I have the clear ones, which I got a LONG time ago... dont understand why the clears have been unavailable for so long. Also dont know anyone else that carries them? I think the clear allows the colors to remain true but still offer protection. JJP includes extra tops for both slings with the pinball machine but I doubt I will ever need them with these protectors.

I’ve been waiting for the clear to come in stock . I always prefer the clear over color protectors. If anyone has a set of clear hit me up.

I bought the blue ones a long time ago, and didn't like them. I was lucky enough to get a clear set not long after that (had to pay for them in addition to the blue, of course).

The blue ones would be much better if they were more transparent... I think they block far too much of the light and totally change the tone of the lighted plastics.

Sounds like a job for PinMonk to complement his air ball drain barrier. We know he has acrylic skills and contacts!
I noticed the kit talks about screws and spacers. It's been a long time but if I recall right I didn't need to use any of those. I think they fit without any need for them.

If he hasn’t already pinmonk is going to have to quit his day job. He is such a asset for all of us.

Waxed my playfield tonight and installed Mr_Tantrum 3D Flipper toppers. Nice touch and good dude.

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Just wanted to post a shout-out to Steve over at JJP. I just took delivery of my game 10 days ago, or so. I too had the lockdown bar adjustment screws up too high from the factory, so when I pulled the glass out for the first time it scratched my Invisiglass. Steve was super helpful in getting me taken care of, and I got a new sheet of Invisiglass yesterday. Top notch service!

Congrats!
So let's chat about these lockdown bar screws. The brass ones, right?
What's the function of those and how do you determine the proper adjustment?

Found this
https://user.xmission.com/~daina/tips/pub/tip0289.html

My bar is definitely loose a bit and shifts around and the screws barely clear the glass, might be a very slight rub on one just as you first slide the glass.. I didn't realize the lockdown bar could be tight but now that I think about it I think it was tighter when I first got it.. so I'll try tightening these a bit. I'm wondering if I have to put the glass back on to confirm screw settings.

Also on my lockdown bar, the foam on the underside left side vertical fin that presses against the glass to prevent sliding down is getting rolled off or crumpled up on left side because the glass is pushing it off during insertions of the bar. The right side doesn't do this.

Little stuff... I know.

Edit.
Read this.. Could be more to my loose lockdown problem than just screw adjustment...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-premium-lockdown-bar-problem

Yes, those two brass ones. I believe they adjust the tension on the lockdown bar receiver assembly. Once I got the glass off, I was able to turn them both a couple of rotations but there was not a lot of play in them. I was definitely able to get them lower than the glass needed to pass safely over them. Hopefully that'll fix your issue!

I just did a Review/install of the Art of Pinball's new Guns and Roses drums mod! check it out, if you like my videos, consider subscribing. that would be amazing!

Lunch breaks are the bomb!!!

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Damn...
Nice score, you must get a long lunch break!

Working from home has its benefits

Congrats! Looks like I got work to do. I already slipped from my peak at #12 down to #13 this week. Now I’m down to #14.

I also need to take advantage of my work from home benefit more often.

How long IS a 239 mil game anyway?
(Your boss also wants to know ) jk. Amazing.
Gives sevenrites something to shoot for! I'll just be watching

I’m definitely itching to play my GNR again ASAP but felt bad for some of my other games. So I did some flipper rebuilds, fresh clean and wax and fine tuned a few of them this week. I did hit 100,000,000 at least twice in the last few days but one of them didn’t make it to Scorebit. I hope to be on GNR in the next hour or two.

My 205,000,000 game was Only 35m 49s long.

Just received and installed my drum set mod from Lior and I love it! I think it compliments the pop bumpers great. Now time to play!

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It was 42 minutes, I was rushing it by the end because I had to go interview a candidate for our team!

