me too, i had to push down the record needle gently with my index finger as it played over the part thats skipping. i thought of it as flossing my records grooves :D
Same here,,all my old records from the 70s that were played thousands of times work great. Albums today suck,, I just bought 2 the other day, they both skip,,,unreal.!
Make sure you LEVEL your turntable! This is so commonly overlooked and can also effect skips. That should be the first thing you do during setup. Also surprised you didn't mention tracking force, too.
Ahhh this makes sense. I bought an old pioneer pl-200 and set it up on top of my tape deck stack system and i wasnt sure if it was broken because of the ammount of skipping it does when im walking around the room. I did notice that the whole stack is actually leaning backwards a bit and i guess that probably has some effect on it. Ill level it then report back👍
I've had some luck removing across-groove scratches by placing the stylus in the groove with the scratch, increasing the downforce of the stylus, and rotating the needle through the groove with the scratch back and forth by rotating the record. I went groove by groove throughout the entirety of the scratch and passed the needle through each scratched groove section about 40 times each. In a way I was simulating playing the section with the scratch with high tracking force many times. This worked for me so I figured I'd share. Best of luck to y'all!
Just got the Melanie Martinez k12 record and it doesn’t skip when played at a higher speed but when ever the bass gets heavy at a normal speed, it skips like crazy
records also skip because of too light tracking force or a bad record player/stylus like the crosley, most records will skip if they don't improve their audio system
JAMiE DC I have a crosley and my Melanie Martinez vinyl works perfectly fine on it, but I recently bought a Billie eilish vinyl & it skips so much, more on the bass boosted songs , also the vinyl doesn't have any scratches & it isn't warped ,the vinyl works a bit more when you put it on the fast mode, could it be the record player or the vinyl??
My recordplayer (Tenac TN-4D-O) had a little high tracking-force, it was 2.8g but should have been 2.3. So i went to adjust the tonearm and then suddenly my records started skipping like crazy. Have never been an issue before. IS that most likely to be the stylus? That I might have managed to break it in the process? 🥴
Dare did it for me .... After trying the record on two players I had they both skipped...So I took it back and owner played it on his and it didn't skip on his ... He suggested we lowered the bass so we did that and it still did it so he suggested we change the needle to a diamond tip and hopefully it should work . The Gorillaz album is so fine you can barely see the grooves so that might be the problem.
Jarrett, as you are now the President of the _Crosley Fan Club_ , I am still awaiting the latest club update e-mail on the latest developments - ah, sorry I forgot, there is nothing worth reporting!
I’ve only just bought a record player and got 3 new records today, all of them skip on every song and 2 of them get stuck and repeat the same part over and over... since I just got it I don’t really know what to do?
When I encounter a record skip or loud click I do one of two things: 1. Moisten a "Q" tip (cotton swab on a stick) with isopropyl alcohol and gently rub the area to remove the obstacle. Also I use a stylus cleaning brush moistened with alcohol which sometimes works. 2. Using my older turntable, I stop the turntable just past the obstacle and then hand-turn it in reverse with the stylus still on the record. This will sometime "kick" the obstacle out of the groove.
Thank you so much for creating videos and being such a huge assistance for the vinyl community. I've been watching your videos for nearly a year now, and you still get me and many others trough stuff. I really appreciate that. Have a great day/night. Safe way to 100K. ^^
The toothpick worked for me on two old records. An actual needle point isn't needed on the toothpick; a wedge end can scrape at a few grooves at a time. because the end-grain will split up a little into several points, all keeping each other going straight.
(2) When using the toothpick method, I put a small drop of record cleaning fluid on the tip of the toothpick. This helps the toothpick get down into the groove and helps to minimize scratching.
My Beatles- Help! In concert kept skipping today I literally just bought yesterday my new Elton John 'Dont shoot me I'm only the piano player' played fine tho :/
Cool video! I have a couple of albums with skips, mostly older stuff from the 50s and 60s that have had long hard lives and gotten scratched. I've heard on forums that a sewing needle, or ultra fine sandpaper can be used to carve away the vinyl that has been scratched into the groove and is therefore blocking the needle and causing skips, but this is a very delicate job, and requires a fairly decent microscope. As far as recent pressings go, the more common problem I've found is pitch wavering caused by off center pressings
a few years ago I fixed a warped vinyl just by putting it between two pieces of glass (could be mirrors also) and have the vinyl there for a few days. a scratches vinyl when theres only a pop not a skip can be also repaired. if you have a steady hand a good magnifying glass and a thin needle for sewing. for dust particles or other mess stick in the grooves I recommend wet cleaning. It eliminates static also.
I still remember the day I bought my first used vinyl: Alice Cooper-Trash. I always loved poison so I bought it at a garage sale for 4€. As I got home,I noticed that the whole played fine,except for Poison. That was really s*it.
Setting your anti-skate to the perfect level can eliminate skipping(because of a scratch) to a degree. I had a record that skipped and after adjusting anti-skate, it didn’t skip and was reduced to a little pop.
Ever since I bought it, my LP of Portishead LP2 has a skip that precisely skips the first line of the opening track. And on the topic of that album, song of the day: Portishead - Cowboys.
As of late, I have been buying LP's from amazon. I have only once encountered a record that skips. It was easily remedied. I temporary adjusted my anti-skate and that resoled my issue. If the stylus skipped forward, I would increase my anti-skate, and if it skipped backwards, I would decrease the anti-skate. In resolving the groove the is causing the problem, I apply a small needle to the groove as opposed to a toothpick. The end of a toothpick is too blunt. You have to be exceptionally careful while doing this. Angle and pressure are very important factors when repairing.
J. J. H., II I bought one from urban outfitters, but I buy a lot from eBay and amazon and so far those are fine! The urban outfitters one though... skips a lot with so much dust
One other example happened to my neighbor this week. He has a U-turn Orbit TT and he took off the record mat. This allowed the tonearm to come down further and rest on the tonearm rest causing the needle to barely touch the record and thus skip. We replaced the mat on the platter and this solved the problem.
Im 13 years old and you’re definitely one of my favorite youtubers.Thanks for all these tips!If your channel wouldn’t exist,I would make so many mistakes! :) Greetings from Germany
Got an Amy Winehouse Back to Black reissue today that has been skipping on the first few songs of side a, will return tomorrow. Bought it brand new and have never had skipping issues before, even with old slightly-scratched vinyl from the 70s.
Toothpick is a bit extreme for some dust/dirt I've found that spraying some cleaner fluid on the area or using my stylus brush with a bit of fluid on it works most of the time. In fact you might be better off using the wood glue clean than scraping your record with a tooth pick. I think the tooth pick should be saved for scratches since your record is pretty much done with at this point anyway. Apparently with the help of some magnification equipment you can buff out I guess the problem that the scratch is causing. I've tried with minor success but I used a video camera for magnification and crappy toothpicks. .
