Soporific Airs (Blog de la Música para DJ Bolivia): Self-Grounding a Technics 1200 Turntable

Fred Bisnette, aka. DJ Nexus6ix and I just filmed a little tutorial for anyone who is interested in PROPERLY ditching the grounding wire on any Technics 1200-series turntables, so you don’t have to plug that grounding wire into the back of the mixer. There are a number of videos out there on YouTube already, but many of them do it slightly incorrectly by grounding to the wrong spots, resulting in the mod not being useful in all cartridge options.

Please note that this modification is not "necessary." Don't do it just for fun, unless you like doing things like this just for fun. It won't improve the value of your turntable, and if your turntables are set up in a "permanent" home or club installation, there probably is very little point in the mod. However, for the sake of convenience, if you move your decks around fairly frequently, you might find it to be useful. Basically, if you've ever been in a situation before where you wished that you didn't have to deal with the ground wire because it was too short or because it wasn't working and you were getting a hum through the system, then it might make sense to perform this modification.

The tutorial is pretty long, about 45 minutes in total, so I had to split it up into five videos. But it is not a hard process if you’re comfortable with a screwdriver and a soldering iron. If you’ve got 1200’s and you’ve been thinking about this modification, check out the video and let me know what you think. Here's a link to all five parts of the tutorial: