# One of my new VL12's is skipping
**URL:** https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130
**Category:** Vinyl & DVS
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130 "2020-09-18T20:41:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Ryan0751](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Ryan0751)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/1 "2020-09-18T20:41:22Z")
Just got two new VL12’s as part of a full prime setup.
One of the VL12’s is skipping consistently. Now, mind you, this is while just playing records, I’m not scratching or anything like that.
I have two pairs of cartridges: Shure Whitelabel’s, and Ortofon Nightclub MK2’s. I’ve swapped in all 4 cartridges and they all have the same skipping issue. It happens on all the records I’ve tried, but on the other VL12, I haven’t had it skip once.
I’ve set these up as I have with my old Technics, with about 2.5-3g of tracking force. I’ve tried a number of anti-skate settings. As suggested in another thread, I tried playing a blank side of vinyl, and I don’t see the tonearm pulling to one side obviously. When I hold the tonearm in my hand and swing it back and forth over the record, I could swear there is some level of resistance there (or maybe I’m going crazy after trying so many things).
I made a couple of real short youtube videos to demonstrate the problem:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ohdNabkqgI)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=695pdiPfCWI)
Kind disappointed as the rest of the prime setup is rock solid!
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### Author:  [@Reese](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Reese)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/2 "2020-09-18T21:52:44Z")
Looks like an anti-skate that isn’t zero, while the dial says so.
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### Author:  [@hellnegative](https://community.enginedj.com/u/hellnegative)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/3 "2020-09-18T23:32:00Z")
I see your anti-skate is set to zero. Float your tonearm above the platter and adjust your anti-skate, so that there is no side to side movement of the tonearm.
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### Author:  [@Ryan0751](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Ryan0751)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/4 "2020-09-19T00:18:48Z")
As I mentioned in my original post, anti-skate setting adjustments aren’t helping.
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### Author:  [@hellnegative](https://community.enginedj.com/u/hellnegative)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/5 "2020-09-19T02:49:08Z")
What is the angle currently set to on your Cart? For nightclubs, it needs to be 0 degrees (directly horizontal).
Could be a mis-adjusted tone-arm from the factory (as in tonearm is slightly askew). I’d contact the shop you purchased from for a replacement, if thats the case.
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### Author:  [@costi968](https://community.enginedj.com/u/costi968)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 8:44am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/6 "2020-09-19T08:44:43Z")
This screw might be too tight , i had the same problem with a Stanton STR8 150.
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### Author:  [@Ryan0751](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Ryan0751)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/7 "2020-09-19T11:15:03Z")
Interesting, I was noticing those.
Is it that inner screw? Looks like it’s an inner screw inside an outer?
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### Author:  [@costi968](https://community.enginedj.com/u/costi968)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/8 "2020-09-19T11:46:57Z")
Yes , one locks the other .
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### Author:  [@costi968](https://community.enginedj.com/u/costi968)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/9 "2020-09-19T11:50:32Z")
But be carefull, don’t loosen it too much .
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### Author:  [@Ryan0751](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Ryan0751)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/10 "2020-09-19T12:19:42Z")
Ok, I turned it just a smidge to loosen it, then slightly snugged it up. Didn’t seem to help.
Seems like something is just “off” from the factory. Seeing as it’s a new table, I’ll probably just get it replaced.
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### Author:  [@Reese](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Reese)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/11 "2020-09-19T15:23:13Z")
Yes you should return to the reseller and get it replaced.
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### Author:  [@Crimson](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Crimson)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/12 "2021-04-21T18:32:56Z")
Did you get this fixed or discover the issue?
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### Author:  [@Ryan0751](https://community.enginedj.com/u/Ryan0751)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/one-of-my-new-vl12s-is-skipping/26130/13 "2021-09-27T00:51:25Z")
I had the bad table replaced.