These Vestax PDX-2000 turntables were used by Grand Wizzard Theodore, a Bronx hip hop DJ credited for inventing the popular scratching technique.
Turntable used by Grand Wizzard Theodore
- Description
- Vestax PDX-2000 turntable made of plastic and metal.The body of the turntable is made of silver plastic. The top left corner of the turntable has a black and silver power button. The top right corner has a black tonearm with a needle that slides from the right side of the top of the turntable to the platter at the center. The lower right corner of the top of the turntable has red and black type that reads: [Vestax / PDX-2000]. Below the type are controls for pitch, reverse, quartz lock and speed adjustment. The lower left corner of the top of the turntable has three buttons for start/stop, 33 rpm, and 45 rpm. The back of the turntable has an output jack, ground terminal, remote control jack, AC cord as well as the model information. Black and white type on the back reads: [Vestax / MODEL NO. PDX-2000 / 120V ~ 60Hz 50W / MADE IN JAPAN / SERIAL NO. / 1YU300486]. The bottom of the turntable has two caution warnings and places for the turntable feet.
- A black and red ground wire (2015.186b) is also found with the turntable.
- A black felt slipmat (2015.186c) is on the deck, with white type on the felt reads: [SCRATCH DJ ACADEMY / SCRATCH.COM / [Facebook logo] ScratchDJAcademy [Twitter logo] @ScratchAcademy].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Manufactured by
- Vestax, Japanese, 1977 - 2014
- Used by
- Grand Wizzard Theodore, American, born 1963
- Date
- 2000s
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Grand Wizzard Theodore
- Medium
- plastic, metal, felt and rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2015.186a): 5 × 17 3/4 × 15 in. (12.7 × 45.1 × 38.1 cm)
- L x W (2015.186b): 40 × 5/16 in. (101.6 × 0.8 cm)
- Type
- turntables (sound device component)
