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Protip: I heard that you can use the sticky side of packaging tape to remove the bits of cork left behind after sanding when making your own cork mats. Should help reduce the amount of cork that's coming off on your records.

Really been looking into getting a new slipmat. The go-to material seems to be cork. I know a lot of companies sell cork slipmats (Everyone seems to go to Pro-ject), but these seem a little pricey, and I was wondering what prevents me from making my own cork slipmat. Has anyone tried this? Is there a type of cork that I should go with? Thickness?

Yeah I don't like Bruno Mars but "Trapped Out Of Heaven" is the shit. I don't know what it is about that song.

Best:being first in line and getting Far Cry. (You could only buy on title then you had to go to the back of the line)
Worst: Nothing, I only picked up a couple titles that I knew I would like.

They do work on a pretty interesting genre
Synthetic Arena Bluegrass
 
I call it Astro-Turf

Best: One Direction - Midnight Memories.

By worst you mean least amount of profit earned from flipping right?

You can say what you want at Bruno Mars but he can sing like a motherfucker

Shit on bands. 

That new video. Why.

THIS MAN JUST GETS ME

THIS MAN JUST GETS ME

"oRiGiNaL"
 
Justin Bieber was a young talent who could sing too. Doesn't mean I have to like it. In fact I can hate it.
 
Edit: I don't hate her talent, and she's not the idiot Justin Bieber is, but it's just corporate grown "indie" pop music. She's been signed to Universal since she was 13. Sure she may be talented, but she's just cultivated by mainstream music giants to be the next big thing. As bad as most pop music is currently, companies like Universal/WMG are totally seeing trends in music which is shifting towards this weird indie pop movement, and that's why we're getting music like Bastille and Lorde played to us.

lorde

im not shitting on them, but i really dont see the appeal of the wonder years

Tom Waits is awesome.

Bob Dylan
 
Excellent songwriter, terrible singer.

this thread is stupendous:

I back this post except Modern Baseball and TWY are really good. I hate Brand New so much.

When you sound as good as T/T/T, you can name your band whatever the hell you want.

When you sound as good as T/T/T, you can name your band whatever the hell you want.

Exactly, the only ones that are difficult are the ones that require machining like acrylic or copper. I've seen plenty of home made ones and if it's an easy to work with material like cork then away you go.
 
The other thing you have to consider apart from thickness is why are you doing it, if it's not for any real sonic reason then you can try all sorts but if you for instance want to remove the ring in a metal platter or static then that should shape the decision of what material you use.

Absolutely nothing is preventing you!  People make their own mats all the time.  Cork is popular, but you can try leather, deer hide, shelf liner or whatever you want. Experimenting is part of the fun!
 
In terms of thickness, I'd aim for something similar to the mat that came with your turntable ... unless of course your tonearm is adjustable and you can play around with VTA (Vertical Tracking Angle), in which case you can experiment with thickness as well.