STOKED!!!  Just followed your video and replaced both 1200s rca wires.  Excellent video. Thanks man!!

Even with extremely limited soldering skills, once you open it up (which is what actually takes long,) the soldering is extremely easy.

Not only that, but my original technics cables were shot, this cable replacement made the sound MUCH more better in every way, and I don't have to ground anymore and have a longer length of cable!

Very Helping. Thanks for the great video.

I think that watching your video just gave me the solution I’ve hunting for my whole weekend. I've got an old turntable too on which I want to replace the old original RCA cable whose leads are directly soldered to the terminals inside the unit just like yours. To this end, I bought high-end brand new QED RCA cables ; so far so good, but problem when I cut both cables I noticed that are not two (as 'traditionally') but three separate wires in each cable sheath, and I had no idea how to solder these 6 wires to the four-terminal circuit board of the tonearm. Even tough this stage wasn’t taped we can see when you put the board back that you wrapped the wires (i.e. those without individual plastic insulation) around one of the two others before soldering it together to the negative terminal, thank you very much, Cheers from France sorry for bad English

For those that have been asking. at 8:47 of the video (kind of off screen and a little blurry) DJ Valence cuts the ground wire (the one that go's out with the RCAs) at the ring. Leaving the ring and the ground wire that go's from the ring, across the tone arm base, around the tone arm base, under the clay weight, to the pitch control screw. This one needs to be left as is. So to review the only ground wire that is cut is the one from the ring going out of the turntable with the old RCAs. Hope that helps.

Thank you so much, this worked for me... yippyyyyyyy

I'm just waiting for Santas little helper to pop out and help with the wire.

The black tab is a safety device to secure the wires and prevent them from detaching and causing a short and/or electrocution. Weird that in the vid you state that you don't bother with this!

I've had my 1200s since 1987.  I need to replace the RCAs on both of them, But I think I might just take them to the shop.  I got nervous just watching this video.  Thanks for the video.  It helps to know all of the trouble that I would have to go through if I did it myself.

That giant power drill isn't necessary at all.  A hand screwdriver and fingers is just fine and actually much less cumbersome and faster.

Same thing for a 2010 mine needs a new ground wire

I use needle nose pliers for tedious connections such as those colored wires.

TWEEZERS.

When I put the bottom cover on the left side goes out but if take the bottom cover back off it comes back on. Any idea what might be causing this?

I thing that your video is very helpful but i still have a question. You need to put the ground wire ou the new RCA PCB doesn't need?

I couldn't see when you clipped the ground.

Let me know if you have any questions, i love to teach people that are willing to learn.

Is there any reason to have the ground separate vs combined?

I didn't catch what you did with that ground wire. Did you just snip it off, or ground it internally on one of the L/R grounds on the board the RCA cables were connected to?

You didnt put the black tab back in that connects to the metal plate or does it fit with the new wires?