modern 78rpm records?

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Kingkai
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modern 78rpm records?

Post: # 47127Unread post Kingkai
Fri Jun 16, 2017 1:04 am

I saw this earlier today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7GFcyshc7Q

Another link: http://www.customrecords.com/custom_made_record_pricing.html

This is the first time I've seen someone cut a record for an old gramophone. Shame it's so expensive. I'm a little skeptical about the durability of the material used to make this record. I also don't like the fact that it doesn't have the sound of a gramophone record. What do you guys think? Is it worth it?

There is another guy that 3d prints gramophone records. But it sounds absolutely awful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sAcXXr4jxA

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Re: modern gramophone records?

Post: # 47128Unread post tragwag
Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:57 am

oh boy! customrecords.com really wants top dollar for those gramaphone records.
I've successfully made records that are playable on windup victrola players, but only with bamboo/fiber playback needles because the material is plastic.

let me know if you're interested and we can chat
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Re: modern gramophone records?

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Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:27 pm

pricing is insane
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Re: modern gramophone records?

Post: # 47132Unread post piaptk
Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:30 am

I've embossed 78rpm records that played back decently well (a couple quick skips) on a gramophone with a steel stylus. I'll bet with a sapphire trailing stylus it would play just fine.
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Re: modern 78rpm records?

Post: # 47133Unread post fredbissnette
Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:29 pm

the question is whats the point?

i get the nostalgia aspect and for the purest im saying yes 100%

but any embosser can cut a 78 that will play fine with a reg 78 stylus on a basic deck that will play 78s

or even better with a normal spherical stylus so no special needle required

it is what it is
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Re: modern 78rpm records?

Post: # 47765Unread post prestok10
Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:04 pm

I've had people request a cut record that will play on a wind-up phonograph and I've told them the heavy tone arm and "railroad spike" needles will chew it right up. I didn't think of using a bamboo needle for playback. Maybe I'll give it a try. I have two wind-up record players to try it on.

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