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The 1025T, 2025T and 3500

The 1025T and 2025T were updates of the 1025 and 2025. The only significant change was the tonearm. The cast aluminium tonearm of the 1025/2025 was replaced by the tubular tonearm previously introduced on the 2025TC. As the model numbers indicate, the 1025T and 2025T lacked a cueing device.

The 3500 supplemented the 3000 as the "high-performance" record changer with low-mass tubular tonearm. Where the 3000's arm was only partly counterbalanced and still required an upward-pulling spring to offset the weight of the tonearm tube, head and cartridge, the 3500 had a fully counterweighted, dynamically-balanced arm with tracking weight applied by a downward-pulling spring. However, for the first time in the Autoslim line, the 3500 lacked automatic record size selection. Instead of sensing the size of a record as it dropped to the platter, the 3500 required the user to select record size using a unified speed/size selector. The 3500 could play only 12" and 7" records at 33rpm, only 7" records at 45rpm, and only 10" records at 78rpm.

For manual play, the record-stabilizing overarm on the 3500 could be swung to the rear, out of the way for loading records on the platter.

The 3500 also had a cueing device, which the 3000 lacked.

The Garrard 3500 with a two-pole motor was found in better grade phonographs and radiograms such as the Bush A749, Sony HP-465 and Motorola SK220.

A version of the 3500 with four-pole induction/synchronous Synchro-Lab motor and integrated Pickering magnetic cartridge, pre-packaged with USA-sourced plinth and cover, was sold in the USA as the Garrard Module SLx.

A hybrid model, a 3500 chassis with two-pole motor, without automatic record size selection, but with the cueing and the cheaper tonearm of the 2025TC, was packaged with preinstalled ceramic cartridge and USA-sourced plinth and cover and sold in the USA as Module X-10.

3500, from Bush phonograph
3500 control panel
Module SLx (USA)
Module SLx (USA)
Module X-10 (USA)