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KAB/TECHNICS MASTER INDEX
TURNTABLES MODS TONEARM HEADSHELLS PARTS
KAB Custom
1200's

Sending Your
1200


1200 Primer

1200 Mod Process

1200 Dating New!

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News Report
Update 10/13/10

Last Production dates:
September 2010

Technics Specs/Pix
78 RPM
PS1200
RC1200
SX1200
TD1200
ISONOE FOOTERS
HARDWOOD CABINETS
THRUST PLATE SUPPORT WAX
Stock Tonearms
Tonearm Rest
DIN Arm Base
5 Pin Solder Terminal Base
RCA Jack Plate
Phono IC Cable
KAB/Cardas IC Cable New!
Technics Stock IC Cable New!
Counterweight Main
Counterweight Aux
M5G Lateral Weight Adj New!
Resonance Cap
Tools
Headshells
Hardware
Wires
Shim Weights
Alignment Tool
Dustcovers
Dustcover Polish
Footers Original
Threaded Insert New!

Hinge Kits
No Hinge Kit
Hinge Plates & Screws
Incandescent Target
Lamp

Pitch Controls
Platter Mats
45 Adapter
Platter Spindle
Power Knob/Shaft MK2
Spindle Oil
Owners Manuals
KAB Dominator Scratch Kit
TURNTABLES MODS TONEARM HEADSHELLS PARTS
KAB Mods For Technics SL-1200/1210
78 RPM PS-1200GX
External Power Supply
RC-1200
Threaded Record Clamp
KAB 78 UPGRADE Only
$175.00
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KAB PS-1200 EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY
  • New Efficient Design
  • Quieter Than Battery Power
  • Lighter More Compact
  • Lower Price
PS1200GX + SX1200 Pkg
$249.95

120V AC
Click To Buy
Int'l Version
Click To Buy

Without SX-1200

$229.95

120V AC
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Int'l Version
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RC1200 Record Clamp New RC1200
Push On, Screw Down Record Clamp
Just $79.00
Click To Buy

SPEEDS: 33/45/78 RPM
78 RANGE:72 - 84 RPM
Add 78 RPM to your '1200/1210 and discover the beginnings of recorded sound. Turntable must be returned to KAB for this modification. Normal turnaround time is 7-10 days.
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OUTPUT 28VDC Regulated
IEC Power Cord: YES, Int'l Version
Adding the PS-1200GX to your 1200/1210 removes all sources of AC voltage from within the turntable. It eliminates a source of vibration and EMI radiation. Improves performance of internal power regulation as well. Listeners report quieter backgrounds and even more stable imaging. Only 2 internal solder connection required to install.
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push on threaded
Clamp Diameter: 3 Inches
This very light weight clamp applies controlled pressure to hold the record against the platter mat. Clamp will not mar record labels.Works on all 1200/1210's and any other spindle that measures 0.280" Just push to clamp, turn to lock down. One hand operation.
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KAB Mods For Technics SL-1200/1210
SX-1200
Strobe Disabler
TD-1200
Tonearm Fluid Damper
FOOTERS
KAB SX-1200 STROBE DISABLER
With Pigtail Leads
Only
$49.95
Click To Buy


KAB SX-1200 STROBE DISABLER
With Solder Terminals
Only
$49.95
Click To Buy
KAB TD-1200 FLUID DAMPER

Click Here For Installation Instructions

Black $149.95
Click To Buy

Silver $149.95
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Gold $169.95
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Unfinished $139.95
Looks Like Chrome
Click To Buy


Extra Silicone Syringe
$7.95
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KAB SONIC DOMES
Sonic Domes
ISONOE SPRING SUSPENSION FOOTERS
Isonoe Footers
ISONOE SORBOTHANE BOOTS
Sorbothane Boots (Shown in place with glass disc inserts. Isonoe footers/glass discs not included)

STOCK FOOT

1200 Footer Insert

Sonic Domes
$29.95
Click To Buy




Isonoe Footers(4)
$175.00
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Isonoe Sorbothane Boots(4)
$54.95
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Isonoe Glass Discs(4)
$74.95
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Stock Foot
$13.50
Click To Buy


Threaded
Insert
$1.20
Click To Buy
TOGGLE RATE: Approx 5 seconds.
Easily extinguish the brite strobe lamp by holding the start stop button for 5 seconds. Hold another 5 seconds and lamp turns back on again. Eliminates a major source of noise interference on power supply. Easy to install. Pigtail leads install with wire nuts, no soldering. Terminal make a neater install if you have soldering experience
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Material: Machined Alumninum
Silicone: Dow Corning 200
Viscosity: 60,000 CST
The best arms feature fluid damping
Fluid damping improves the low frequency performance of the tonearm by suppressing shock induced resonance. improves isolation to feedback and improves detail by suppressing bearing chatter. Very easy to install.
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KAB Sonic Domes SD50
Isonoe Silicone Spring Isolator
Isonoe Sorbothane Boots
Footers will improve performance by increasing isolation from platform vibration. The Isonoe System is a sophisticated silicone spring design that retains the ability to easily level the turntable. All are paks of 4.
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Isonoe System Read More...
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1200/1210 Tonearms And Accessories
Stock Tonearms Bottom Plates Counterweights
TECNICS M5G ARM WAND






TECNICS MK2-5 BLACK  ARM WAND








TECNICS MK2-5 SILVER  ARM WAND




ARM REST
ARM LIFT
M5G
$134.00
Click To Buy Now
W/Cardas
$234.00
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MK2-5
Black

$75.00
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W/Cardas
$175.00
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MK2-5
Silver

$75.00
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W/Cardas
$175.00
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Tonearm
Rest

$4.95
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Tonearm
Lift

$7.50
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KAB DIN PHONO PLATE FOR 1200

KAB 5 TERMINAL PHONO PLATE FOR 1200

KAB 5 PIN TURRET TERMINAL BOARD

KAB PC-1200 RCA JACK PLATE
Click Here To See Installed View
Cardas DIN
$69.95
Click To Buy Now




Turret Terminal
$39.95
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Turret Terminal Board Only
$4.95
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RCA Jack Plate
$29.95
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STOCK COUNTERWEIGHT FOR 1200


AUX COUNTERWEIGHT FOR 1200

Tonearm Resonance Cap

Tonearm Resonance Cap

SL1210M5G LATERAL WEIGHT ADJUSTER
Main
$21.50
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Aux
$5.95
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Tonearm Resonance Cap
$4.95
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Stops Ringing Caused By Aux Weight Flange. Use when not using Aux Weight.









SL1210M5G Lateral Weight Adjuster
$5.00 each.
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Stock Arms
KAB stocks the 3 stock tonearms. All arms are interchangeable. The M5G arm differs in two ways. the wand is finshed in satin titanium and features OFC copper wiring. This arm sounds more detailed in the upper harmonics. Which is what you would expect going from tin plated strands to OFC. Cardas takes signal transfer to the max. Rewires include: Cardas wire, Cotton damping in arm tube, KAB Resonance Cap. Wires are pretinned ready to solder in place.
Bottom Plates:
Cardas 5 Pin DIN
5 Terminal Solder Turret
RCA Jack Plate
Want to rewire your own arm? Here are a few items to make it easier. A bottom plate with 5 pin DIN or 5 terminal solder terminations. We use the turret terminal inside as well to replace the original PCB. The RCA Jack plate terminates in hi quality RCA's and a ground post.
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Main: Calibrated
AUX: Screws onto back
The solid brass main counterweight is the original part. the Aux weight is required when working with cartridges weighing up to 13 grams
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1200/1210 Headshells And Accessories
Head Shells Wire Sets Hardware
STOCK HEADSHELL FOR 1200
Mk2-5
$25.00
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Ortogon SH-4
Ortofon
SH-4

