Hello everyone.
Since it never gets dry enough here to create sparks on reel to reel I 
can't build what I think will work but I can tell you what to do. There 
are special brushes that are conductive. They are used a lot in clean 
rooms in high tech (wife works at Intel). I use these mostly to clean 
records before they are played. There brushes do not generate a static 
build up and if there is one they dissipate it. So all you have to do is 
buy two brushes, rig them so that they hang over the reel and ground 
them (really easy on the a80). This should solve your problems. If 
interested email me and I send you a picture of these brushes. I don't 
know how to post them on the list. They are different brushes and some 
are very wide and flexible so that they will not interfere with the reel 
rotation.
Cheers
Shai

On 03/02/2011 23:23, Rod Smear wrote:
> Can anyone help with the static problem as it relates to the playing of vinyl LPs on my home stereo system?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rod Smear
>