Called out for holding a 78 incorrectly in a video

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Re: Called out for holding a 78 incorrectly in a video

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I don't think a thumb on the grooves of a 78 is any big problem, especially for records played on a acoustic machine. Better to have a bit of a grip on them. That said, I do conform to the slide the record out of the sleeve into the palm of hand thumb on the edge method. :coffee:
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Edisonfan wrote:Okay, so i got called out for holding a 78 record incorrectly, in one of my videos. Because, my thumb was on the grooves. I was told I shouldn’t do that as the oil from my hands would make the sound quality not as good. From holding a 78 with my thumb on the groove? Seriously? I have 78’s in my collection that the sound quality was so terrible do to over playing with a steel needle. Also, these records were man-handled more so, before i got ahold of them.

Anyway, sorry for ranting but come on?
If it were me, I'd make a new video, titled "Specially Made For XXXX (name of the hater)" in which I run around my record room touching and fondling tons of records whilst laughing maniacally. That'll lernum! A little Mad Max, applied when needed, never hurt anyone.
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Re: Called out for holding a 78 incorrectly in a video

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Just find a well worn unimportant common record and make a video of you picking it up, rubbing your fingers all around the grooves, then smashing it on the edge of a table... then complain that the sound quality has degraded considerably... :lol:
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When my children or friends take one of my 78s I tell them to grab it firmly, I prefer dirty records more than broken records!
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Same. If I'm out doing DJ stuff (not since I got back into college and certainly not since Covid!) people always want to look up close at the phonographs. (And I'll have stuff like horn machines, cool portables, Edison cylinders, that kind of stuff out there) --

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They probably couldn't even enjoy the music after getting in a twist over a thumb print. Sad...
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I've never seen a thumb print on a shellac 78. All manner of other soiling, but not that.
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