Genesis Black Magic

[zapvor]

Originally Posted by 3fees

Since your into Genesis, You should give Genesis Hexonic 18L a shot,, Hexonic is a hexagonal shaped polyester string. The color is red . 18L gauge is 1.09mm,very thin and very strong string, plenty of spin.

hex is a great string. durability can be an issue though

[Nojoke]

Originally Posted by Power Player

Stringing a new set up tonight at 44/42.

PP--What would suggest in a BLX 6.1 16x18? I was thinking 48/48. Don't know how that racket compares with your current stick.

Thanks.

[Power Player]

Yep that would play very nice. The 6.1 is great with poly in the 40s.

[Torres]

Originally Posted by bad_call

full BM in yy200 at low 40s tension. felt boardie

That's difficult to believe. I find BM17 soft even when freshly strung at a reference tension of 52lbs CP.

Not in a million years would I describe it as anything remotely close to being 'boardy'. Is your background with alot of ultra soft strings or something? In fact, over course of a week's hitting the stringbed gets pretty spongey.

BM 17 is very much in the soft/comfortable co-poly category. Nothing like Alu, nothing like Tour Bite. It's a soft, comfortable, powerful string at mid tensions. If anything I actually yearn for a slight stiffer stringbed and less 'give' from the string, which is why my eyes are turning to BM 16.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by Torres

That's difficult to believe. I find BM17 soft even when freshly strung at a reference tension of 52lbs CP.

Not in a million years would I describe it as anything remotely close to being 'boardy'. Is your background with alot of ultra soft strings or something? In fact, over course of a week's hitting the stringbed gets pretty spongey.

BM 17 is very much in the soft/comfortable co-poly category. Nothing like Alu, nothing like Tour Bite. It's a soft, comfortable, powerful string at mid tensions. If anything I actually yearn for a slight stiffer stringbed and less 'give' from the string, which is why my eyes are turning to BM 16.

He did follow that up by saying it was reasonably comfortable.

[Power Player]

For the record i told BC.."whaaat" when he said that to me, but he and i like different polys. The one we both like is polybreak.

I have bm crossing with gut mains and it is simply awesome.

Have another half set and im thinking of crossing it with ogsm 17 in an 18x20 pattern to see wha happens.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by Power Player

For the record i told BC.."whaaat" when he said that to me, but he and i like different polys. The one we both like is polybreak.

I have bm crossing with gut mains and it is simply awesome.

Have another half set and im thinking of crossing it with ogsm 17 in an 18x20 pattern to see wha happens.

Bad_Call recommended B5E to me which I loved but my dang arm did not. I might give poly one more go in the Exo and just cut it out every week. I'm thinking Torres is onto something when he says that you can't tell when the poly goes dead in a hybrid.

[Torres]

Originally Posted by mikeler

He did follow that up by saying it was reasonably comfortable.

But what he's saying doesn't make any sense as well as being contradictory. How can it possibly be boardy at 40? That's just nonsense. B5E which he recommends is noticeably stiffer, with noticeably less give to it. Does he consider that to be super, super boardy then?

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by Torres

But what he's saying doesn't make any sense as well as being contradictory. How can it possibly be boardy at 40? That's just nonsense. B5E which he recommends is noticeably stiffer, with noticeably less give to it. Does he consider that to be super, super boardy then?

He's a crazy old man, just humor him.

[Murray_fan1]

Anyone that has tried Black Magic played with Hyperion 1.24?

[ushynoti]

Has anyone used natural gut mains and Black Magic crosses in their setup? I have a Wilson Prostaff BLX 90 and was considering this blend. Thanks!

[bad_call]

Originally Posted by Torres

But what he's saying doesn't make any sense as well as being contradictory. How can it possibly be boardy at 40? That's just nonsense. B5E which he recommends is noticeably stiffer, with noticeably less give to it. Does he consider that to be super, super boardy then?

nothing contradictory in what i posted. it feels boardie at the tension PP had it strung (whatever that was). not sure how fresh the BM was but it could have already died. the poly strings from G aren't known to last from my experience.

used my yy200 freshly strung with B5E/BBO at 50/48 and it felt much better (not boardie). also played superb as the opponent had increased difficulty.

[bad_call]

Originally Posted by mikeler

He's a crazy old man, just humor him.

at least not a flip flopper like "that" guy.

[bad_call]

Originally Posted by mikeler

Bad_Call recommended B5E to me which I loved but my dang arm did not. I might give poly one more go in the Exo and just cut it out every week. I'm thinking Torres is onto something when he says that you can't tell when the poly goes dead in a hybrid.

B5E/NVy has never hurt my arm when "dead" for as long as i've used it. that's been probably 2 years or so. that B5E hybrid starts losing control (shot placement) when time to cut out. still good for rally practice but not for competitive match play.

[Power Player]

Originally Posted by ushynoti

Has anyone used natural gut mains and Black Magic crosses in their setup? I have a Wilson Prostaff BLX 90 and was considering this blend. Thanks!

Yes, it plays great.

[JackB1]

Originally Posted by bad_call

B5E/NVy has never hurt my arm when "dead" for as long as i've used it. that's been probably 2 years or so. that B5E hybrid starts losing control (shot placement) when time to cut out. still good for rally practice but not for competitive match play.

Does B5E get more powerful when it goes dead or does it just feel dead?
I also have trouble telling when the poly's dead in a hybrid.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by bad_call

at least not a flip flopper like "that" guy.

I almost e-mailed you this morning because I was disappointed with not getting a response. That guy is not a flip flopper, he is a panderer. Big difference.

[lynnbart]

I've got B5Edge in one racket strung up as a hybrid and it has been in there about 2 weeks. We are rotating sticks when hitting and it still feels good. The syn crosses are thin enough to nearly snap on their own, but it still feels nice.

[bad_call]

Originally Posted by mikeler

I almost e-mailed you this morning because I was disappointed with not getting a response. That guy is not a flip flopper, he is a panderer. Big difference.

the flip flopper is the same person being filmed stating "47%...entitled". not sure if the panderer you refer is the same.

[bad_call]

Originally Posted by JackB1

Does B5E get more powerful when it goes dead or does it just feel dead?
I also have trouble telling when the poly's dead in a hybrid.

loses control as posted earlier. doesn't exhibit the dead, lifeless, arm hurting attribute.