My general strategy was to get fender, Vader, Duff patches, hit tons of loops to get secret band member items, then play songs until lost confidence in myself and cash out with whatever I was at. I cashed out a 90 million jackpot, finished another song for about 16 million, cashed out another one for 30 something million and cashed out another one and I can't remember the value. There was a song that I didn't cash out and lost 38 million jackpot on after losing the ball. I end up with tons of extra balls with cashing out early which helps quite a bit. I also targeted the same album over and over again to get the additional scoring. Definitely a lot of risk and reward to think about. I know Karl never cashes out early, but I don't have that level of confidence!

Just saw this on the JJP site
https://pinballwizard.com/products/guns-n-roses-platinum-record-decal-set?utm_content=Facebook_UA&utm_source=facebook&variant=40834624618702

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Cool. I order a set to finally get rid of my awful spaghetti factory decal lol. Do you just place this over the existing or are you supposed to remove the existing decal?

Thx, just ordered and am splitting with a friend. Can't see the need to have 6

I’m playing so terrible tonight I ran out of tilt warnings in at least 3 games, some under 1mil I don’t think any above 25m yet. Going to torture myself some more in a few minutes.

Incredible. Are your slings set to the default power or did you power em down? At factory standard I am drain city.

Lol, I had that night the other night. Many under 1 mil.
Way to many under 500k. I thought I was going to break the start button. Then I had a groove going on out ta get me with 3.4 million and and looked up to see i had accumulated a 13 plus million jackpot which I knew it must have been good as I was in the zone... That would have beat my 16.1 GC and I had accumulated two extra balls and still had 3 on the field all at the end of the song... Then I hear the magic phrase applause jackpot and got confident with three balls surely I was hittin the scoop... Nope. Lost it. Encore to Nightrain.. pressure is on and
It gets worse... I choked down those last two balls in hellish fashion... Probably because I knew I would. End of the night. I'm still mad and not playing today either. Tg for the weekend. Tomorrow GnR shall be mine!!!

I’ve been wondering about the best sling power setting. I was watching Karl’s latest stream and noticed quite a few times the ball would get stuck in a back-and-forth loop between the slings, then eventually break free straight into an out lane.

Seemed like the sling power needed to be higher or lower.

I had removed one before to tighten my screw, the previous came off rather easily, but I did use some goo gone and alcohol to clean and prep for the new one...

If you don't need any screw tightening you could try just doing a overlay but I'm not sure how adhesive the decal will be to the other one just to be safe I'd remove the old one

Also putting the new decal on there will be some bubbles, mainly near the holes around the disc, that will diffuse on their own after about 3 days don't try to make it perfect as you'll crease the decal.. it will settle out and flatten on its own

They definitely JACKED up the price for those since august. Glad I was Locked in with the old price list

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Is there a trick how to center the new one exactly? Did you use any liquid to move the decal like with artblades?

Thanks for the tip, ordered a set to have spares!

Didn't even know this store existed. Picked up a set too along with a GnR pinball Tshirt.

Why they don’t put the blue snubber parts up on the site is beyond me. I’ve called and emailed about those and about a couple of other things and only received one reply—which they did not follow up on after I responded with the info they requested. Some of us have gotten phenomenal customer service from JJP. Others of us, not so much.

Little Shop of Games has them. I ordered 6 of them, so I should be good for a while.

https://littleshopofgames.com/shop/rubber-parts/snubber-block-rubber-bumper-blue-pad-for-guns-n-roses-scoop-on-jersey-jack-pinball-machine-25-1000007-00/

Sven’s GnR stage and drum kits arrived lightning fast. Going to compare with the Lior kit I have installed now and swap things around. Awesome mods to pimp out your beloved GnR! I still have a bunch of mods to install, will share pics soon.

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Pretty much the same experience for me, sent an email regarding the blue snubber and got no response. Little Shop of Games is out of stock also. Thankfully mine are still good but it's only a matter of time.

I got this drum kit off Amazon and it looks so good in real life , but I'm not going to install it .
I just don't think GNR needs it , it looks absolutely awesome the way it is .
If I had to choose stage kits , I would definitely go with seven's but I'd leave off the speakers on the right they look like drawers to me .
But you do whatever makes you happy , don't listen to the Dollhouse people

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My slings are at the default power. Additionally, I went with the size up on the slingshot rubbers as per suggestions in the thread. Flippers are at default power settings as well.

