Saved from the dumpster

Posted by Munkie_NL (A) on May 5, 2015 at 02:44:39

Yesterday i saw this Pioneer Pl-12D in the dumpster near the local Goodwill. Missing: belt, headshell, cart, stylus, counterweight. Dust cover broken due to the fall into the dumpster. All the wires had been cut. Today i restored this simple but effective vintage TT. Connected all new wires for signal, ground, power. Took a fitting counterweight from a Marantz arm i'm not using at the moment. Headshell plus vintage AT cart from the old stock. Belt from the drawer.

Actually there is nothing wrong with this TT.This is the quietest PL-12D i've had so far and i restored 5 or 6 of them. There was still plastic on the metal ring on the rubber mat! Almost NOS. This particular thrift store is part of a large organisation that collects the waste in my entire region. They are all for recycling etc. Not.

I'll probably keep this one. I've had too many parts to add to make a sale profitable. And way back as a student in the early 1980s a Pl-12D was my first TT.

"The torture never stops"

Greetings Freek.

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Topic - Saved from the dumpster - Munkie_NL 02:44:39 05/05/15 (13)

RE: Saved from the dumpster - painter27 19:18:54 05/05/15 (0)

RE: Saved from the dumpster - Picklesnapper 17:36:27 05/05/15 (0)

RE: Saved from the dumpster - Crazy Dave 11:36:44 05/05/15 (0)

Nice Score! - blues4ever 06:54:52 05/05/15 (0)

A great score you have scored! - Dman 05:46:14 05/05/15 (0)

Excellent ! ... - reelsmith. 05:40:45 05/05/15 (5)

Hey, Dean . . . - Opus 33 1/3 06:32:05 05/05/15 (4)

Thanks ... - reelsmith. 07:52:08 05/05/15 (3)

Figured for $30, you wouldn't be risking much. /nt\ - Opus 33 1/3 09:45:28 05/05/15 (2)

I'm picky ... - reelsmith. 10:27:57 05/05/15 (1)

Bet you are right about the belt. If I still had two hands, I'd jump on it. /nt\. - Opus 33 1/3 10:38:47 05/05/15 (0)

Love the "overhang checker" /nt\ - Opus 33 1/3 03:48:03 05/05/15 (0)

RE: Saved from the dumpster - vinnie2 03:20:17 05/05/15 (0)

Saved from the dumpster

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