Cartridge for Doc's G99/Neat

[Daniel Quinn]

Your retort suggests a fragile ego and an ability to take things personally.

[Vinyl-ant]

Fwiw, I agreed with your initial recommendations Dave, I recommended a grado if mm and the 33 if mc. The reason for the 33ev over the f7 is that ime the 33 can be a little less aggressive at the very top end than the f7, which I found to be better in something abit lighter than that neat arm. I got better results in the AT1100 than I did with any other arms in my collection. Before the f7 got broken that is
My thoughts on the 33 are that its quite smooth and controlled compared to the 7. Hence the recommendation

[scotty38]

I'll read everything when I'm home but I'm sat in the car with it now. Do I need to do anything like take off the platter while I transport it?

[Vinyl-ant]

Yes, take the platter off and screw up the 2 red bolts near the motor to lock the motor in place

[scotty38]

Ha, how does the platter come off? Moves a couple of mm then appears to lock

[scotty38]

Ok platter off but can't see bolts... ace ...

[scotty38]

Think I can see where the bolts should be but nothing there

[Vinyl-ant]

If there are no transit bolts it should be ok, they are well built.
Pack something soft like a jumper under the motor just to stop it swinging around too much

[_D_S_J_R_]

The platter is fitted to a TAPERED main spindle. A sharp pull upwards may be all you need, otherwise a third hand with a gentle tap with a mallet will do it

The motor (for those that don't know) is sprung and on most lenco's, there's two red headed screws which are 'unscrewed' fully anti-clockwise to suspend the motor and 'finger tightened' down (in this car transport case) to lock said motor for transport. This G99 is from 1966 from memory (there's a date stamp underneath) and I can't remember if these transit screws were there as captive screws as later lenco's had (unknown history before RD acquired it). I have pics taken here of it, but only fully fitted up and playing, not dismantled or with platter off, so can't tell you for definite. If car-driven carefully, you should get away with not touching the motor as long as when setting it up, said motor 'floats' within the springs. Otherwise, put some folded tissue or similar between motor and deck plate - leave ample so you can pull it out without it shedding everywhere.

[scotty38]

Thanks both platter is off and motor supported....