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Spammer's Bin / strat's magic thread
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Date: Tue, Dec 13 2011 18:52:55
a place for me to keep track of the decent stuff I've posted [wyoutube]bZyA-w_mT6c[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]L3pE2m3tBLM[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]P9Hvk_l65LY[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]eoSQM2PYPXU[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]6eKK2DFHInQ[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]uWEfjGp3h6U[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]iPxxx9uRxNo[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]-yzj5Y_H8aA[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]HBCz5wYhkIg[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]J7na_UFowXs[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]v1eOANunCs0[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]dlAYn4vKx5s[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]hi8B6hVThcs[/wyoutube]
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Date: Tue, Dec 13 2011 21:15:33
[video=youtube;8DySPDmCHgw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DySPDmCHgw[/video]
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Date: Tue, Dec 13 2011 21:25:14
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Date: Tue, Dec 13 2011 21:27:52
Zombo wrote: [video=youtube;8DySPDmCHgw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DySPDmCHgw[/video]
worst show on tv -
Date: Tue, Dec 13 2011 22:15:47
actually I'm downloading it after watching that clip lol
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Date: Tue, Dec 13 2011 23:25:01
homosexual feces yo
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 00:45:04
[wyoutube]RU8iSvI3uAw[/wyoutube]
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 00:53:57
Gay shit? You mean @Loanshark ?
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 01:06:35
Fucking shenanigans on all fronts. Damn you and your witchcraft. :whut:
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 02:05:29
Does being a physicist actually help you do magic tricks? This magician on TV says he also studied physics so I'm guessing it does help.
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 02:10:09
Nah actually not really all that much. I just think that if you're the type of person interested in physics, you're probably also the type of person interested in magic. They're correlated but not causational.
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 05:10:28
strat1227 wrote: worst show on tv
wat. btw glimpse of boson caught at LHC @neXus wise -
Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 05:24:15
Zombo wrote: btw glimpse of boson caught at LHC
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 05:50:22
pooping is most definitely gay -
Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 05:57:11
lol fuck you guys nobody was supposed to reply
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 06:02:36
in the spammers bin? that's a good one
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Date: Wed, Dec 14 2011 09:35:35
6-month tribute! Most of my 6 months was card magic, but I enjoy coin magic more, so here ya go. [wyoutube]HE-q04PkKFI[/wyoutube] @kaku
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Date: Thu, Dec 15 2011 01:23:11
TEACH MEH UR WAYS :whut:
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Date: Fri, Dec 16 2011 04:15:59
[wyoutube]ZI1QeR6RFl0[/wyoutube]
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Date: Fri, Dec 16 2011 04:41:08
this is some gay shit
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Date: Fri, Dec 16 2011 06:12:42
funnky wrote: this is some gay shit
go away -
Date: Fri, Dec 16 2011 16:59:42
Vassenato wrote: go away
hmmmmmmmm..........uhhhhhh. since all these majic crads tricks and shit is gay i shall leave. u have won this time vassenato -
Date: Sun, Dec 25 2011 06:18:15
[wyoutube]MR-9HDRrD0A[/wyoutube]
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Date: Tue, Jan 3 2012 19:31:17
What's gay about it then dread? :)
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Date: Wed, Apr 4 2012 21:20:33
REVIVE DUE TO NEW CAMERA. Watch in HD. [wyoutube]uaisw0HMve8[/wyoutube]
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Date: Thu, Apr 5 2012 02:27:03
strat1227 wrote: REVIVE DUE TO NEW CAMERA. Watch in HD. [wyoutube]uaisw0HMve8[/wyoutube]
that had to be the gayest shit i have ever watched you guys and your black magic. -
Date: Thu, Apr 5 2012 04:53:02
On top of your index finger?
