Ball NPS Score: 100.00
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SPECS:
Color: Purple/Black
Cover Stock: PureGrip TM Solid Reactive
Core: Dooms Day Bomb 2.
Hook Rating: 120 out of 120 max
Backend Hook: 80%
Flare Potential: 6+
Pin Placement: 12 O’ clock 1-5” out
Construction: 3-piece
15lb rg min: 2.487
15lb rg max: 2.539
15lb diff: .052
Hardness: 75 D-Scale
Finish: 1000 grit dull  
Available Weights: 13, 14, 15, 16


Lane #1 inroduces a new force in the bowling industry that outhooks all others. The BuzzBOMB is packed with our all new double sided Dommsday Bomb2 core. This Doomsday double Bomb core generates double the torque, creating double the hook on the backend. Surrounding this nuclear power plant is our all new Pure-Grip solid reacive coverstock. This new formula grips the lane on the heaviest oil. You won''t believe your eyes when you see this midlane Hook Monster explode with a Huge Backend. Hear the Buzz, see the Hook, watch your High Scores double with the BuzzBOMB!!!

First night of using the BUZZBOMB  

Observations - Very strong coverstock. Outhooks anything I have.

  This ball was made for oily lanes. I was able to play deeper with the Buzzbomb than any other ball allows me to. The area I had from being deep inside made the scores VERY HIGH. I was playing right through the center of the oil and bouncing back into the pocket. The backend was something I haven't seen in a long time. Anything in a tad, held long enough in the oil to hit flush and carry, anything a tad right recovered w/ enough power to rip the rack apart.
   
 As the shot burned up I was able to pick up my ball speed and continue to strike and get a decent carry percentage, but it belonged in the bag or using one w/ a little less surface.

Night 2 with the BUZZBOMB

I was unsure about throwing the Buzzbomb tonight because it was a light house pattern with a 4 Person per team league bowling on it before us. I was bowling in a doubles league. Once I threw a few warm up shots with my spare ball I knew the lanes were pretty toasted and the track was beat up. I committed to throwing and trying the Buzzbomb anyways.

First Game - I was playing deep starting around 37 and throwing out over 22 - 23 at the arrows. Because the lanes were so burnt, I had to keep the speed up and loft the Buzzbomb slightly. The Buzzbomb responded well. I had alot of room for error. I made 3 bad shots where my release was weak. I left 1 ten pin and two multi-pin spares.

Second Game - I continued to play the same shot and didn't notice the shot moving away from me. I made a few bad shots again but every pocket hit carried.

Third Game was a bit of a struggle becaus I didn't move left right away. Once I made a 2-1 left I ran the next 6 and ended with a respectful 220 game.

Everyone on my pair was complaining all night about the lanes. I was high man on the pair by 100+ pins. The Buzzbomb gave me the confidence and look to the pocket that I haven't seen in any other ball I have. I love having a ball that I can throw hard and be confident it will hook back to the pocket with power. I left two ten pins all night!

This ball outhooks and is better than any Storm bowling ball I own or have thrown. My original X-Factor was my favorite ball of all-time, it will probably loose that ranking.

I consider this ball a must have!

Will report back once I've tried it polished.

After watching a few of the videos that were posted and talking to Richie about the ball. I decided to drill mine up.

14 lb 3 oz. 3-4 pin 3.25 top

Pap 4.75> 7/8^

I have a very high tilt and good rev rate so my balls always read the backs HARD!!

I took that in mind seeing how sharp this ball looked and shined the ball out of the box with my Secret Sauce.

After the ball was a mirror. I layed out the ball.

Pin was 5" from PAP under my middle finger and the cg was kicked out so the unmarked MB was on my VAL. Extra hole was 4.5" from center of grip through the CG. Small/Deep hole was used to smooth out a little more. (Smooth does not pertain to this ball)

All I can say honestly is after being affiliated with Lane#1 for the last 5-6 years,throwing ALL of their stuff as a PBA Pro Staff Member. This is the BEST ball I have ever thrown from ANY manufacturer. Not just Lane#1.

Not only does this ball turn the corner hard but the transition it makes in the midlane to get to the back is unlike anything I have seen. The ball is very versatile as far as style is concerned as well.

Game#1 I was playing in and hooking the ball with medium speed.
Shot 259... XXXXXX 9/ X 9/ XXX (Solid 9 and messenger that missed in front of the 10)

Game#2 I changed my angle to playing the track harder/straighter and more firm. This worked very well too!!

Shot 279.... XXXXXXXXX 9/X (Another Solid 9)

Game#3 I moved in deeper than where I started the night and was playing a tight inside line. Slower speed and more tilt to get the ball to curve more in the last few feet of the lane as there is tons of oil in the middle.

Shot 245... XXXXX 81 X 9/ XXXX (Pocket 4-6 and a 4 pin)

Keep in mind I throw 14 lbs... Not 1 weak hit all night.
I had a Black Widow Solid and I would leave so many shaker 7's and weak 10's with the 14 that I had to retire it. Gave it to my GF.

One of my customers on my team was throwing a Black Widow Bite I drilled yesterday for him and the motion was good. I am not trying to bash their equipment but the BUZZBOMB was stronger and more angular than even the Black Widow Bite.

I AM IMPRESSED!!!!!!
Thanks Richie..


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Thomas "Beans" Biniek Jr.
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Special thanks to the guys at lane #1 for giving me the opportunity to test this ball, and thanks to Richie for taking the time to discuss layouts (granted I punched the ball differently than his suggestion, but rest assured his advice was spot on as well)

First the important stuff
Ball:
15# 3 oz prior to drilling
3.25 top
4.0 pin

Me:
17.5 mph
425+ revs
pap over 5 up 0

layout
I utilized the Dual angle layout found on the morich site
pin to pap 4.5.  drilling angle 60*, angle to val 30*  this results in a pin above ring finger, slightly to the right of ring, cg stacked, with a pin buffer of roughly 3.5"

House #1 sythetic overlays, 42 ft of squirrly oil:
This ball was a monster in OOB condition.  easy push thru the mids and a huge, did i say huge, I mean moonsterous backend.  I began the evening playing feet on 27 crossing 15 to the 5 and killing the hole, moved left 5 and 5 and continued to kill it.  Decided to really give the ball a run and we stayed after and threw 5 games with no scorers, then turned on the scorers  by this time there have been 40 games thrown on this pair.  we put another 24 on them.  I had about 10 games on this ball in OOB surface and it was inded a monster.  So whats next, yep went in and put it on the spinner, hit it very quickly with ebo powerhouse, this ball took a shine very fast, back out to the lanes for 10 more games, this ball came alive (as if it wasnt in OOB lol) more length and bigger backend.  I ended the night playing feet on about 48-50 (yes even with the left gutter cap) crossing about 28 board to the 8 and finding the hole easily.  a couple of errant shots really showed what this ball is about, standing in that 48-50 board spot, slinging it across 20 (misthrow) to the 3 and this ball STILL make the pocket and carried.  Truely a ball that flips hard and continues on.  Even as the lanes torched on us, I was able to just float the ball out and it still recovered like it was on fresh oil

house #2 wood lanes with a supposedl 42 ft house shot.  this house had a very light shot out, the BB was def a tad too much, I could still find the hole but carry was an issue, for me not enough head oil present to really make this ball work, but I will say, 5th arrow was the shot even tho the oil volume was not ideal, when ths ball hit the hole it was a crushing shot (I found it a pinch high too much and left my share of 10 pins) Anyway the two levRg's on the lane Had no where near the recovery nor drive that this ball had

house 3 wood lanes 40 feet decent low viscosity oil (it goes fast)  played 4th-5th arrow all night, had people stopping and staring at the movement this ball makes

In conclussion, this ball hooks, but it for me is not a hook right off my hands, it still gets decent length, and has so much left on the back end it isnt even funny (I feel like I am cheating)  I can play parts of the lane that 80% of league bowlers would never dream of hitting.  and just when you think it isnt going to turn, you can watch and see that ball just flip and drive as hard as it can.  One of the best balls I have put in my hands in ages.  I like this ball so much I even took my cherry C/2 out of the bag.  as I feel this ball has an even bigger backend then my freakish C/2.  It has a bigger backend then the cherry bombs, gets similar lenght to them.  more backend then anything I can remember from lane 1.  Reminds me of the original bomb cores only more angular (yes that is possible)  people were asking in a thread about a strong pearl cover, not really sure you need it, this ball is pretty versitle and took very well to hand and speed adjustments.  It is the real deal, does what they  say it will and looks impressive doing it
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Lane #1 Baby

