Here you go rdis10093. ALU (ahloo?) rough/wilson gut 48/50
Stringing-Not as bad as the reverse. Nothing really worth mentioning. Strung in my rebel 95 originals.
Groundstrokes- Great. I have never been a huge fan of Lux, but this setup really jived well with my game for the first 4 hours or so. It had ample power, but also had really good spin as well as control. I was ripping my groundies with this setup. I can't say it lasts long enough for me to use, and at 30 bucks a stringjob, it isn't exactly cheap. It plays great until the lux dies, though. The only problem is that he playability drops so much after that period it surprised me. I knew that lux doesn't last long, but it was a drop off a cliff in playability after that 4-5 hour period. It went stiff and lost control, spin, and power. It was just horrible afterwards, even with gut in the crosses.
Overall-
First 4-5 hours- 9.5/10
Afterwards- 5/10
Serves- Pretty darn good. Same scenario as the groundies. I could slam some first serves and seconds serves had really nice kick. Again, great at first, then just horrible.
Overall-
First 4-5 hours- 9/10
Afterwards- 6/10
Volleys- Average. Absolutely nothing spectacular about here. At 30 bucks, I wanted something special everywhere, even if it was only for a couple hours. I didn't get it at net. Started average and I really didn't notice a big difference after it went dead unless I tried a really delicate drop volley.
Overall- 7.5/10
Softness- 1 being the softest, 10 being the stiffest
Overall- 6/10
Durability- Physically, it was average for a textured poly/gut hybrid. It did have a horrible life span, though. I was glad the gut helped give the ALU an extra hour or two, but it still just went AWOL after 5 hours.
Overall- 5/10
All in all, I really liked the setup from the baseline and on serves. Volleys were average, though. It had a really nice, crisp responce on groundstrokes until it went dead. I mean, it was a 30 dollar string job, and it lasted me about 5 hours. Playability included with price, this was a pretty bad setup for me. Playability only, it played great at first, then died. I've been using MPP/MCS lately, and it lasts about 6 hours and costs me about 4.5 bucks a string job. This hybrid costed 30 bucks. That's 75 cents an hour vs 6 bucks an hour. The MPP/MCS plays pretty darn well anyway, so the cost of this setup is just unjustifiable.
Overall-
Price not included- 8.75/10
Price included- 5/10