My skipping story is: I ordered a copy of The BEATLES (white album) 2019 mix from a mail order place. The record is pristine looking. Nice and shiny and beautiful....HOWEVER, it skips a great deal. I feel the track it skips on but haven't found much at all in way of particles of junk. I will keep checking though. One question though, could this be because of a lowball tracking weight on my cartridge? I think i may just be a few tenths short of exact weight. BTW, I own an ORBIT turntable, and an Ortofon red cartridge.
Hey man, have you figured it out? I know it's been some time but try to put a guitar pick or 1 Cent coin on your cartridge and the needle will sort of find its way through :)
I have a record with a scratch on it it would skip in my old turntable but the skip went away when I upgraded my turntable / needle. Now I upgraded from a Pioneer PL-12 with a sure cartridge (low quality) to a Music Hall mmf 7.1 with a Gold Ring 2400. It was a major upgrade and I think the quality of the needle allows it to get deeper into the groove to avoid the scratch. An expensive way to get by a scratch. Also not a 100 % way to get around every scratch.
You forgot number 4 - bad cart alignment and poor anit-skate. I've had albums that would skip, but after properly fixing the cart alignment and anti-skate tuning the skips went away. Yeah, the 3 you mentioned but if the LP is clean and appears clean then it could be number 4. Once I fixed the poor anti-skating on my AT-LP120 and good cart alignment most of my skips went away. My best fix was upgrading to a new turntable - Rega Planar 2! My AT-LP120 is semi-retired awaiting a new motor.
How did you fix the poor anti-skate? I have the AT-LP120 and in order to prevent skipping as much as possible I had to crank the anti-skate to 7.0 and reduce the tracking force to 1.5 (the lowest rated weight for the ATE 95e cartridge). I also aligned the cartridge the best I could with a paper protractor.
Ibought myself a second hand turntable, and bought a new needle for it... my test record kept skipping and the second test record too. I ended up konfigurating anti skating and the weight. Now it works perfect, never had a skip since then.
If my discs skip I keep a close eye on where the stylus is situated and if cleaning that section isn't helpful then what I do is use the toothpick method to try and straighten out a light scratch. I move the toothpick in the opposite direction to playing. When a disc gets scratched that vinyl gets pushed elsewhere and it often ends up in the playing path of the stylus, so moving the toothpick in the reverse direction helps correct that and I've probably fixed about 4 or 5 albums with one light scratch using this method. But as you said, doing it gently so as to not cause a larger scratch.
I once had a Bill Evans record skip near the beginning, and end up ruining the first song. I later tried this record on another turn table that played at a lower tracking force, and it never skipped again. Sometimes, tracking force can be a factor.
Another problem is if the record was cut too loud/hot. Or with a lot of bass. The intensity of it will cause the stylus to jump right out of the groove. You can either raise the tracking force a little or find another copy that isn't of the same version of that album/single.
Some more reasons for skips: 1- gunk on stylus. Need to remember to clean the stylus especially after playing older records. 2- broken cantilever. 3 - tracking weight to low. 4- vibrational ( from the speakers or TT surface). 5- incorrect antiskate. Those are a few other less obvious reasons I’ve encountered over the years. BTW, careful with the toothpick. Id rather use water and velvet brush.
It could also skip because: - The cartidge - tonearm are not matched well; - Because of a really bad tonearm; - Because it's not set up correctly (eg: the turntable it's not leveld, the vtf is not right or the cartridge is not allign)
For me my records work if they're older ones or rock records but if they have a hip hop or a pop beat - it skips like crazy. From what I've researched, it's the record player. Essentially from what I can, if you bought a Crowley or any other record player that is the all in one record player and speaker, then it won't do records with beats that good.
Interesting you mention that, I hear it most on my rap records. I thought it was because my newer records tend to be hip hop, my older records tend to be classic rock which play just fine. Hmm, didn't think the genre had to do with it but you may be on to something..
Back in the Oldschool Days we’d put a quarter on top of the stylistic needle for weight. But with these Portable Victrola turntables the kids are using today, I recommend a dime. Use a Dime with Two-Sided Tape... my daughter uses that quick fix... 👍🏽 She’s learning..the Oldshool Method..
Back in the Oldschool Days we’d put a quarter on top of the stylistic needle for weight. But with these Portable Victrola turntables the kids are using today, I recommend a dime. Use Two-Sided Tape... my daughter uses that quick fix... 👍🏽 She’s learning the Oldschool Method ✊🏽
There is a way to fix most warps. Use two sheets of glass and leave it in the sun for around half an hour to head up the record. Make sure it doesn't get too hot. Be sure to leave the record in the inner plastic or paper sleeve so as to not scratch the record. Once it has been in the sun for half an hour on a flat surface, take it back inside in a colder area and leave it for a further half hour or until the heat has gone. I have fixed many but not all records this way.
I've tried the oven heating method. Only ever worked on one record and even then it was so-so. I also wouldn't recommend this method... just buy a replacement record if you have to. There are a couple of other possibilities as to why a record skips: 1) Excessively worn stylus, 2) Turntable placement e.g. on the same surface as a speaker that is causing vibration.
I bought a cheap recordplayer a few months ago. It just kept skipping on all the records i bought. I returned it and bought an older Philips FP440. I am really happy with it. Maybe not the best quality, but it sounds good imo and it is just really cool...
I have some rather unique fixes for scratches and dust (points 2 and 3): For the dust: What I usually do, using a less expensive stylus, just go past the point where the record skips. Stop the playback, and very slowly play the record backwards (manually), usually whatever debris is impacted tends to pop right out when done in reverse. This generally works 9/10 times though your mileage may vary. For scratches: Very carefully, I use my fingernail in the direction of the groove to remove the burring of the scratch. This won't get rid of the click (pop) sound, but may be enough to keep the stylus tracking well enough to play without problems. Obviously, both of these tricks need to be performed very carefully to avoid damaging your records any further, but I've generally had good results. This advice comes with no warranties 😉
I agree. And the backspin motion is useful for the scratches as well. Buy a good DJ cartrige to do so (Ortofon Concorde pro for instance) ant try to backspin the record. And a good DJ cartridge might make you think twice when you're about to put your hifi cartrige back on your turntable :)
Some LP records that have electronic music, mostly from 90s, that have lots of bass actually skip with normal cartridges made for home listening. They are meant for heavier tracking dj cardridges, so be careful when you buy heavily bass oriented music from that era.
