What did people used back in the 80s?

[BreakPoint]

Blue Star.

Remember that one?

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by vandre

that's why it didn't play so well because you couldn't get it in purple/ blue/ green. lol!

i'll +1 what some have said about leoina 66 and breakage. i snapped that and psg like crazy and i've not really been much of a string breaker, well, ever!

Hell yeah! The purple gave me extra power. The blue gave me extra spin. And the green gave me extra touch.

[Lakers4Life]

I used VS Gut, it was not Babolat back then. I also like this stuff called Gutex Graphite.

[slowfox]

Originally Posted by Lakers4Life

I used VS Gut, it was not Babolat back then. I also like this stuff called Gutex Graphite.

Did ya have the big VS stencil on it too? I always envied those who could afford natural gut. I stuck with PSG and Topspin. They still smell the same too. Perhaps a weird comment, but true.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by Lakers4Life

I used VS Gut, it was not Babolat back then. I also like this stuff called Gutex Graphite.

Babolat always made VS Gut. The company did go through few name changes. The Company was called Babolat-Maillot-Witt and then Changed name to BabolatVS in the mid 80's

[gavna]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Blue Star.

Remember that one?

Blue Star was nice for about 1hr - stuff was one of the first multifilaments - but would turn into a wet noodle after about 2 sets.

Leoina 66 was/is a basic entry level nylon (in fact the 66 designation is the actual 6,6 setup of the diamine and diacid compounds providing 6carbons to the polymer) is just plain ole Nylon.

In the 70s and 80s you had lots of Syn Gut (multi and mono filament Nylons) and lots of gut in different grades......back then stringing with good gut cost less than $18.

No Polys -

[pvw_tf]

Originally Posted by Say Chi Sin Lo

Polys came around late 90s/early 00s.

The first poly I worked with was Polystar and Dynocraft from Snauwaert. Was around 1981/82. Available in 1.2 and 1.3. Played ok (1.2), lost tension fairly quick and had not that much grip on the ball, slice was harder.
Was a "hard string" which sort of drilled itself into the wooden rackets quickly.

The 1.2 played ok but did not last to long on red clay, for sure in mid or oversize rackets.

Peter

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

The first poly (hybrid) I had ever used was the Prince Let R' Rip. I was a teenager when it came out and I knew nothing about strings, just knew that I was snapping Prince Synthetic Gut Soft 16 (and they stopped making it) every other day in my Prince Precision Response Ti.

http://www.stringforum.net/stringdb.php?show=242

Really didn't like it, but it was durable. It hits like a cardboard.

[NLBwell]

I used Vantage nylon in my wood rackets and a couple of times used Blue Star (never liked Blue Spiral). It frayed and it was best just before breaking where the frays of the outer wrap would grip the ball. In my Yoneyama 8500, I think I had Leoina 66, usually. Used Gamma Ruff in my Black Aces, but it broke so quick I ended up using ProBlend, which I used for years - and sometimes still do.

[THESEXPISTOL]

It amazes me that there was tennis before polys.
And people actually played well if no better...

[tbuggle]

prince topspin was highly popular mid-late 80's also. quite colorful too!!

leoina, gamma, supernatural 16. string was cheap.

[cork_screw]

Originally Posted by THESEXPISTOL

Now we got all this poly rave, but in the 80s polys were bad and unpopular. What did those who could not afford natural gut used back then?

Synthetic gut and kevlar/syngut hybrid for stringbreakers?

Your misinformation is as bad as your grammar. Poly strings weren't available in the 80's. Technology for that wasn't present. Do you also believe LEDs were available in that period, but people just never "liked" it and that's why it never caught on?

How about this, if you make a false statement, don't phrase it in a way where it sounds factual, then people who don't know better will start assuming its factual and the greater amount of people who think something is fact creates the bigger illusion the lie is real.

Poly technology wasn't developed for tennis back in the 80's. not even sure it was developed period for other processes/use ages for other things.

[anubis]

I used Prince Topspin 16 in the early 90's... and in the mid to late 90s I switched to Gamma Syn gut.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Originally Posted by THESEXPISTOL

It amazes me that there was tennis before polys.
And people actually played well if no better...

Think of it this way, strings and equipment provide a sense of comfort level for your game. If you want to talk about outcome of your shots, strings and equipment contributes just about ~10% of the outcome. (and I'm being generous)

If you're missing shots, it's not because of the strings.

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by THESEXPISTOL

It amazes me that there was tennis before polys.
And people actually played well if no better...

This might come as a shock to you, but there was also tennis before graphite racquets. And people used wood racquets that were only 65 sq. in. and weighed 14 oz., and played very well with them. Just ask Rod Laver or Bjorn Borg.

[scotus]

Originally Posted by cork_screw

Your misinformation is as bad as your grammar. Poly strings weren't available in the 80's. Technology for that wasn't present. Do you also believe LEDs were available in that period, but people just never "liked" it and that's why it never caught on?

How about this, if you make a false statement, don't phrase it in a way where it sounds factual, then people who don't know better will start assuming its factual and the greater amount of people who think something is fact creates the bigger illusion the lie is real.

Poly technology wasn't developed for tennis back in the 80's. not even sure it was developed period for other processes/use ages for other things.

For your self-evaluation

[THESEXPISTOL]

Originally Posted by cork_screw

Your misinformation is as bad as your grammar. Poly strings weren't available in the 80's. Technology for that wasn't present. Do you also believe LEDs were available in that period, but people just never "liked" it and that's why it never caught on?

How about this, if you make a false statement, don't phrase it in a way where it sounds factual, then people who don't know better will start assuming its factual and the greater amount of people who think something is fact creates the bigger illusion the lie is real.

Poly technology wasn't developed for tennis back in the 80's. not even sure it was developed period for other processes/use ages for other things.

First of all, English is not my native tongue, so STFU.
Second, if you read this thread carefully you'll find other posters mentioning that poly was available in the 80s.

[THESEXPISTOL]

Originally Posted by THESEXPISTOL

It amazes me that there was tennis before polys.
And people actually played well if no better...

This post is full of irony btw...

[TennisCJC]

Prince syn gut was very popular. Cannot remember what multi's were available but I think Gamma had a few multi's available if I had a little more money.

[tbuggle]

Originally Posted by THESEXPISTOL

First of all, English is not my native tongue, so STFU.
Second, if you read this thread carefully you'll find other posters mentioning that poly was available in the 80s.

as a HS player in the 80's, i do not recall poly strings.

that's not to say (by me) that they were not produced, but
if they were they were not popular. understandable. most
older players i know (70's 80's early 90's as young players)
still don't play poly. yet, some do at least in a hybrid. you gotta be
pretty burly to have played in the 80's and be playing poly now, IMO.