gasquet racquet????

[THAAS909]

SonyOpenTennis posted a photo of Richard and i know he doesnt use the Extreme, but is he still using the Instinct under the Paint job??? This frame looks very similar to some current yonex frames..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bjman5oCYAAXT4d.jpg:large

Anyone know FOR SURE what he is really using currently??:-?:-?:-?:-?

 

[Doubles]

Yeah. The Instinct Tour XL without the ridges.

 

[Seth]

Yeah. The Instinct Tour XL without the ridges.

Yep, as confirmed on several occasions by vsbabolat.

 

[WhereIsMacMac]

Oh great, he's got the leather grip all the way up now

 

[robbo1970]

I do like the new polo shirts too. Very smart.

 

[Devil_dog]

Wonder if Gasquet will run into inventory issues like Delpo did with his sticks or is there a stockpile buried somewhere in Austria?

 

[Meriko]

Wonder if Gasquet will run into inventory issues like Delpo did with his sticks or is there a stockpile buried somewhere in Austria?

I imagine Head still makes them for him, so I doubt he'll ever run out. The only reason Delpo is nearly out is because he refuses to use any new sticks/new paintjobs made for him.

 

[Seth]

Wonder if Gasquet will run into inventory issues like Delpo did with his sticks or is there a stockpile buried somewhere in Austria?

I doubt it. They obviously worked with him last year when he moved from ridges to no ridges. I guess as long as he keeps the updated cosmetics they'll continue supplying.

If not, I'll let him borrow my three.

 

[SpinToWin]

I imagine Head still makes them for him, so I doubt he'll ever run out. The only reason Delpo is nearly out is because he refuses to use any new sticks/new paintjobs made for him.

I doubt it. They obviously worked with him last year when he moved from ridges to no ridges. I guess as long as he keeps the updated cosmetics they'll continue supplying.

If not, I'll let him borrow my three.

Actually they made the exact same racquet for him with new cosmetics (as for many pros), however Del Potro said they felt different and that he didn't like them. This probably is because the graphite in his racquets is broken down a bit due to their frequent and intense use, giving the racquets a different feel.

 

[Seth]

Actually they made the exact same racquet for him with new cosmetics (as for many pros), however Del Potro said they felt different and that he didn't like them. This probably is because the graphite in his racquets is broken down a bit due to their frequent and intense use, giving the racquets a different feel.

It's not the exact same, as his old frames featured the Liquidmetal ridges, whereas his current frames do not.

But I get what you're saying.

 

[movdqa]

Wonder if Gasquet will run into inventory issues like Delpo did with his sticks or is there a stockpile buried somewhere in Austria?

His frames with old PJs come up on SF from time to time for sale so I'm sure Head makes new frames for him.

 

[vsbabolat]

It's not the exact same, as his old frames featured the Liquidmetal ridges, whereas his current frames do not.

But I get what you're saying.

I always said those ridges were just decoration.

 

[WhereIsMacMac]

Anyone cut open a "liquidmetal" ridge?

 

[Seth]

I always said those ridges were just decoration.

I wish my Tour XLs didn't have ridges.

 

[nctennis9]

I wish my Tour XLs didn't have ridges.

Sand them down and repaint.

 

[floydcouncil]

FACT:
No one here knows exactly what RG uses.

 

[keischen]

FACT:
No one here knows exactly what RG uses.

He uses a liquid metal instinct xl, another french player (Prodon) plays with the same except in 18/19 when Gasquet has 16/19.
Head took off the ridges on all of the rackets but it is the same as before. It has no impact on the frame.

 

[ultradr]

Somebody wants to heat a backhand like Gasquet's?

 

[Mac33]

He was interviewed once by Pat Rafter who took a look at his racquet,commenting on the huge butt cap he uses.

 

[mmk]

Should the title of this thread be read "Gas-Kay Ra-Kay"?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

 

[8744]

Ouquet......

 

[Seth]

Richie is following his instincts.

So raw. So animalistic.

 

[rossi46]

Gasquet's head is massive.

 

[Seth]

Gasquet's head is massive.

...very clever. -_-

Pity he had to pull out of Monte Carlo.

 

[Big John]

Gasquet is using pt167a.

 

[Nostradamus]

Yeah. The Instinct Tour XL without the ridges.

