VPI Scount to Prime, now static


So ever since I upgraded from the scout to the Prime (acrylic platter to aluminum) i've been greeting static.  I notice it when pulling the record away from platter.  Snap, crackle, pop!

my question: is the steel plate on the bottom of the platter in contact with the metal bearing?  Not knowing this, I rigged up a nail with a small spring from a pen stuck over the top of the nail. I took a wire and soldered it to the nail and stuck this nail in a small piece of wood. I took this contraption and placed it under the TT so that the spring touched the bearing connected to the pen. I then took the wire and connected it to the TT ground. 

im hoping this will draw the static charge off the mat and ground it.  I'd like to just tie to the metal plate and simplify my contraption. 

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