I just received my Buzzbomb today and ran it over to my ball driller, Otis Pillow Pro Shop in Hurst Texas to have it drilled up. The ball was 16lbs.1oz. with 3.5 oz. top and a 3-4" pin. I told Billy that I wanted a beast, and we looked over my other balls and decided on pin above index and cg, and mb kicked out at about 45deg. I am a med. to low rev stroker with good speed 15.5-17.5mph at the pins and a pretty high track. The ball ended up at 15lbs.13 1/4oz. total weight with 15/16oz. side, 3/4 finger, 1/8 thumb and just a tad bottom and no weight hole for now. I then ran immediatly to league at another house threw two practice shots and decided to give it a go, which I usually never do. This ball is very very strong and even though my series was not all that high (604) I was the high series on our set. The ball gets very good length which really suprised me and makes a left turn RIGHT NOW at the end of the pattern. The lanes were a lot more oily than usual and was quite the topic of discussion but to be honest I did not really notice it, all I did was stay behind the ball and ease up on the speed and shot standing 23 looking 10-12 at the arrows and swinging out to between 5 and 2, I was able to use it all three games with minor adjustments left operator error kept the series low ( it was the indian not the arrow,lol ). I am very impressed with this ball and would highly recommend it to anyone, especially strokers like me.
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Patrick

This is my first Lane #1 ball and now probably won't be my last. Never believed the hype till now. My house recently starting putting down much more oil than usual and I couldn't adjust and keep up so I decided on the BB. Drilled it 4x4, pin under ring...decided to us it in OOB condition, ball recovered from anywhere, but miss left and you pay for it, ball is just too strong to miss left...will definitely use some Beans on it for next week to tame it down a little. Now I know what everyone means by "Lane #1 carry" because this carries everything. My ususal "go to" ball was my NVS and this is much stronger than that by a good 6 or 7 boards for me...ball looks to be very promising, will update my review after I use it with some polish next week.

Drilled my initial BuzzBOMB with Pin under ring finger. Pin to Axis is 4 3/4". CG to Pin 4". Estimated Mass Bias (6 3/4" from pin thru c.g. is 4 3/4" from Axis point) Weight Hole is 2 1/4" below axis drilled on a 1" pitch toward bottom of ball angled directly away from the center of the grip. The low hole and angle increases torque at the break point. This Ball has good change of direction even though it seems as if it rolls heavy in the mid lane. This ball is very agressive and has excellent pin carry. My first two sets were above 750 on slightly tighter than average house pattern. 42 ft of oil on HPL surface.
I have drilled many more for others since I drilled mine. I like the pin position below the fingers but I do not like to push the pin past the grip area (to the right for right handers) This ball is so strong that when doing this there is a chance the ball will burn up too early. The 4 1/4" to 5 1/4" pin to axis measurements seem to work best for this ball. Not that you can't use 3 3/8" I just don't recommmend it unless your bowling on a flood or you have excessive ball speed. Keeping the starting CG low using a long pin and low hole works great, this keeps the mass bias well away from the axis point giving the break point shape more angularity. This ball has impressed me more than any other in years. I have drilled so many out of the box 300's and 800's its almost uncanny....I would recommend it to anyone. Remember to pay attention to static weights, especially in the ball like this that is symmetrical without the large offset in the core. Positives act like positives and negs act like negs...no hocus pocus here. The ball does what its supposed to do...strike..alot!

I Drilled this BuzzBomb with the Pin under my bridge and the CG swung out, This resulting in the ball needing a weight hole punched in the side of it.

I had read the reports on this ball and heard all the hype. The hype was confirmed when i threw this ball. It really does hook that much!! If you are a bowler with medium- Low revs this ball is ideal for you. Or for higher rev players who play on a long pattern you will not be dissapointed.

This ball makes Out of Bounds look like they dont exist.
A very strong contender for Ball of the year i think!!