Technics SL-1000 MKII bonding question....

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I purchased the Extreme phone "none mat" and "speed mat" and tried on my Technics SL-1000 MKII... the static was so bad that I had to pry the Speed mat from the record each time I removed the record.. I have since replaced the None mat/speed mat combination with my stock mat. One of the selling points to these mats is they suppossedly "drain" the static... well... apparently, my platter/turntable are not bonded to a source to drain the static.
My question:
Is there any reason I could not/should not add a bonding wire from the base (one of the screws under the turntable base) and bond it to the bonding screw on my Pre-amp that my tonearm bonding wire is bonded to.
Is there a reason why the table is not bonded? I don't want to do any harm to the complicated electronics that are involved with this table...
Has anyone bonded their Technics SL-1000 MKII or SP-10 MKII?
Rick

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Topic - Technics SL-1000 MKII bonding question.... - rich121 22:40:52 04/29/07 (4)

I"m missing the knob, can someone tell me what screw/thread size knob is needed? - rich121 07:45:54 04/30/07 (0)

Re: Technics SL-1000 MKII bonding question.... - M3 lover 23:01:52 04/29/07 (0)

Re: Technics SL-1000 MKII bonding question.... - Door Nail 23:00:17 04/29/07 (1)

That might be a white plastic knob - Door Nail 23:11:31 04/29/07 (0)

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