$28.95

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Silver

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Black
STOCK HEADSHELL FOR 1200 M5G
M5G
$38.00
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Numark Light Headshell
Numark
HS-1

$11.95

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STOCK LEAD SET FOR ALL 1200 HEADSHELLS

Cardas Heashell  Leads
Orig. Wire Set
$9.95
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Generic Wire Set
$4.95
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Cardas Wire Set
Read This First $38.00
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3 GRAM SHIM WEGHT

ORIGINAL 1200 HARDWARE SET

ORIGNAL OVERHANG TOOL
How Do I Use This Properly?
3 gram spacer weight
$3.50
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Original Hardware
$6.50
Out Of Stock


Overhang Tool
$3.75
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Head Shells
KAB stocks all Technics headshells.
Technics heads feature great ridgity and very low mass- just 7 grams.
End contacts are gold and lead clips are nickel plated.
The M5G headshell features a removeable 4 gram weight.

The Numark HS-1 has wider non binding screw slots, gold plating on contacts and wires. It weighs 9 grams

The Ortofon SH-4, also 9 grams features gold plated end and lead contacts.
Wire Sets
There are two replacement headshell wire sets available. The stock ones with tin plated terminals and the Cardas.

The Cardas Tonearm Wires are the appropriate choice for inside the arm wand. The Phono Cable is a rubber jacketed cable great for connecting the terminal strip to the RCA Jack Plate.

Hardware
The shim weight is used to add weight and height to the cartridge.
The Stock original hardware includes 2 pairs of aluminum screws and 2 nuts that fit perfectly in the running slots of the headshell.
The Overhang guage is used to align the phono cartridge. When used correctly, this is very fast and accurate.
Remember, that Technics arms follow the Stevenson alignment, designed to optimize performance at the end of the record. Older alignment schemes could not take into account today's extended bandwidth and dynamics.
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KAB / CARDAS RCA Audiophile Cables, Wire and Connectors
Interconnect
The best tonearm wire turns out to be one of the best interconnect cables period. Plus it's thin and super flexible as well.
RCA-RCA 3 Ft. cable is constructed using Cardas special phono cable. Rubber jacket,
braided sheild, 4 separate teflon insulated center conductors paralleled together to make one super fast signal wire
that features 24 strands of #45 Cardas Litz copper.
Terminated in high quality RCA Plugs on both ends. Only 3mm wide and very flexible.
Suitable for all equipment. 140pF Total capacitance.
These connectors fit RCA jacks that are no less than 9/16" apart.
ART POP Connector
Just
$59.95

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Turntable Interconnect RCA-Stripped Ends
You choose the best wire for the tonearm, why not continue all the way to the preamp with it!
RCA-Stripped 3.5 Ft. cable is constructed using Cardas special phono cable. Rubber jacket,
braided sheild, 4 separate teflon insulated center conductors paralleled together to make one super signal wire
that features 24 strands of #45 Cardas Litz copper.
Terminated in high quality RCA Plugs on one end, stripped and tinned conductors on the other.
This cable is best used when one end is hardwired into a turntable. Only 3mm wide and very flexible. 140pF total Capacitance. These connectors fit RCA jacks that are no less than 9/16" apart.
KAB/Cardas super litzART POP Connector
Just
$54.95

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Turntable Interconnect DIN to RCA
You choose the best wire for the tonearm, why not continue all the way to the preamp with it!
RCA- Cardas 5 pin DIN 3 Ft. cable is constructed using Cardas special phono cable. Rubber jacket,
braided sheild, 4 separate teflon insulated center conductors paralleled together to make one super fast signal wire
that features 24 strands of #45 Cardas Litz copper.
Terminated in Cardas GRLM RCA Plugs on one end, Cardas DIN on the other. 140pF total Capacitance.
Only 3mm wide and very flexible. These will accomodate RCA jacks spaced as little as 7/16" apart.
.CARDAS PHONO CABLECARDAS PHONO CABLECARDAS 5 PIN DINCARDAS GRLM
Just
$129.95

