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TR2/3/3A For those who's TR3s are up on blocks

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I'm watching that one.....great Xmas gift for my brother!! :laugh:
 
Hmmm - when's the last time you saw a 45rpm record with LP33 on the label ...?

details, details ...

T.
 
I have a few records like that.
they were sold as super singles. I bought them while stationed in Germany
 
NutmegCT said:
Hmmm - when's the last time you saw a 45rpm record with LP33 on the label ...?

details, details ...

T.
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And a small diameter hole?
 
Way cool. I wonder if it has a dripping oil sound on one of the tracks.
 
Twosheds said:
And a small diameter hole?
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Oh c'mon - everything's relative! ... that hole is big enough for a 45 spindle. But the record itself is 2 feet wide :jester:

(yikes, who remembers what a turntable spindle is these days?)
 
I used to have a 12V 45RPM player for the car, of all things.....


As stated, one of the "hallmarks" of 45's is the big hole.....just like with Colt.
 
But all the 33's had small spindle holes. I know, I still have a bunch of them.

Tinkerman
 
Some children's records came in 45 rpm with the small spindle. Working on the record collection for our 45 rpm juke box at America On Wheels, we have received a few of those which I have not cataloged to be in the collection because the juke box cannot play the small spindle records. They are not real common, but they are out there. We have a number of 45 extended plays from the big bands with 3 or 4 songs per side. They are real bargains on our unit where it is a nickel per play.
 
But it clearly says "LP 33" on the label, so...

Besides, the seller has admitted to never playing it.
 
I don't need a 45 RPM or a LP 33 RPM record to know what my TR3A sounds like. The real 1958 TR3A I have owned for over 51 years is just down the basement stairs and I can listen to those sounds any day I want this winter - Christmas Day included. All I have to do is open the garage door while it makes those wonderful sounds.

BTW in the last 19 winters of storage, I have never put my TR up on blocks. I got 43,000 miles during 10 years of driving on the first set of new Michelins (the limit suggested by tire experts) and now I'm on my third set of tires having driven over 102,000 miles in the past 19 summers.

Life is great - so are the sounds.
 

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I don't need a 45 RPM or a LP 33 RPM record to know what my TR3A sounds like. The real 1958 TR3A I have owned for over 51 years is just down the basement stairs and I can listen to those sounds any day I want this winter - Christmas Day included. All I have to do is open the garage door while it makes those wonderful sounds.

BTW in the last 19 winters of storage, I have never put my TR up on blocks. I got 43,000 miles during 10 years of driving on the first set of new Michelins (the limit suggested by tire experts) and now I'm on my third set of tires having driven over 102,000 miles in the past 19 summers.

Life is great - so are the sounds.
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Great to hear. You're on point to create a CD of TR3 sounds.
 
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