45 adaptors
DeeRock
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I know we have talked about them in the past but I'm looking for a few specific ones. The first are some metal cones that have a nice weight to them and they are a bit higher then the normal ones kind of like a bullet shape. Shortkut uses them and a few other cats, the second one I want are the "balls" that someone posted here before. I had the website to order them from but my harddrive crashed and now I don't remember what site it was! Can anyone help out?
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The brass adapters that are currently on eBay work well. Think it's buy it now as well.
K in Canada.
I have those already. They all work well, but I want these two specific types and can't find them anywhere.
Get at Ross. He knows where to order those. It was from a german spot, but I can't remember where.
i need those too.
This one? they are quite heavy and really work. available in some German record stores for around 10 bucks a piece. I think I saw them at Deeroy??s Dubstore (site is in German) recently. They have a puck in their online section as well (without a picture...). would be worth a try... well perhaps, I check it out when I go there the next time
http://www.soundquake.com/item/6707.html
it's a german dancehall site
Yeah - that's what I was referring to. I know Shortkut and other folks rock deez.
If anyone in the Yay wants to put in an order for a couple, we can all split shipping (since that's the main problem. It's $$$ to have them shipped over from Germany).
that must be this one?
protected.de has both versions in stock for a very reasonable price (5.80 Euros each). article numbers are 2036 (for the bullet shape) and 2037 (for the balls)
site is in German as well and the translation doesn??t really work. however you may contact them this way
well, this site provides proper translation, but charges way too much for them. at protected.de they are more than one third cheaper, that??s already worth the expensive shipping, isn??t it?
Best,
Dee Rock
Sup Preme.
http://www.ebreggae.com/Home.asp?FFID=47...CQ=no&ChkSFTxt=
they NEVER pop out when cueing/scrathing.
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I've been thinking about buying the 7" adaptor matts that you mention. Do you put the matt on top of your existing slippmatt or take of your slipmatt and put these on?
seems like a hassle unless your doing an all 45 set.
You all remember these 12" size hard-plastic slipmat/adapters? We had a thread about them a year or two ago and i think some Philly djs had them/still using them.
I was dj-ing with Tobia Kirmayer from Tramp Records lst week and he had a prototype of these hard-plastic things. I tried them myself and they are great. Some Austrian guy is manufacturing them and they will be on the market soon.
you put it on top of your existing slipmat. One of the advantages of these over normal adapters is when you have slightly used 12" slipmats, and the center hole is worn out, normal adapters won't sit right. But these always do because they're sitting on top.
actually, the hassle is when you want to go thru a LOT of 45s, ala riding a riddim. You have to individually pop out the 45 slipmat and pop it into the next 45. However, you get used to it and I'm pretty fast now. This is the key part...you need to push the center part up into the wide hole and make sure its tight. I bought these slipmats from a friend, tried them a few times and thought they totally sucked, and promptly forgot about them. A couple months later I found them laying around and tried pushing the center up and viola!
To each his own but FWIW I've tried everything and even some of the heaviest adapters will pop out occassionally if your scratching.
The slipmat was designed by a turntablist/rave DJ outta canada, Mat the Alien. I met him at the last WMC, nice guy. Also Quantic has designed a similiar slipmatt, you can find his on the Fat City records shop website outta Manchester.
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I've had those German joints (from Soundquake) for about 6 years now and I love 'em. Almost every 45 I play is from JA, so they're great for those Jamaican center holes (since you never know what shape it's gonna be). And yeah, Short's the first dude I saw with 'em (back around 2000). He got 'em on tour in Europe and I had to have some. A great investment! Just be real sure you don't forget them at the club 'cause they're a bitch to replace.
I could be wrong, but these look like the cones joints that TTL sells...are they actually spherical?