Grrr - Scratched Records

[DiscoMatt]

Soooo I got a little scratch at the begining of my copy of "Dildo" by Interactive, and like, its barely visable but it makes the needle jump. im so tempted to try n fix it on my own some how but i dont know what i should do, short of buying a new copy just yet do you have any suggestions?

[wildpitch]

If the scratch isn't that bad, I've found if you play the scratched bit backwards a couple or three times, it can sort it.

[GRIMMY]

Try putting a bit of extra weight on your headshell i.e. a penny. That might stop it from jumping.

[sweet sensation]

Moved to music chat for you hun

[rickyp]

Sometimes a pencil rubber sorts it out, sounds daft i know but it works

[sirius]

This sounds pure madness, but apparently if you play it wet, ie soak that particular area of the vinyl so theres globules of water on it, it wont jump. Not long term I know.

As above, more weight on yer headshell will sort it, but be carefull not to leave it *too* heavy cos it will eventually trash your records in.

More options than u can shake the proverbial stick at . The rubber (eraser lol) onesounds intriguing...........


See ya

Sirius.

[DiscoMatt]

hmm, "pencil rubber", well if nothing else i learned a new fun word, im glad the word pencil was specified or else i would have used something completly different and felt kinda dumb about it

[DiscoMatt]

oo, the eraser trick worked, thanks fer the advice

[lastnightadj]

Originally posted by sirius
This sounds pure madness, but apparently if you play it wet, ie soak that particular area of the vinyl so theres globules of water on it, it wont jump. Not long term I know.

Dunno if this would remove a scratch - but if you have some vinyl with a lot of surface noise - then it can work for that - good if you want to rip it to MP3 or sample it etc

[Ed]

You could try using a rubber on it but I find mine gets stuck in the hole..................

The backwards one is what I use!