No, it is widely known that he is using PT 167

 

[Seth]

Gasquet is using pt167a.

No, it is widely known that he is using PT 167

Wrong on both accounts.

Gasquet uses the Head Liquidmetal Instinct Tour XL without the Liquidmetal ridges, also known as the PT161. Frame is 27.5 inches with a 16x19 pattern.

Crazy how many times this has been explained, yet still some continually get it wrong.

Here's the archived page of Gasquet's frame from Tennis Warehouse back in 2004:

https://web.archive.org/web/20041215062539/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/descpageRCHEAD-HITXL.html

 

[Big John]

A friend of mine has his actual racquet and is hitting with it now, you are quite right, until recently, he used pt 161, I've had plenty of them and love the racquet. He started with the 18 19 and then changed to the 16 19.

Apparently the one without the ridges is pt167a in open pattern. Made sense that he changed, that was a pretty obvious paintjob.. Never seen this racquet, want to get my hands on some.

Apparently there is a small leather grip wrapped over itself on the buttcap and then a longer one over that so 1 1/2 leather grips in total. Overall weight 373 grams strung with overgrip and dampener, 27.5 long, balance 31.3. TK 82 pallet in grip size 4, two strips of lead under the bumper and silicone in the handle.

That's a pretty unique setup.. Can't believe you'd take a Fedace post seriously but there you go. 2004 was a long time ago, about ten years actually!

 

[Seth]

A friend of mine has his actual racquet and is hitting with it now, you are quite right, until recently, he used pt 161, I've had plenty of them and love the racquet. He started with the 18 19 and then changed to the 16 19.

Apparently the one without the ridges is pt167a in open pattern. Made sense that he changed, that was a pretty obvious paintjob.. Never seen this racquet, want to get my hands on some.

Apparently there is a small leather grip wrapped over itself on the buttcap and then a longer one over that so 1 1/2 leather grips in total. Overall weight 373 grams strung with overgrip and dampener, 27.5 long, balance 31.3. TK 82 pallet in grip size 4, two strips of lead under the bumper and silicone in the handle.

That's a pretty unique setup.. Can't believe you'd take a Fedace post seriously but there you go. 2004 was a long time ago, about ten years actually!

Thanks for the post. That information is new. Appreciate the specs as well.

Care to get pictures of your friend's PT167A? I'd love to see it.

EDIT: The PT167A is a Flexpoint Radical pro stock with the actual Flexpoint holes. Are you trolling, Big John (not that there's anything wrong with that)?

 

[Big John]

No, definitely not trolling. I've got some old pt167a's myself but in tight pattern.

My friend that has this has got way more pro stocks than I do, no reason to doubt him and that's what he told me.

I think some of these older Heads custom drilled with open patterns at 27.5 could play great, will try and get my hands on either his or some more. I know some guys in France that see Gasquet train at RG, will ask them..

I wouldn't have a clue how they made the flexpoint back in the day, perhaps the holes were drilled in later, maybe VS will know?

Those specs sound a lot more reasonable than those really light ones that Greg Raven came up with a while back, Gasquet's ball is so heavy having watched him live, not sure you can do that with a really light racquet?

That Flexpoint Radical Tour was a hell of good stick btw..

 

[HRB]

WOW..that photo is awesome, I'm keeping it as definitive proof for some of the stubborn paint job "refuseniks" who still hold onto the fantasy that players use the sticks they endorse. That frame is so not an Extreme, which has that signature odd shaped wide head, like it was "squished" from the top.

 

[marosmith]

Thanks for the post. That information is new. Appreciate the specs as well.

Care to get pictures of your friend's PT167A? I'd love to see it.

EDIT: The PT167A is a Flexpoint Radical pro stock with the actual Flexpoint holes. Are you trolling, Big John (not that there's anything wrong with that)?

I have three PT167a's. It's a radical pro stock with the real flex point hole (although you can't see through it). Nothing even similar to an instinct tour xl.

 

[marosmith]

No, definitely not trolling. I've got some old pt167a's myself but in tight pattern.

My friend that has this has got way more pro stocks than I do, no reason to doubt him and that's what he told me.

I think some of these older Heads custom drilled with open patterns at 27.5 could play great, will try and get my hands on either his or some more. I know some guys in France that see Gasquet train at RG, will ask them..

