List of 80's Prince graphite racquets & info

goldenyama

Professional
I am looking at buying a few old-school Prince's, but there are soooo many 80's prince racquet models out there I have little idea which is which. I am going to start a list including the little info I know, I hope you guys can add to it or correct me where I'm wrong. Any info/stats/opinions would be appreciated!

I have only included the main models that I know, not longbody or other derivatives. Here goes...

Original Graphite
Black with green stripe(s)
100% graphite
Flex - 62ish
Comments:

Graphite II
Black & green
100% graphite
Flex - ?
Comments:

Graphite Comp
Black with light green stripes
Graphite & fibreglass
Flex - very soft?
Comments:

Power Pro
Black with green & thin yellow stripes
Graphite & fibreglass
Flex - very soft?
Comments:

Spectrum Comp
White
Graphite, ceramics and ?
Flex - ?
Comments:

Graphite Volley
Black with red stripe
Graphite ?
Flex - ?
Comments:

Pro
Colour - ?
Graphite & Carbon
Flex - ?
Comments:

Precision Pro
Green? Plastic throat
Graphite - ?
Flex - ?
Comments:

Tournament Graphite
Balck with light blue stripe
Graphite - ?
Flex - ?
Comments

Whew! There were a lot of 'em...and Im sure there are more I have missed. Thanks in advance!
 
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Z-Man

Professional
The Prince Pro was black aluminum with a gold stripe. I liked it at the time, but that was decades ago. Look for a spotless one because the thing would warp if you smacked it on the ground or against the fence.

The Graphite Pro was a sweet playing racquet. I still have one, and it plays great. It's black with one grey stripe. My OS is about 12.6oz and very flexible. It has fiberglass in it, hence the sweet flex. Hitting with it feels like you stop time and get an extra half second to adjust your follow through.
 

vsbabolat

G.O.A.T.
The Prince Graphite II came out in 1991.

The Prince Spectrum Comp was Graphite, Ceramic, Kevlar, and fiberglass.

With the Precision Pro do mean Precision Graphite that was a graphite and Fiberglass racquet with a plastic throat
 
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Deuce

Banned
With the Precision Pro do mean Precision Graphite that was a graphite and Fiberglass racquet with a plastic throat
The plastic throat on the Precision Graphite was eventually removed in favour of a regular throat.
I know this for a fact because I ordered two of these frames, and the store I ordered them from actually sent me one with the plastic throat, and one with the regular throat!
They both went back to the store - with a not so nice little note.
 
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