VPI JMW Jig Question

My understanding is the Classic 3 arm is the same as the old JMW-10.5i arm which has a 256mm spindle to pivot distance. However, I suggest you confirm this with VPI first.

According to vinyl engine and other web sources the p2s is 262mm for the Classic arm. Can someone measure theirs to confirm.

VPI has kinda muddied the water with their Classic arms iterations. There are now 3 versions of the Classic tonearm. Based on what I can tell, the Classic 1 tonearm is the arm that comes with the Classic 1 table (duh). It does not have the VTA adjustable tower. The Classic 2 & Classic 3 arms appear to be identical to the older JMW-10.5i tonearm except the Classic 2 arm had standard wiring while the Classic 3 arm has Nordost Valhalla wiring.

I've read multiple spindle to pivot distances for VPI's different 10.5" arms (254, 258, 259, and now 262mm). I measured my JMW-10.5i on my Aries 3 and it was 256mm. We'll see how close I was because that's what Yip suggested it would be and that's what my measurements confirmed. Hope I got it right because my Mint LP just shipped.

VPI got back to me and they said 258mm for the Classic series arm.

I measured my Classic 3 with Classic 33 arm when I ordered my MINTLP. it came out to 258mm, effective length adopted is 273mm. If you measure yours ensure you measure it from the center of the spindle and ensure the ruler is level, otherwise the length will increase by 0.2mm because of the height difference between the spindle and pivot. There are a number of different answers out there if you do a search. Best way is to measure yours.