalizer assists in changing the way your speakers sound to best represent a recording, or compensate for a not-so-good recording mix so it will sound better.
❤👍👍👍 Thank You so much!!! Was in a pickle and you saved the day.
Glad I could help!
Hi Rob, I know you are busy but I think it would be cool if you would put out some videos covering your games. Similar tour videos like this one. Iron Maiden would be a great one to start with if you decide to. Anyway, I enjoy watching your pinball content and as an old fan, I still go back and listen to the old silverball podcasts occasionally.
Thank you so much for your comment. Please take a look at my new channel @thesilverballpodcast where I am posting up new content and some old stuff too. I'm hoping that channel will eventually get traction and take off. For now, it is hidden and hard to be seen by all the pinball people that will appreciate it.
Very cool video and I learned enough to pull mine apart. I have one of these L-L1's and I've been repairing it and am stumped. I've replaced both belts and the needle and now the record will play if I manually queue it up and the STOP button will pick up the needle and return the tonearm. However, the START button does not work - it spins up the record and picks up the needle then starts to move the tonearm. The tonearm never stops moving to drop the needle on the record and will just keep trying to move to the left. Also, the automatic return when the record ends does not work. The needle just stays on the record and it keeps spinning. I just can't figure out what is supposed to control these couple of actions and why they don't work. All suggestions are welcome. What a mystery! It would be real helpful (i think) to know what the turntable senses that tells it to stop moving the tonearm over and start playing the record, and then recognizing the record is done to pick up the tonearm and return it to home. I can see what makes it stop at the home spot - there is a little mechanical switch that gets tripped, but these other two are a mystery. Is it an optical sensor that counts the distance traveled somehow or a sensor that see the needle move quickly to the center when the record is done?
Have you downloaded the service manual from vinylengine? I performed the offset adjustment and arm parallel adjustment and that seemed to fix a similar issue on mine.
@@nicholascigrand I would like to do that but vinylengine is locked for new users and I don't have an account. Would be great if there was a way to get registered or another way to get the document. The owner's manual is not good enough - does not provide any hints on what to do.
@@johnnicholas2079 I'm happy to share it with you if you can give me a means to get it to you
@@nicholascigrand I've tried to post my email address three times here but the post never appears. Let me try to obfuscate it and see if my reply will save. Its my youtube name minus the numbers, so first and last name. and then you add aol to it.
@@johnnicholas2079 is Vinyl Engine locked to new peeps? I hope not. Hope you tried again to join. It is a vital resource for restoration.
The light on the upper left corner provides light (in low light situations) to the size sensor to set speed and needle to 7"/45rpm or 12"/33rpm automaticly. In the platter mat and platter itself you'll find three lenses, to send the light to the sensor underneath. It also prevents the arm moving to the platter if you'ld press 'start' with no record on the platter. This is uniquely to the QL-L2 and the QL-L20 (the black version of the same turntable). The L-L1 misses out on this feature. (So by covering the lenses, might suspect a mall function in the electrics, but it is an easy fix;-) ) My two copies of this type turntable suffer from dry rubber insulator hoses, which function as shockabsorbers together with one spring per foot. This effects the spinning of the platter and its mat. By adding an propper size rubber ring (± 1mm thick) between the spring and the lower metal black casing the platters turns propperly again.
Thank you for all of this information. For me of course, but certainly for anyone that ends up at this video and reads these comments!
Learning new things everyday
Hi, I'm planning to get one of this units, did you ever get a microphone? Can you tell me which one you recommend? I was searching on eBay, and I came across a Sansui SDM-1 and a SDM-2 microphones, do you think one of these is a good choice?
I never did get a microphone connected up on it. I suspect either of the Sansui mics would be good in this case.
Lucky you the glass was in great shape. I don't think this works with a glass of unknown origin without any further measures like heat or something.
Tempered glass doesn't like un-uniform heat. That's why it can break just by handling it or moving from cold to hot environment quickly. Any Pinball glass with art on it should be tempered. So it's strong. No luck, just 25 years of doing this.
@@popbumper thanks for your explanation. I guess I was lucky then. I had a Night Rider backglass with a very rusty trim. The trim was so stuck in one side, I had to use heat to losen it.
@@smallsoldier1663 I have had a rusty lift before and it was very hard to break loose. I think I sprayed a liberal amount of wd40 or similar, and let it sit for a couple days. Glad yours worked out.
Hi Slick Flick. I think that those 4 memory positions are memorised by someone, not by factory. You have option to make your own eq and memories it. Cheers
I think you are right. After this video was shot, I seem to recall going a bit deeper on this and getting it to hold my memory. Maybe when it loses power, it defaults to the settings I show. Thanks for your comment.
You might want to check the speed with the Turntabulator app. I've bought and sold several of these and all have needed speed adjustments.
Thank you!
I just repaired/restored this for the person who bought it. Couple of things: no germanium transistors are used in the Super Fuzz, silicon only. The transistors replaced are the same kind as the ones put in, they are just in different cases. Only one of those original transistors was not working, so may have been easier to replace that. Finally, the reason this was behaving strangely when a note sustained (volume swell and stuttering at the end) was one of the transistors (#5 in the signal chain) was incorrectly installed. The Emitter and Collector were reversed. Took awhile to figure that one out...
Do you still have it????
Nope. Sold it same day I listed it
You need to clean the linear mechanism, its super slow, it's not that slow
These things are beautiful. It’s a shame audio companies don’t focus on the visual beauty and effects on their products anymore.
I love linear tracking turntables. So fun and convenient!
bro, I was so scared when I first watched this in 2010 (at the time i was 6 years old), now I am nearly 18 and coming back to this video gives me hella lot of nostalgia and confusion.
My son who is in the video, was also 6 at the time. I can see how this might have been scary for you. I feel bad that it scared you back then.
@@popbumper its all good! I still find it funny seeing it after like 12 years. I still have no idea how i still remember this video out of the blue haha
What size belt did you use???
I'm sorry I can't remember. I have about 40 belts for belt drive platter motors and another 20 small ones. I tend to fit them by hand. Amazon has bulk belts with assorted sizes. There may be a kit available on ebay for this one.