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sneaklyfox said:
Wow, that's pretty expensive for a horn, right? Violin is something around $10000 but what's that compared to a couple million for a strad?
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Really. Joshua Bell's violin has an incredible story.. And it's worth 4 million... His BOW is worth more than my house haha (I read somewhere it's like $400,000)
It's in the middle of the price range. Really it jumps straight from a $5000 Conn 8DS to a $9000-$15000 Lawson..
 
sneaklyfox said:
Joshua Bell came to town a couple decades ago. I was only in elementary school but everyone joked and laughed that he was my "boyfriend" when they saw the picture I took with him.
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haha must have been torture, little kids can be very tease-y

My church some day decided to get it into their heads to call me Yo Yo Ma. Some people still call me that to this day. >.<
 
slinky773 said:
haha must have been torture, little kids can be very tease-y

My church some day decided to get it into their heads to call me Yo Yo Ma. Some people still call me that to this day. >.<
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Not really torture. I was teased a lot as a kid so I adapted and learned to ignore the stupid comments (or jokingly laugh along "yeah yeah, suuure..." or try some of my other tactics until they were more bothered than I was). Kids will stop picking on you if it's not fun anymore. That's why peer pressure doesn't have as great an effect on me as other people... I'm a non-conformist. What kind of church do you attend?
 
slinky773 said:
I attend a Korean-American Presbyterian church. Most of the kids are pretty nice, and really no one calls me yo yo ma much anymore ever since the old pastor left, so…
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Cool. I go to church too (Chinese Alliance - basically protestant evangelical). You probably didn't like being called "Yo Yo Ma" but they (at least adults) probably thought it was a compliment kind of nickname to say you play cello very very well.
 
Okay, I did an Ao100 with my new ShuangRen V2.

I got an average of 26.97. That is not good. The first 20 solves where sub 25. But I have a pop and a few corner twists and from then appearantly I was affraid to turn fast. This cube has to grow on me. For now my V1's are better. I like the fact that it is more stable. I suspect when it is more broken in it will get better because I can tighten the cube then.

anyway, here some decent solves. The 28 is with corner twist:

75. 23.24 D' B2 D' F2 D2 L2 D R2 U' L2 U' R' F2 D' F2 L B' D' F' L F2 D
76. 29.20 D' F2 U F2 D' B2 R2 L2 U L2 D' B' R B' F' L F2 L' D R' U
77. 19.47 U2 F2 D2 L2 U R2 D' L2 U' R' D B' U' R F2 D' B2 U2 B2 U'
78. 28.77 U R2 F2 D' F2 U B2 L2 U2 B2 D L' F D L2 D F2 R' L' D' B' R
79. 20.35 R2 D2 B2 U F2 R2 D2 F2 L2 D F2 R F U2 B' D U' B2 D L' U
80. 25.16 B2 D2 R2 U2 L2 F2 U F2 R2 U' L2 F' L2 F' R' B U' R F2
[video=youtube_share;CbfWc9Ief6w]http://youtu.be/CbfWc9Ief6w[/video]
 
sneaklyfox said:
What are your Ao100s like with Weilong?
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I have a 24.98 Ao100 PB and most are sub 26. This was almost a 27. I had way to many akward Last layers.. Lock ups and stuff..
Yellowsnow98 said:
I don't know about time but I remember Marcel saying he gets better times with the HuanYing than the WeiLong
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Right now Weilong is my favorite.. All PB's are with Weilong ;) I still use HuangYing a lot too. I like that is cuts everything..
 
Yellowsnow98 said:
Hmm...
I need me one of these WeiLongs.
Do they have corner caps?

'Cause that's my only problem with the HuanYing
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The Weilong is flawless.. I don't know what you mean. Here is a corner of my weilong:

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Got my weilong from Fasttech today, 2 weeks to ship for 70 cents, not bad! Out of the box, it was RIDICULOUSLY fast, I got it at work, so I had to wait to get home to dismantle and lube it (GRR!!!). I've had a play with it, but it's 12:30 in the morning here, so I'm pretty slow, still a few sub-20's though. I may use it for the race to 20 tomorrow, but it's pretty nice so far - cuts a LOT, and haven't had a single pop yet.

