Flipping record causing series of loud pops

Wow. So nobody even knows the most basic things any more. Why am I not surprised?

Yup, volume DOWN. I always do, she set's at ZERO while I tinker.

No foul no harm...or  NO POPs either. Static discharge? Wow.. must be VARY dry with synthetic apparel and rugs. ADD a little moisture to the air.

Use a ground strap or touch a ground pad.. The ground lug on you phono stage or preamp will work just fine too.

Regards

Right. SOP- standard operating procedure. Business management used to like to call it best practices. Nike said, Just Do It! Whatever. Any way you slice it, beats the hell out of having to explain, explain, endlessly explain answering a zillion noob questions all to get back to: Just Do It!

Sorry, have never heard of a tube amp causing this issue. I’d say it is more likely a major build up of static electricity at the turntable platter. Maybe try zapping it with a zerostat. Is turntable grounded properly? What mat are you using? Felt can add lots of static. A leather mat works wonders...also the cleaning of a record while on a spinning platter can add lots of static, especially If using something like the old discwasher d4 system. The audioquest carbon fiber record brush seems to work well. 

Definitely static