Any advice on that would be great, I have a stripper deck but don't get on with it very well
use it as your regular deck just with a built in jog function, have card selected....... rotate pack and shuffle........ have it returned and reshuffle, cut to top or bottom as required, you can then do any routine you wish safe in the knowledge that you know were there card is, you can even have a sneeky peek if you like.
because at any stage i genuinely don't know what card they have selected theres no problem acting inocent so no nerves, plus you have the bonus if you want to force a card from a freely shuffled deck, you can ask them if they would like you to cut to a card or have them take the next card simply by changing the position of the cut, above or below it, realy makes the spec feel like they had a free choice.
just knowing you have a backup trick should you loose your way is a boost in itself even if you don't use it, think about it, you could have a card selected from a face up deck, returned and shuffled yet still be able to do the hauntd card rise straight away making you in the specs eyes a card god.
in short don't pass over the self working tricks or the ones were the trick is done before you even start, like cut n restored rope, they will give you the confidence to sell the trick in compleatly safety and then go on to something that requires some skill with your audience already primed that your good.
remember an audience member won't feel any less of you if you reveal there chosen card in your wallet via a force than if you palmed it, mercury folded it and loaded it into an envelope inside your wallet, the outcome is the same too them ie magic.
