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Vinyl Repair?

Last night my wife was putting on our near mint condition original Tusk pressing and proceeded to drop it. In the process of catching it, she put a pretty good gouge into the first 2 songs, resulting in healthy pops I'd like to eliminate if possible. I’ve checked out a couple of YouTube vids on how to fix, but figured I’d trust people here to truly know. Seems like my options are 1) Put weight on needle and hope that somehow regrooves it (also seems like no one here is going to advocate for using your stylus in this manner) 2) the toothpick trick which seems to get good reviews and 3) some sort of 1500 grit sandpaper which seems insane.

Any advice pre divorce?

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mtbiker29 OP
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Thanks everyone.  I clearly need to hang out on Discogs more. 

I am going to try the toothpick and will advise if for nothing else future time travelers to take advantage of should they happen upon this thread.  

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mtbiker29 OP
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Hey all, 

Just a postscript on this.  For Christmas I bought a nice ProJect record cleaner and while cleaning some of my top choices I did finally try the toothpick trick on the Tusk record.  It wasn't a 100% fix but there was improvement as a result.  

I do still need to spend some time on discogs.  Might be a topic for a new thread, but what grade do most people here aspire to, and how much do you trust the ratings?  

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