[Jukebox-list] AMI G 120. Bought it.

[David Breneman]

--- Steve Wahl <steve at pro-ns.net> wrote:


> However, if you're thinking of using a Stanton, note that the
> recent
> conversation about mounting bosses and cartridges applies here.  I
> found the Stanton style cartridges mounted directly ride far too
> low.

For a while a "wasp waisted" pickup was available that would 
slip between the mounting posts in the AMI tone arm and ride
at the right height.  My G-200 has one.  I think I might have
gotten it from Wes (this would have been in the mid 80s)
but they're long since out of production.  The cartridge that
was in my JAL-200 also fit, and I was using that for a time.
I tried a Shure cartridge on one I was fixing up for a friend.
I ground down the plastic of the case until I hit metal, but
it still didn't fit in quite deep enough and so was only a
temporary solution.  Someone here, a couple years back,
suggested grinding off the threaded posts in the tonearm, and
using screws with nuts to hold the cartridge.  That seemed
a little dire to me, but I'll admit I always try to preserve
before I alter.

> There's no adjustment that would raise up the rear of the tone arm
> while in play position, and since the cartridge raises the front of
> the tone arm, it plays at an angle that slopes from front to back.

You can adjust the tonearm height a little, but it effects how
it rides the cam, so it's a kludgey "fix".  I fiddled with all
the height adjustments to get my friend's working with the 
cartridge we had, but I don't consider it a fix, just a 
temporary kludge.




David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


 
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