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Originally posted by n3lly It's just a cheap and cheerful one but does everything i need it to do. You kind sir are a legend. Thanks a million for those links. Plenty of reading for me to do now!! ha! Actually quick side question for you. I was fixing one of the S bend tone arms on one of mine the other day. Everything went fine and the deck plays perfectly. I am however getting a little ground feedback whenever I though the weight on the headshell. Or the screws that hold the cartridge in place. Nothing that would make me want to tear the whole thing apart but is it pretty much just down to the earth needing to be rewired or is it normal to get a little feedback when touching the metal parts on the headshell ? Cheers

No mate, it's not normal, but before you reqire the ground which is a pain, just check and clean all the connections for the headshell; clean out the bushing contacts when you unscrew the headshell with a qtip and some alcohol based cleaner (switch cleaning fluid). Now clean all the little conductors for wires that connect the stylus body to the headshell conductor bushings. Finally, check that little screw(s) under the tone arm collar - once they were causing the problem. If that doesn't solve it then, I'm afraid it's time to open it up, and post back here if you need to do that and I'll give instructions on how to problem solve it, hopefully without having to pull a whole new ground wire.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN No mate, it's not normal, but before you reqire the ground which is a pain, just check and clean all the connections for the headshell; clean out the bushing contacts when you unscrew the headshell with a qtip and some alcohol based cleaner (switch cleaning fluid). Now clean all the little conductors for wires that connect the stylus body to the headshell conductor bushings. Finally, check that little screw(s) under the tone arm collar - once they were causing the problem. If that doesn't solve it then, I'm afraid it's time to open it up, and post back here if you need to do that and I'll give instructions on how to problem solve it, hopefully without having to pull a whole new ground wire.

Cheers,

I know how to remove the whole tone arm assembly so no problems there. Will go through cleaning all the terminals and checking the little screws again. Hopefully I won't have to redo the whole arm. Just wondering how I can check to see that the ground connection (if i do open it up again) is a solid one... Or will I have to close everything up turn it on and see whether there's still a small bit of hum. ugh..