JGads
G.O.A.T.
RHs,
Okay, it's official. As of now I'm a Wilsonian. I'm hanging up my APDs. The PD can find another home. Just back from a session of drilling and practice, and, well, my mind's made up now. Time to focus exclusively on the J100. No more distractions and diversions. The J is a very interesting frame that, as others have noted, differs only slightly from the PD and APD, but it differs enough, and just plain suits me. Which brings me on to this...
Finally I am about to check out Pacific Gut/MSV, and, having decided at long last which frame I want to check it out in, I'm just wondering what tensions people would advise in my Juice 100? I obviously don't want a rocket launcher, and it's a powerful racket of course. For some kind of reference, I've lately been using TB/N.Vy (and liking it) at 50/54 lbs.
Cheers
Congrats, Rossy Boy! Good luck on the Juicing, my friend.
JGads,
You must be super sensitive to rackets. Whenever I buy 3 sticks, I can't tell the difference between them.
I am. SUPER super sensitive. It leads to mental issues. The frames I got from you -- with same overgrip, one's 12.0, the other 12.2. The 12.2 is my preferred one, actually seems to swing lighter than the 12.0 because a tad more HL.
Folks these pro stock frames are the same as retail. They just weight and balance differently. There is nothing magical besides maybe a different flex point and also the specs. Here is my point.
Gads, get a scale. Trust me. Maybe you already have one. If you don't buy one immediately. It will save you so much headache.
Next move. Get a mg radical mp. They are super cheap now. Match it to your pro stock stick and use as a backup. You only need 2 18x20 frames and can mainly use your pro stock stick. Crisis averted.
Gadsy's TGK sure feels like it's been sprinkled w/ magic pixie dust because the feel is sublime. super smooth and buttery with just the right about of flex. and that was with a full bed of WC SS. my PS85 strung w/ VS gut/Alu Power delivered 80% of this sensation. i have not been able to achieve that magical feel in any other stick. even the PT630 doesn't come close.
Actually I have a MG Radical MP. in stock form, it doesn't feel anything like Gadsy's pro stock stick. doesn't have that plush, buttery smooth, solid feel at all. i CAP'd it and added some lead to the handle and in the butt cap. feels closer to the pro stock now, but maybe 70% there but still not the same.
Yeah, I know it sounds like we're spouting fairy tales, but MD describes it accurately. There's a reason why I always think (and write) 'touched by God' when I hit with this thing.. Feel wise, it's simply sublime. And we have tried to get down to the bottom of the 'turn a MG Rad into the TGK' idea and... it's just not the same frame...Even at the same or similar weight (though the TGK is extended by .5 inch) - the frame feels different, and the ball reacts differently too. You'd have to feel the way this thing, well, feels. It's almost impossible to describe just how luscious and buttery it is. The guy I got it from, he had a bag full of pro stocks. I got to hit with his H22. THAT thing felt, to me, simply like a KBlade 98 with silicone in the handle and a little added weight to it (which there was - lead beneath bumper), but the 'feel' was essentially just like the KBlade with the added punch. This TGK feels totally different from any MG Rad I've tried (and I do like the MG Rad), and more heavenly than any Head stick I've ever hit with. It can't just be silicone and such. Layup has to be different. PP, one day I will come to Florida, we'll hit, and you will feel the light. This thing is just unreal in the feel department.
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