As some of you may remember...I was having some problems with my Angular One.

Long story short (with a bit of rhyming) it was great when it went straight; play swing and it's a dead thing.

Jeff along with other forum members recommended adjusting the cover.  I was hesitant to do this for several reasons.  One being it was new ball, and I wanted to really work with it before deciding to adjust the cover.  It's just how I do things, normally adjusting the cover is a last resort.  Secondly, Ebonite seems t have a "break-in" period on their coverstocks.  

I was right about the "break-in"...it just took longer than usual.

Here's an update with about 3-4 weeks in league and around a couple dozen practice games:

The ball is still great playing straight up.  The big difference is the swing line.  It goes longer than anything I have in my bag (SR300 and Xcel Pearl).  It is clean and continuous on pretty much everything I have played as of late (though I still prefer the Xcel as the shot breaks down).  

I am very impressed by the versatility.  I can play straight up then move way in and still get it to the same breakpoint.  The ball comes in strong...I've been stoning more 8s and 9s than I can ever remember.

Needless to say, this ball is quickly becoming the favorite.  

The house put out a new shot thats pretty much a flood.  Everyone's equipment is a dart on this shot.  Overall averages around down 20-30 pins.  This ball is still the only ball I've seen that can come back on that shot.  It's definitely the only ball that can be played deep inside and still have enough to come back.

In short...in OOB finish after a few games-this ball just plain rocks.

Lorok-I played on several shots of varying oil conditions with the ball.  I was able to get the ball to finish strongly playing straight up...which I loved.  It wouldn't have the same result moving in...which I hated.  Now it does both.

mrbowlingnut-there is still hardly a track worn in on the ball.  I had avoided playing a swing, and one day during practice...I just tried it and got a whole new reaction.

Maybe it's just differing philosophies.  I prefer to adjust my release/speed etc and try to work with the ball.  In addition to all that, I have had horrible results altering the surface prep.  I used to have my proshop operator do it all the time when the ball wasn't quite right.  I can only think of 1 ball that actually worked well after the coverstock adjustment.  The rest were sold.

So you may laugh at my apparent ignorance or stubborness not to change the cover, but I have plenty of reasons not to.  In the end I still got the reactions I was looking for without having to go through all that.

I am still amazed at how well this ball controls the lanes and makes the  holding turn....so far its 10 for 10 with people who love it out this way....
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Edited on 1/17/2007 6:31 PM