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Got a couple of 45's that jump once midway through the track, both play well apart from the jump.look VG but play EX. 

no major scratches.

Can these be fixed ? cleaned a million times so its not a dirt issue

Dave

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I usually treat jumps on an old mono record player I have.  My trick is to hold down the cartridge over the area where it jumps whilst playing, stopping it doing so, and repeating this process a few times.

 

Unless it's a really nasty, deep scratch (or an original copy of Gwen Owens :rofl: ), it always works.  Can also be done with records that stick.

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Thanks for that, will give it a try, hope it works records are Vows Tell me , and Joe Tex wanna be free.

Tried PVA on joe tex didnt work not tried on other.

Hey up Dave how come you can afford a maid. Haha

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Thanks for that, will give it a try, hope it works records are Vows Tell me , and Joe Tex wanna be free.

Tried PVA on joe tex didnt work not tried on other.

Hey up Dave how come you can afford a maid. Haha

 

Take care with styrene records - too much pressure on the stylus may cause a permanent hiss.

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I usually treat jumps on an old mono record player I have.  My trick is to hold down the cartridge over the area where it jumps whilst playing, stopping it doing so, and repeating this process a few times.

 

Unless it's a really nasty, deep scratch (or an original copy of Gwen Owens :rofl: ), it always works.  Can also be done with records that stick.

 

Yes as the stick is caused by a nick of vinyl blocking the groove, doing the above should cut it out.

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Yes as the stick is caused by a nick of vinyl blocking the groove.....

 

Or a scratch going in the opposite direction of one that causes a jump.  As a rough guide, a scratch in this direction (/) will cause the record to jump, whereas one in this direction () is likely to make it stick.

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Its the first one causing it to jump. So can it be recut with a heavy needle

Dave

 

Yes.  That's what my idea effectively does - creates a continuation onto the groove.

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I will fix a skip under a scope for $20 if you want me to. No chance of styrene burn, it's a deterministic process, and can fix even almost-impossible-to-fix parallel to the groove scratches and gouges.

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