hityellowball
New User
What racquet does he really use? Thanks
Gulbis racquet
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vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
Gulbis uses PT57E
hi, it says PT57E. you really know your stuff! here's a pic and also pics of the grip under the overgrip and the tension sticker and the old butt cap.
hityellowball
New User
Thankyou both
ChevyTennis
Banned
So - it only Head's top-end players like Andy Murray and Svetlana Kusnetsova(?) who actually get their names stamped on their frames? Everyone else just gets the model #?
jazzyfunkybluesy
Banned
I bet they have their name on them or some kind of indentifier. It would be bad to mix them up.
Pro_Tour_630
Legend
yes it is an E you can tell by the distance area above the grip and below the bottom of the V throat.
the material above the grip sure looks like a beefed up area al john cauthen
the material above the grip sure looks like a beefed up area al john cauthen
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
No, That is the Original White HEAD Grip. I believe it is called Hydrosorb Grip.
^^^yeah i know what lead tape is, i used to splice it in half (the gamma kind) and but it at 10 and 2 o'clock on my 300g. now i use the tf 325 and like it w/o any lead.
ok i'm about to do something crazy, i had this since april and haven't touched the grip, i am gonna unwrap it a little to see what kinda grip it is. pics to come soon. wow, surprising result, you'll see soon
its a white head grip, and it looks like it has been on there for a long time and the "lead" is actually sweat grime over time that turned it gray, or probably from the tournagrip too.
Edward DFW
Rookie
How did you get that racquet?
PED
Legend
If I remember correctly, leelord attended the US clay court champs in Houston. Gulbis snapped his stick when he got mad and gave it to Leelord.
andreev_forehand
New User
Is that a 93 or 98 sq inch head? In other words is it shaped more like the mid or mid-plus versions?
Leelord337
Hall of Fame
ha yep, well he knew me 'n my moroccan friend as he had the guts to ask him if he wanted to hit! (a few days earlier) gulbis replied "well i've already hit today, but i'll hit tomorrow after my doubles match". We never held him up to that though, but yah, another kid grabbed the cracked racket and looked at it and i thought....here's my chance to get it
so after gulbis finished his practice session that day i asked him to sign it and he did. Actually a friend of mine on here did some swingweight research on the stick @tw, i have it saved somewhere, i'll add to this thread...thanks ev1
Is it possible to lift bumperguard a little bit and see how long is this lead tape ?
It looks that it goes at least to the fifth cross string, but is it even longer?
If you would find this SW, it would be great..
Thanks
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Doubles
Legend
No, it's an old white grip that HEAD put on their old rackets. It just looks like lead because it's grimey and slimy from him sweating...
Doubles
Legend
Exactly, that's what it is supposed to look like...
