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Old 4th Nov 2012, 9:27 am   #27
GP49000
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Default Re: Garrard record player deck identification.

50 Mk II and 60 Mk II were respectively a brand-new model, and an upgrade of the AT60. The cueing control, first introduced to automatic changers on the Lab 80, proved to be an extremely popular feature, much in demand. Garrard responded by putting it onto lower-priced models. The 50 Mk II was marketed in the same basic price niche as the Model 50. It featured the new cueing control, activated by a lever directly linked to the arm lift mechanism. Thus it was not damped, and the arm lowered exactly as the user lowered the lever. The cast aluminium tonearm of the Model 50 was replaced by a tonearm retaining the same removable headshell but based upon an aluminium tube mounted in a moulded plastic pivot housing. On the rear was a counterbalance weight which partially offset the dead weight of the front of the arm, just as did the counterweight of the Model 50. The new arm had a built-in tracking weight gauge calibrated in grams but requiring a separate gauge for initial setting. Once the initial setting was made, moving a plastic slide on the armtube one increment would adjust the tracking weight by one gram. The 50 Mk II had a unique grey trim ring on its platter mat and a matching grey trim plate on its headshell, though any other M7-type headshell could be substituted by the end user. A new medallion on the left front corner of the chassis identified its model designation.

With the introduction of the 50 Mk II, the Model 50, which remained in the line in America, was renamed 40 Mk II.

The 60 Mk II was the AT60 with the same cueing device as was fitted to the 50 Mk II, and an advanced tracking weight setting dial for its fully counterweight-adjusted, dynamically balanced tonearm. In a minor styling change, it gained a larger brushed metal trim ring than the AT60's, and a round model number medallion like that on the 50 Mk II.
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