Thanks for the recommendation :D
 
pipkiksass said:
Got my weilong from Fasttech today, 2 weeks to ship for 70 cents, not bad! Out of the box, it was RIDICULOUSLY fast, I got it at work, so I had to wait to get home to dismantle and lube it (GRR!!!). I've had a play with it, but it's 12:30 in the morning here, so I'm pretty slow, still a few sub-20's though. I may use it for the race to 20 tomorrow, but it's pretty nice so far - cuts a LOT, and haven't had a single pop yet.

Thanks for the recommendation :D
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I am glad you like it. It's still my main. I have been solving the ShuangRen V2 exclusively the last week. It's an incredible cube. Much more stable compared to the V1. If only my times on the V2 would be the same as on my Weilong.. I did get one Ao100 of 25.9X but all others where between high 26 and low 27. So I did more than 1000 solves on the ShuangRen V2 and immediatly when I got back solving the Weilong my times got better.

I changed the core of my Weilong yesterday. It's now equipped with the octopus core from the Gan III. I must say, I like it because the cube feels lighter (no screws) but it does nothing really on improving stability or anything. The Gan III with the Weilong core how ever is much more unstable now..
 
I somehow don't like the Weilong.. or it doesn't fit for me. My times are around 2 - 3 seconds slower on the Weilong compared to the ShuangRen (which is my main atm)


Last week I did a comparison avg of 12 (not the same scrambles):

Weilong: 32.36
(29.92, 32.55, 34.81, (38.01), 27.62, 35.48, 30.04, 33.72, (26.97), 35.65, 33.34, 30.50)

Fangshi: 29.45
(31.45, 37.10, (23.16), (44.10), 31.74, 31.39, 28.29, 27.37, 26.28, 30.92, 25.71, 24.22)
 
Funny... Shuangren has been my main for a few weeks. But some days I get better times on my Weilong. But I still don't like the feel very much. But I think it's about time for me to relube both of those cubes since I got them over a month ago. The Weilong definitely needs some relube because one side is making some weird noise. And then yesterday I took out my Zhanchi to play with and it was really awesome. And then sometimes I still take out my Guhong v1 and it feels really nice and smooth. I think I just keep changing cubes depending on the day or how my fingers are feeling. Well... I'll plan to relube/tension my SR and WL tonight and resticker my Zhanchi (I kept the stock stickers on them so far)... maybe I will feel differently about them again.

On a different topic: My babies are probably coming in no more than 6 more days max. August 26th is the day for a planned C-section (for medical reason). The bad thing though is if I just go in for the C-section, it means I won't be able to set a new record or make video for cubing in labour! :( I was kinda looking forward to that part. But who knows... I could still go into labour before then.
 
sneaklyfox said:
Funny... Shuangren has been my main for a few weeks. But some days I get better times on my Weilong. But I still don't like the feel very much. But I think it's about time for me to relube both of those cubes since I got them over a month ago. The Weilong definitely needs some relube because one side is making some weird noise. And then yesterday I took out my Zhanchi to play with and it was really awesome. And then sometimes I still take out my Guhong v1 and it feels really nice and smooth. I think I just keep changing cubes depending on the day or how my fingers are feeling. Well... I'll plan to relube/tension my SR and WL tonight and resticker my Zhanchi (I kept the stock stickers on them so far)... maybe I will feel differently about them again.

On a different topic: My babies are probably coming in no more than 6 more days max. August 26th is the day for a planned C-section (for medical reason). The bad thing though is if I just go in for the C-section, it means I won't be able to set a new record or make video for cubing in labour! :( I was kinda looking forward to that part. But who knows... I could still go into labour before then.
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I was looking forward to that video ;) Well, the babies are far more important to look out for. Good luck on the 26th.

I also use my Zhanchi's often. After doing 100 solves on the Zhanchi my turning style is more accurate. But going back to a ShuangRen/Weilongor Huangying is awesome ;)
 
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