My wife has never touched a record in over 30 years. Only thing she knows is the volume knob. It only goes counter clockwise for her.....Tell her to stay away and consider Tusk an inexpensive cost of making this change permanent. What if it was a very expensive out of print one?
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?