Post by: tcreevy on April 21, 2004, 06:00:17 AM
I have had several and my favorite is the V2( now V2 Sanded and still the first one out of my bag)and my least favorite was the Apex Intensity? What are yours and why?
Post by: tonybowls on April 21, 2004, 09:38:02 PM
Post by: ambi1 on April 22, 2004, 02:23:24 AM
Least like as got to be the Matrix TPS III, touted to be a heavy oil ball, but didn't move unless i drop to 14 mph..
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Post by: mumzie on April 22, 2004, 01:43:12 PM
My least favorite - all the rest.
I don't care for the look of Ebonite. Never thrown any, so I can't say for absolute certain, but I just don't like what I see.
Post by: Goof1073 on April 22, 2004, 01:47:06 PM
Least Favorite: The original Omega or anything with Acrylium....yuck!
Post by: Doug Sterner on April 22, 2004, 01:59:59 PM
I have not thrown any of the newer stuff so it is hard tro compare.
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Post by: Steven on April 22, 2004, 02:07:55 PM
A few years ago, I too had your thoughts about Ebonite -- had never owned one but I dismissed them anyway. So to settle my opinion one way or another, I bought one.
I started with the Navy Stinger, and found Ebonite offered something not available from anyone else -- a low-end ball that actually hits. Then I bought a Tiger, and found it to be a better Eraser than an Eraser. I've been smitten with the company since.
I've owned probably 15 different Ebonite balls, and they haven't all been perfect. No company has a 100% perfect track record. I can say that because I also throw Track, Columbia, Storm, Lane#1, and Brunswick.
But Ebonite has produced some really good balls over the past few years. To not take a chance and try them out amounts to limiting you horizons.
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Post by: DrBob806 on April 22, 2004, 02:27:00 PM
Post by: Tosweetballs on April 22, 2004, 02:31:49 PM
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Post by: freezeback32 on April 22, 2004, 02:35:43 PM
Least favorite= Trimax Matix Pearl
Post by: Ernie McCracken on April 22, 2004, 02:54:55 PM
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Post by: minimum bob on April 22, 2004, 02:55:22 PM
You're thinking of the Magnum 6. The Magnum 11 didn't come out until the early-80's and was some ugly shade of brown.
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Post by: DrBob806 on April 22, 2004, 03:41:56 PM
Sorry, my bad...all I know is that I loved the ball & color. I bought another magnum that was reddish pink, and that was the biggest hooking ball I owned until the Blue Hammer came out.
Post by: minimum bob on April 22, 2004, 03:57:29 PM
Are you talking about the Magnum 12...? Kind of a purple color and looks like a giant jawbreaker...? I had one too and I loved that ball. Hooked out of the building, back in the day. I pulled it out a few months ago and tried it out on today's conditions. That thing went so straight that it was actually backing up at the pins...LOL....
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Post by: 9orbetter on April 22, 2004, 04:27:07 PM
Worst: Apex Intensity or Aggression take your pick.
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Post by: DrBob806 on April 22, 2004, 05:53:13 PM
Yes, I'm sure it was a Magnum 12...almost purple, kinda magenta-ish. I gave mine to a friend in a couples league, and he still uses it.
Post by: ambi1 on April 23, 2004, 03:07:57 AM
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The Magnum 11 (it was orange), the ball Earl Anthony made famous in the late 70's.
Drbob - that may have been the magnum 10 (not sure). The magnum 11 is a dark olive-green ball. urethane rubber. I still use one. its drilled for my left hand and stil has some pop on drier lanes.
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Post by: AdrianS on April 25, 2004, 09:51:03 PM
Lion(2nd one)
LM Omega
Lion(1st one)
Tidal Wave
Omega
Crush/R
Turbo X(i've had a few worse than that, not a bad ball, just bottom of my Ebonites)
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Post by: djones on April 25, 2004, 10:35:43 PM
Least Favorite - Pearl Savage
Post by: Rev_O on April 25, 2004, 10:36:44 PM
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Post by: sheppy335 on April 26, 2004, 08:52:36 AM
Least: Apex Reflex was awsome at first then just got so unpredictable.
Also so you know i bowl nothing but Ebonite have a Apex Adrenlaine, Predator Jungle, Predator Sparkle, Tidal wave, Tornado Warning, and Gyro 1. Also have a Ebonite 4 ball roller. I know i have a problem but hey!
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Post by: Strapper_Squared on April 26, 2004, 04:27:20 PM
V2 sanded
Apex Intensity
Apex Agression
TPC Player
Actually, now that I think about it, I did have an original Turbo X that I liked... probably just because it was the first resin ball I ever owned and was a vast improvement over urethane.
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