I Made A Custom Vinyl Record Using The Cheapest Service Available...

There's a site called Kunaki that lets you make a custom lathe cut 12" vinyl record for a very low price... I've always heard about it, but this time I decided to make one and give you my honest review.

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[tazrgamer]

I laughed out loud when you noticed how warped it was

[stillfirebellows]

I used to get my CDs through Kunaki all the time. They always did a great job.

[justins]

Thanks for doing this, I've been wanting to try something like this for a while, with the level of effort you described.

[WeAreTheEggmen]

My vinyl was made with kunaki good service indeed

[TLA]

Very cool, Matt! So sorry it arrived warped though. Use for novelty or a gift is the way to go!

[Craig_Spurlock]

Overall, this might be a great way for repair/product review people to make Youtube-friendly records to use in their videos.

[coreycschmidt]

I might have to try this. I've been wanting to get a lathe cut of my own music for a while.

[--legion]

I've used Kunaki for vinyl - good quality covers. But now they've changed 'edge printing' which means highly visible (on dark covers) and ugly white edging on the edges of covers. I now use Beevinyl - more expensive, but high quality cover and audio. As for CDs, I found Kunaki to be poor - artwork darker and less vibrant, and they don' have the option for tray inside image. I use CD-Click for CDs.

[ElectroPotato]

Thanks for the video! I've been thinking about using them to put some old demo cassettes on vinyl, which is already not great quality, so wouldn't mind some crackles. I also know a little bit about vinyl mastering, so we'll see how it's gonna turn out.

[glossmolly]

Came for the review and fell in love with the music

[bryede]

A couple things, I had no idea a service this cheap existed.
1. The run time is dictated by the volume the record is cut at (louder music takes more space) and whether a computer is being used to control the rate of advance. With a computer pre-sampling the waveform, it can decide how close the grooves can be placed on a continuous basis.
2. Is this a one-off lathe cut record (not made in a press)? Then how did it get warped unless it just got hot in shipping?

[davidrickard]

I want to press a cheap run of 20 do you know any others that do custom pressings? - cheers from Australia great vid man

[zzzandy]

Fun, I want to order one! Hopefully they replace warped records and no cost.

[andyshacks]

Fair play to Kunaki that they sent a replacement. Was that ok ? Like you said $43 isn’t bad at all, especially if it sounds ok too !

[johnbrodsky]

Give us the history of that Jackson guitar in the gig bag… in the corner.

[gunier.j.kintgenanimations]

Say, do you know a similar site that does 45's? I want to get a record of my papa's 2 favorite songs on a single, But it appears Kunaki doesn't do that. Exelent video; Verry helpfull to a begginer like me!

[excusememai]

I'm curious, so seeing as its warped that's entirely fixable right? put it flat in-between some books inside the gatefold and it should be alright surely?

[thanielionlee]

i use them all the time, and I usually cut them using a mono file

[rhythmpeople]

Sufjan Stevens vibes right there. Lathe cuts can sound super bad, usually do, so this is a win...except for the warping

[dontmakelemonade]

It's a shame about the warp, but still pretty impressive for a lathe cut.