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08.11.2009, 11:19
08.11.2009, 11:19
Betreff: Re: Whip Basics - Vol. I-III Review
I didn't see this thread here before, but now someone posted on it and brought it to the top of the board I thought I'd copy and paste my review of Whip Basics I-III that I posted on several other sites...Robby did a fantastic job and in terms of knoweledge, presentation and professional quality there is nothing else on the market that comes close to competing with this set...
The new Whip Basics DVD’S...mmmmmmmmm what can I say...
Posty came walking up the path to the workshop at around quarter to twelve today, lazy boy our posty, bloody good job I wasn’t waiting for a cheque is all I can say...that was excuse enough for me to take an early dinner break and have a flit through, having spoken to Robby numerous times and having got to know him well I was very intrigued to see what he’d come up with now he has full control...
Before I start I should make the point that if you already own Vol I and Vol II then don’t worry Vol III will slip into your collection nice and easy almost unnoticed that said in the new versions there are some improvements...
PRESENTATION
I have the Vol.I-III box set, the cover has one of my whips on (along with a Skip Whip & a Simon Martin) so I guess I was predestined to love it, but putting that aside the photography and printing is crisp and sharp really professional the colouring matches the website as do the logo’s and font styles so it feels comfortable even before you play one...inside there are 3 DVD’s with a moving insert that holds Vol II so kind of like turning the page of a book, I’m a lowly small brained whipmaker so this amused me greatly...
CONTENT
Like I said above don’t worry if your just buying Vol III to finish your collection this will slot in just fine and there is no need at all to re-buy Vol I & II the teaching style is just the same and just as easy, Robby using a wide variety of whips walks you through the cracks and combinations with that same slow precise way, telling you the do’s as well as the do not’s and pointing out what you may be doing if you’re not getting the crack, it’s all and everything we’ve come to expect from the man so therefore excellent!
A few things have changed though,
Robby as we now know has full control and some of the little bits he’s added are all to the good I think, I won’t spoil it for you by giving it all away but the roaring lion and applause and the clock are two things in particular that made me smile...a little music has been added as well as some lovely fade in fade out country scenes that depict the introduction of each crack, oh yes and a ginger cat too...
It’s no big secret I’m a total technophobe so I may be wrong but the picture quality seems to be another step up the ladder, the way the menu system works seems more easy to navigate, and the effects that have been added are crisp and professional...
So in conclusion this set really is all you’ll ever need, I don’t doubt you could give a total novice this set and a whip and given a little time he’d be a quite proficient whip cracker, I may even be tempted to brush up my lack of skills myself...a thoroughly professional, clean, crisp, easy to understand and well presented set that anyone would be proud to own, well done The Robster.
Tony
I didn't see this thread here before, but now someone posted on it and brought it to the top of the board I thought I'd copy and paste my review of Whip Basics I-III that I posted on several other sites...Robby did a fantastic job and in terms of knoweledge, presentation and professional quality there is nothing else on the market that comes close to competing with this set...
The new Whip Basics DVD’S...mmmmmmmmm what can I say...
Posty came walking up the path to the workshop at around quarter to twelve today, lazy boy our posty, bloody good job I wasn’t waiting for a cheque is all I can say...that was excuse enough for me to take an early dinner break and have a flit through, having spoken to Robby numerous times and having got to know him well I was very intrigued to see what he’d come up with now he has full control...
Before I start I should make the point that if you already own Vol I and Vol II then don’t worry Vol III will slip into your collection nice and easy almost unnoticed that said in the new versions there are some improvements...
PRESENTATION
I have the Vol.I-III box set, the cover has one of my whips on (along with a Skip Whip & a Simon Martin) so I guess I was predestined to love it, but putting that aside the photography and printing is crisp and sharp really professional the colouring matches the website as do the logo’s and font styles so it feels comfortable even before you play one...inside there are 3 DVD’s with a moving insert that holds Vol II so kind of like turning the page of a book, I’m a lowly small brained whipmaker so this amused me greatly...
CONTENT
Like I said above don’t worry if your just buying Vol III to finish your collection this will slot in just fine and there is no need at all to re-buy Vol I & II the teaching style is just the same and just as easy, Robby using a wide variety of whips walks you through the cracks and combinations with that same slow precise way, telling you the do’s as well as the do not’s and pointing out what you may be doing if you’re not getting the crack, it’s all and everything we’ve come to expect from the man so therefore excellent!
A few things have changed though,
Robby as we now know has full control and some of the little bits he’s added are all to the good I think, I won’t spoil it for you by giving it all away but the roaring lion and applause and the clock are two things in particular that made me smile...a little music has been added as well as some lovely fade in fade out country scenes that depict the introduction of each crack, oh yes and a ginger cat too...
It’s no big secret I’m a total technophobe so I may be wrong but the picture quality seems to be another step up the ladder, the way the menu system works seems more easy to navigate, and the effects that have been added are crisp and professional...
So in conclusion this set really is all you’ll ever need, I don’t doubt you could give a total novice this set and a whip and given a little time he’d be a quite proficient whip cracker, I may even be tempted to brush up my lack of skills myself...a thoroughly professional, clean, crisp, easy to understand and well presented set that anyone would be proud to own, well done The Robster.
Tony
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