I find that the easiest way to fix a skip with a toothpick is to have the record turning on the turntable and hold the toothpick still with a sloght pressure. With a scratch, it depends why the scratch is making it jump. If the scratch has pushed vinyl up above the group, I have had success very gently using a scouring pad to "sand it down". I wouldn't normally suggest letting one anywhere near a record, but if it's unplayable anyway, it can fix it. Sometimes I just can;t work out what's causing a skip. I use two different cartridges depending on what I'm doing. They're both mounted on different headshells so I can easily transfer between them, one is a elliptical hifi stylus, the other a spherical DJ stylus (on a Stanton cart) which is safe to scratch with. Sometimes I'll find a record will skip with one of them and not the other. It can be either one.
There's a safer way to remove a warp,that DOES NOT involve heat! Get a 13"X13" piece of wood - as smooth as possible - and place the patient on there,preferably IN covers, and place about 20 albums on top of that. However, the length of time is up to you. (I left it for a month - but that was because of something that had come up,I wouldn't suggest that,even though it completely flattened the record - a Promotional 12 Inch copy of Boston's "Don't Look Back" single.)
Hey Jerratt, I use very old turntable and use 2 pence coin on the head shell and let them play at normal speed and there after then I play 45rpm on each sides. It will sound much better and it most safest way then you using cocktail stick. And it's 100% works every time with the many many many years old dust bunnies 😊😉
I had a loud skip in my first copy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Being 13 at the time I just lived with it. My record cleaning technique at the time was a small brush that attached to the tone arm. The brush was good for surface dust, but not good for the deep down set in dust and dirt. But I was a teenager in 1974, and we just accepted records could skip, and went on with our day. My current thinking is I'll deep clean the record with water from my dehumidifier and Spin Clean solution. Soaking the grooves removes the set in debris easily. As the water and solution drain off the record, capillary action pulls the deep set in debris out of the grooves. Before playing I use an anti-static brush to remove any particles that may remain from the cleaning. Very loud pops and clicks from dust and dirt are reduced, and I suspect any remaining surface noise is from wear and tear and the age of the record in general.
one record i’ve noticed that’s just made so poorly is arctic monkey’s AM album. i bought in on vinyl a while ago and it skipped so bad i just got rid of it. when i asked other people about it they said theirs was the same way so it looks like that’s an album i’ll never own on vinyl :(
I have actually fixed a few records if you lightly push down on the groves with a pin while it’s spinning it may fix the skip depending on the severity of it but don’t push too hard or it destroys your record
That toothpick method can also work for actual scratches. I've had luck removing actual scratches on multiple occasions with a toothpick, and it can actually work quite well.
If its a brand new copy that is warped or damaged in some way, return it. The seller has to honor that, regardless of policy. If they tell you they cant honor it, it's truly because they don't want to do the paperwork. If it's a secondhand copy that you've purchased. Be sure and listen to it at your record store before you buy it. 75% or better of record stores have listening stations for you to do this. You're creating that risk yourself if you don't. As far as dust bunnies go? Clean any record, new or old, as soon as it gets to your home. You don't have any clue what sort of dirt and debris are floating around in those grooves. There's no reason to play it and gunk up your stylus. Best of luck everyone and happy spinning!
I bought an abba record off of ebay which the seller said was Good+ with no skips.... Tried it here and the first song GIMME GIMME GIMME and second song Knowing me Knowing you skipped like crazy ! Then for kicks I tried the Wood glue method and it actually worked ! I will definately try it again !
I get a skip right at the start of the groves. Skips on any record. I am thinking the tone cue arm is lowering too slowly and not fully. The track grabs the stylus before the full weight is on the record. Pioneer PL-560. I think I inspect the cue mechanism (maybe replace) Perhaps some lube has dried out. When you pick a turntable work with its cue,cut,repeat,lift,drop functions. You really want to use the automatic cue functions, not lifting the tone arm by hand.
I'm either cursed or missing something. New vinyl with zero marks skip quite a lot. Some think it's my player. But, some play just fine while some don't. Returning records way too frequently.
Had a record that came brandnew in mint condition and it skipped on Side A several times. It wasn't warped (at least not drastically if at all), no visible scratches or dirt. weirdly enough, the easiest solution for me was simply: increasing the tracking force by only 0.5 gram. skips were suddenly all gone. 🤷♂️
try put the turntable in reverse if the turntable doesn't have reverse switch turn off the power and take the needle backwards trough the groove sometimes a scratch or some imperfections in the groove can cause skipping taken the needle backwards trough the groove will realign the groove so the needle can have a clear path to travel trough
Hmm, I would certainly prefer using a pretty cheap cleaning system to getting rid of the dust bunnies in stead of hacking into my vinyl with a toothpick. A Knosti or similar simple system only costs about $50 or so? And yes, to little anti-skate? Skipping. Tracking force too low? Skipping. Putting your speakers on the same space your turntable is on? Bass could easily make the record skip. Funny is that the Crosley tends not to skip that much, since it's tracking force is on the higher side (not so it will damage your records) which will help it not skipping. Sure I agree, the Crosley sounds crap, but it shouldn't be a record muncher or a skipping nightmare :) Still remember my first turntable. I was 4 years old then. It was the 1960s equivalent of a Crosley :) Loved it still... And I still have LP's that were played with that thing. Most of the damage is what I did to it with very improper handling.. (hey, I was 4..). And no, I'm not actually born in the 1960s in case you were wondering ;)
(1) In many cases, a small temporary increase in tracking force will overcome skipping. I just place the stylus guard (about 0.4 grams) on top of the head shell.
I guess it doesn't really matter. Because I have tried my older turn table & most of the time they never skip at all but I also have a newer updated version of stereo & the trunk table actually plays slow when it's on 45, & it's Setting's are really playing the vinyl record on 33. So I guess it wouldn't really matter lake Parramatta 🤭. But the remakes of some records are different from others, i guess I just have to criss-cross I make U jump jump🎧.
My first record player just arrived a couple hours ago, and I put My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" (a 180g, 2013 pressing) to play. I noticed a tiny skip on the first track of side A, but there were much more noticeable ones on the last track of side B. For a moment I thought it was the stylus, and got a little bit frustrated, since this is my fav record of all time, and this didn't happen with older LPs I tested. And then, suddenly and magically... your video pops out on my screen. I'll check out for these issues from now on, thanks a bunch!
The song of the day: One of the one hit wonders: Cutie Pie by One Way. I had the song Cutie Pie by One Way skip on vinyl, which was a bummer. Played the record a few more times. I felt something on the grooves of the vinyl and got it off. Finally gave the record another spin, and it played fine without skipping. It took more than ten years to find Cutie Pie by One Way on vinyl. The album by One Way was called Who's Foolin' Who. I also had a record by Deee-Lite that use to skip, and gave it another spin in a few years later, and the Deee-Lite record played fine without skipping. The Deee-Lite record had Groove Is In The Heart & What Is Love on it. A two hit wonders 12" single record that was a giant 45 instead of a little 45. I would of like it better if the twelve inch single would of been a 33 1/3 RPM instead, though.