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Date: Thu, Apr 5 2012 04:55:53
nah. new camera comes in tomorrow, Canon VIXIA m500, gonna do another vid to compare the quality
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Date: Sat, Apr 7 2012 04:45:08
[wyoutube]TxWiMOJ1BWU[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sun, Apr 8 2012 22:39:21
[wyoutube]Gxnsoj-lEM0[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sun, Apr 8 2012 22:48:18
strat1227 wrote: [wyoutube]Gxnsoj-lEM0[/wyoutube]
that was neat in a gay kinda way. ill give u props -
Date: Fri, Apr 13 2012 05:38:40
[wyoutube]il-klRd8QJY[/wyoutube]
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Date: Fri, Apr 13 2012 18:22:06
IN THIS THREAD:
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Date: Fri, Apr 13 2012 18:22:20
POWERFUL DOUBLE POST delete ty
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Date: Fri, Apr 13 2012 18:47:09
nice presentation imo make your voice louder, gets rid of the "prickly" voice
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Date: Tue, May 8 2012 00:05:57
New one-coin routine I came up with [wyoutube]QbyUQVkGrIY[/wyoutube]
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Date: Tue, May 8 2012 01:10:06
i am now homo
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Date: Tue, May 8 2012 04:19:28
So close to following it D: It's funny how I just look at a lot of slight of hand to learn it, but have no intention of actually use it.
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Date: Tue, May 8 2012 10:07:35
LOL FUNNEH
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Date: Tue, May 15 2012 07:47:59
phallic objects in mouth, super gay shit [wyoutube]1BAf34QBL3E[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sat, May 19 2012 04:03:38
I can't figure out that transfer at :30 ._.
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Date: Sat, May 19 2012 08:13:49
sangara wrote: I can't figure out that transfer at :30 ._.
haha yeah it's a pretty deceptive move, especially when done really quickly looking back if i had to refilm this I'd just do all the moves set to music, the patter is stupid anyway and just makes the magic not as good because most of these moves are supposed to be done quickly -
Date: Mon, May 21 2012 02:26:02
[wyoutube]SoTLz4SRquE[/wyoutube]
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Date: Fri, May 25 2012 07:21:44
[wyoutube]fx_zZEkhPOA[/wyoutube]
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Date: Wed, May 30 2012 15:02:52
Messing around with a new trick, I'm not sure how I feel about it [wyoutube]TZfnsowAOTA[/wyoutube]
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Date: Thu, May 31 2012 05:23:52
[wyoutube]PO8vJ-x3YoQ[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sat, Jun 2 2012 04:18:57
@Awesome no magic better than beer magic [wyoutube]xZYkNYI6RoI[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sun, Jun 3 2012 13:39:31
Thats a cool trick
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Date: Mon, Jun 4 2012 03:45:56
strat1227 wrote: @Awesome no magic better than beer magic [wyoutube]xZYkNYI6RoI[/outube]
Trick irrelevant, not beer. -
Date: Mon, Jun 4 2012 03:59:18
sangara wrote: Trick irrelevant, not beer.
says beer on the bottle :dunno: there's no vodka in it at all lol -
Date: Mon, Jun 4 2012 04:08:50
I just don't consider it beer.
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Date: Mon, Jun 4 2012 05:36:25
sangara wrote: I just don't consider it beer.
"malt beverage" i think is the most accurate thing to say, but that's not convenient, so i just say beer -
Date: Tue, Jun 5 2012 00:45:52
but the point is that you could do it with beer
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Date: Wed, Jun 6 2012 17:52:58
strat1227 wrote: @Awesome no magic better than beer magic [wyoutube]xZYkNYI6RoI[/wyoutube]
tutorial...? >_> -
Date: Wed, Jun 6 2012 17:57:35
@Frip link in sig :P
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Date: Wed, Jun 6 2012 18:03:42
How'd your interview go strat? :)
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Date: Wed, Jun 6 2012 18:36:41
Good, dunno if I'll get hired or not but I did all my magic well so either way it was good experience
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Date: Wed, Jun 6 2012 22:49:18
strat1227 wrote: Good, dunno if I'll get hired or not but I did all my magic well so either way it was good experience
wut? its a magic related job? -
Date: Wed, Jun 6 2012 23:51:02
SJ wrote: wut? its a magic related job?