I wouldn't have a clue how they made the flexpoint back in the day, perhaps the holes were drilled in later, maybe VS will know?

Those specs sound a lot more reasonable than those really light ones that Greg Raven came up with a while back, Gasquet's ball is so heavy having watched him live, not sure you can do that with a really light racquet?

That Flexpoint Radical Tour was a hell of good stick btw..

Pretty sure all head pro stocks come at a 27.5" hairpin length and are cut down from there.

 

[vsbabolat]

No, definitely not trolling. I've got some old pt167a's myself but in tight pattern.

My friend that has this has got way more pro stocks than I do, no reason to doubt him and that's what he told me.

I think some of these older Heads custom drilled with open patterns at 27.5 could play great, will try and get my hands on either his or some more. I know some guys in France that see Gasquet train at RG, will ask them..

I wouldn't have a clue how they made the flexpoint back in the day, perhaps the holes were drilled in later, maybe VS will know?

Those specs sound a lot more reasonable than those really light ones that Greg Raven came up with a while back, Gasquet's ball is so heavy having watched him live, not sure you can do that with a really light racquet?

That Flexpoint Radical Tour was a hell of good stick btw..

PT167A is the Flexpoint Radical Tour as far as I know and that is no mass these days. As far as I know Gasquet has used the LM Instinct Tour XL for the last 10 years and the only change is the elimination of the LM Ridges and don't know if that warrants a new code. I have seen the new LM Instinct without the ridges (Held one with a IG instinct PJ in person but did not take the pallet off to see the code). Also Gasquet never used the Flexpoint Instinct or the paint job of one.

AS for the Flexpoints. The dimples are molded into the frame and then there is supposedly a hole drilled in the middle of the dimple. On the Prestige's you could not see through the hole. On the Flexpoint Radical MP and Oversize you could see through the hole.

 

[marosmith]

PT167A is the Flexpoint Radical Tour as far as I know and that is no mass these days. As far as I know Gasquet has used the LM Instinct Tour XL for the last 10 years and the only change is the elimination of the LM Ridges and don't know if that warrants a new code. I have seen the new LM Instinct without the ridges (Held one with a IG instinct PJ in person but did not take the pallet off to see the code). Also Gasquet never used the Flexpoint Instinct or the paint job of one.

AS for the Flexpoints. The dimples are molded into the frame and then there is supposedly a hole drilled in the middle of the dimple. On the Prestige's you could not see through the hole. On the Flexpoint Radical MP and Oversize you could see through the hole.

Nope just a plain old radical MP 18/20 frame. You can't see through the hole.

 

[vsbabolat]

Nope just a plain old radical MP 18/20 frame. You can't see through the hole.

On my Flexpoint Radical MP you could see through the hole. There was like a rubber membrane and I put a piece of scrap string through it.

 

[Big John]

I've emailed my man, will report back with what he says.. I, like you, was aware he used pt 161. I always thought that the liquidmetal ridges actually had another material in them that was heavier to stabilise the frame, the story I was told that to manufacture them was expensive and that's why they dropped them?

Not sure therefore if you can just 'remove' the ridges, has anyone cut into a liquidmetal to find out?

 

[vsbabolat]

I've emailed my man, will report back with what he says.. I, like you, was aware he used pt 161. I always thought that the liquidmetal ridges actually had another material in them that was heavier to stabilise the frame, the story I was told that to manufacture them was expensive and that's why they dropped them?

Not sure therefore if you can just 'remove' the ridges, has anyone cut into a liquidmetal to find out?

The ridges would be something in the mold and can be easily omitted. It was there supposedly for stability and to expand the sweet spot with liquedmetal titanium in the matrix at those locations. Now if you believe the marketing then that's your business.

 

[Big John]

Mystery solved, pt161A. Apparently the pt16'1'A looked like a '7'..

So they've taken the ridges off and called it a pt161A, so there you have it..

 

[Seth]

Mystery solved, pt161A. Apparently the pt16'1'A looked like a '7'..

So they've taken the ridges off and called it a pt161A, so there you have it..

Mystery solved.

 

[marosmith]

On my Flexpoint Radical MP you could see through the hole. There was like a rubber membrane and I put a piece of scrap string through it.

I'm sure on retail one it is, not on the PT167a