Record player out of pitch?

[robgil]

My guitar is in tune and when I play along to a record the record is out of pitch.

Can I narrow this problem down do you think , Its a logic dm101.

[mickb69]

most record players will be slightly out from each other, but might not be audible because the whole recording is out of time/pitch together, but when you add the outside element it's affected because the speed affects the pitch.

it's better to play along to CD's, plus there is so much stuff available that you can work with doing it this way, backing tracks, lessons etc

also, bear in mind that when you learn a song in standard tuning, the original album recording might have been recorded a semitone or full tone lower.
i'e, i learned welcome to the jungle by guns & roses a few years ago, but when i tried to play along to the album song it was out of key because the instruments on the recording were tuned a bit lower, also happens a lot with thin lizzy.

if you must play along to records, then you could look into getting a "speed box" from pro-ject (or similar device), these are made to control the speed of the motor to exact pitch, and stop the need to keep removing the platter and switching the belt position, all you need to do is press the button, holding it down switches off the motor bypassing the awkwardly placed power switch.
not sure if they work with all players, others on here will know

[LousyTourist]

My guitar is in tune and when I play along to a record the record is out of pitch.

Can I narrow this problem down do you think , Its a logic dm101.

yeah, do what we did back in the day. Adjust your guitar if you can't adjust the turntable. Otherwise invest in a TT that has pitch adjustment.

[steve195527]

My guitar is in tune and when I play along to a record the record is out of pitch.

Can I narrow this problem down do you think , Its a logic dm101.

some recordings are actually being played at wrong speed deliberately,Meatloafs bat out of hell plays back faster then it was recorded at

[mickb69]

what songs are you playing along to? i might have the backing tracks to it/them, and can send it to you on MP3, it makes life much easier
i also have some jamming backing tracks, blues, hard rock, heavy metal, punk, prog etc. all you need to do is learn whatever scale you want in the key of the track and you're away