I grew up on records, and recently decided to buy a player and a few records to share with my kids. The first three LP's had no problems, but the new ones I bought all skip the first few songs. I thought my kids damaged my player. But the original LP I bought still works just fine. I saw little scratches after the player skipped the songs, is it damaged now? How should I clean them in hopes they work?
(3) Based on experience with a turntable that had a severe skipping problem, I now regard warping, scratches, and dirt as secondary causes of skipping. The primary cause is imperfect adjustment of stylus azimuth. Put simply, it's essential that the stylus go straight down into the record groove. If it's got any lean, the chances of skipping with be greatly increased. If the head shell is flat on the top, azimuth can be checked by putting the stylus on a record and then putting a small level across the top of the head shell. If the top of the head shell is horizontal, the stylus will be vertical. The Stanley 42-287 line level is small enough. After I got that right, the stylus tracks correctly though nearly all warps, scratches, and dirt.
It's way more beautiful in person than it is on the pictures yousee on the internet. I really recommend Icelandic music too. Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson's music is my favorite although I also recommend listening to Sálin Hans Jóns Míns and Bubbi Morthens!
Equipment exists to flatten records that are warped. If you have a record store that works on turntables, ask them if they are able to fix warped records. Some have the equipment to do so. This is an old hobby and some of the older record shops still in the business have gathered quite a bit of equipment through the decades. You just need to ask as these aren't services that are typically advertised.
Just want to ask if your dissatisfaction with Crosley turn tables is confined with the Cruisser model or does it include all others? I saw one of their models , i think its a C10, which cost almost 400 dollars. It appears to be of superior quality. Want to know your opinion on this
Over the years, I've gotten used to records skipping and/or sticking. To me, it's just one of those things you come across as a record collector. The other issue is warping. Most of my records have *some* degree of warping, while others have pretty serious warping that does in fact cause tracking issues. Stuff like that happens. No record is going to be 100% perfect, but yes, they can be fixed to some extent.
use discwasher & the wooden handle bk velvet brush to clean the record,,a pointy toothpick,,wet the end of it run along the groove to free the food particle, dirt on the stylus & shell housing,c=shred the toothpick end make it bristely use a magnifying glass to look at & clean the stylus
Warped records aren't such a problem. A flat surface, a stack of books, and some time = Voila!!! Suggestion for song of the day: ZZ Top - Brown sugar (1971). Only song they ever did worth listening to - In return it is a masterpiece.
I recently bought a mint laturalus album from FYE and the first track skips all over the place, and I believe it's either dust or a scratch, but I don't think it's a scratch, and after cleaning it, it still skips heavily. It very much bums me out, as I paid quite a bit of money for it, as it was mint.
My Gorillaz "Humanz" record skips because of the heavy bass, and my turntable sucks (it's not a Crosley, but it's not much better). But don't worry, my LP120 arrives tomorrow, so we'll see if the better turntable removes the issue.
You forgot to mention pressing faults. Some records pick these up in manufacturing. Look closely at the surface. Sometimes there are very shallow pitting marks or in the case of my original Mono Crazy World of Arthur Brown album, a very tiny lump of plastic stuck in the groove. Absolutely nothing you can do about it! There can also be circular"creases" in the disc that distort the surface, making the groove much closer together at this point allowing some styli to skip across. I have a New Order 12" that did this with my old turntable, but not my new one that I can adjust down force better!
I had got a warped record from VNYL and also ended my membership in the same month...they said because I wasn't a member they could only refund half of the money for the record and they couldn't send a replacement. Cheap O's
instead of using a toothpick, how about using the device that's actually meant to ride the groove: the stylus. if there's dust or a particle stuck in a groove, just run the record backwards & forwards gently a couple times. that always works for me
Had a few brand new after cleaning skip (live and metallica). I tried wet playing the track on the spot a few times and it worked. Bad I know but had better success with that than the penny trick.
If one has a binocular microscope that's designed to be worked under, like those found in electronics assembly/repair facilities, I would think it might be possible to make a record with a back-scratched groove playable by using a sharp instrument to carve a slightly deeper groove in the direction the stylus is supposed to go. The new scratch would almost certainly generate a significant and annoying pop, but if the record would otherwise be unplayable, having a pop at that spot may be less objectionably than having that spot play over and over and over again, all the while making the side scratch deeper and deeper.
My old records play fine but my new records skip.
This pains me to no end so I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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It’s probably because of dust or other stuff on the record because of the static electricity on new vinyl
me too, i had to push down the record needle gently with my index finger as it played over the part thats skipping. i thought of it as flossing my records grooves :D
Same here,,all my old records from the 70s that were played thousands of times work great.
Albums today suck,,
I just bought 2 the other day, they both skip,,,unreal.!
I literally just bought one today and it skips like crazy
Sydney Volpei same
same but with my billie eilish vynl
@@arandomfromtheinternet105 omg somebody finally understands i have only found like one vid on it.
xXSun_ BeamXx Yeah but I mean I got it at Walmart and I think it was a return of someone I didn’t know how to handle it properly
A random from the Internet I got mine from target, did you ever find the issue or did you just return it?
Make sure you LEVEL your turntable! This is so commonly overlooked and can also effect skips. That should be the first thing you do during setup. Also surprised you didn't mention tracking force, too.
tracking force did it for me with one record! 🤩👊
Ahhh this makes sense. I bought an old pioneer pl-200 and set it up on top of my tape deck stack system and i wasnt sure if it was broken because of the ammount of skipping it does when im walking around the room. I did notice that the whole stack is actually leaning backwards a bit and i guess that probably has some effect on it. Ill level it then report back👍
@@callumthomas6152 did it fix it
I've had some luck removing across-groove scratches by placing the stylus in the groove with the scratch, increasing the downforce of the stylus, and rotating the needle through the groove with the scratch back and forth by rotating the record. I went groove by groove throughout the entirety of the scratch and passed the needle through each scratched groove section about 40 times each. In a way I was simulating playing the section with the scratch with high tracking force many times. This worked for me so I figured I'd share. Best of luck to y'all!
Just got the Melanie Martinez k12 record and it doesn’t skip when played at a higher speed but when ever the bass gets heavy at a normal speed, it skips like crazy
Did u get it off the official site or somewhere else?
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records also skip because of too light tracking force or a bad record player/stylus like the crosley, most records will skip if they don't improve their audio system
Agreed. Since upgrading to a Rega deck I now have zero skips.