lol it's a job as a magician, so yes :P -
Date: Thu, Jun 7 2012 00:52:01
We might have a real magician on UPSB :O
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Date: Sat, Jun 9 2012 20:01:01
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Date: Sat, Jun 9 2012 20:49:35
lol good old 4chan
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Date: Mon, Jun 11 2012 02:27:06
my meeting's tomorrow :O
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Date: Mon, Jun 11 2012 18:39:28
Woo it went really well :excited: Here's the email I sent to my other magician friend about it :)
Just got back! It went pretty much perfectly. It was the GM and his girlfriend, which ended up being really great because I could do magic for the gf while I talked business with the GM (Though they both seemed really impressed by the magic!) I started off by "printing" my contact info onto a card by using a *********************. Then I did "Chicago Opener" and had the gf find the GM's card then vice versa. Moved on to Dr Daley's Last Card Trick to show them a "short, simple, but still very powerful" trick, that the gf said was her favorite trick. By then I was feeling kind of cocky so I did the coin-through-glass, but of course it didn't work perfectly lol. First time it just kind of flopped out, but I covered well by acting like it was part of the trick, saying "The first time it almost makes it all the way through", then doing it again and it worked perfectly the second time. Then did a coins-across from my hands to the gf hands, both of them were floored by that lol. They seemed to really like the coin magic and asked for more, so I did a standard matrix, and by then they were sold. We only talked business for a couple of minutes because the GM by that point was already planning out "Magic Mondays", he said he just has to talk to the owner to get it okayed :)
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Date: Thu, Jun 21 2012 19:49:50
working on a new effect. not confident in it enough yet to try it for the gig tomorrow though :/ [wyoutube]b7DcO5MqJ3U[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sun, Jul 1 2012 19:07:56
Turn on captions [wyoutube]kVtxA5ETeI0[/wyoutube]
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Date: Mon, Jul 2 2012 12:25:44
Strat link for your muscle pass tutorial?
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Date: Mon, Jul 2 2012 17:42:36
Rapid wrote: Strat link for your muscle pass tutorial?
Do you do magic? don't wanna just hand it out to everyone -
Date: Thu, Jul 5 2012 13:30:56
strat1227 wrote: Do you do magic? don't wanna just hand it out to everyone
I do actually. I love (and specialize, if I may lol) doing coin related tricks (sleights etc). I'm actually practicing your one coin routine. Fairly simple but I thought I'd tell you so you'd give me the link. -
Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 08:26:58
this is a new presentation for this trick that I'm working on. thoughts? [wyoutube]JJBw0Sfrur0[/wyoutube] Here's the old presentation [wyoutube]O-vT0lz_t5k[/wyoutube] @Kari
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 15:37:45
@strat1227 Simply awesome. I definitely like the new one better with the lingo and all. I really liked the very end when you made the coin disappear. :D Also, your card trick post earlier in this thread isn't very impressive. We should be able to see the deck at all times. Otherwise, we will assume whoever shuffled the deck (and who saw the card) simply took the card out of the deck and put it in the wallet. Far more impressive if we see the deck at all times.
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 17:33:52
I am stunned by every one of these, amazing strat.
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 18:07:08
Kari wrote: @strat1227 Also, your card trick post earlier in this thread isn't very impressive. We should be able to see the deck at all times. Otherwise, we will assume whoever shuffled the deck (and who saw the card) simply took the card out of the deck and put it in the wallet. Far more impressive if we see the deck at all times.
except there's no one actually there lol, I just set the deck on a table and then picked the wallet up off the table. that trick is designed to be done IRL to real people so i was just trying to simulate that for the camera. the person I'm doing the trick to wouldn't pull their card out and put it into their own wallet haha Thanks supergirl :) -
Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 18:46:51
strat1227 wrote: Thanks supergirl :)
Your welcome. :) ----------------------------------- I know this is obviously not real, so what is your take on this strat? [video=youtube;uPkLYYP4Q_s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkLYYP4Q_s[/video] -
Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 18:48:27
Dunno, david blaine is a good performer, but rarely does "legitimate" magic, as in magic that would be successful in any setting except a tv show
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 19:21:19
strat1227 wrote: Dunno, david blaine is a good performer, but rarely does "legitimate" magic, as in magic that would be successful in any setting except a tv show
I agree, I find it hard to believe "legitimate" magic performed on TV. -
Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 20:49:21
@Supergirl I came up with a different presentation for that effect, which do you guys prefer? [wyoutube]643caaTPlxI[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 23:05:31
@strat1227 I really liked that one. That was very entertaining to me. Even made me laugh a little bit with the invisible side and two sides of silver. It was a bit of a quick explanation though. Maybe slow down a bit. Great job on that one Strat. :D
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 23:07:31
uhh @strat1227, at 0:43 we see a glimpse of the coin in your left hand, maybe due to lighting -_- page7 hypnotized new in the latest video you say "right back to the chinese coin", but that sounds like you're using multiple coins. the story is about the 6-sided chinese coin, so it should say "right back to the dragon side"
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 23:35:55
Zombo wrote: uhh @strat1227, at 0:43 we see a glimpse of the coin in your left hand, maybe due to lighting
Lol i have to assume you mean right hand, since it's not actually in my left hand ... and yeah i'm not even working on the actual mechanics of the trick, like i said in all the posts for this trick i kept saying i'm just trying to decide the presentation right now. but congrats anyway? lol you posted it here and commented on the video that video is unlisted for a reason lol, just using it to decide how i want to present the trick -
Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 23:37:02
sorry right hand, left side of the screen yes
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Date: Sun, Jul 8 2012 23:44:35
Zombo wrote: sorry right hand, left side of the screen yes
lol ok, enjoy a cookie :P -
Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 20:35:22
Oh jeez I like this new move ... by itself it's pretty damn good but in the context of a full routine? Jesus [wyoutube]xlcZ6ZM31iw[/wyoutube]
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Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 20:44:40
strat1227 wrote: Oh jeez I like this new move ... by itself it's pretty damn good but in the context of a full routine? Jesus [wyoutube]xlcZ6ZM31iw[/wyoutube]
why is your thumb behind your thumb when picking out the half dollar. -
Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 20:45:48
Tetsip wrote: why is your thumb behind your thumb when picking out the half dollar.
