Is Gosen Micro Super a good replacement for Kirschbaum SG?
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tennis347
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Absolutely, the Gosen OG Sheep Micro is one of the best inexpensive synthetic strings on the market. Good all around playability with decent durability without the high price. It has been my string of choice for many years!!
1HBHfanatic
Legend
i always thought the gosen.SG to be crisper and the kirschbaum.SG softer/dampened
Muppet
Legend
The main properties I'm looking for to transfer from the KSG to the new string is soft feel and smooth coating. I have a reel of Pro's Pro Gold Spiral and a set of Solinco Pro Stacked, but these are different than the KSG. KSG is more like an OGSM that is a little softer and more slippery and mildly more muted.. The Gold Spiral lends an interesting soft feel to a string bed with the aramid thread running through it. Pro Stacked 1.30 feels quite fat and the next size down is 1.20.
1HBHfanatic
Legend
pros pro has 3 types of syn.guts that I got to try
pp.syn.gut.power, soft/dampened
pp.syn.gut, middle of the road, predictable
pp.syn.gut #x, crisper
pp.syn.gut.power, soft/dampened
pp.syn.gut, middle of the road, predictable
pp.syn.gut #x, crisper
Muppet
Legend
That's what I think too. But there's another string called OG Micro Super that might be what I'm looking for.
Muppet
Legend
If you like PSGD, try Pro's Pro Gold Spiral 16 for 1 cent.
1HBHfanatic
Legend
g.og.sheep.MICRO is what ive always tried!
I guess im not familiar with g.og.sheep.micro.SUPER, haaa
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Muppet
Legend
It's this one, at TW:
Gosen OG Sheep Micro Super 16L/1.25 String White | Tennis Warehouse
www.tennis-warehouse.com
jwocky
Rookie
@Muppet and (iirc @fuzz nation is (was) a fan of KSG)
Kirschbaum is taking their synthetic gut off the market.
On Dec 20 from them:
"Yes, kirschbaum has replaced all its synthetic guts, for a new generation of soft polyesters like Xplosive speed or Pro line evolution"
"No more reels in the worked, not even un (sic) the factory"
I play with PL Evolution and used Xplosive Speed for the TW play test - not sure why SG is being killed off. Neither PLE nor Speed are comparable to KSG in comfort and play durability - my opinion, with confirmation from the specific user group for whom I have strung both PLE and KSG (with lower ref tension on the PLE, etc.)
Kirschbaum is taking their synthetic gut off the market.
On Dec 20 from them:
"Yes, kirschbaum has replaced all its synthetic guts, for a new generation of soft polyesters like Xplosive speed or Pro line evolution"
"No more reels in the worked, not even un (sic) the factory"
I play with PL Evolution and used Xplosive Speed for the TW play test - not sure why SG is being killed off. Neither PLE nor Speed are comparable to KSG in comfort and play durability - my opinion, with confirmation from the specific user group for whom I have strung both PLE and KSG (with lower ref tension on the PLE, etc.)
Muppet
Legend
I hope the SG re-surfaces at Pro's Pro.
fuzz nation
G.O.A.T.
Thanks - that's an interesting move. Hopefully not a trend throughout the industry.
Muppet
Legend
what's BITD?
Rabbit
G.O.A.T.
You should try either Babolat's synthetic gut or Gamma's. Both have a really slick outer coating on them. And both are on the softer side of synthetic guts. I would advise getting the regular version of either, not the longer lasting one like Prince Duraflex.
Gamma's is here:
Gamma Synthetic Gut 17/1.25 String Reel - 720' | Tennis Warehouse
www.tennis-warehouse.com
Looks like TW is closing it out although I suspect it's everywhere.
and a big OOPS....TW no longer sells Babolat's regular synthetic gut. They just carry the SpiralTek version which is like Duraflex. But I would guess it's still available.
fuzz nation
G.O.A.T.
Before I got onto Kirschbaum's syn. gut, I was loving Tecnifibre for a while, but TW stopped carrying it. I stayed loyal to TW and started buying K-baum, but when they pulled the rug on their syn. gut I looked around and found reels of Tecnifibre through another store. Unfortunately I could only get the 17 ga. in black, but the 16 ga. was offered in black or natural (maybe gold?). No biggie aside from the coloring on the black version rubbing off on the strings just a little bit. I've seen worse.
The Tecnifibre SG seems to be rather close to the standard K-baum string, though probably not identical. I'm thinking that the K-baum was just slightly more soft, but I could be making that up. Gosen OGSM in the same gauge as these is definitely a notch or two more firm and crispy as far as I can tell, but I always have that string handy to use either for a basic durable full bed of SG or as a decent cross in a basic poly hybrid.
I think that if the Tecnifibre SG also disappeared entirely, I'd consider getting some Prince Original SG or maybe some Volkl Classic.
Muppet
Legend
I tried Gamma SG in 16g in the crosses, poly main and I didn't like it. It felt too hollow for me. I'm thinking now about AK Power in 1.29, or should I give up on Gosen for a Kirsch SG replacement?You should try either Babolat's synthetic gut or Gamma's. Both have a really slick outer coating on them. And both are on the softer side of synthetic guts. I would advise getting the regular version of either, not the longer lasting one like Prince Duraflex.
Gamma's is here:
Gamma Synthetic Gut 17/1.25 String Reel - 720' | Tennis Warehouse
Looks like TW is closing it out although I suspect it's everywhere.
and a big OOPS....TW no longer sells Babolat's regular synthetic gut. They just carry the SpiralTek version which is like Duraflex. But I would guess it's still available.
2nd Serve Ace
Hall of Fame
POSG is more comfortable and powerful than the other two but less spinny.
Do lightening XX and then you get the spinny as well. [emoji847]
Muppet
Legend
Thanks. I'll look into those.