JAMiE DC How Crosley can skips if it has over9000 tracking power?
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Exactly what I thought. And from personal experience, it mostly skips like crazy on 180 gram pressings.
JAMiE DC I have a crosley and my Melanie Martinez vinyl works perfectly fine on it, but I recently bought a Billie eilish vinyl & it skips so much, more on the bass boosted songs , also the vinyl doesn't have any scratches & it isn't warped ,the vinyl works a bit more when you put it on the fast mode, could it be the record player or the vinyl??
My recordplayer (Tenac TN-4D-O) had a little high tracking-force, it was 2.8g but should have been 2.3. So i went to adjust the tonearm and then suddenly my records started skipping like crazy. Have never been an issue before. IS that most likely to be the stylus? That I might have managed to break it in the process? 🥴
I just bought a brand new Demon Dayz album and my favorite side is skipping ☹️
Same thing with me
Bro I just got plastic beach and its skipping ;^(
Was it side-c?
Dare did it for me .... After trying the record on two players I had they both skipped...So I took it back and owner played it on his and it didn't skip on his ... He suggested we lowered the bass so we did that and it still did it so he suggested we change the needle to a diamond tip and hopefully it should work . The Gorillaz album is so fine you can barely see the grooves so that might be the problem.
Same thing for me with most songs, but especially side A
Jarrett, as you are now the President of the _Crosley Fan Club_ , I am still awaiting the latest club update e-mail on the latest developments - ah, sorry I forgot, there is nothing worth reporting!
I’ve only just bought a record player and got 3 new records today, all of them skip on every song and 2 of them get stuck and repeat the same part over and over... since I just got it I don’t really know what to do?
Infinity Park I've heard that if it continually skips the vinyl it's usually the record players and not the vinyl it's self
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When I encounter a record skip or loud click I do one of two things:
1. Moisten a "Q" tip (cotton swab on a stick) with isopropyl alcohol and gently rub the area to remove the obstacle.
Also I use a stylus cleaning brush moistened with alcohol which sometimes works.
2. Using my older turntable, I stop the turntable just past the obstacle and then hand-turn it in reverse with the stylus still on the record. This will sometime "kick" the obstacle out of the groove.
I have a few "moderately" warped record's, and not a one skips! I also have New record's that skip, and didn't find out till it was too late!
Thank you so much for creating videos and being such a huge assistance for the vinyl community. I've been watching your videos for nearly a year now, and you still get me and many others trough stuff. I really appreciate that. Have a great day/night. Safe way to 100K. ^^
Dire Straits- Sultans of Swing
Those Sabbath records!! ❤️
Would you actually believe I have a vinyl record that is purple it's got Cathy Dennis on it the one who sings it's just another dream🎧⏺️✌️.
But my 80's records are my top favourite, I wonder if guns n Roses vinyl skips 🤔.
The toothpick worked for me on two old records. An actual needle point isn't needed on the toothpick; a wedge end can scrape at a few grooves at a time. because the end-grain will split up a little into several points, all keeping each other going straight.
(2) When using the toothpick method, I put a small drop of record cleaning fluid on the tip of the toothpick. This helps the toothpick get down into the groove and helps to minimize scratching.
My Beatles- Help! In concert kept skipping today I literally just bought yesterday my new Elton John 'Dont shoot me I'm only the piano player' played fine tho :/
Cool video! I have a couple of albums with skips, mostly older stuff from the 50s and 60s that have had long hard lives and gotten scratched. I've heard on forums that a sewing needle, or ultra fine sandpaper can be used to carve away the vinyl that has been scratched into the groove and is therefore blocking the needle and causing skips, but this is a very delicate job, and requires a fairly decent microscope. As far as recent pressings go, the more common problem I've found is pitch wavering caused by off center pressings
a few years ago I fixed a warped vinyl just by putting it between two pieces of glass (could be mirrors also) and have the vinyl there for a few days. a scratches vinyl when theres only a pop not a skip can be also repaired. if you have a steady hand a good magnifying glass and a thin needle for sewing. for dust particles or other mess stick in the grooves I recommend wet cleaning. It eliminates static also.
I still remember the day I bought my first used vinyl: Alice Cooper-Trash.
I always loved poison so I bought it at a garage sale for 4€.
As I got home,I noticed that the whole played fine,except for Poison. That was really s*it.
Setting your anti-skate to the perfect level can eliminate skipping(because of a scratch) to a degree. I had a record that skipped and after adjusting anti-skate, it didn’t skip and was reduced to a little pop.
Ever since I bought it, my LP of Portishead LP2 has a skip that precisely skips the first line of the opening track.
And on the topic of that album, song of the day: Portishead - Cowboys.
Song of the day:
Megadeth - Trust
HELL YEAH!!!
As of late, I have been buying LP's from amazon. I have only once encountered a record that skips. It was easily remedied. I temporary adjusted my anti-skate and that resoled my issue. If the stylus skipped forward, I would increase my anti-skate, and if it skipped backwards, I would decrease the anti-skate. In resolving the groove the is causing the problem, I apply a small needle to the groove as opposed to a toothpick. The end of a toothpick is too blunt. You have to be exceptionally careful while doing this. Angle and pressure are very important factors when repairing.
J. J. H., II I bought one from urban outfitters, but I buy a lot from eBay and amazon and so far those are fine! The urban outfitters one though... skips a lot with so much dust
One other example happened to my neighbor this week. He has a U-turn Orbit TT and he took off the record mat. This allowed the tonearm to come down further and rest on the tonearm rest causing the needle to barely touch the record and thus skip. We replaced the mat on the platter and this solved the problem.
Thank for this video jarrett. It will really help the vinyl record users.
Love this channel! Approaching 100K!
Thank you so much for watching! We’re getting close!! 😄✌️
Im 13 years old and you’re definitely one of my favorite youtubers.Thanks for all these tips!If your channel wouldn’t exist,I would make so many mistakes! :) Greetings from Germany
Got an Amy Winehouse Back to Black reissue today that has been skipping on the first few songs of side a, will return tomorrow. Bought it brand new and have never had skipping issues before, even with old slightly-scratched vinyl from the 70s.
that was me but with my amy winehouse frank vinyl. i gave it a little wipe and it’s all good now
Toothpick is a bit extreme for some dust/dirt I've found that spraying some cleaner fluid on the area or using my stylus brush with a bit of fluid on it works most of the time. In fact you might be better off using the wood glue clean than scraping your record with a tooth pick. I think the tooth pick should be saved for scratches since your record is pretty much done with at this point anyway. Apparently with the help of some magnification equipment you can buff out I guess the problem that the scratch is causing. I've tried with minor success but I used a video camera for magnification and crappy toothpicks. .
