Columbia GP-3 Where to buy one?
pointman
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Yeah so I never bought one back in the day like a sucker. Now I want one but Dustygroove doesn't seem to sell them anymore and I'm apparently shit out of luck. Anyone know where I can score one these days?
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anyone know how to fix these? for some reason mine won't play any more. the record spins but nothing comes out of the speaker or headphones. any idears?
me too. they're hard to find.
Try here Good guys and helpful over the phone to boot.
http://www.garage-a-records.com/index.php
http://www.needledoctor.com/Contact
Pointman - where do you live? There are some places that still carry this retail (Amoeba in L.A. for example). I usually see about $100-125 on it?
You sure you want a GP-3 though? Vs. the Vestax or Numark or another kind of player? I like the GP-3 ok but the mono headphone jack is kind of a pain in the ass even if it's easy enough to modify with a converter plug. Lack of RCA outs is an issue for other folks.
Needles are about $8 available at nearly all audio equipment stores...
dunno where to get them stateside, but I'm sure you can mail order them... watch out for the limited editions...
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peace
The gp-3 is cool an all, but really, I would never buy another one. I have had mine since around 96-97 and it works but I'm not lovin the brittle plastic casing or its bulk. I picked an old singer portable turntable close to a year ago and it crushes. You can find them with/without headphone and tone controls but they seem to be much sturdier than the gp-3. It is heavier but it is also smaller and alot louder than the columbia.
If i found one, I'd prolly roll with a soundburger, they seem to be the best combo of sound quality, size and headphone jack havingness.
my 2cents.
i still maintain that the fisherprices are the best value. hardly ever break. line outs and headphone jacks would be nice.
i rarely use my sound burger. obnoxious taking the records in and out. they do good that nice aerodynamic design though, for what its worth
haelp.
To me, the Soundburger is where it's at. Hands-down, the best designed and engineered portable out there. I don't think taking the records in and out is a problem if you don't close the clamshell. The only two beefs I have with it is:
1) The tonearm could be a little heavier since it's really easy to jump the needle.
2) THe player is unforgiving of any warps in the records being played.
Other than that though, for the size and sound quality, it's far ahead of the GP3, Vestax, Numark, all that.
I live in Houston.
I've had a Vestax, it was a absolute piece of shit. My Numark was okay but nothing great and it was destroyed on a plane. I still have a soundburger but I don't like using it when trying to get through records quickly. This leaves me with GP-3s or trying to find a nice shape vintage player.
I wonder if I can get Amoeba to mail order one for me?