Technics Turntables...really???

I wound up selling my Sota that had been factory freshened and VTA installed and really wanted to use it  and the belt would keep coming off and I frankly did not like the full manual mode.   At some point I bought  a  SL-1600 mk ii  off of ebay and  sent it to a refurbisher in TN.  I think it was..   who has since passed.  A weak  link in the system is a nylon or plastic of some sort gear that is elemental to the arm operation ..   I bought a Rega 3 with upgrades and used very briefly and found on ebay of all places this restorer of Technics who had the gear that I needed.  I sent him the table and he fixed it and its back in operation --the only table in here..   Suffice to say,, Im not playing enough vinyl but then I just recently moved to a whole new area in Cali..    surrounded by fires these days although lucked out and not really in a critical area where fuel for fires is plentiful.  Makes for some very hot weather after living near the ocean all these years in the bay area.    

@ grossman616--  your mention of the Peppermint lounge takes me back,, unfortunately  I was a state away which should not of stopped me from going of course.   The   Lounge had all this  cred  and party flavor  going for it back in the day and many who wanted to go probably didnt  as well.  I had to settle for going to Ripley NY for the bars with music et al  just over the PA border  Funny how your name reminded me of a Grossman that gradated the year I did in 63'  Wouldnt it be a small world indeed if you  were the same person and if your first name is Barry than its even more of a 6 degrees of separation event.  lol.