Played with the PST GT+ yesterday and I have to say... hmm... I'm seriously impressed... super-solid, lush and crisp (not incidentally quite how I'd normally choose to describe Babs :wink: ) must say, I'm REALLY liking the general feel and this combination just described very much indeed... imo, this is one of the few examples I've encountered where a modern frame, with modern tech, does indeed have some of that so-called 'classic' feel of some of the great frames of the past. Certainly an improvement on the older carbon-extreme, red/black PST I played a few years back for about 6 months (that bit of extra stiffness and solidity definitely does it for me.) However, I suppose the bigger issue for me is the fact that it's a plus-size frame...
I have had some experience with XL frames (PD+, Rad Tour TT XL), albeit to a mixed degree, and it was a while back. And though I loved both for their big hitting, big serving, b-line performance, I had some issues then that I can already tell are going to be issues now, as I seek to see if the PST GT+ is a real, genuine contender. I'm referring to the sense of not quite being tuned in and 'orientated' right re how it swings (obviously much more time with it would improve this), to being troubled by low balls struck close to me or balls that kick up quick and unexpectedly, and with the more deft, touch/feel aspects play.
Why I sense I'm ready to give this a good 'go' though (ie, a few months at least of trying to master the racket) is that, for one thing, my instinct is that my game hasn't quite been matched up to my choice of frames for quite a while ("No kidding!?" I hear you all cry out to one of the more obvious racketaholics on these boards!... :roll: )... listen... basically, I want to get away from the perhaps slightly more all court rackets (like the C10 Pro), and go for the bigger hitting, big serving, big b-liner rackets (whilst having a feel and build I can live with)... a frame that can dominate off a 2hbh, can hit a ton of topspin, and generally hit consistently very heavy and deep... and guess what? The PST GT+ does just that ...
So... just wondered who else has transitioned from standard to XL?... care to share a few thoughts and experiences?... any other users of the PST GT+?... please let's talk!... any ppl out there with time on the older PC+ (swirley)?... any truth in the assertion that the PST GT+ is fairly similar to it?
Thanks in advance,
R.
BTW, actually the racket was originally a standard length, but the original owner (our very own 'Meaghan') has extended it, expertly imo, by an extra . 5"... I honestly wouldn't know it wasn't originally an actual plus-size or had been extended and altered, unless someone told me.
BTW2... specs: 98" head-size... 360g (or so) strung with added weight at 9&3 (10g lead) and in butt with extension (5g) + Bab leather (10/15g?)... 27.5" long... 9 pts HL (or so)... SW is approx. 350... (Sorry for the vagueness there with the specs!)...
Frame strung with Alu Power @ 58 lbs...
I have had some experience with XL frames (PD+, Rad Tour TT XL), albeit to a mixed degree, and it was a while back. And though I loved both for their big hitting, big serving, b-line performance, I had some issues then that I can already tell are going to be issues now, as I seek to see if the PST GT+ is a real, genuine contender. I'm referring to the sense of not quite being tuned in and 'orientated' right re how it swings (obviously much more time with it would improve this), to being troubled by low balls struck close to me or balls that kick up quick and unexpectedly, and with the more deft, touch/feel aspects play.
Why I sense I'm ready to give this a good 'go' though (ie, a few months at least of trying to master the racket) is that, for one thing, my instinct is that my game hasn't quite been matched up to my choice of frames for quite a while ("No kidding!?" I hear you all cry out to one of the more obvious racketaholics on these boards!... :roll: )... listen... basically, I want to get away from the perhaps slightly more all court rackets (like the C10 Pro), and go for the bigger hitting, big serving, big b-liner rackets (whilst having a feel and build I can live with)... a frame that can dominate off a 2hbh, can hit a ton of topspin, and generally hit consistently very heavy and deep... and guess what? The PST GT+ does just that ...
So... just wondered who else has transitioned from standard to XL?... care to share a few thoughts and experiences?... any other users of the PST GT+?... please let's talk!... any ppl out there with time on the older PC+ (swirley)?... any truth in the assertion that the PST GT+ is fairly similar to it?
Thanks in advance,
R.
BTW, actually the racket was originally a standard length, but the original owner (our very own 'Meaghan') has extended it, expertly imo, by an extra . 5"... I honestly wouldn't know it wasn't originally an actual plus-size or had been extended and altered, unless someone told me.
BTW2... specs: 98" head-size... 360g (or so) strung with added weight at 9&3 (10g lead) and in butt with extension (5g) + Bab leather (10/15g?)... 27.5" long... 9 pts HL (or so)... SW is approx. 350... (Sorry for the vagueness there with the specs!)...
Frame strung with Alu Power @ 58 lbs...