My skipping story is: I ordered a copy of The BEATLES (white album) 2019 mix from a mail order place. The record is pristine looking. Nice and shiny and beautiful....HOWEVER, it skips a great deal. I feel the track it skips on but haven't found much at all in way of particles of junk. I will keep checking though. One question though, could this be because of a lowball tracking weight on my cartridge? I think i may just be a few tenths short of exact weight. BTW, I own an ORBIT turntable, and an Ortofon red cartridge.
Hey man, have you figured it out? I know it's been some time but try to put a guitar pick or 1 Cent coin on your cartridge and the needle will sort of find its way through :)
I have a record with a scratch on it it would skip in my old turntable but the skip went away when I upgraded my turntable / needle. Now I upgraded from a Pioneer PL-12 with a sure cartridge (low quality) to a Music Hall mmf 7.1 with a Gold Ring 2400. It was a major upgrade and I think the quality of the needle allows it to get deeper into the groove to avoid the scratch. An expensive way to get by a scratch. Also not a 100 % way to get around every scratch.
You forgot number 4 - bad cart alignment and poor anit-skate. I've had albums that would skip, but after properly fixing the cart alignment and anti-skate tuning the skips went away. Yeah, the 3 you mentioned but if the LP is clean and appears clean then it could be number 4. Once I fixed the poor anti-skating on my AT-LP120 and good cart alignment most of my skips went away. My best fix was upgrading to a new turntable - Rega Planar 2! My AT-LP120 is semi-retired awaiting a new motor.
...and number 5, a defective vinyl record
How did you fix the poor anti-skate? I have the AT-LP120 and in order to prevent skipping as much as possible I had to crank the anti-skate to 7.0 and reduce the tracking force to 1.5 (the lowest rated weight for the ATE 95e cartridge). I also aligned the cartridge the best I could with a paper protractor.
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Ibought myself a second hand turntable, and bought a new needle for it... my test record kept skipping and the second test record too. I ended up konfigurating anti skating and the weight. Now it works perfect, never had a skip since then.
If my discs skip I keep a close eye on where the stylus is situated and if cleaning that section isn't helpful then what I do is use the toothpick method to try and straighten out a light scratch. I move the toothpick in the opposite direction to playing. When a disc gets scratched that vinyl gets pushed elsewhere and it often ends up in the playing path of the stylus, so moving the toothpick in the reverse direction helps correct that and I've probably fixed about 4 or 5 albums with one light scratch using this method. But as you said, doing it gently so as to not cause a larger scratch.
I once had a Bill Evans record skip near the beginning, and end up ruining the first song. I later tried this record on another turn table that played at a lower tracking force, and it never skipped again. Sometimes, tracking force can be a factor.
Another problem is if the record was cut too loud/hot. Or with a lot of bass. The intensity of it will cause the stylus to jump right out of the groove. You can either raise the tracking force a little or find another copy that isn't of the same version of that album/single.
Some more reasons for skips: 1- gunk on stylus. Need to remember to clean the stylus especially after playing older records. 2- broken cantilever. 3 - tracking weight to low. 4- vibrational ( from the speakers or TT surface). 5- incorrect antiskate. Those are a few other less obvious reasons I’ve encountered over the years. BTW, careful with the toothpick. Id rather use water and velvet brush.
that is not an image of scratched record..that was an intentionally vandalised record !
It could also skip because:
- The cartidge - tonearm are not matched well;
- Because of a really bad tonearm;
- Because it's not set up correctly (eg: the turntable it's not leveld, the vtf is not right or the cartridge is not allign)
For me my records work if they're older ones or rock records but if they have a hip hop or a pop beat - it skips like crazy. From what I've researched, it's the record player. Essentially from what I can, if you bought a Crowley or any other record player that is the all in one record player and speaker, then it won't do records with beats that good.
Interesting you mention that, I hear it most on my rap records. I thought it was because my newer records tend to be hip hop, my older records tend to be classic rock which play just fine. Hmm, didn't think the genre had to do with it but you may be on to something..
I've heard that too. Will placing a few coins for weight on top of the sylus fix that problem in the short term?
Back in the Oldschool Days we’d put a quarter on top of the stylistic needle for weight.
But with these Portable Victrola turntables the kids are using today, I recommend a dime.
Use a Dime with Two-Sided Tape...
my daughter uses that quick fix... 👍🏽 She’s learning..the Oldshool Method..
Back in the Oldschool Days we’d put a quarter on top of the stylistic needle for weight.
But with these Portable Victrola turntables the kids are using today, I recommend a dime.
Use Two-Sided Tape...
my daughter uses that quick fix... 👍🏽 She’s learning the Oldschool Method ✊🏽
There is a way to fix most warps. Use two sheets of glass and leave it in the sun for around half an hour to head up the record. Make sure it doesn't get too hot. Be sure to leave the record in the inner plastic or paper sleeve so as to not scratch the record. Once it has been in the sun for half an hour on a flat surface, take it back inside in a colder area and leave it for a further half hour or until the heat has gone. I have fixed many but not all records this way.
I've had the toothpick method work twice. Really works wonders.
I've tried the oven heating method. Only ever worked on one record and even then it was so-so. I also wouldn't recommend this method... just buy a replacement record if you have to.
There are a couple of other possibilities as to why a record skips: 1) Excessively worn stylus, 2) Turntable placement e.g. on the same surface as a speaker that is causing vibration.
I bought a cheap recordplayer a few months ago. It just kept skipping on all the records i bought. I returned it and bought an older Philips FP440. I am really happy with it. Maybe not the best quality, but it sounds good imo and it is just really cool...
Song:Who am I ( what’s my name ) ? ---- artist:Snoop Doggy Dogg album: Doggystyle
I have some rather unique fixes for scratches and dust (points 2 and 3):
For the dust: What I usually do, using a less expensive stylus, just go past the point where the record skips. Stop the playback, and very slowly play the record backwards (manually), usually whatever debris is impacted tends to pop right out when done in reverse. This generally works 9/10 times though your mileage may vary.
For scratches: Very carefully, I use my fingernail in the direction of the groove to remove the burring of the scratch. This won't get rid of the click (pop) sound, but may be enough to keep the stylus tracking well enough to play without problems.
Obviously, both of these tricks need to be performed very carefully to avoid damaging your records any further, but I've generally had good results.
This advice comes with no warranties 😉
I agree. And the backspin motion is useful for the scratches as well. Buy a good DJ cartrige to do so (Ortofon Concorde pro for instance) ant try to backspin the record. And a good DJ cartridge might make you think twice when you're about to put your hifi cartrige back on your turntable :)
literally happening to my black star david bowie album rn. thanks a ton, barnes and noble.