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SRCA GG The ultimate RCA plug, non- magnetic, eutectic Brass, Gold plate.
Brass cover, Gold plate. Spring loaded tip. 9.5mm cable opening.
These fit RCA jacks that are 5/8" apart or greater
CARDAS SRCA
Just
$12 Ea

Click To Buy Now
GRLM Small RCA male, non- magnetic, eutectic Brass, Rhodium over Silver plate. 3mm cable opening with strain relief for small diameter cables, Brass cover, Gold plate. Use with Cardas Phono Cable. These are modified by KAB to fit the Cardas Tonearm Cable.
These will accomodate RCA jacks spaced as little as 7/16" apart.
CARDAS GRLM
Just
$10 Ea

Click To Buy Now
Cardas Tonearm Wire. This is the fine teflon coated 6 strands of pure litz copper. Sold buy the foot in sets of 4.
Coded Red, Green, Blue, and White.
These wires are thinner overall than the wires of the Cardas tonearm cable below.
KAB only recomends these wires for tonearm rewiring, especially, if you are planning on tracking below 2 grams.
.CARDAS PHONO WIRE
$4.80/FT
Set Of 4
Click To Buy Now
Cardas Phono Cable. Cardas special phono cable. Rubber jacket,
braided sheild, 4 separate teflon insulated center conductors. Sold by the foot.CARDAS PHONO CABLE
$6.50/FT
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Technics Stock Interconnect Cables
STOCK MK2-5 INTECONNECT CABLE STOCK M5G INTERCONNECT CABLE
STOCK MK2-5 ORIGINAL CABLE

STOCK M5G INTERCONNECT

Stock mk2-5 Cable
$19.95
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Stock M5G Cable
$27.95
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KAB has a few of these cables left. They are original 
low capacitance cables with the PC board attached. 
No ground wire. Beware of the current MK2 inteconnect
as it has excessively high internal capacitance. See
our news report at the top of this page.
Imprinted "Technics Hi Fidelity Cord", the stock
M5G cable features OFC copper strands, wrapped 
Copper sheild, gold plated RCA's. An upgrade for 
all other Models. 
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1200/1210 Service Tools
Screwdrivers Dust Cover Polishing Kit
Perfect Screwdriver
SD-12 #0
$9.95
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Novus Plastic Polish Kit

3 Step Polishing kit
$22.50
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Screwdrivers
If you are rewiring your own arm, then you need 
this driver to remove the head shell socket.
It is also perfect for removing the lateral weight adjuster on the M5G.
Novus Polshing kit
Restore scratched dust covers with our 3 step kit. 
Kit includes: 3 polishing compounds in 8 oz bottles.
Kit also includes 6 Novus "Polish Mates"
special polishing cloth pads.
DeoxIT Fader Lube
DEOXIT FADER LUBE
$16.95
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Deoxit Fader F5 Lube
Extend the life of the 1200 pitch control and other 
variable controls. Superior Lubricant for Conductive 
Plastics & Carbon-based Controls
 
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1200/1210 Parts And Accessories
Dust Cover Patter Parts Misc. Parts
Order Hinges Separately
Dust Cover
(no hinges)
HINGE KIT FOR 1200 MK3 ,5, 5G
Hinge Kit

NO HINGE KIT FOR SLIP ON DUST COVER
NoHinge Kit

HINGLE PLATE AND ADJUSTER PLATE
Dust Cover
$39.95
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Hinge Pair
MK3,5,M5G
$26.95
Click To Buy

Hinge Pair
MK2 Only
$29.95
Click To Buy


Front side bumpers
$2.50
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No Hinge Kit (Rear Bumper Pair)
$4.95
Click To Buy