it's not O.o -
Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 21:01:21
strat1227 wrote: it's not O.o
you say you can't balance it but it could be balanced on the forearm behind the hand... -
Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 21:03:36
Zombo wrote: you say you can't balance it but it could be balanced on the forearm behind the hand...
watch again, look at my wrists, they rotate 180 degrees, there's no where it could possibly be balanced unless i tossed it up as i rotated my arms and it landed back on the other side (which some people can do, but not me lol) -
Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 23:18:55
im not sure man, there seems to be a fixed spot which is not rotating at all
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Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 23:37:30
@Zombo
shows the whole bottom of my arm, so if it was on my forearm it'd inherently be either visible, or fall off -
Date: Fri, Jul 13 2012 23:47:45
ok i think the motion can be more deliberate to clear the doubts
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Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 03:27:48
can't it be pinched with your wrist to the back of your hand, kinda like the Bonkura i-sonic trick.
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Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 03:40:25
here's a new routine i'm practicing. for the love of god don't come in here posting that you know how it's done, nobody cares. it's just supposed to be entertaining. unlisted since i'm still practicing all the moves to make it cleaner, but let me know if you like the general routine or not [wyoutube]HT2jO354fEI[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 03:42:16
awesome lol try that yourself and let me know how well it works
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Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:06:28
strat1227 wrote: Oh jeez I like this new move ... by itself it's pretty damn good but in the context of a full routine? Jesus
You're hold is pretty good. But I'm not sure if you even can make an entire routine using it. If so, I've never seen it done. -
Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:13:50
TRoc wrote: You're hold is pretty good. But I'm not sure if you even can make an entire routine using it. If so, I've never seen it done.
Lol not sure what you mean, the only DVD it's taught on has about 15 different routines using it, and plenty of other people have released material using it, most recently Lawrens Godon in Moneypulation vol. 1 Not sure where you're getting your info lol -
Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:25:40
strat1227 wrote: Lol not sure what you mean, the only DVD it's taught on has about 15 different routines using it, and plenty of other people have released material using it, most recently Lawrens Godon in Moneypulation vol. 1 Not sure where you're getting your info lol
Woah there. It was my mistake. I wasn't clear of what you meant when you said routine lol. -
Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:28:21
TRoc wrote: Woah there. It was my mistake. I wasn't clear of what you meant when you said routine lol.
Lol wasn't attacking you or anything, just providing examples. Comment would have applied to any definition of the word routine lol. Except if used as a synonym for "mundane" I guess :P -
Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:40:05
strat1227 wrote: Lol wasn't attacking you or anything, just providing examples. Comment would have applied to any definition of the word routine lol. Except if used as a synonym for "mundane" I guess :P
I would never! I went through this thread and actually really like a lot of your performances. -
Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:46:20
TRoc wrote: I would never! I went through this thread and actually really like a lot of your performances.
haha thanks :) most of the things I post here are entirely unpolished lol, I film them to get see how they look from a spec's perspective how much do you know about magic? -
Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:52:58
Not too much. One of my friends got me into card and coin magic in highschool. I was big into poker then too so the coins were almost always poker chips. But I lost interest after about a year. That buddy's still faithful though and he always runs his routines by me.