I saw a woodglue method for cleaning vinyl that would clean well. Have not looked into it, but it sounds logical and safe.
Some LP records that have electronic music, mostly from 90s, that have lots of bass actually skip with normal cartridges made for home listening. They are meant for heavier tracking dj cardridges, so be careful when you buy heavily bass oriented music from that era.
I find that the easiest way to fix a skip with a toothpick is to have the record turning on the turntable and hold the toothpick still with a sloght pressure.
With a scratch, it depends why the scratch is making it jump. If the scratch has pushed vinyl up above the group, I have had success very gently using a scouring pad to "sand it down". I wouldn't normally suggest letting one anywhere near a record, but if it's unplayable anyway, it can fix it.
Sometimes I just can;t work out what's causing a skip. I use two different cartridges depending on what I'm doing. They're both mounted on different headshells so I can easily transfer between them, one is a elliptical hifi stylus, the other a spherical DJ stylus (on a Stanton cart) which is safe to scratch with. Sometimes I'll find a record will skip with one of them and not the other. It can be either one.
There's a safer way to remove a warp,that DOES NOT involve heat! Get a 13"X13" piece of wood - as smooth as possible - and place the patient on there,preferably IN covers, and place about 20 albums on top of that. However, the length of time is up to you. (I left it for a month - but that was because of something that had come up,I wouldn't suggest that,even though it completely flattened the record - a Promotional 12 Inch copy of Boston's "Don't Look Back" single.)
Hey Jerratt, I use very old turntable and use 2 pence coin on the head shell and let them play at normal speed and there after then I play 45rpm on each sides. It will sound much better and it most safest way then you using cocktail stick. And it's 100% works every time with the many many many years old dust bunnies 😊😉
I had a loud skip in my first copy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Being 13 at the time I just lived with it. My record cleaning technique at the time was a small brush that attached to the tone arm. The brush was good for surface dust, but not good for the deep down set in dust and dirt. But I was a teenager in 1974, and we just accepted records could skip, and went on with our day. My current thinking is I'll deep clean the record with water from my dehumidifier and Spin Clean solution. Soaking the grooves removes the set in debris easily. As the water and solution drain off the record, capillary action pulls the deep set in debris out of the grooves. Before playing I use an anti-static brush to remove any particles that may remain from the cleaning. Very loud pops and clicks from dust and dirt are reduced, and I suspect any remaining surface noise is from wear and tear and the age of the record in general.
Great vid! And the minute a start the record the needle skips all the way to the end. Checked the needle and the record but seems to be ok.
one record i’ve noticed that’s just made so poorly is arctic monkey’s AM album. i bought in on vinyl a while ago and it skipped so bad i just got rid of it. when i asked other people about it they said theirs was the same way so it looks like that’s an album i’ll never own on vinyl :(
good riddance, its a bad album anyways!!! XP
I have actually fixed a few records if you lightly push down on the groves with a pin while it’s spinning it may fix the skip depending on the severity of it but don’t push too hard or it destroys your record
That toothpick method can also work for actual scratches. I've had luck removing actual scratches on multiple occasions with a toothpick, and it can actually work quite well.
If its a brand new copy that is warped or damaged in some way, return it. The seller has to honor that, regardless of policy. If they tell you they cant honor it, it's truly because they don't want to do the paperwork. If it's a secondhand copy that you've purchased. Be sure and listen to it at your record store before you buy it. 75% or better of record stores have listening stations for you to do this. You're creating that risk yourself if you don't. As far as dust bunnies go? Clean any record, new or old, as soon as it gets to your home. You don't have any clue what sort of dirt and debris are floating around in those grooves. There's no reason to play it and gunk up your stylus. Best of luck everyone and happy spinning!
If it’s dust,dirt or even a scratch, just give the record a good clean and, see how it is.
Beats taking a toothpick to it, would never recommend that over a wet clean.
for really dirty records I use some product like "pledge" if after a wash with distilled water and soap is still there. Often it solves the problem.
I bought an abba record off of ebay which the seller said was Good+ with no skips.... Tried it here and the first song GIMME GIMME GIMME and second song Knowing me Knowing you skipped like crazy ! Then for kicks I tried the Wood glue method and it actually worked ! I will definately try it again !
I get a skip right at the start of the groves. Skips on any record. I am thinking the tone cue arm is lowering too slowly and not fully. The track grabs the stylus before the full weight is on the record. Pioneer PL-560. I think I inspect the cue mechanism (maybe replace) Perhaps some lube has dried out. When you pick a turntable work with its cue,cut,repeat,lift,drop functions. You really want to use the automatic cue functions, not lifting the tone arm by hand.
Thanks for your help!
I'm either cursed or missing something. New vinyl with zero marks skip quite a lot. Some think it's my player. But, some play just fine while some don't.
Returning records way too frequently.
You should debunk the Wood Glue Method to clean the record surface.
Had a record that came brandnew in mint condition and it skipped on Side A several times. It wasn't warped (at least not drastically if at all), no visible scratches or dirt. weirdly enough, the easiest solution for me was simply: increasing the tracking force by only 0.5 gram. skips were suddenly all gone. 🤷♂️
At the end, you advise replacing a damaged record or buying another copy. Isn't that (more-or-less) the same thing?
try put the turntable in reverse if the turntable doesn't have reverse switch turn off the power and take the needle backwards trough the groove sometimes a scratch or some imperfections in the groove can cause skipping taken the needle backwards trough the groove will realign the groove so the needle can have a clear path to travel trough
Hmm, I would certainly prefer using a pretty cheap cleaning system to getting rid of the dust bunnies in stead of hacking into my vinyl with a toothpick. A Knosti or similar simple system only costs about $50 or so? And yes, to little anti-skate? Skipping. Tracking force too low? Skipping. Putting your speakers on the same space your turntable is on? Bass could easily make the record skip. Funny is that the Crosley tends not to skip that much, since it's tracking force is on the higher side (not so it will damage your records) which will help it not skipping. Sure I agree, the Crosley sounds crap, but it shouldn't be a record muncher or a skipping nightmare :) Still remember my first turntable. I was 4 years old then. It was the 1960s equivalent of a Crosley :) Loved it still... And I still have LP's that were played with that thing. Most of the damage is what I did to it with very improper handling.. (hey, I was 4..). And no, I'm not actually born in the 1960s in case you were wondering ;)
(1) In many cases, a small temporary increase in tracking force will overcome skipping. I just place the stylus guard (about 0.4 grams) on top of the head shell.
