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In Reply to: RE: Thomas Schick posted by Steelhead Mike on October 19, 2016 at 11:49:12
If you haven't actually paid for the Schick arm yet, I would encourage you to contact James Grant of Analog Instruments about getting a 12" Siggwan. I owned a Schick for a couple years but sold it soon after buying a Siggwan. The Siggwan is a 12" solid cocobolo unipivot arm. Very professionally engineered and built. Sonically I greatly preferred it over the Schick. And the icing on the cake is the Siggwan is less expensive than the Schick. Mine was built and delivered in just a few weeks, exactly on schedule. James is located in New Zealand but is very easy to communicate with by email. You can reach him via Facebook.
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I just noticed they recently are introducing a new arm with detachable headshell. Good for them!
I think Schick tonearms occupy a niche market that demands 12" arm with detachable headshell that allows SPU type of cartridge heads. Or if you want to play 78 records that certainly requires an arm with interchangeability. Regardless of its sound, it satisfies a market.
Purists will always prefer arms with no signal and/or mechanical breaks between armwand, of course.
Is he still making them? The Facebook page hasn't been updated in over five months and the website is no longer functioning.
James was still making the Siggwan as of a couple months ago, but he is no longer actively promoting it. I think he is just too busy with his full time job and family.
Edits: 10/21/16
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