I have found that the flipper rubbers you choose makes a huge difference. I was originally using Titan low bounce flipper rubbers, but I think there was too much friction on them and when a ball would roll down the lane it would stutter on the flipper which would really throw off my shots. I'm using super bands I believe now that have much less friction and allow for smooth travel.

I got the same one and installed it on plexiglass above the drums. Added bonus is one the cymbals jiggles when the pop bumpers are hit.

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So you like it ? does it look good , I was just worried it would be too much in the game .
And possibly a ball trap .

I personally like it.
It has never been a ball trap, but it does slightly block the view of the AXL lanes up top.

That's all that matters , as long as you like it .

Your 239,000,000+ high score suggests this mod will not negatively affect anyone else’s high scores.

I read someone put electrical tape on them. I may try that.

Just put my pitch back to factory out of the box with leg levelers all the way down. Feels way too slow now, and more floaty.

I did notice when the ball goes to the outlanes I seem to have a bit more ability to guide the ball with some nudges whereas with the higher pitch if it’s headed that way it’s usually a drain with authority and less chance to save it.

We’ll see how it goes today, I’m having an event with a variety of ages and skill levels. I already anticipate raising it back before the weekend ends. I like the fast ripping speed more than the slow floaty play even if it’s harder to play.

I just removed the backing by the hole and used that and the disc edge to center, then slowly peeled away the under backing being careful not to crease the decal

deejaypee Hyperlytes cabinet lights are a great mod If you're a LE owner... If you're on his pre-order list for the forthcoming run of these, then congrats!!
if you didn't know about these or not on the list, here is a video I took a while back after I got my pin and testing them.
It's no sound, just a couple cycles of attract mode to show the room and the sync to the Hotrails. I was thinking I'd capture one of live and let die in jukebox mode too if there is any interest.

Yes - please do show Live and Let Die. Best light show GNR has to offer!

Quoted from Vespula:

deejaypee Hyperlytes cabinet lights are a great mod If you're a LE owner... If you're on his pre-order list for the forthcoming run of these, then congrats!!
if you didn't know about these or not on the list, here is a video I took a while back after I got my pin and testing them.
It's no sound, just a couple cycles of attract mode to show the room and the sync to the Hotrails. I was thinking I'd capture one of live and let die in jukebox mode too if there is any interest.

Newly crowned "Pinball Industry Awards" BEST STREAMER winner Karl DeAngelo is streaming GnR on his iepinball channel around 5pm PST tonight. He had some great play tips in his over 3 hour session earlier in the week.

He's also giving away pinmonk quiet fan kit and t-shirt prizes on his streams all this month. You need to get in within the first 30 minutes of the stream to sign up and take a guess at the contest question to be eligible later in the stream. Type !contest in the twitch chat to get the link to the details and entry form.

EDIT: The contest question tonight is what will be the biggest jackpot he loses?

Here's the link to his channel:
https://www.twitch.tv/iepinball

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Then, tomorrow afternoon around 4PM PST is the final Jan prize stream (he's playing GZ), and it will have DOUBLE PRIZES. It will have the quiet fan power supply kit and T-shirt giveaway, but it will also have a month-end super prize that everyone will be eligible to win (even ones that won a fan or T during the month) with the correct answer. The winner will get their choice of any Tibetan Breeze Coil cooling kit (up to $200 value) and a Pinmonk T-shirt.
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rrosenhouse
Wondering if this will get muted ...

Is it possible someone can create a record spinner decal then print it out on sticker paper with an inkjet or print it out on vinyl at Staples? It's over $5 with S&H for a sticker. I need one after I had to tighten down the record screw with Loctite. Someone create something in the Marketplace please. They won't respond back to me or Mike Daddona and at this point I'm so done with my game and all its issues.

Which one do you want? Lots of us ordered the 6 pack and don't need them all... Afd and patience may be harder to come by, but there's gonna be others out for grabs...