Looks like the tip is missing!
There is no need to remove the cartridge in order to give the tip a good cleaning. What you need is a better brush, something like this from Pro-Ject, Ortofon , and numerous others.I’ve just borrowed a loupe, soaked the tip in alcohol and given it a good scrub - it now looks like the picture above!
Wow, was indeed dirty. Just need to put back and see if its still alive !!
Thanks everybody, as always, excellent advice. I’d been cleaning the stylus regularly but had no idea so much black gunk had built up.
Nice exhumation.From this to this:
You have now reached Level 2 of your journey.
well done
It’s amazing what you can accomplish with some single malt and a bri
Am guessing that Level 3 is cleaning your ears.
There's a new tool for that called 'Tvidler', but my GP always warned me never to stick anything smaller than my elbow in; claims a few drops of warm oil will soften all and let run out. I've always assumed he meant mineral oil rather than Shell Spirax 80W-90 hypoid gear lube; only I've a big bottle of the latter here for servicing Rega Planars that I'll never get through.Am guessing that Level 3 is cleaning your ears.
Another good way is to put a hot water bottle on your pillow and lie sideways on it. Local heat makes wax run. Gravity does the rest.
I have one of those too that I purchased to service a Rega 2. Have no idea what use it has now sitting on a shelf in my basement. The quantity I have is over a hundred times what I needed.There's a new tool for that called 'Tvidler', but my GP always warned me never to stick anything smaller than my elbow in; claims a few drops of warm oil will soften all and let run out. I've always assumed he meant mineral oil rather than Shell Spirax 80W-90 hypoid gear lube; only I've a big bottle of the latter here for servicing Rega Planars that I'll never get through.
So, you don't happen to have a bus or heavy duty truck with a non-synchronized manual transmission, then? Also recommended for service fill of all limited slip differentials in passenger cars and light trucks calling for SAE 80W-90 and API Service GL-5 specifications.I have one of those too that I purchased to service a Rega 2. Have no idea what use it has now sitting on a shelf in my basement. The quantity I have is over a hundred times what I needed.