What are the benefits of a multi main/syn gut cross hybrid?

[TheStrenuousLife]

One of the pros at my shop tends to use Head Velocity Main and Diadem Synthetic Gut cross hybrid. She goes mid tension for the main, and 1-2 pounds lower for the cross.

What is the benefit of a Velocity main/Diadem cross strung with a 1-2 pound differential?

 

[ChanterRacquet]

Sounds like a great question for the pro?

I play the other way around: multi/poly though trying my first multifeel/velocity hybrid today. Idea is to have a slick cross so the crosses don’t shred as the mains rub against them.

Velocity is such an oddball multi, hard to say why the pro is velocity/syn gut.

 

[devoker]

I had hoped the snapback would be better than fb multi but this was the result.
Velocity mains/gosen ogsm crosses

 

[tele]

I had hoped the snapback would be better than fb multi but this was the result.
Velocity mains/gosen ogsm crosses

if you are focused on snapback, the slickest of whatever two strings you are using (in this case velocity) should be in the crosses. however, i dont think ogsm mains/velocity crosses would beat fb velocity in terms of spin.

 

[LOBALOT]

Not a huge fan of this combo or any multi/syn gut combo for that matter. This is exactly why.

 

[SlowTiger]

1 possiblity is to save $, 2nd probability is the tends to break crosses first.

 

[Winners or Errors]

There are a few slick enough synthetic guts to make this work, but from my experience the coating wears off so quickly it's not worth it. Just go with a smooth poly cross.

 

[MinDango]

There are a few slick enough synthetic guts to make this work, but from my experience the coating wears off so quickly it's not worth it. Just go with a smooth poly cross.

I've tried so many syn gut crosses and it always locks up. Have you tried Technifibre syn gut though? The coating on their multis tends to somehow retain snapback so maybe their syn guts are similar. It's the only one I've left to try.

 

[oldmanyellingatcloud]

I play OGSM 17 natural at 55 X Velocity 17 blue at 53 in 95" 18x20 Head racquets. I get pretty good access to spin and power, but the only reason I thought to do this was because I got really high each time I sat down to read the Velocity thread. I don't know how much difference I'd be able to gather from doing the opposite mains and crosses, but I'd still string OGSM at 55 and V at 53.

 

[princemidplus]

I don't see any point in having syn gut crosses if you snap back. With syn gut crosses you will always have to straighten your strings when playing.

So the only other reason I could think of is cost factor. The multi is already soft so it can't be to soften the string bed. Syn gut is much cheaper than multis so by using syn gut crosses you get a similar outcome to full bed multi at a lower cost.

I don't think it would be more or less durable either. Must come down to cost.

 

[fuzz nation]

One of the pros at my shop tends to use Head Velocity Main and Diadem Synthetic Gut cross hybrid. She goes mid tension for the main, and 1-2 pounds lower for the cross.

What is the benefit of a Velocity main/Diadem cross strung with a 1-2 pound differential?

The theoretical benefit for this pro could be that she gets better control/consistency using this hybrid compared with a full bed of multi. But she still retains most of the softness that comes with the Velocity, since most of us are under the impression that the main strings in a hybrid dominate the feel and performance of the string bed. While some players might get this by using a poly cross with a softer main, others may wish to avoid the poly options completely... myself included (but I string my own frames with full beds of syn. gut).

I think that these hybrids using different soft strings are a mixed bag though. Unless you find a specific combo that really clicks for you, it's apparently a little bit of a gamble. Some pairings get along okay, but other don't - they can be a little grippy against each other instead of sliding over each other with relative ease, which most folks want with a hybrid.

The differential in tension with that pro's setup you mentioned is probably because the syn. gut cross is just a little more stiff than the Velocity mains, so dropping a pound or two gets the overall firmness of the string bed closer to a full bed of Velocity... in theory. Sometimes just trying this or that with various tensions can produce something that seems "right".