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JessN16

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Getting an old TPC Player...how does it compare...
« on: August 23, 2006, 05:17:28 AM »
...to newer Ebonite stuff? What characteristics are its strong suit? Thanks for any help someone can provide.

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KDawg77

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Re: Getting an old TPC Player...how does it compare...
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2006, 01:22:59 PM »
I can't compare it, but it's a particle pearl ball for medium conditions with good midlane and backend reaction. It's an excellent ball.
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KDawg77

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Re: Getting an old TPC Player...how does it compare...
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2006, 01:48:08 PM »
Yeah, I saw that afterwrads. It has PET sparkles in it and that threw me off. It's still a good ball
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Re: Getting an old TPC Player...how does it compare...
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2006, 10:40:32 PM »
Good control, i could never get a whole lot of "pop" at the pins with mine. Drilled it pin under bridge, so it might have been that.
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JessN16

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Re: Getting an old TPC Player...how does it compare...
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2006, 12:07:58 AM »
Thanks for the responses. It sounds like an excellent "first-ball-out-of-the-bag" type of ball, which is what I was hoping for. We've got some weirdness going on with our local center's standard fall league shot that makes ultra-angular balls too jumpy and strong at the breakpoint, sanded balls too strong up front. Something that power arcs is what I'd really like to get, and at the price I found this Player (it's used), I'd be a fool not to take a chance on it.

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Re: Getting an old TPC Player...how does it compare...
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2006, 03:36:34 AM »
The TPC Player is a nice ball, and the wacky core reacts very well to hand changes. I found mine (drilled label leverage, sanded to 800 grit) to be a very nice control piece on medium-oily shots.

On fresh lanes, this one was (sold it recently) great to play down-and-in across 2nd arrow, or deeper when the pattern was short or the oil slowly dissipated. With the coarse finish, it was very smooth but needed head oil to work properly - but no wonder. Good ball, the Trimax coverstock reacts well to surface changes, and also a great complement to the TPC Shooter which I liked very much, too.

From today's standards, I think it would fit in the Time series or "scratch" the performance of the new Premier balls. I guess the No Limit is quite similar, maybe a touch stronger.
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