[Jukebox-list] "Clips"-was-Cartridge Installation on Rockola 1438 ?

[Jay Hennigan]

wbabbott at cox.net wrote:
> Got the clips today. Went to a local electronics store that had small bags of the gold colored pin clips. The shielded single wire cable I have for rewiring the cartridge has rubber around the shielding, so the shielding is hard to get to in order to use it as GROUND. Is it OK to use a separate wire from cartridge ground terminal to ground on the AMP?? I'll probably just coil the ground wire around the shielded cable all the way down into the phono plug. 
> Thanks,

You may not want a separate ground wire.  I would try it first without. 
  Did the previous cartridge have a separate ground wire?

Also, is your replacement wire specifically designed for tonearm use? 
Most shielded cable not designed for it is too stiff and will cause 
problems with skipping or trip switch action.  I've used the wire from 
Walkman/IPod style headphones in a pinch, it's thin and flexible.

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