mtommer
Hall of Fame
Yeah 100%. Most "pro stock" are just what they grew up using/preferred as they became young adults. Same case for coric and the "new generation."
Pro stocks really aren't anything special beyond being non retail. You can find ultra light retail sticks ideal for modification. Sometimes newer frames are similar enough that players just switch to them out right.
It's amazing how many people don't want to believe your first point.
To add to your second point, it's not hard to pull ten or twenty frames off of the production line and have them cut to a different length than the retail version as well as being drilled for a different string pattern. Then, you throw them back on the line to have them painted the "retail" colorway and ship them to the player. Now, does that mean that this is what happens? Perhaps but it's not "fact".