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Garrard turntables are a UK based manufacturer. They were a relatively unexciting company, producing decent turntables for the masses for many years. Garrard turntables at the time were not as well regarded as say, the Linn LP12s or the Pink Triangles, but their best turntables were regarded as excellent affordable options. While I hesitate to call them junk, there are many Garrard turntables that are not worth the pain of restoring them. There’s no point ending up with a mediocre table when you could have spent a hundred dollars more and got a nice entry level audiophile turntable.

Early garrard sp.25 mk1 / 2 record deck instruction manual. Garrard: 86SB: Turntable: User Manual: English, Spanish, French, and German. CF3: GAR86SB-UM: 16 total pages, constructed as the original, double-side printed on 11in x 17in stock, center folded, center stapled so it looks, handles and opens out flat as the original. Turntable ORIGINAL Service Manual Models covered: 6-100, 6-200, 6-300 and others in the Garrard Unimech and Reverse Unimech Range. 6-200C, 6-200CP, 6-100C, 6-100T, 42. 42C, 42M, 63SP, 440, 6-400, 62, 70, 770. The biggest collection of Garrard manuals and schematics. All available for free download.

A couple of Garrard turntables have been elevated to cult status. These are the Garrard 301 and Garrard 401. Other Garrard turntables are worthwhile if found in good working order, but unless you have experience restoring vintage turntables, the cost of a restoration will outweigh the benefits a good Garrard can provide. The 301 and 401 are not dissimilar to 1200 series Dual turntables in that they are sturdy, well built idler drive turntables.

History of Garrard Turntables

Garrard and Company was the first iteration of the company that would go on to manufacture Garrard turntables. They were a company that were requested to manufacture range finders for the First World War. Following the war, the Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company was set up with view to producing consumer products in a post-war era. Garrard initially started manufactured spring wound motors for a growing gramophone industry, which were great successes due to their comparative silence to other options of the era. In the late 1920s, Garrard began producing electric motors and by 1930, their very first complete gramaphone. Sales picked up as technology did during the 1930s, with the invention of amplifiers helping things move along at a nice pace. After production ceased during World War II, the Garrard 301 was invented in 1954 and hailed as a triumph of engineering. The Garrard 401 was produced in 1965 to replace the 401 (it never quite achieved this feat, according to the opinions of some).

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Garrard Turntables Today

Garrard turntables are cult icons that are still being refurbished today. The two premier companies are Loricraft, who are based in England, and Shindo, who are based in Japan. They refurbish old 301s and 401s for the discerning customers of today. Loricraft have even developed the Garrard 501, which is based on the earlier Garrard turntables but with their perceived flaws removed.

Garrard turntables are a great option for the discerning consumer with a bit of money to throw around and a preference for vintage turntables.

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1954: £19 + £6. 3s. 6d tax
1959: £16. 17s. 6d + £5. 9s. 9d tax. With strobe turntable: £18. 1s. 0d + £5. 17s. 4d
1962: £17. 14s. 6d + £5. 3s. 9d tax. With strobe turntable: £18. 19s. 3d + £5. 11s. 0d

The iconic Garrard 301 transcription turntable is revered the world over. Its successor the Garrard 401 is by all accounts sonically superior but the classic design of the 301 outshines the 401. Audio buffs mock the idle wheel mechanism, it’s so much noisier compared to the belt drive and even some very high-end direct drive turntables, but to fans, that is what gives the 301 it's unique sound and character.

Garrard 401 Turntable Manual

The Garrard 301 was the first transcription turntable that played at 33 ⅓, 45 and 78 rpm speeds. It was robust, minimalist and beautifully built. It featured a 4 pole Garrard Induction motor driving an idle wheel which drove the platter from inside its rim. The chassis and platter were made from diecast aluminium and weighed 16 pounds - 6 pounds of which was the platter. The platter was balanced and freely spun on a high precision bearing.

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Production of the 301 started in 1953; it hit the market in 1954. The 301 was usually sold without a plinth, tonearm or cartridge. Setting up epson tm-t88v model m244a printer. The strobe-rim platter was around a £2 extra-cost option.