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"Faking" technics?
Posted on: 30.05.2012 by Glennis Bischoff
so im looking at Xonetacular's custom paintings of the Technics... and this really cool idea hit me.

What if someone repainted the Audio Technica LP-120 to a different color, and then got the Technics stickers (like this one) off ebay to finish the job, making the "Technics clone" even more cloned. sure, the body looks a bit different with the buttons and all, but seriously... it would literally be the closest thing to a real Technics you could get.

i know some people might see this as a way to make fake Technics and sell them for more, but that's not what i'm getting at. i'm talking about purely personal use.

what are your thoughts on this type of "mod" or Customization?
Osvaldo Newhall
02.06.2012
Originally Posted by Patch
Nothing wrong with modding a pair of AT decks - just don't put Technics stickers on it.
^^^This!
Osvaldo Newhall
01.06.2012
Originally Posted by itsbentheboy

and i know it wouldn't perform like a technics, but it would make it that much closer. i know its not exact, but i believe it would be pretty cool for no apparent reason. kinda like people who do random car mods. it would just make it different, but at the same time not...
Up to you then. But don't be surprised if people start bashing on your work and laugh at you. Because as I have said, no matter how you paint it and change the label, it will still be very obvious that your turntable(s) is trying hard to be a Technics.
Glennis Bischoff
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by stbanas925
Sounds like a fun little project to me (as long as it is personal) except I don't really see the point because they won't perform anywhere near the same as technics. Plus I got lucky and found a pair of Technics for the same price as a new Audio Technica...
well, you sir are pretty damn lucky!

Originally Posted by Nicadraus
Don't waste your time trying to convert the AT LP-120 to a Technics SL1200.

The tonearm design, the platter, the buttons above and below the pitch slider, the power switch, etc. In an instant, people would know right away that it's not Technics no matter how you paint it, add some stickers or whatever.
and i know it wouldn't perform like a technics, but it would make it that much closer. i know its not exact, but i believe it would be pretty cool for no apparent reason. kinda like people who do random car mods. it would just make it different, but at the same time not...
Alla Bluemke
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

Attachment 10016
Not gonna lie. I want it.
Jenise Kryszak
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
I knew there was something wrong when the engine wouldn't turn over...damn craigslist haha
Halley Wurzer
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
Hahaha Awesome!
Claude Koveleski
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
Farkin classic!
Leeanna Ayla
31.05.2012		Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
Glennis Bischoff
30.05.2012		so im looking at Xonetacular's custom paintings of the Technics... and this really cool idea hit me.

What if someone repainted the Audio Technica LP-120 to a different color, and then got the Technics stickers (like this one) off ebay to finish the job, making the "Technics clone" even more cloned. sure, the body looks a bit different with the buttons and all, but seriously... it would literally be the closest thing to a real Technics you could get.

i know some people might see this as a way to make fake Technics and sell them for more, but that's not what i'm getting at. i'm talking about purely personal use.

what are your thoughts on this type of "mod" or Customization?
Yong Aptekar
02.06.2012		Yeah, leave off the technics stickers or you are gonna take some heat from the purists. That's like buying a POS car and throwing some Mercedes logos on it.
Osvaldo Newhall
02.06.2012
Originally Posted by Patch
Nothing wrong with modding a pair of AT decks - just don't put Technics stickers on it.
^^^This!
Brunilda Kora
01.06.2012		Nothing wrong with modding a pair of AT decks - just don't put Technics stickers on it.
Osvaldo Newhall
01.06.2012
Originally Posted by itsbentheboy

and i know it wouldn't perform like a technics, but it would make it that much closer. i know its not exact, but i believe it would be pretty cool for no apparent reason. kinda like people who do random car mods. it would just make it different, but at the same time not...
Up to you then. But don't be surprised if people start bashing on your work and laugh at you. Because as I have said, no matter how you paint it and change the label, it will still be very obvious that your turntable(s) is trying hard to be a Technics.
Glennis Bischoff
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by stbanas925
Sounds like a fun little project to me (as long as it is personal) except I don't really see the point because they won't perform anywhere near the same as technics. Plus I got lucky and found a pair of Technics for the same price as a new Audio Technica...
well, you sir are pretty damn lucky!

Originally Posted by Nicadraus
Don't waste your time trying to convert the AT LP-120 to a Technics SL1200.

The tonearm design, the platter, the buttons above and below the pitch slider, the power switch, etc. In an instant, people would know right away that it's not Technics no matter how you paint it, add some stickers or whatever.
and i know it wouldn't perform like a technics, but it would make it that much closer. i know its not exact, but i believe it would be pretty cool for no apparent reason. kinda like people who do random car mods. it would just make it different, but at the same time not...
Alla Bluemke
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

Attachment 10016
Not gonna lie. I want it.
Dannielle Dingey
31.05.2012		blasphemy !

People should be banned for only suggesting this...

Just saying,
Jenise Kryszak
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
I knew there was something wrong when the engine wouldn't turn over...damn craigslist haha
Kiyoko Wellisch
31.05.2012		Why would you want to put technics stickers on there anyway? It won't change how the turntable performs, which is the only important bit really.

Unless you're some mad hipster. Or having a laugh.
Halley Wurzer
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
Hahaha Awesome!
Claude Koveleski
31.05.2012
Originally Posted by photojojo
Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
Farkin classic!
Brunilda Kora
31.05.2012		/thread.
Leeanna Ayla
31.05.2012		Kind of like this guy?

kawasaki_bicycle.jpg
Osvaldo Newhall
31.05.2012		Don't waste your time trying to convert the AT LP-120 to a Technics SL1200.

The tonearm design, the platter, the buttons above and below the pitch slider, the power switch, etc. In an instant, people would know right away that it's not Technics no matter how you paint it, add some stickers or whatever.
Claude Koveleski
31.05.2012		I wouldn't bother. It will be hard enough to sell stock AT TT's off as it is yet alone AT's that are made to look like Technics.
Jenise Kryszak
31.05.2012		Sounds like a fun little project to me (as long as it is personal) except I don't really see the point because they won't perform anywhere near the same as technics. Plus I got lucky and found a pair of Technics for the same price as a new Audio Technica...

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