For review purposes, I put more than average revs on the ball, and have average speed.  My PAP is 4 3/4 X 1/2 down.  Therefore, I have an inverted track.  This creates early roll which is why in most reviews you will read that the layouts of my equipment will be no less than 4 X 4.

Got my L test ball a few weeks ago. Have about 40 or so games on it now. Drilled 4x4. Lane condition - Synthetic - Heavier oil blended to about 37 feet. Stripped backends for some games.  Carrydown for others.  

Compared to the Rock Star, which is what our rep said it would be closeest to, the Classic Rock turns up much harder on the backend. It ended up being about 4 more boards on the approach and 4 more boards on the lane more than my Rock Star. The Classic Rock gets through the heads well mostly because it comes shined. Has great hitting power like the entire line of Rock balls.

As for length, both balls are pretty long. As I stated before, the main difference is in the backend reaction of the two balls, regardless of whether there is carrydown or not. In fact, I found the Classic Rock to handle carrydown better than the Rock Star. My Rock Star tends to keep skidding past my breakpoint at times, while the Classic Rock still hooks up.   

So far, so good with the Classic Rock.  Good length, good recovery from the outside.  With that said, tugging this ball is not a good thing.  It has so much strong backend reaction that tugging is not recommended.  But hey, you can't have everything.  :-)  

Alright, just picked up this ball from Chris at Buddie Pro Shop - thanks!  I'm  right handed, top weight 3-3/4 oz, 3-4" pin fron cg, I have the cg siting in the palm of my hand and the pin just above and to the right of my ring finger.

I ordered this ball Thursday, got yesterday and had it drilled immediately. Couldn't wait to throw it.  Well, let me tell ya, right out of the box I shot 247!  This ball has a nice smooth arc to it and for a particle ball it gets down the lane pretty well.  I shot over the middle of the lane going out to 20.  On one occassion I missed completely and went out to 5 and this baby recovered beautifully with enough power to scatter the pins on a light hit.  Second game wasn't that hot with a 190  - I bowl in a Friday night league at 9:30 where the nearest oil in the house is at the deep fryer at the snack bar!!  I then had to go with my Ti Pearl Messenger in the last game for a 244.  I am really pleased with the Classic Rock and look forward to using it more often this summer with better conditions.  I give this a 9 out of 10.

My "L" Classic Rock test ball had the pin out 2 inches from the cg and had about 2.75 top weight before drilling.  I drilled this ball with basically a 4X4 layout.  With my low track, this ball will look kinda like the following:

       O  O P

         +  cg


         O

This is very crude, but you get the idea. Pin is about 4 1/4 inches with the cg in a strong or stacked position.

For me this ball has great length and a very snappy back end motion.  The motion is continuous through the pins, which I like.  The ball hit very hard.  In the box finish, which is shiny, the Classic Rock seems a little limited in it's effective use range.  The shiny got it down the lane, but it seemed to flare so much that it was trying to roll early.  It seemed to get an over/under reaction on fresh oil.

2 things:

1.  Just a little surface, red scotch brite by hand, made this ball much better on fresh/oily lanes.  I just could NOT stop striking!  No over/under.  Good hitting power.  But like I said, the high flare tended to dry up the heads.

2.  Using the ball shiny when there is still some head oil in the middle and the rest of the lane has broken down some, this ball has terrific area, back end motion and hitting power.

I like this ball, but, why?  If you shine the crap out of your Rock On, then you have a ball similar to the Classic Rock.  If you dull up the Classic, then you have a Rock On.  Too similar for most bowlers.  I think this ball is pretty nice, I could use it well on different lane conditions with the proper surface adjustments.  Had great power and carry.  Cleared the front part well on oil, but was a little jumpy when the fronts went away.

BTW, this ball tested on Brunswick synthetic lanes on most all lane conditions available.

Hope this helps ya.......



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Mike Austin
Mike Austin's Precision Pro Shop
Houston, TX
strikes4days@aol.com

I just had my Classic Rock drilled for me on 5/23/01. I am not up to speed on all the different drill patterns, but my pin is place just above my ring finger off to the right, with my cg 2" below my ring finger.  With this drill, the ball goes long and snaps back on the back end ( Hard ).
I am a 210 average bowler at my house. I have never bowled a 300 game, but when I started using the Classic Rock, I bowled my first 300 with in the first 3 games of throwing this ball. This ball is 100% predictable, just hit your mark and score every time. I rate this ball a 10 out of 10.

i have had this ball for about a month i have thrown 2 300's and my high sereies 855. I got this ball drilled with 12o'clock pin which lets me get the most length out of it with some killer backend, and this ball is very veersatile. When the lanes are flodded i can play straight up the boards, and when the lanes are dry i can swing it out. The carry of the ball is great i leave very few ten pins or single pins on good clean pocket shots.  Overall this ball is the complete package I recommend this ball for anybody that creates alot revs on their ball

Drilled for a right handed tweener.  Strong side roll, med speed and revs.

Specs:

2" Pin
3 oz. TW
Out of box surface (shiny)

Customer was looking for something as a benchmark.  Looking for strong, midlane movement for medium to heavy oil.  Even though this is a strong particle, I felt that something that would rev up early would give a more predicatable reaction.  

I ended up putting the CG 1" from the PAP and the pin in a leverage position.  I kept the pin closer to the midline (1" above) to tame the reaction.  Drilled the weight out 1" past the PAP for a little more zing.

One thing I can safely say about this ball is that when it transitions from skid to roll, you can definitely tell.  Bowling on a sport conditon (42' Christmas tree) the ball cleared the heads nicely and began to rev up quickly.  Not too much longer, the Classic Rock kicked in and began to dig.  However, the move is smooth and not jerky, something that the customer was happy to see.  

The overall look is a big arc and a big hit.  This ball hit like a truck...a really big, heavy truck.  After 3 games or so, we had to start bumping in, but the Classic kept making a nice move.  We also tried it on a house condition and got much the same reaction.  We did get a pleasant surprise in that the ball didn't seem to read the dry backends as hard as we thought it would.  Again, we kept getting the same big arc no matter how deep we got.

This was the first Classic I have drilled, but I doubt it will be the last.  Out of the box, this ball is an excellent performer on medium to oily lanes.  I can only imagine what it would do with some surface tweaks on some real oil.

FOLLOW UP REVIEW

As previously stated, this ball has great backend, but what I failed to mention was the fact taht it isn't a heavy oil ball.  I'm sure with a dull surface it could tackle a semi-flood.  Through my experience, this ball is great shined on a typical house shot.  This is my foundation ball when I bowl in a house that I'm not familiar with.  Although have I haven't seen many games over 250 with this ball, it's very consistent and predictable.  This is a must have for all of my fellow Columbia fans.