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Wow.

Well I will use a quote from a classic comedy called Stripes.
Lighten up Francis!

Can't we all just get along?

I spent some time playing my Linnstrument 200 with the speedbump surface over the weekend and I'm already finding it to fit my style of playing.
In the past I preferred to set the 'Relative' option for the Y-axis, because I wasn't very good at hitting the same spot on a pad accurately. The speedbump surface makes it much easier for me to hit the same spot repeatedly. Now I have that relative option turned off, which opens up some techniques I was struggling with. Really good stuff.
I like the feel of the new surface. The soy beans are just enough to help me get my finger placement right and still feel very smooth when doing slides.

I'm a happy camper! I'm using the Linnstrument quite a bit for my current project, so the new surface arrived at the perfect time. Thanks!

Glad to hear Justin

This isn’t a great performance, but I’ve been figuring out Black Hole Sun. Here it is on the bumps

As a new linnstrumentalist and lifelong bass player this seems like the ideal surface! Are there any plans on another run of 128 speedbumps soon?

As the 128 crowd are larger I'm sure you'll get replenished first.

Actually happy that the 200 crowd actually got one...

riinwrl wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 4:46 am As a new linnstrumentalist and lifelong bass player this seems like the ideal surface! Are there any plans on another run of 128 speedbumps soon?

The 200 guys are almost like bass players...

riinwrl wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 4:46 am As a new linnstrumentalist and lifelong bass player this seems like the ideal surface! Are there any plans on another run of 128 speedbumps soon?

Yes the 128 surface will restock in mid April

Black speedbump fretless bass playing

I now have speedbumpy surfaces for both my Linn 128 and now my Linn 200.

To me there's a huge improvement with the "hotdogs"/"soybeans" giving a visual and tactile feel for where your fingers should be as opposed to the edges of the pads on the original playing surface surface. The ridges makes y-axis control way more tactile. Like many Linnstrument players, I'm primarily a guitarist and this surface feels much more familiar.

John the Savage mentioned the potential visual benefits of the black speedbumpy surface over the white.

I've tried both the white and black speedbumpy surfaces on my 128 and found that the black is much much easier to "see". I found it hard to see the white hotdogs inset into white silicon, and since I usually only light the A and C notes as position markers (to help wean myself off playing only the white keys) - I found the white surface somewhat harder to get around.

So far so good with the new smaller soybeans: they feel even better for pitch bends.

Thank you Chris from a 100% satisfied customer - I think the new surface is excellent and I'd recommend anyone who hasn't tried the speedbumpy surface yet to consider it.

...and of course thank you to Roger for making the world a better place with his marvellous invention.

Nice playing jeffmhopkins.

Antobaird wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 5:02 pm John the Savage mentioned the potential visual benefits of the black speedbumpy surface over the white.

I've tried both the white and black speedbumpy surfaces on my 128 and found that the black is much much easier to "see". I found it hard to see the white hotdogs inset into white silicon, and since I usually only light the A and C notes as position markers (to help wean myself off playing only the white keys) - I found the white surface somewhat harder to get around.

Thanks for confirming this for me.

Very much appreciated.

Cheers!

digimidi wrote: Wed Dec 31, 2025 8:11 pm I have a very lightly used black 128 Speedbumpy surface that I am looking to sell for 85.00 plus 15.00 for shipping. I have gone back to the original surface as I just didn’t get on with the slits very well. DM me or email me at gil.gowing@gmail.com if interested. PayPal or Venmo accepted. Thanks.

Gil

I should have posted this a while back, but this surface is no longer available. Thanks.

Ooooh, yes. I am seriously loving the black 200 surface. Easy install (thanks for the great video, Roger!), looks amazing - and, for me, it plays really well. I feel really at home on this new surface and haven't found anything about it that doesn't work well. Utter joy to play.

So thank you, Chris! This is just so good.