WANTED: at least one of four classic Pioneer decks on my list...my birthday is near!

[orange]

CT-F950, 1250, 550, 600 are the last four decks on my want list. Working or not far from it.

PS My birthday is June 26. Looking to get one by then. Let me know how much you want.

 

[Lazarus Short]

Steven, I have a CT-F600, well technically it's my wife's deck. She had it when we met, and I thought, "Oh, a woman with a real stereo..." Anyway, it's fine except for that pesky click...click...click ​problem. I'll see if she cares to part with it.

 

[orange]

That click is likely a cracked gear such as for a hub.. Have you ever opened it up and taken a look? It's 'sister' is CT-F605.

 

[Web Police]

I have a Pioneer CT-F950, not sure if I am going to sell or hang on to it. The last time I had it out if worked fine. Of course we all know how old these decks are and the belts and idlers give out eventually.

 

[orange]

Okay, thank you for letting me know, and let me know.

 

[Web Police]

Let me drag it out this weekend and see how it works and think about it. If it still works it is probably my only silver faced working deck from Pioneer.

 

[Lazarus Short]

That click is likely a cracked gear such as for a hub.. Have you ever opened it up and taken a look? It's 'sister' is CT-F605.

Yes, I inspected the innards when I rebelted it a few weeks back, but only caught the clicking later. My wife said, "Give it to Steve - get rid of it." So, let me know, per the usual terms: shipping plus $15. Let me know if you want it.

 

[orange]

A PM was sent, Laz. Thank you.

 

[nakdoc]

I have a CT-F900 with cracked glass, chipped wood, and a missing bias knob. It is perfect, except it isn't on your list. If you give up on finding a 950, this deck would be a compromise.

 

[orange]

My 1000 is the only one of those besides the CT-3000 you sold me working at the moment (the one Freddy helped me buy is trying to eat tapes). The only Pioneers I own that even HAVE wood panels or a full wooden lid are two 7272s(?) and a 2121. I have a 900 courtesy of Eminence that powers and has all the knobs but needs belts or something as he said. If I tackled the rebelting thing I'd be rolling...as it goes I'm STILL trying to figure out how to get the left side drive of my later TASCAM 202 devoid of the cassette in there without taking the entire face off and removing the drive.

Ironically, that will probably work fine when I transfer a drive over to my CT-W500 from a *...I only recall that it's the same style drive.

You may have noticed I am addicted to cassette decks.

 

[Web Police]

Well I dragged the 950 out and it needs belts and proably an idler if it has one. I'll proabably just list it on ebay.

 

[orange]

Remember, I said working or not...that would be fine as is.

 

[orange]

Is the 900 drive similar or somewhat the same?

 

[nakdoc]

yes the 900 and 950 are similar. I am not enough of an expert to tell you what changed between the two.

 

[orange]

I'm sure most of it had to do with metal tape.

 

[Web Police]

I'm sure most of it had to do with metal tape.

I think that is almost 100 percent why the 950 replaced the 900.

 

[orange]

I don't discriminate against them that can't handle the fourth Type.

 

[orange]

Update!

Laz, if you could get me that total on the CT-F600 as soon as possible, I'll get it set in the budget and done.

Barring Mother Nature wiping it off the face of the earth lately, the 550 WILL get here.

That leaves the 950 and 1250.

That and a strawberry ice cream cone on my birthday, shoes and new underwear will be all the excitement I could want.

 

[Web Police]

I ended up selling the 950 I had. But I can keep my eyes open for another one.

 

[nakdoc]

Steven,
I'll sell the 900 to you for $25 plus shipping, which is about $30. It is missing the bias knob. One corner of the display plastic is cracked but the piece is still there. Fl display is ok. I am sure it needs belt and an idler tire. The fake wood cabinet is missing veneers on one of the ends.
It is very similar to the 950, but IIRC there were mechanical issues that Pioneer addressed by replacing the entire mechanism. You might search Njord's Pioneer data base and see if you can find it. I don't remember what failed or how likely the 900 is to fail. I've kept the deck because it has good heads and motors and never had plans to fix it up.