The key to the tonearm not jumping the groove is damping. I used to use a Shure M97xE; with the damper brush deployed it would track anything, and I mean records with a 1/2" wave at the outer edge. And it was tracking at 1.25 to 1.5g.
Since then I've moved on to a much better sounding Denon DL-160, but I added KAB's damping trough to my Technics SL1210. This setup will also track the most hideously warped records at 1.6g.
Since then I've moved on to a much better sounding Denon DL-160, but I added KAB's damping trough to my Technics SL1210. This setup will also track the most hideously warped records at 1.6g.