These Pioneer 1000 series decks are very underrated in my opinion. I found a 1020L a few years back in a local antique mall, was dirt cheap @ 25.00. Cleaned it up, adjusted it a little here and there, been a pleasure to own, super reliable. The expensive part of ownership, was finding hubs for the 10.5" reels and tape of course. She seems to prefer those old Maxell's the best.
@@5thcomm is there a way to change the speed to low 71/2 to high speed 19 I saw a video of a guy change it on a rt707 but he didn’t say how he did it would like to change my art 1011 L if not to much trouble
@@toddarnold1677 No easy way to do it that would improve fidelity without additional mods. Easier to get an RT-1020H that runs at the higher speeds from the factory.
@@5thcomm Thank you for replying, but I might have worded my question wrong, I specifically meant recording music in a home studio environment via live instruments, (guitars, bass, drums, vocals), should still work fine, right? There's only 2 channels so I'm not planning on doing all 4 at once but with a 7 1/2 IPS speed it might not be as high quality as it could be. But they seem really well built so it shouldn't matter too much?
I used to own that same machine at one time gave it to my brother-in-law.
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These Pioneer 1000 series decks are very underrated in my opinion. I found a 1020L a few years back in a local antique mall, was dirt cheap @ 25.00. Cleaned it up, adjusted it a little here and there, been a pleasure to own, super reliable. The expensive part of ownership, was finding hubs for the 10.5" reels and tape of course. She seems to prefer those old Maxell's the best.
This is the machine I have works and sounds Fantastic I love to see all the real the reals you have in the background I am also a big fan
They're solid, dependable machines, Todd. Howblong have you had your deck?
I have an RT 707 auto reverse and this deck I have for about three years love it
@@5thcomm is there a way to change the speed to low 71/2 to high speed 19 I saw a video of a guy change it on a rt707 but he didn’t say how he did it would like to change my art 1011 L if not to much trouble
@@toddarnold1677 No easy way to do it that would improve fidelity without additional mods. Easier to get an RT-1020H that runs at the higher speeds from the factory.
@@5thcomm OK thank you Matt
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I still have my 1011L and works perfectly for a 40+ year old machine! I like the blue VU meter light mod you did to yours. How'd you do it?
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Thinking of picking on of these up for super cheap. Would you recommend one for recording music?
Absolutely
@@5thcomm Thank you for replying, but I might have worded my question wrong, I specifically meant recording music in a home studio environment via live instruments, (guitars, bass, drums, vocals), should still work fine, right? There's only 2 channels so I'm not planning on doing all 4 at once but with a 7 1/2 IPS speed it might not be as high quality as it could be. But they seem really well built so it shouldn't matter too much?
Capstan motor dead on my 388! Where can I find one! Please help!
First, make certain your motor is indeed bad because they are expensive. Search eBay for "em1446 capstan" and try to find one in the $300 range.
@@5thcomm thanks for reply!
Wow really pricey
Not sure that part number is referencing the right motor though..
@@marcblanchard6144 Apologies. I'll be back in the shop this weekend and verify
@@5thcomm no worries