my hand can be shakey sometimes. and not always but there are those times where by mistake i slide the needle/style across 4-6 grooves, but what i was trying to do is pick up the stylus and place it somewhere else within the track timeline.
now i have a track on one of my vinyl record with a screwed up groove that just repeats itself and wont move on to the next groove unless i push it, is what i described above, the reason for this? it worked at first when i first received it.
what goes wrong or how am i harming both needle and vinyl when i slide the stylus by mistake when trying to pick it up to place it in default spot or change its position in the track timeline.
its at full. i have it like all the way drilling in the vinyl. idk the correct way to explain the setting. but i tried lifting it up vs just putting it all the way down. its def the groove in the vinyl because i tried three different needles.
Too much tracking force can cause your skip resistance to be worse, just fyi. As for your current vinyl with the skip - I’ve read that you can try to fix it with a sewing needle and some care, so if that sounds appealing to you I’d suggest looking into that. As far as placing the needle without scratching the vinyl in the first place next time, try picking up the cartridge by the handle on the headshell (if it has one) and resting your pinky on the frame of the turntable to steady your hand while you place the needle. Alternatively, if you have a lever to keep the needle raised above the vinyl like the 1200s have you can raise the needle and move it into position then drop it with the lever instead of by hand to make things smoother.
Your tracking force is at full??? Back some of that off or you are going to mangle all of your records. Search google for how to balance your tonearm. The needle shouldn’t have too much weight on it. Just enough to make the arm float, plus whatever your cart needs. (Around 2-2.5ish)
If you scratch across 4-6 grooves stop using vinyl.
If you don’t realise that this will ruin your record stop using vinyl.
In other words STOP USING VINYL.
You’ve probably scratched it
Give the vinyl a good clean and balance your tone arm properly and see how it plays then.
There may be a small bur or dirt build up on the scratch that’s helping it skip across the grooves, which cleaning and proper balancing may help to resolve.
If steadying your hand with your pinky finger isn’t working for you, use the tonearm lift thingamabob on the deck to lift and drop the needle to stop it happening again.