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Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 04:55:37
nice, pretty cool. I'm working on a new gambling demo right now, filmed it the other day and it still looks too shitty to even post here lol
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Date: Sun, Jul 15 2012 19:36:43
Here's one I have pretty polished now [wyoutube]-siTHU2OiwE[/wyoutube]
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Date: Mon, Jul 16 2012 15:36:20
Wow that's amazing.
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Date: Mon, Jul 16 2012 18:15:32
I'm guessing some part of the trick is when you don't completly remove the top card at 0:12?
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Date: Mon, Jul 16 2012 18:33:08
Calvin wrote: I'm guessing some part of the trick is when you don't completly remove the top card at 0:12?
Every motion I do is part of the trick .... Every motion of every trick is part of it, nothing happens for no reason ... I don't get why people feel like they have to guess things, just watch and enjoy. and if you don't enjoy, don't watch lol -
Date: Mon, Jul 16 2012 18:33:38
Supergirl wrote: Wow that's amazing.
Thanks, glad you like it :) -
Date: Mon, Jul 16 2012 21:06:24
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everyone of your videos. I just thought this part looked a little sketchy. Couldn't you remove the card completly or would that reveal part of the trick?
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Date: Mon, Jul 16 2012 21:26:38
Calvin wrote: Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everyone of your videos. I just thought this part looked a little sketchy. Couldn't you remove the card completly or would that reveal part of the trick?
Lol like I said, every single motion and move is done on purpose -
Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 18:26:14
As a practitioner of magic yourself, what would you say magic is and what's the point of it?
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Date: Mon, Jul 23 2012 20:23:52
Entertainment, for either the person doing it, the person watching, or both
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 03:46:29
disclaimer: yes, i know you're all very intelligent and can figure out how this works eventually. i don't really care, just watch once and enjoy, I think the first time it will be fun for you [wyoutube]cQkNkUfIhJs[/wyoutube]
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 14:47:07
I like when you pick things out of thin air. What's the biggest thing you can do it with?
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 14:51:07
I've been practicing doing it with fairly large objects, like a nine inch tall eggplant. Not quite there yet though, gotta keep practicing Wine bottles is also something people do fairly often, I'm going to do that eventually
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 15:46:02
strat1227 wrote: [wyoutube]cQkNkUfIhJs[/wyoutube]
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 16:05:04
force, palm, palm, palm, flick ?
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 16:10:01
nope wrong right from the beginning, no force lol
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 16:21:46
no force, so another 8 of hearts on top of deck? and no palming? what is this sorcery o_o
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Date: Tue, Jul 24 2012 17:02:47
Chobi wrote: no force, so another 8 of hearts on top of deck? and no palming? what is this sorcery o_o
No duplicates, no forces. Free selection, and it's the same card the whole time (it can be signed and replaced in the deck, then produced) -
Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 11:41:41
any tips for some rusty dude? i haven't done magic in quite a while, last shit i learned was lee asher's thunderbird. re-learning it again, i find it's a bit more difficult this time around (especially the 3rd production) :/ @strat1227
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Date: Wed, Jul 25 2012 13:16:11
Yeah the 3rd production is tough as hell because it's so angle-y, really hard not to flash dunno, tbh I'd start off with more basic stuff than that haha, work on your card controls so you can do stuff like ACR and triumph and stuff
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Date: Sat, Jul 28 2012 05:16:11
[wyoutube]SHdNuXWhEbQ[/wyoutube]
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Date: Sun, Jul 29 2012 11:14:38
lol strat you're a tricky motherfucker. wish i was that tricky...
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Date: Wed, Aug 1 2012 00:45:47
Cups and balls. This trick isn't supposed to "fool" anyone, just be entertaining for people. The dialog is pretty flat, but it's just because I'm talking to a camera lol, in person it's more lively [wyoutube]l-PjKiWmG6A[/wyoutube]
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Date: Mon, Aug 6 2012 23:04:25
[wyoutube]xqel2nYGyDM[/wyoutube]
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Date: Mon, Aug 20 2012 16:23:47
[wyoutube]JXK2KsXHluU[/wyoutube] [wyoutube]DmCx7kK-xdA[/wyoutube]
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Date: Mon, Aug 20 2012 17:00:44
That was a sick coin trick.
