Technics SL-1210 MK3D

Used Technics SL-1210 MK3D

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Technics SL-1210 MK3D: serviced, deep cleaned and bench-tested in our Battersea workshop
Includes original power and audio cables
Original box included where possible
Please note: no cartridge, stylus (needle), headshell, slipmat or any other accessories are included. You're buying the turntable itself, ready for your own setup.
Sold as a single deck. Need a pair for mixing? Add two to your basket or message us and we’ll match them up
The quartz direct drive DJ turntable in matte black
Quartz lock reset button snaps the pitch back to exactly 0%, wherever the fader sits
Smooth pitch fader with no centre click, plus or minus 8%
Height-adjustable tonearm with a lock, gimbal suspension and pop-up stylus light
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What we check before it goes on sale

Motor start and stop, speed and pitch stability, the quartz lock reset, the tonearm and its height adjustment, the platter, and the audio and power connections. A unit that does not pass is repaired before it is graded, not listed and hoped for.

About the turntable

The SL-1210 MK3D arrived in the late 1990s as the DJ’s version of the classic 1200 series. Same motor, same platter, same tonearm and same famously tough build as the MK2, with the pitch section reworked for mixing.

The MK2’s click at 0% is gone, so the pitch fader moves smoothly through the middle for fine nudges while you beatmatch. Next to it sits the quartz lock reset button: press it and the deck locks to exactly 0% pitch, wherever the fader is. A green light shows when it is on.

Everything else is the 1200 you know. The quartz direct drive motor holds speed with rock-solid stability and the electronic brake stops the platter quickly. The S-shaped tonearm sits on a gimbal suspension, with height adjustment and a lock to hold it in place, and the pop-up light shows you the needle in a dark booth.

The plinth layers a die-cast aluminium top over a heavy rubber compound base, sitting on large isolating feet, so it keeps feedback down at volume. That is why these decks lasted decades in clubs.

It is a pure analogue deck with no built-in phono preamp or USB, so plug it into a DJ mixer or amp with a phono input. Parts are shared with the MK2, so servicing is easy and we service every deck before it leaves us. Prefer the classic? We also list the SL-1210 MK2.

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