#TECHNICS SH GE90 SERVICE MANUAL SERIES#
The SL-1200 series remained the most widely used turntable in DJ culture through to the 2000s. A robust machine, the SL-1200 MK2 incorporated a pitch control mechanism (or vari-speed), and maintained a relatively constant speed with low variability, which proved popular with DJs. As they experimented with the SL-1200 decks, they developed scratching techniques when they found that the motor would continue to spin at the correct RPM even if the DJ wiggled the record back and forth on the platter.Īs the upgraded SL-1200 MK2, it became a widely used turntable by DJs. It was adopted by New York City hip hop DJs such as Grand Wizard Theodore and Afrika Bambaataa in the 1970s. It was developed in 1971 by a team led by Shuichi Obata at Matsushita, which then released it onto the market in 1972. It was followed by the SL-1200, the most influential turntable. The SL-1100 was used by the influential DJ Kool Herc for the first sound system he set up after emigrating from Jamaica to New York City. Due to its strong motor, durability, and fidelity, it was adopted by early hip hop artists. In 1971, Matsushita released the Technics SL-1100 for the consumer market.
#TECHNICS SH GE90 SERVICE MANUAL PROFESSIONAL#
In 1969, Matsushita launched Obata's invention as the SP-10, the first direct-drive turntable on the professional market. It is a significant advancement over older belt-drive turntables, which are unsuitable for turntablism, since they have a slow start-up time, and are prone to wear-and-tear and breakage, as the belt would break from backspinning or scratching. It eliminated belts, and instead employed a motor to directly drive a platter on which a vinyl record rests. The first direct-drive turntable was invented by Shuichi Obata, an engineer at Matsushita (now Panasonic), based in Osaka, Japan. The name came to wider prominence with the international sales of direct-drive turntables. Technics was introduced as a brand name for premium loudspeakers marketed domestically by Matsushita in 1965.
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