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Old 27th Mar 2020, 1:28 pm   #1
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Default Could anybody identify this tone arm for me?

Hi Folks,

Would anbody be able to identify the tone arm in the attached image by any chance?

Many thanks in advance,

Darren.
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Old 27th Mar 2020, 1:49 pm   #2
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Looks like an early Hadcock - possibly a GH-220.
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Old 27th Mar 2020, 3:56 pm   #3
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Looks like an early Hadcock - possibly a GH-220.


I agree, it does

I had one for a while back in the early 1980's fitted with a Denon 103 moving coil cartridge. It all sounded very good but I recall that the arm seemed very fiddly to get all the various adjustments "spot on"
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It could be GH-228 like this one https://www.vinylengine.com/library/...k/gh-228.shtml
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Old 27th Mar 2020, 5:40 pm   #5
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Default Re: Could anybody identify this tone arm for me?

Thank you everyone for your replies, I do believe it's a GH-228 after doing some research based on your suggestuions here.

The counter weight is sagging quite badly, i'm assuming this is down to the rubber fitting, I may have to get creative with an alternative!
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I sold them back in the day We used to purchase them from George Hadcock
Went to his house on a few occasions and listened to his arms via a quad valve setup with stacked ESL57 superb
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Lenco tonearms suffer from that counterweight sag after a while - could be worth searching the Lenco Heaven forum for tips?
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