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Vintage record player damage?

December 24th, 2009 by admin

I have a vintage record player downstairs (well my parents do) and I wanted to learn how to scratch and dj and such using it. I know that whatever records I use will get damaged, I’m ok with that
But, will it damage the record player itself by doing this?
Oh ok, so could I temporarily (without extensive knowledge about record players) switch in a non damaging needle? Or would that take a lot of equipment to do?

Yes you could probably do that but those needles are expensive…but it also wears out the belt if its a belt drive and you might need to get a new belt..it might be cheaper to just get a DJ table I bet if you look around you can find one for $100.00 with needle, which is what the cartridge needle is going to cost you alone.

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2 Responses to “Vintage record player damage?”

  1. #1
    Kyle K
    December 24th, 2009 11:35 am

    Yeah you could pretty easily damage the needle (reads the music) which is why Djs use special needles
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  2. #2
    Lance
    December 24th, 2009 11:59 am

    Yes you could probably do that but those needles are expensive…but it also wears out the belt if its a belt drive and you might need to get a new belt..it might be cheaper to just get a DJ table I bet if you look around you can find one for $100.00 with needle, which is what the cartridge needle is going to cost you alone.
    References :

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