Haha, I fooled all of yas with an optimized camera angle. The bench is a mess beyond compare, the turntable and the receiver below it were two restoration project, those hide the disaster below. You can see some of the mess behind, there are parts, papers, tools, you name it. The rest of the room has boxes, parts, junk and more projects in mid-work. Granted, the upper part of the bench where most of the equipment resides is decent in that respect, and the cabinet behind me is cram-packed with more instruments and other goodies but pretty well organized. This is basically a five pound bag, and there's more than ten pound of stuff in it. :)
Trust me, you DON'T want to see my basement. It is a living hell, and it would take weeks of constant work to clear it out, it's that bad. I started a while ago, but, like most things with me, the work got sidelined with my injuries. The garage is nearly as bad, and for the same reasons.
This is an old Pioneer PL-510A that belonged to a close friend. Sadly, he died a bit over 10 years ago, He was a bit older than I am, and he and his parents were very close family friends from around the time I was born. This was very rough on my Mom and I. I helped get rid of his belongings, and among with a few dozen records, I took this old turntable that wasn't being used for quite a while. I remember when he got it. I restored it not too long ago, and was testing a very old receiver of mine I had just finished restoring. It still works well.
I've been using the same Technics SL-1900 turntable I bought new in 1976. it has needed very little work over all these years, and it's my main turntable on the big home theater/hi-fi system in the living room. I go with what works, and rarely replace something unless it's hopelessly broken, obsolete, or far superseded in specs.
Oh, trust me. That little corner is probably the best organized of my workshops. Look closely and you'll see there's lots of junk on the table, the rest of the room if full of projects in mid-work, boxes, parts, junk, equipment, etc. The shelf above the bench isn't bad, but floors and benches all over are a total disaster!
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Date: 2015-03-15 03:37 am (UTC)We have the same cabinets in our basement.
Nicely organized. I wish I could say the same thing about our basement!
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Date: 2015-03-15 05:36 am (UTC)I've been using the same Technics SL-1900 turntable I bought new in 1976. it has needed very little work over all these years, and it's my main turntable on the big home theater/hi-fi system in the living room. I go with what works, and rarely replace something unless it's hopelessly broken, obsolete, or far superseded in specs.
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