Pinball beginners info

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Just got my first pinball machine. I joined pinside, but you guys are my original home. Are there any websites or videos or info that you guys can tell me about that has tutorials and and info for a pinball noob. I obviously can just type random stuff in YouTube but I thought maybe you guys would be able to direct me a bit better. I read through the manual and read stuff on pinside but everyone uses this short hand that I can barely understand. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
wow looks like a bunch of info on that webpage... will definitely take a deaper dive when I have time. thank you so much
 
oh didnt know that was a thing either. thank you. just favorited the site. Does anyone know if like specific pinball machines have specific forums or anything like that... like is there a Maverick group out there?
 
There is a great forum website called Pinside.

They often create clubs around certain machines. Incredible amount of info there as well, so add that to your bookmarks!
 
went to pinside, but couldnt find these specific clubs. saw a reference to them on the site, but still couldnt find em... will definitely keep searching though thank you
 
Pinballnews.com if you go to the archives of the old site, in the Learn section, has a lot of good articles on leveling your machine, repairs, cleaning, etc. etc.

Welcome to the wonderful world of pinball.

LTG : )
 
Oh thanks LTG, ya I got the leveling part down, but thats pretty much it ha ha.. at this point im scared to open it and lift it up and stuff even though I saw it seemed pretty simple on youtube videos. and then trying to do the tests and stuff just seems soooo much more overwhelming compared to arcade cabs... so Ill defintely check this out. thank you.

Modcity, your awesome!!!! i havent found it yet and thats exactly what I was looking for.... some poeple seem to really hate it and some people think its like the best, so i guess only time will tell, so far Im a fan.
 
Where in SoCal are you? There are lots of good dudes in the arcade/pin hobby in SoCal and I bet most of them would be happy to give you a hand an give ya some pointers.
 
im in Anaheim. I got my first machine and Im already starting to tinker, its a great little maverick machine, but it does have some issues for sure. one scary issue is that when you lift up the pinball surface its got that bolt in that track on side, but on th eother side no bolt so its just kind of scraping and doesnt lift up or go down very easy, so I feel like i need to figure that out fast and then the flippers work great for hitting up and down, but when it comes to selecting stuff in the game or putting in a high score they dont work at all, its a super bummer.
 
ShaunDBurch said:
There is a great forum website called Pinside.

They often create clubs around certain machines. Incredible amount of info there as well, so add that to your bookmarks!
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Indeed and +1


If you have the time, you will learn a lot. And you will also learn what not to do, which is a bonus feature :D
 
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