Hard To Find Hinge Plate(2) & Adjuster Plate(2)
$9.95
Click To Buy

MK2 Hinge Cap Screws(2) $3.00
Click To Buy
STOCK SPINDLE AND SHAFT

Spindle Assembly
$29.95
Click To Buy
Thrust Plate Support Wax
$2.95
Click To Buy

Platter Mats

Super 1/4" $24.95
Click To Buy

Thin 1/8" $15.00
Click To Buy

Technics Slip Mats
$10.00/pr
Click To Buy Now
STOCK MACHINED 45 ADAPTER

ORIGINAL DD OIL SFW 010

INCANDESCENT TARGET LAMP



RGK0942Z-S STROBE COVER MK5

RYQ0309-K POWER KNOB 1200 MK5
45 adpater
$14.95
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SFW 010
Spindle Oil
$5.95
Click To Buy

Incandescent Target Lamp
$7.50
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MK5 Strobe Cover
$14.95
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MK5 Power Knob
$26.95
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Owners Manuals
SL1200 MK2/5
Dowload Only

Dust Covers
The main dustcover does not include the hing kit. Order that separetely
. Hinge kits are easy to install on all SL1200/1210 MK3, and MK5 and M5G models.
No dissasembly required.
See Installation Pix Here.

The NoHinge kit is a large rubber bumper that replaces the hinge and makes the cover a slip on, slip off affair.

Hinge History. The original MK2 hinge has adjustable height. In the MK3 & 5, Technics engineers got smart and placed a pair of pilot holes in just the right spot. So a full dissassembly is not required. KAB provides a pair of drill tip self tapping screws that drive right into the pilot holes.

If someone took the hinge caps off of your MK2, or you want the ability to fine tune your lid height, choose the MK2 kit. installation will require removing the rubber base.

If you only need the hinge plate and adjuster plate, I have those as well.
these are included in the MK2 kit, but are hard to find separately.
Platter Parts
Always remember to lube the spindle every 2000 hours of use. If you should damage the spindle, replace the entire assembly.

The Support wax is a firm, yet flexible wax that fills the void in the base below the thrust plate. It improves platter support and mechanical grounding. Installation Instructions.

Usually the super thick mat is the one to have because it gives sufficient height to set VTA on a variety of cartridges. It also weighs 17 oz which helps top side damping of the platter.
They look just like the mat in the picture with the spindle above. No logos on top. The bottom is all flat with an inset part number.
The mat can be used on either side for LP's. It does sound different on each side.

the thin mat makes an excellent topper for the Isoplat Mat.
The slip mats have the Technics logo. Not for audiophile use.

Power Knobs Notes
The MK2 power knob is no longer available. Best solution is to replace knob and strobe tower with MK5 parts shown above.
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1200/1210 Parts And Accessories
SL1200/1210 Pitch Controls
SL1200 PITCH CONTROLS
KNOB................$ 4.95 Click To Buy Now
MK2 PITCH CONTROL...$19.95 Click To Buy Now
MK3-5 PITCH CONTROL.$23.95 Click To Buy Now
SILVER PLATE........$ 4.95 Click To Buy Now
BLACK PLATE.........$ 6.95 Click To Buy Now
SHADING CLOTH.......$ 1.95 Click To Buy Now
FELT SPACER.........$ 1.50 Click To Buy Now
The pitch control is serviced by desoldering the old one and re soldering the new one.
The pitch control is assembled in the following order: Control, Shading Cloth, Decorative Plate,
Felt Spacer and Knob.
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Drop In Hardwood Cabinets
Solid Hardwood Bases. Your 1200/1210 simply drops into place. No obstructions, No modifications.
Hand rubbed lacquer finish. Give your 1200/1210 a more traditional look with one of our wood bases.

Note: These are a natural product so the depth of color of the one you receive will vary from the photographs shown.
Solid Harwood Cabinetry
SL1210M5G On Isonoe Feet In Maple Plinth

SL1210 M5G On Isonoe Feet In Maple Plinth.
Stock Feet will bring top plate down
flush to plinth.
(SL1210M5G and Butcher Block Not Included)

Because of the custom nature of this item, returns are not allowed.

$225.00 Walnut/Cherry, $250.00 Mahogany

Walnut: Click To Buy Cherry: Click To Buy Mahogony: Click To Buy
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