Any Linn LP12 owners in So Cal get the Karousel bearing upgrade?

mabonn back in 1977 the Linn was the best turntable us regular folks could afford. I owned two of them. But, there is no turning a sow's ear into a silk purse. After 40 years of service it owes you nothing. There are several turntables for reasonable money that are vastly superior. Tables from Kuzma, SME, Sota and Basis come to mind. Maybe it is time to turn the old lady in. You can probably still get decent money for it. 

@mabonn I posted my impressions on the new Karousel bearing in the members review section, it is a superb upgrade. If you believe mijostyn above, and really why would you, lol; then its time to trade in a superior turntable!
Anyhow, to answer your OP ( mijsotyn just couldnt bring himself to not post more negativity about a table that he hasn’t heard since yours was produced, lol) PM and I will give you my local San Diego county tech's info who is a Linn expert. ( and did a super job of installing my Karousel).
You will be more than happy with this upgrade!

I upgraded to the Karousel bearing and the Kore subchassis and highly recommend the combination. Unfortunately, I did both at the same time so can't comment on the relative merits of each, but the combination gave me a turntable that resolves much greater detail without subtracting from the LP12's musicality. I own, or have owned, SOTA, Thorens, Garrard, VPI, Voyd, Well-Tempered, and Rega (RP10) tables and admire what each brings to the table but I keep coming back to the Linn for overall enjoyment of my record collection.

I had a Kore installed in 2015 and the Karousel in 2020, so permit me  a few words. The single biggest bang for the buck improvement I have ever heard on my 23 years old LP12 has been the Karousel. 

I learnt all I need to know about Linn when I restored my 1964 Fiat Bambina in the late seventies. Pulling the motor out to put a new gearbox in I must have undone many "locknuts".

Lo and behold, some years later, the Linn Doctor called in the early 80's - a new upgrade - LOCKNUTS under the springs to stop the suspension going out ! Only took Ivor 20 years to discover them.