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Hi,

I'm looking for an impression device that can be used for walk around, aswell as on a stage. At the moment this site seems to have SO many good impression devices, but I cannot decide which one:

http://www.jonsaintgermain.com/books03.htm


Any opinions? At the moment it is The Fabulous Cicada VS The Baby Hornet.
Any thoughts?


Tom
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You need something compact for walkaround work, but large for stage work. I don't think you're going to find anything that is suitable for both, because what's suitable for one won't be suitable for the other. Personally, I love the Butterfly. I believe the Mascot Moth is a larger version of this. They are very well made

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Replicant wrote:You need something compact for walkaround work, but large for stage work. I don't think you're going to find anything that is suitable for both, because what's suitable for one won't be suitable for the other. Personally, I love the Butterfly. I believe the Mascot Moth is a larger version of this. They are very well made

More info here: http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic22415

I get your point, but lets assume walkaround is priority Nb#1.

Does the Butterfly work surrounded? I've not used an impression device before and am worried about how I will peek the info if I'm at a bar or something. Can that be done with the Cicada for example?

Tom
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Eshly wrote:Does the Butterfly work surrounded?

Looch has a wonderful handling for a peek using The Skeeter which works completely surrounded.

Whether the design of this device fits your personal style it would be a good choice for your described conditions.

Cheers
Th.

Like most things, you have to manage your audience accordingly. With the Butterfly, it's not impossible to get your peek while working at a busy bar, but you'd have to have some performing experience in that environment to pull it off. Personally, I wouldn't like to be surrounded but that's more to do with my lack of skill and confidence rather than an inherent fault with the product. The Butterfly is excellent and I recommend it.

Never seen the Cicada in action so can't comment on that one.

Some of the guys on here have far more experience with imp devices than myself. Hopefully, they will chip in with some advice. In case I forgot to mention it before, the Butterfly is a thing of beauty. Go get.

For Close-up i have the butterfly (And a few others).
As someone as already said if you handle your prop correctly you can use it surrounded.

Fro stage work i have:
The Impressionable Mind Board - James Biss.
The Brown Hornet - Jon Riggs.

I use both, in a different context, but again it all comes down to Audience management, but far more importantly - Presentation.
It has to be about the effect not the prop.

Quote from their website:

If you're ordering from the UK or Europe, PLEASE ADD $15.00 for Airmail overseas postage!

UK or Europe? When did UK drop out of Europe?
Is it part of Africa now?

gunnarkr wrote:Quote from their website:

If you're ordering from the UK or Europe, PLEASE ADD $15.00 for Airmail overseas postage!

UK or Europe? When did UK drop out of Europe?
Is it part of Africa now?

The UK is considered to be not part of Europe by a lot of people who live in the UK; we say such things as "I went traveling around Europe" or "I went to Europe for my holidays".

Its probably because we are an island off from Europe, and because we are so much better than the French


Tom
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That's just silly!
Iceland, The Faroe Islands and Denmark are also islands, but still considered part of Europe.

gunnarkr wrote:That's just silly!
Iceland, The Faroe Islands and Denmark are also islands, but still considered part of Europe.

I suppose we are part of Europe in the same way Canada is part of America.

Eshly wrote:

gunnarkr wrote:That's just silly!
Iceland, The Faroe Islands and Denmark are also islands, but still considered part of Europe.

I suppose we are part of Europe in the same way Canada is part of America.

I honestly can't believe just how poor public education has gotten

Craig Browning wrote:

Eshly wrote:

gunnarkr wrote:That's just silly!
Iceland, The Faroe Islands and Denmark are also islands, but still considered part of Europe.

I suppose we are part of Europe in the same way Canada is part of America.

I honestly can't believe just how poor public education has gotten

(This part deleted by Mods - keep it polite please Eshly)


Edit: It just occured to me how I should explain this in a simpler fashion. Basically I am saying that Canada is part of the American continent, and the UK is technically part of the European continent. So we are European in the same sense that Canadians are American.

Its just a case of slang and common language.

I think we're done on this topic.