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Date: Mon, Aug 20 2012 17:30:19
sangara wrote: That was a sick coin trick.
ty, i'm trying to do this but i need about 2 more decades worth of practice to get that good lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzAylHuUpaA&feature=player_detailpage#t=62s -
Date: Mon, Aug 20 2012 20:37:54
Wow and to do it with that big of a coin lol. Awesome.
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Date: Mon, Aug 20 2012 20:50:12
Please just become this man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_oa8m5Oq00&feature=related
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Date: Mon, Aug 20 2012 21:30:56
sangara wrote: Please just become this man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_oa8m5Oq00&feature=related
lol lennart green is god-tier i wish -
Date: Sat, Aug 25 2012 06:53:23
I'm pretty happy with how this one is coming along [wyoutube]jmKt0nw3k3A[/wyoutube] @sangara you might appreciate this, some hardcore sleight of hand happening here haha
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Date: Mon, Aug 27 2012 19:03:21
Okay that was actually really cool.
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Date: Mon, Aug 27 2012 19:41:57
sangara wrote: Okay that was actually really cool.
i've made a few choreography changes that make it look a bit better now i think. but yeah that production is pretty cool imo -
Date: Mon, Aug 27 2012 19:46:53
I think you should turn it into a bit be like: "You see that spinning coin? Yeah that's actually two" "What's that two's not ENOUGH? HOW ABOUT 4 MOTHERFUCKER?" And then slam the coins on the table and storm off, because you're bad ass like that.
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Date: Mon, Aug 27 2012 19:55:57
sangara wrote: I think you should turn it into a bit be like: "You see that spinning coin? Yeah that's actually two" "What's that two's not ENOUGH? HOW ABOUT 4 MOTHERFUCKER?" And then slam the coins on the table and storm off, because you're bad ass like that.
I would if they're quarters, but i've only got 9 half dollars so I could only do that twice lmao. -
Date: Mon, Sep 24 2012 06:51:05
switchin up the style EDIT: definitely a very rough draft btw ... i made the routine and wrote the patter like 15 mins before filming [wyoutube]9CRt6K5e0ZI[/wyoutube]
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Date: Mon, Sep 24 2012 06:59:48
@strat1227 I wish I could write poetry like that and that quick. All of my poetry takes a lot longer. Haha great job. And a very lovely poem. :wub:
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Date: Thu, Nov 8 2012 02:55:30
Some pictures from today's session: People react so differently to tricks lol, it's fun to see how people will react:
Me and my buddy doing some tandem magic together!
Random picture
Big crowd!!
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Date: Thu, Nov 8 2012 05:40:29
I'm proud of you, Alex.
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Date: Thu, Nov 8 2012 21:20:15
neXus wrote: I'm proud of you, Alex.
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Date: Wed, Nov 28 2012 23:11:23
[wyoutube]HzMLzTcsHLs[/wyoutube]
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Date: Fri, Dec 7 2012 02:33:00
@strat1227 [video=youtube;FUv-Q6EgEFI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUv-Q6EgEFI[/video] can u do dis how is dis possible.
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Date: Fri, Dec 7 2012 06:09:27
TheAafg wrote: @strat1227 [video=youtube;FUv-Q6EgEFI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUv-Q6EgEFI[/video] can u do dis how is dis possible.
