SpectraPly looks great, but solid wood plays better.
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Ar-T and Luftverk.
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I like solid wood too because it’s more natural. What is it about it that you feel perform a better?
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I have so many yoyos, because the “Prefect” yoyo doesn’t exist.
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Yes to this. But also I feel it’s denser, and it “breaks in” better IMO
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Fingernail Vibe is fine. The A-RT I have is straight up vibrating the string after making sure to smooth the yoyo out with my finger as good as possible.
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It would be useful to know what A-RT models people seem to have vibe issues with.
For all I know everyone could be talking about problems with the same model but we could never know, since no one mentions specifics so it’s like the problem extends to the whole A-RT line or what?
I’ve had 7 A-RT (Grail x3, Sparrow, Life, Diptych, Quail) with very little problems in the way of vibe. Out of what I had, the Diptych had the most vibe, affecting grinds a bit too much for my tolerance, but it still wasn’t anything you could feel on the string. In general, I rate the machining of One Drop very highly, and they seem to do a great job on the A-RT throws but perhaps there is one A-RT design that has more problems with vibe??
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My Quail is pretty vibey, more vibey than some b-grades i’ve owned. I don’t mind personally, love how it plays, but it’s probably going to effect value if I ever decide to sell it. 
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Quail is the one I have as well that’s got such bad Vibe.
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looks like i’m playing the quail today, lol… mine was from the last drop (12/19ish, the wintergreen or whatever), and isn’t vibey… not ‘g2’ smooth lol, but nothing i would put into a bgrade category and smooth enough to pass a credit card test.
i’ve received 2 new yoyos with a nick though, lol…
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That’s a shame about the vibey Quails. Maybe, like @fatguysnacks247 I’ve also got a better one, a frost blue/green one (teal, basically) that I’d say is 8.5/10 for vibe.
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My 420 has a tiny string vibe, but im gonna contribute that to the extreme shape
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My quail also vibes. Also had some news throws from them that came with a weird smell, and felt dirty. Not sure what got on to them… alcohol cleaned up fine though.
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weird smell… jazz cabbage? devil’s lettuce?
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No idea… the colors of the yos were all green though 
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long string is fun.
short string feels like you are prohibited to have fun.
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Short string is different. I used to feel similarly but the way that you can perform tricks with different string lengths has been intriguing me the past couple months
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oh yeah short string is way more controlled but long is way more fun.
idk, not looking like you’re struggling to control the string is fun.
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that’s why it’s “unpopular”. 
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