VPI turnover

Static electricity perhaps? Does it happen year around or only in cold, dry months?

It happened after I installed the CJ pre-amp, and it was after X'mas, maybe the dry and colder weather. But it is never happening before with the Manley Steelhead.

My CJ Premier 17LS2 was a holy terror as far as static was concerned. When I switched to an Aesthetix Calypso the static problems diminished to the vanishing point. The CJ tended to mute often when I touched it, and I got loud static pops whenever I touched anything else made of metal in the system, including the tone arm.