tbh he usually performs it better than that, this was a little sloppy haha. it doesnt matter much though since it's a "sloppy" style of presentation it's a good routine. he won gold in the international magic competition with that routine. It's more "entertaining" than "magical" imo, lots of juggling lol. It's cool -
Date: Fri, Dec 7 2012 07:51:05
strat1227 wrote: [wyoutube]HzMLzTcsHLs[/wyoutube]
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Date: Mon, Dec 10 2012 00:14:37
what do you think of this @strat1227 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT_RVfJ8ydg
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Date: Mon, Dec 10 2012 23:58:20
Zombo wrote: what do you think of this @strat1227 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT_RVfJ8ydg
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 00:39:21
strat1227 wrote: tbh he usually performs it better than that, this was a little sloppy haha. it doesnt matter much though since it's a "sloppy" style of presentation it's a good routine. he won gold in the international magic competition with that routine. It's more "entertaining" than "magical" imo, lots of juggling lol. It's cool
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 02:43:31
I could do all the sleights required, but I can't act that good, and I can't do any of the juggling he did. Not just with the 4 balls, but like throwing the ball up and catching it in the cup which he's holding in his mouth, etc. There's only like 2 sleights required for this routine haha, it's not the "magic" that makes this routine good
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 04:33:01
how can you win the award of the year on only 2 sleights, thats weak
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 08:10:37
Zombo wrote: how can you win the award of the year on only 2 sleights, thats weak
Because 99% of magic is presentation. You (a non-magician) don't know what sleights he is or isn't doing, it doesn't change what you see. If he did that same exact routine with 50 really really hard sleights, it doesn't make it any better or worse. Actually it does make it kind of worse because it's more likely to go wrong. Your logic is exactly backwards lol -
Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 16:38:23
yea i think thats the wrong approach, its like spinning for the masses or spinning in front of experts a prestigious competition should be aimed at an informed audience
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 16:40:24
[video=youtube;PKqMVv0Pysw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqMVv0Pysw[/video] how possible
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 16:43:54
Zombo wrote: yea i think thats the wrong approach, its like spinning for the masses or spinning in front of experts a prestigious competition should be aimed at an informed audience
The point is to be the "best magician", not "best at magic" if that makes any sense. A good magician can do a self-working trick and make it look like a miracle. Someone really really good at sleight of hand can do actual miracles and make them look boring. Magic is inherently for the masses, it's an entertainment art. The way spinning has developed, it's not designed at ALL to be appealing to non-spinners. Ask any non-spinner to watch a battle or CV and they'll say it all looked the same If magicians were like that, we'd never get paid. If competitions were as you described, we'd inherently be hindering ourselves, and our routines would become really really bad to watch for spectators, which defeats the whole purpose of magic. -
Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 16:44:19
Alvaris wrote: [video=youtube;PKqMVv0Pysw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqMVv0Pysw[/video] how possible
Yif's videos are 99.9% editing/camera tricks. He's a fucking joke -
Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 17:23:20
strat1227 wrote: The point is to be the "best magician", not "best at magic" if that makes any sense. A good magician can do a self-working trick and make it look like a miracle. Someone really really good at sleight of hand can do actual miracles and make them look boring. Magic is inherently for the masses, it's an entertainment art. The way spinning has developed, it's not designed at ALL to be appealing to non-spinners. Ask any non-spinner to watch a battle or CV and they'll say it all looked the same If magicians were like that, we'd never get paid. If competitions were as you described, we'd inherently be hindering ourselves, and our routines would become really really bad to watch for spectators, which defeats the whole purpose of magic.
but who's gonna push teh limits of magic if not for the highest level fo competition? seems like it would be their responsability and imo magic for the masses is a bastardization, its a commercial dumbed down version. real magic should be about dexterity and ingenuity of deception. im sure theres nothing more satisfying than deceiving an expert magician. we can do the same thing for pen spinning too; a commercial version thats easy to perform live and looks good, and technical spinning that push the limits. -
Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 17:50:13
I don't think its their responsibility to push the technical limits of their craft but rather to provide entertainment value for the community they live in. The pushing the technical limits is just for masturbatory comments and ego stroking anyway. If they want to push the technical limits thats great but if not no big deal imo. Someone is always gonna come up with new stuff to perform anyway.
Zombo wrote: but who's gonna push teh limits of magic if not for the highest level fo competition? seems like it would be their responsability and imo magic for the masses is a bastardization, its a commercial dumbed down version. real magic should be about dexterity and ingenuity of deception. im sure theres nothing more satisfying than deceiving an expert magician. we can do the same thing for pen spinning too; a commercial version thats easy to perform live and looks good, and technical spinning that push the limits.
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 17:52:54
What you're saying is like saying that the grammys should be for most technically skilled musician and not best music. Yes that is important, but no it's not the point. Magic can't really be compared to penspinning, magic has a documented history for hundreds of years and it has a huuuge amount of people doing it professionally and as a hobby. The boundaries are inherently being pushed, if only because of the free-market aspect of it. A lot of people have made a veeery good living creating and selling new magic. There are competitions and awards for the "move monkeys" (people who don't care about performing, just work on sleights), but they're not as popular or important because they're pretty much antithetical to the point of magic EDIT: In the end, the "invisible hand" will kind of guide what's necessary. The point is to come up with an amazing routine, if that can be accomplished with technical prowess, that will be developed. If it can be accomplished with simple sleights but great acting/presentation, then that will happen too. This guy happened to win this year, but last year it was INSANE sleight of hand that won. The "method" is completely irrelevant to magicians, all that matters is what you've produced.
