Can Anyone Explain This?

[Pete S]

I sold a record - Maurice Long on Cyclone WD - to someone, it was mint and played mint. The buyer rang me to say that it sticks right near the end so was going to send it back, I said ok, but I've got another copy, same condition, and he says ok then, we'll swap them over. He just rang to say that the new copy sticks in exactly the same place as the other one. Sio I played him the original copy I sent him, and it played straight through, no sticking at all.

Can anyone offer an explanation as to why the same record sticks on his deck on two different copies?

[Chalky]

maybe his decks set up wrong, shit stylus etc?

[shute]

maybe due to the weight on the turntable arm ???

[Tony A]

I had a similar problem years ago with an old turntable, played most records under 3 minutes perfect, on other tracks a little longer it would stick towards the end of the track,

found out there was a small spring on the underside of the tonearm, some kind of compensator/antiskate device but it restricted movement towards the end of the track, even when I

pushed the tonearm towards the centre of the turntable manualy you could feel some resistance from the spring pushing it back,

I stretched the spring a little very carefully with snipenosed pliers, problem solved on my tonearm.

Hope this makes sense, he could try this by raising his tonearm with the cue lever and gently pushing the tonearm towards turntable centre to see if there is any restrictions.

[Barry]

It will be summat to do with the weight distribution on the tone arm - my ZZ&Co plays on one deck yet sticks on another.

[KevH]

Or maybe there's something stuck under/near the arm,,,,so as it moves in.......

[Guest]

Would he not then get sticking on most of his 45s that he played ?????????

[Ged Parker]

I've had this problem in the past with some modern tunes tuned out to be a high spot on the tone arm guide that stopped the tone arm going all the way across the record. Took me weeks to figure out what it was.

[KevH]

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Edited May 30, 2011 by KevH

[KevH]

Would he not then get sticking on most of his 45s that he played ?????????

Well yes,was thinking more if it was a temp problem and he's panicked thinking it was the record.

[Mach]

i once had some deck like that, ..only happened on the longer tracks, till i adjusted the tone arm

[Northern Soul Uk]

He definitely has his 'Anti-Skate' set wrong on his turntable. This will either make the record stick as it is doing, or run out to the middle of the record.

You or your record are not at fault, it's his turntable settings that are. he needs to set the 'Anti-skate' dial or knob on the turntable to full, usually 3., this is usually at the back of the turntable near the arm.

Edited May 30, 2011 by steveLuigi

[Anoraks Corner]

I got a mint WD on my sales shelves...hang on I'll go and play it, back in a bit...I'm back and it plays through no problem at all! On this West Coast WD copy I do note that the playing surface is quite wide leaving but a narrow run-out area, so maybe the arm is moving further over than with other discs...leading to the the problems noted within earlier posts. Great cross-over tune by the way!

[Pete S]

I got a mint WD on my sales shelves...hang on I'll go and play it, back in a bit...I'm back and it plays through no problem at all! On this West Coast WD copy I do note that the playing surface is quite wide leaving but a narrow run-out area, so maybe the arm is moving further over than with other discs...leading to the the problems noted within earlier posts. Great cross-over tune by the way!

Thats exactly what the problem was Dave - he rang me to say so.

[Gary Samways]

i was the bloke with the problem and it's sorted now!! a couple of you have got it right!, it was a combination of the track run out grooves being very short and the tonearm fouling on the side of the fluid dampner container, as this is an optional bit of kit i removed it and problem solved . Fair play to Pete Smith for his cooperation and great service on this matter