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Southie Al
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If anyone is in the Boston area check out Hank Lee's there not to bad for the price of 10 bucks
Lynn Lee
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On 2004-10-11 05:03, rmoraleta wrote:
Wow! No one ever mentioned Gibson, Apollo or Zeus pads here.

Maybe those Trevor Duffy and Dean Dean close up pads are really great!


I've heard some pretty good things about Apollo as well--they seem to be about the same price as the Duffy pads however, so I figure either one ought to do the trick?
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I have a Dean Dill production pad and I love it. Dean's products are of highest quality in my opinion
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As a relative newbie, I'm not quite sure why I need a closeup pad. I am playing with cards and coins & cups, but so far they seem good enough on a table. This sort of sounds like a marketing gimmick to me. Can someone enlighten me?
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A pad will conceal the noise made when a coin or ball drops and that fact shouldn't be known to the spectator yet. Also, cards spread nicely on a good pad. Other than that, it kind of sets a stage and says, "I'm performing now."

Personally, I rarely use one, but I do have a very nice one that just sits with my closeup case for the rare instance I need it.
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On 2004-12-29 16:45, junkdz wrote:
As a relative newbie, I'm not quite sure why I need a closeup pad. I am playing with cards and coins & cups, but so far they seem good enough on a table. This sort of sounds like a marketing gimmick to me. Can someone enlighten me?


To be honest I almost never use one either -- but I can't tell you how many times I had (and have) to replace decks because there was a water ring or a little spilled food on the table which I didn't see before I placed the cards down. Also -- it can be a real pain to pick up single cards off a smooth surface if they don't want to come up.

The shell game seems 'to like' being played on a close up mat as it has a lot more give, sure you could do it without a mat -- but a mat makes things so much easier.

PLUS the noise is a factor as mentioned; imagine doing a matrix or chink a chink on a marble counter top. It MIGHT be possible, but only by a much better magician than I.
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dan84
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I don't think the quality of a pad makes that much difference. Concentrate on the effects they're the important thing
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I have ordered a mat from Penguin Magic. Not bad quality for 10$.

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Dean dill has the best close up pads I have ever seen. I have one of his. FABULOUS!!
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On 2005-01-17 10:37, dan84 wrote:
I don't think the quality of a pad makes that much difference. Concentrate on the effects they're the important thing


Then obviously you've never used a Zeus pad. Stay away from these things, the felt doesn't stay glued to the rubber. Over the years I've probably gone through about 20 pads. They get burnt, or stained or creased or lost but Zeus pads are the first ones I've ever had just fall apart.

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Oh right I may have been lucky with the ones I have used then. Sorry
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Bill Palmer had an interesting post a bit ago, about the 'need' (or really lack thereof) of a pad. Especially while doing walkaround or close-up at a restaurant. Invades the table's personal space.

Also I feel like it's too restricting; it looks more natural to do your effects w/o one. Then you don't have the visual boundary of the mat, allowing you to have a more organic back & forth with the spectator. You're standing up, you're holding the goods, it's already clear that you're the performer/magician...
Rob Johnston
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I wonder where I could get a LARGE close-up pad....larger than the regular size.
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I was looking for the same Rob, and found this one from Apollo. It is 16 X 23.
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I use leather it costs no more than a store bought pad, but I think it looks better, and I can get/make it whatever size I want. I want magic stores to stay in buisness, but there are alternatives to some things (in my case all things that are not information).
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I honestly don't know what brand my close up pad is, but I'm definitly in the market for a new one...

Basically there was a lot of dust/lint on it, so I picked it up by the two outside corners and tried to shake it off like you would do with a rug or something. I was left with a close-up pad with tho big rips in it where I was holding it. I guess I don't know my own strenght, haha.

Anyway, I guess I won't try that anymore, but hopefully I can find a slightly better quality one.
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If your close up pad collects dust and lint then just clean it with a lint roller.
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