I guess it doesn't really matter. Because I have tried my older turn table & most of the time they never skip at all but I also have a newer updated version of stereo & the trunk table actually plays slow when it's on 45, & it's Setting's are really playing the vinyl record on 33. So I guess it wouldn't really matter lake Parramatta 🤭. But the remakes of some records are different from others, i guess I just have to criss-cross I make U jump jump🎧.
My first record player just arrived a couple hours ago, and I put My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" (a 180g, 2013 pressing) to play. I noticed a tiny skip on the first track of side A, but there were much more noticeable ones on the last track of side B. For a moment I thought it was the stylus, and got a little bit frustrated, since this is my fav record of all time, and this didn't happen with older LPs I tested. And then, suddenly and magically... your video pops out on my screen. I'll check out for these issues from now on, thanks a bunch!
The song of the day: One of the one hit wonders:
Cutie Pie by One Way.
I had the song Cutie Pie by One Way skip on vinyl, which was a bummer. Played the record a few more times. I felt something on the grooves of the vinyl and got it off. Finally gave the record another spin, and it played fine without skipping. It took more than ten years to find Cutie Pie by One Way on vinyl. The album by One Way was called Who's Foolin' Who. I also had a record by Deee-Lite that use to skip, and gave it another spin in a few years later, and the Deee-Lite record played fine without skipping. The Deee-Lite record had Groove Is In The Heart & What Is Love on it. A two hit wonders 12" single record that was a giant 45 instead of a little 45. I would of like it better if the twelve inch single would of been a 33 1/3 RPM instead, though.
I grew up on records, and recently decided to buy a player and a few records to share with my kids. The first three LP's had no problems, but the new ones I bought all skip the first few songs. I thought my kids damaged my player. But the original LP I bought still works just fine. I saw little scratches after the player skipped the songs, is it damaged now? How should I clean them in hopes they work?
(3) Based on experience with a turntable that had a severe skipping problem, I now regard warping, scratches, and dirt as secondary causes of skipping. The primary cause is imperfect adjustment of stylus azimuth. Put simply, it's essential that the stylus go straight down into the record groove. If it's got any lean, the chances of skipping with be greatly increased. If the head shell is flat on the top, azimuth can be checked by putting the stylus on a record and then putting a small level across the top of the head shell. If the top of the head shell is horizontal, the stylus will be vertical. The Stanley 42-287 line level is small enough. After I got that right, the stylus tracks correctly though nearly all warps, scratches, and dirt.
Sometimes it helps to wet the speck to loosen it with cleaning fluid, or distilled water.
Higher and Higher - Jet Black Joe. By the way, I really like your videos and have been watching them for some years now. Greetings from Iceland!
Thank you for watching Throstur! Iceland is a beautiful country and I’d love to go there someday!
It's way more beautiful in person than it is on the pictures yousee on the internet. I really recommend Icelandic music too. Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson's music is my favorite although I also recommend listening to Sálin Hans Jóns Míns and Bubbi Morthens!
Equipment exists to flatten records that are warped. If you have a record store that works on turntables, ask them if they are able to fix warped records. Some have the equipment to do so. This is an old hobby and some of the older record shops still in the business have gathered quite a bit of equipment through the decades. You just need to ask as these aren't services that are typically advertised.
bad needles causes skipping too... i changed my record player with a best needle/cartridge and put a record and dont skip than before
For dirt and dust, would vacuum cleaning be a possible solution? Sounds unconventional but with a handheld end, I think it could clean the vinyl.
In the wee small hours of the morning - Frank Sinatra. Awesome video!
Thanks for watching dude!
Just want to ask if your dissatisfaction with Crosley turn tables is confined with the Cruisser model or does it include all others? I saw one of their models , i think its a C10, which cost almost 400 dollars. It appears to be of superior quality. Want to know your opinion on this
Over the years, I've gotten used to records skipping and/or sticking. To me, it's just one of those things you come across as a record collector. The other issue is warping. Most of my records have *some* degree of warping, while others have pretty serious warping that does in fact cause tracking issues. Stuff like that happens. No record is going to be 100% perfect, but yes, they can be fixed to some extent.
use discwasher & the wooden handle bk velvet brush to clean the record,,a pointy toothpick,,wet the end of it run along the groove to free the food particle, dirt on the stylus & shell housing,c=shred the toothpick end make it bristely use a magnifying glass to look at & clean the stylus
For a warped record place the vinyl in between two plates of glass in the sun. Thank you
Proper care of your records is key.
Warped records aren't such a problem. A flat surface, a stack of books, and some time = Voila!!!
Suggestion for song of the day: ZZ Top - Brown sugar (1971). Only song they ever did worth listening to - In return it is a masterpiece.
The Cure - The Hanging Garden
My recommendation is "Stuck in the middle with you" by Stealers Wheel!
Fixed my John Edmond - Rhodesia The Brave and the Beautiful record today, just a little dust or something in the groove, thankfully!
I recently bought a mint laturalus album from FYE and the first track skips all over the place, and I believe it's either dust or a scratch, but I don't think it's a scratch, and after cleaning it, it still skips heavily. It very much bums me out, as I paid quite a bit of money for it, as it was mint.
My Gorillaz "Humanz" record skips because of the heavy bass, and my turntable sucks (it's not a Crosley, but it's not much better). But don't worry, my LP120 arrives tomorrow, so we'll see if the better turntable removes the issue.
You forgot to mention pressing faults. Some records pick these up in manufacturing. Look closely at the surface. Sometimes there are very shallow pitting marks or in the case of my original Mono Crazy World of Arthur Brown album, a very tiny lump of plastic stuck in the groove. Absolutely nothing you can do about it! There can also be circular"creases" in the disc that distort the surface, making the groove much closer together at this point allowing some styli to skip across. I have a New Order 12" that did this with my old turntable, but not my new one that I can adjust down force better!
I had got a warped record from VNYL and also ended my membership in the same month...they said because I wasn't a member they could only refund half of the money for the record and they couldn't send a replacement. Cheap O's
instead of using a toothpick, how about using the device that's actually meant to ride the groove: the stylus. if there's dust or a particle stuck in a groove, just run the record backwards & forwards gently a couple times. that always works for me
Had a few brand new after cleaning skip (live and metallica). I tried wet playing the track on the spot a few times and it worked. Bad I know but had better success with that than the penny trick.
If one has a binocular microscope that's designed to be worked under, like those found in electronics assembly/repair facilities, I would think it might be possible to make a record with a back-scratched groove playable by using a sharp instrument to carve a slightly deeper groove in the direction the stylus is supposed to go. The new scratch would almost certainly generate a significant and annoying pop, but if the record would otherwise be unplayable, having a pop at that spot may be less objectionably than having that spot play over and over and over again, all the while making the side scratch deeper and deeper.