darklore009
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After my good faithful spring clamp base on my Alpha Pioneer DC Plus both gave up on me, I decided to invest in the gravity release clamps as I had an eye on them. I read through numerous of threads about them and shared their opinion on them. After biting the bullet, I ordered the clamps from Greg's website and got them pretty quickly to my house.. Both came in a old Alpha overgrip box to contain them. When I got my hands on them, dam they were much heavier than the standard clamp bases. The base itself is much bigger than standard too.
Installing them is somewhat a breeze, its a bit tricky to get the screws aligned together so they would screwed in properly. Both gravity release clamps are installed and I found an old racket to try these out with. After I pulled tension on a string and went to clamp it, I notice it the base was moving along with it; despite I adjusted the clamps to grip the strings firmly. I realized the screws on the button has to be super tight so it can hold the string in place. I got the screw drivers again and tightened it again. I repulled the string and it showed better results. Securing the clamp is much smoother than standard clamp bases.
Here comes a hiccup as a first time user, when I try to release the clamp as normal, the clamp wont come down at all that well. This could be because the string is under tension and the clamp is going along with it. I didnt want to force the clamp down to add abrasion marks on the string, luckly there's an option to press a button that releases the clamp as a whole. I will have to spent more time to get used to this mechanic, as I really want to utilize the gravity release mechanic since its built for that reason.
Is this a clamp something you should go after to be added to your machine ASAP? My answer would be no as it isnt ground breaking at all as it wont make you a better stringer. The bells and whistles are there if you want the same experience from the high end machine such as Alpha Ghost, Prince P7000, or any machine that has the gravity release mechanism. Otherwise, its better off going with the standard spring clamp base if your coming from that. I only bought it because I'm curious on how it would affect my string technique.
Picture will be added later
Installing them is somewhat a breeze, its a bit tricky to get the screws aligned together so they would screwed in properly. Both gravity release clamps are installed and I found an old racket to try these out with. After I pulled tension on a string and went to clamp it, I notice it the base was moving along with it; despite I adjusted the clamps to grip the strings firmly. I realized the screws on the button has to be super tight so it can hold the string in place. I got the screw drivers again and tightened it again. I repulled the string and it showed better results. Securing the clamp is much smoother than standard clamp bases.
Here comes a hiccup as a first time user, when I try to release the clamp as normal, the clamp wont come down at all that well. This could be because the string is under tension and the clamp is going along with it. I didnt want to force the clamp down to add abrasion marks on the string, luckly there's an option to press a button that releases the clamp as a whole. I will have to spent more time to get used to this mechanic, as I really want to utilize the gravity release mechanic since its built for that reason.
Is this a clamp something you should go after to be added to your machine ASAP? My answer would be no as it isnt ground breaking at all as it wont make you a better stringer. The bells and whistles are there if you want the same experience from the high end machine such as Alpha Ghost, Prince P7000, or any machine that has the gravity release mechanism. Otherwise, its better off going with the standard spring clamp base if your coming from that. I only bought it because I'm curious on how it would affect my string technique.
Picture will be added later