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 18:02:08
So like if magicians judged pen spinning competitions, if one person made a really beautiful combo using only fundamentals, that'd win every time to an ugly combo that's really hard. They consider the second one completely pointless and stupid. Why do something hard if it turns out ugly? If you do something hard and it turns out pretty, then great, but if it's less pretty than something easy then it's a waste. The point is to produce something amazing, how you do it isn't important.
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 19:17:28
a hard and nice routine should beat a easy and nice routine i cant believe this guy won because his presentation was not that good, the crazy gestures dont really add much value. I actually thought it was a tough routine because some of the ball hiding was done after linking to some contact juggling moves, like very fluid. but if you say those sleights are really easy, then the routine is worthless imo.
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Date: Tue, Dec 11 2012 19:33:35
Zombo wrote: a hard and nice routine should beat a easy and nice routine i cant believe this guy won because his presentation was not that good, the crazy gestures dont really add much value. I actually thought it was a tough routine because some of the ball hiding was done after linking to some contact juggling moves, like very fluid. but if you say those sleights are really easy, then the routine is worthless imo.
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Date: Wed, Jan 9 2013 09:24:07
New demo reel to show to prospective clients and such [wyoutube]FpqcWOSmOXM[/wyoutube]
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Date: Wed, Jan 9 2013 09:37:56
If I called you right now would you pick up?
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Date: Wed, Jan 9 2013 09:39:47
XYZaki wrote: If I called you right now would you pick up?
i let any area codes i dont' recognize go to voicemail usually -
Date: Wed, Jan 9 2013 17:29:41
Nice promo. :thumb: I found it quite funny that the only two card tricks you did were ones I learnt in high school. They took ages to learn. :rolleyes:
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Date: Fri, Jan 11 2013 20:26:02
I got a new toy :D
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Date: Sat, Jan 12 2013 20:03:58
strat pls -
Date: Sat, Jan 12 2013 23:20:27
Damnit, I wanted to post that. Anyways imma need you to do that with a pug or a korean baby girl. Thanks.
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Date: Tue, Jan 15 2013 06:05:20
neXus wrote: Damnit, I wanted to post that. Anyways imma need you to do that with a pug or a korean baby girl. Thanks.
when we live together and have an adopted korean baby girl i'll learn that -
Date: Thu, Jan 17 2013 15:20:22
Was in the local paper today :)
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Date: Fri, Feb 8 2013 13:32:35
Now that you're single this one might be viable.
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Date: Fri, Feb 15 2013 23:27:42
goofing around with cards [wyoutube]gZ4CYKL196A[/wyoutube]
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Date: Fri, Feb 15 2013 23:31:54
strat1227 wrote: goofing around with cards [wyoutube]gZ4CYKL196A[/wyoutube]
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Date: Thu, Mar 14 2013 00:53:21
http://imgur.com/a/DxIeN Great pics from a recent gig
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Date: Thu, Mar 14 2013 01:07:35
Nice!! That is so many people O:
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Date: Thu, Mar 14 2013 01:20:51
Hey strat, do you have any good resources for thimble magic?
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Date: Thu, Mar 14 2013 03:00:00
@strat1227 saw your pictures on facebook, good shit bro. good ass shit.
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Date: Thu, Mar 14 2013 03:19:05
IAmTheMrGuy wrote: Hey strat, do you have any good resources for thimble magic?
Nope sorry, I've never actually seen a thimble in my life lol so I didn't get the point of learning magic with one. I suggest learning coin magic instead maybe -
Date: Thu, Mar 14 2013 03:21:34
Yo Strat, what is your favourite magic trick ever?
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Date: Thu, Mar 14 2013 05:20:10
I'm a big Dani DaOrtiz fanboy right now, so maybe open triumph? Dunno it changes daily lol. Look up dani daortiz magic-con on YouTube he does some really fun stuff in tat vid
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Date: Wed, Mar 20 2013 14:32:49
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Date: Wed, Mar 20 2013 14:53:07
Holy shit strat, youre making it big!
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Date: Tue, Apr 2 2013 21:30:40
New sign/table :)
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Date: Tue, Apr 2 2013 21:41:25
Oooooooooooooooooo Who made it?
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Date: Wed, Apr 3 2013 20:37:57
I made the table, a buddy of mine did the artwork
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Date: Wed, Apr 3 2013 20:54:25
Looks really cool Strat, Classic one!. ;)