[78-L] "Slip Mat" (was ePay)

[David Lennick]

Of course there are those wonderful mats which I still use which have rubber 
rings on one side and felt on t'other, which came with the McCurdy turntables 
everyone used in the sixties. There were also mats to PREVENT slippage, as well 
as anti-stat mats, and this seller could have meant one of those (I forget 
whether the link or description appeared here).

dl

On 3/21/2011 10:32 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> From: "Cary Ginell"<soundthink at live.com>
>> Could be a felt pad that goes on a turntable to enable a DJ to "slip-cue"
>> a record. Slip-cueing is much more difficult when using the usual rubber
>> covering on a platter, so a felt pad was often placed on top of it.
>> Slip-cueing is the "art" of holding a record in place while the platter
>> spins underneath it, enabling the DJ to start a reccord quicker, as
>> opposed to hitting "start" and waiting for the platter to pick up speed.
>>
>> I hadn't thought about this in years, but in my DJ-ing days, it became
>> second nature.
>>
> This being current (2011) terminology...I would guess iit is a "slippable"
> mat int6ended for use by current artists who use "slips" to create
> rhythmic effects (probably with LP's...?!)
>
> Steven C. Barr
>