Hacker Gondolier Record Player full service

[@mrbigarms]

Visited a friend recently and he has one of these, Wow! it sounded absolutely fantastic!

[@1953childstar]

Very nice restoration !!!!

[@LittleDaveGuitar]

Hi Darren, great video.. I've had one of these since I was a kid and am 45 now.. I cleaned it up and regreased it about 5 years ago and it's been in the loft since.. I got it down at the weekend and now a lovely feature in my front room.. It's working fine, pots a little scratchy.. Do you think I should be changing the electrolytic caps if I'm going to be using it? Would love to find one of the extension amps for it.. Cheers 👍

[@anthonylawrence60]

as a kid our house had more than its fair share of hacker gear .i had a cavalier and my two sisters had a gondolier each while downstairs in the dining room there was a hacker 200 radiogram .In the kitchen a hacker hunter and i am sure my parents would have had one of their televisions had they made one

[@martinaggett7461]

Hi Darren, Thanks for the great video. I wanted to ask you if you know the spec. for the two glass fuses near the valves. Unfortunately, I lost the one with the fancy gold label, coloured/discoloured pink inside the glass tube. Would you know where I might get a replacement? Hope you can help. Cheers, Martin

[@GramophonicReevolution]

Excellent 👍👍

[@radiorobertakaandy5982]

Love that record mate .andy over at vintageelectronicsrepair has a copy too

[@morganrolys]

Hi Darren, do you know where I can source replacement fuses for a Hacker Centurion two x 0.75a and one 2amp standard fuses. Many thanks

[@mikebrannan4593]

Hi Darren, I have gondolier 42. So when I first switch the player on the sound is quite good. Then after about several minutes the sound start to get a bit muffled. I don’t have any humming what so ever. I would be very great full for any advice you could offer. P.s it seems as though it is loosing power

[@SoddingaboutSi]

Recap most likley.

[@radiorobertakaandy5982]

Been having terrible trouble getting the auto change cog off of my gondoliers as it needs servicing on both.

[@radiorobertakaandy5982]

What's the name of the song .I'll traipse through charity shops and try finding it.oh and totally forgot,fantastic video.i own 2 gondoliers and a cavalier myself,and they do have sound that is out of this world

[@DarrensVlog]

Soul Coaxing by Norrie Paramore its on the Studio2Stereo label. Great label of the time!

[@radiorobertakaandy5982]

@@DarrensVlog thank you so much

[@rhysthorpe1]

Hi Darren. Do you service these? I have a Hacker GP-42 and amplifier.

[@DarrensVlog]

I'm afraid I dont service equipment professionally, I just do it as a hobby when time allows. I'm no expert but I believe their are folk online that specialise in Hacker servicing.

[@Jammerk40]

Did you say it's a stereo output.

[@mark22835]

wot do you charge to service a hacker record player

[@yuehchopin]

good