Ashaway MonoGut ZX & MonoGut ZX Pro (black) Playtest!

[SpinToWin]

I was using gut/zx. vs/ lux and it was great. But I changed some strokes and started ripping the ball and shredded the gut in 10 min after I went to a western fh. you will probably dismiss this but I went from gut mains to kevlar mains at a much lower tension (about 20lbs) and that was the ticket. Durability and you could swing out. A bit less spin I think and less power for sure.

No option for me Shroud, I'm very careful with the elbow.

 

[Shroud]

No option for me Shroud, I'm very careful with the elbow.

See I told you!!!

Fair enough, but i had te for a while and played through it all the time with kevlar mains. Its fine now. I also have some slight GE that I picked up from using a 445g ps85 with gut/lux (whatever fed uses). Its gotten better with the switch to a different racket and kevlar. Its technically still there and if I would do my exercises or take a few weeks off it would be gone. But the stiff racket and kevlar don't make it worse, and I can play with no issues.

Said another way, if you think of it, most of the "kevlar killed my arm" reports were using kev/syngut and the stringbed was locked. So on the initial impact the string bed didnt give much, so your arm did. But nowadays with the smooth soft strings like zx you can get a more cushioned response and the kevlar can give. And add in a tension differential as you do and the actual tensions get much lower because of the frame squashing and the kevlar's stiffness. And if you do it with a flexy racket like the PS85, you can get an "archer bow" effect and the spin is amazing and the frame flexing cancels some shock. Travlerajm and Unothordox stringing talk about that effect and how arm friendly it can be.

 

[CopolyX]

Sorry still unclear on the process of signing up for a play test. Could someone please spell in out to me or point me a clear thread the lays out the steps. Or do I need more coffee?

 

[djNEiGht]

Sorry still unclear on the process of signing up for a play test. Could someone please spell in out to me or point me a clear thread the lays out the steps. Or do I need more coffee?

Watch out for playtest threads. When they pop up follow directions in the first post.

 

[CopolyX]

THANK YOU DjNEiGht!