Oh Boy...Here Comes Homeboy w/ the Portable
jaymack
5,199 Posts
theres just something that irks me when im diggin and someone comes wandering over with their portable record player and starts settling in with a big stack of records. all in the way n shit. maybe im just jealous cause i blindly spend $30-50, and take a chance.opinions on portables for diggin?
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maybe your just jealous
Dude, this thread pops up once a month I feel like. The simple answer = you're just jealous.
If you're spending that kind of loot blindly, why not spend $100 for a portable?
And that right there should be the official end of this thread!
Really, all it does is scream "I'm a fool...come take advantage of my lack of knowledge"
Honestly. If I see anyone with a portable around dollar records I usually walk up and say "Interested in buying any breaks?"
...and a few hundred dollars later I've managed to rid myself of Beck and Bob James. Don't be mad at it, use it to your advantage. I'm not kidding
lol
I don't see what's so terrible about trying to maintain a minimum amount of control in one's own store. A store owner has NO WAY of knowing if random portable dude takes care of his needle, what kind of care people take, etc. Shit, stores take a chance having their own listening stations....people seriously don't know how to act.
looking for breaks is superficial
you said it, not me!
I agree absolutely. Hell, if I ran a record store, I'd probably keep the turntable behind the counter--otherwise, while you may be able to insure that you have a fresh needle, you have no way of preventing these poptarts from dragging that needle across the surface of the record or doing other dumb schitt.
A little harsh, but it's the truth. You need to be able to hear all that stuff sitting in front of you so you know what you need to research more, and what is just not worth grabbing again. Portables are VERY important.
The ironic thing for me, is that it would ONLY be worthwhile at a Flea, and that's precisely where it would get in my way, one more thing to lug around. I would have to have one given to me, and I would still probably never use it. I am just not patient enough....
Sunday I bought a grip of 12"s I had never heard, and a number of LPs as well. If you know what you're doing (and I don't always) it's pretty easy to bat a high percentage while taking chances.
That said NO FUCKING PORTABLES in my shop. And yes people are insane and don't know how to handle records. And yes I will yell at you. But you can't not have a listening station in this day and age.
if the record is $1..just buy it you cheap bastard
if the record is $100..do you really think Mr. record store owner wants your fisher price needle on it...how arrrogant of you
you look corny walking in the store carrying a toy
you're in the fucking way with your toy
listening stations are a convenience provided by the store owner....if the owner does not provide a listening station...you should not even have the right to ask if it is o.k. to listen to his records on your traveling listening station.....you are now being disrespectful and arrogant...record stores are not libraries ....
if a clothing store does not have a dressing room you can't just try on clothes in the corner !!!
oops
I feel like we've just gotten a glipse of Ed in parent mode.
ayo?