Excessive Static

Are you "hearing" static sound, or are you "feeling" static when you touch the TT/Arm/record?

We attempted everything except the "the gun" in which I thought about inserting in my mouth! I got good news and bad news. My road onto the analog domain has come to a sudden halt! The Technics 1200G which was brand new is in the box! I'm not messing with this! The good news is I'm listening to EMM LABS MTRX2s with my DV2 and have reached digital bliss! Just sold one of my kidneys to help with the cost! LOL!! I have not purchased them yet, but stay tuned! It is all I need without the gun, static and everything else. I don't have the patience for that. Thank you all for your suggestions! Most appreciated! If anyone is interested in a 1200G, with a center weight, audience power cord, private message me. It won't be difficult to sell. I also have the Van Den Hul DDT2 Special. Thanks John

I was getting static popping 3-4 min into the record! It was like a knife in my ears! Cleaned everything brand new albums, paper sleeves suck!

@jakesnak,

As said above, many threads established on this very topic. Please research.

I had a very similar situation with static on brand new albums. Turns out the settings on my phono stage were set too high.