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Static on Vinyl

Here is my greif...............

I am getting some major static electricity every time
I remove an LP from my Turntable platter.

Here is my setup:

The platter is a Teres coccabolo (hardwood)
& I get the static with or without using my Herbies way excellent turntable mat.

I installed a grounding conductor screwed to the brass
platter spindle & grounded it to the tubed preamp & no
change.

I also use a Mapleshade Ionoclast static buster on the vinyl just before dropping the stylus, & still the bloody
static is their when I pull the vinyl from the platter
after the LP has gone thru the grooves.

any thoughts? ? ? ? ?
socoaste
rccc
216 posts
 
PERMOSTAT
gritingrooves
22 posts
 
A Nitty Gritty record cleaner may help. The way it works is you liberally apply a cleaner/distilled water mix to the surface of the record with a brush.

Then, you rotate the record with the vacuum running to pull off the liquid and dirt. If you do this to both sides before you play, the record may be less dry and less prone to holding static.
gritingrooves
22 posts
 
A Nitty Gritty record cleaner may help. The way it works is you liberally apply a cleaner/distilled water mix to the surface of the record with a brush.

Then, you rotate the record with the vacuum running to pull off the liquid and dirt. If you do this to both sides before you play, the record may be less dry and less prone to holding static.
gritingrooves
22 posts
 
A Nitty Gritty record cleaner may help. The way it works is you liberally apply a cleaner/distilled water mix to the surface of the record with a brush.

Then, you rotate the record with the vacuum running to pull off the liquid and dirt. If you do this to both sides before you play, the record may be less dry and less prone to holding static.
rosedanny
80 posts
 
I huff some breath on my Audioquest carbon fiber brush before giving the record a final sweep before I play it. The moisture in my breath seems to neutralize the static. Learned that one from Jim at Audio Ecstasy in S.L.O.--thanks Jim!
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