I've been throwing these balls for the past week(Thanks alot Nick!) and they make a great 1-2 punch. I've thrown it at three distinctly different centers. One a wide open drier house shot. One is the same shot in my Goliath review, the other is a more tapered medium-light shot with flying backends.
Player Profile
Right handed
16.25 speed at 50 ft.
330-340 avg rpms(Was working on more revolutions tonight, estimated around 400-410. I plan on keeping this way.)
Lower track(PAP at 4 3/8ths over 1/8th up)
-Red Fuze First Impressions-
Drilling: 3 x 3, with weighthole in the finger positive quadrant to give more midlane.
Without the weighthole this ball was WAYYY too uncontrollable at the break. I'm not used to a ball covering 10 boards in 5 feet so this was some serious stuff for me. After bowling in the lighter condition wall, this ball was way too much at the first sign of dry, as well as the tapered block with the extreme backends. I took it to the shop and weighed it out. It was 1oz positive weight on the DOT! Wow, much too much and too erratic at the break for me. I popped in a 23/32 weighthole 1 1/2 inches above my PAP on the VAL and drilled it back to .200 oz positive weight to give me more read in the midlane and less jerk out of the dry.
What a difference 3/4ths of an ounce makes!(That's why I love this game). It's still super strong out of the dry, but much more controllable(I actually can read this sharp breakpoint now and adjust from it). Once my goliath burnt the track I went to this puppy and loved the reaction for 2 games. It seemed like I had unlimited area at the breakpoint and boy can this thing turn the corner. It's a good 5 boards more aggressive in the last 10-12 feet than my Inferno, but my inferno is about 5-8 feet earlier and stronger overall. It's a good step down , but on a fresh wide open house shot I could use either one. I'd probaly start out with the Fuze and when it becomes squirty, pull out the Inferno and get deeper. The hit was very nice(not as spectacular as Goliath, but very suitable to what I was looking for). Great Skid/Flip ball on fresher patterns for me with dry down the lane.
-Monster Scream/R First Impressions-
Drilling: 4 1/4 x 5, weighthole inside of the VAL for earlier flare
This is a very even rolling pearl with a ton of length. My Monster Slay/R is drilled 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 and it's rolling up out of my hand. This ball is significantly less than the Slay/R and gets excellent length. Compared to Raging Red, I was 12 boards right with this ball to be able to get it to the pocket. Lots of length with a readable transition out of the dry. Not jerky, but not lazy. I nice medium. Nick Smith said it best when he said it's a Pearlize Teal Rhino Pro. The hit was nice. Left a couple ringing dimes. May have needed more dry to get a little more drive through the hole to kick out the corners. It's going to be great on really late shifts and in the last game or two of my college tournaments when you're forced inside 5th arrow.
These two balls make a great 1-2 punch. I will be bowling fall leagues on a pretty wide open house shot when getting left and throwing right results in nothing under 660(assuming you miss half of your spares lol) so this is a great 1-2 punch on the cake house shot I will be bowling on. Send it right, watch it strike. Thanks alot N_Smith on the deal. A nice set of balls for me.
I am officially a Brunswick Man!
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