I drilled my Nebula last night so I could take it for a test drive today.
Stats:
See profile.
House:
Synthetic lanes, heavy 42' THS.
Players with lots of hand and strong balls love this house. It's the perfect playground for "stand left, throw right" if you and the ball are strong enough to deal with the heavy-ish volume of oil.
Drilling:
Pin under ring finger (4.5" from PAP).
MB swung right 45* (3" right of thumb and slightly down).
Weight hole 2" down on VAL.
Ending weights: +3/4 side and +1/4 finger
In this house, I have had the best luck with solid reactives. I have also done pretty well with my Enriched Uranium (drilled 4x4 stacked). I had a good feeling about trying the Nebula.
I started out standing at 21, crossing 12 at the arrows, to a breakpoint of 6. The Nebula easily cleared the heads. When it hit the midlane, it began to rev up. When the ball reached the breakpoint, it made a very nice move towards the pocket. I would call it a very strong arc. It did not snap, but it was a stronger move than I see out of the other equipment I use at this house. When the ball reached the pocket, the ball had achieved that Lane #1 roll we all love. Pin action was very good as expected. I did not leave anything wierd. I left a couple ten pins on light hits, but nothing unexpected. As the day progressed, I followed the oil inside a few boards. I ended up standing on 25, crossing 15 at the arrows out to a breakpoint of 8.
The coverstock is very forgiving. A miss to the outside will come charging back with enough energy to carry. Tug it inside, and it will hold in the oil. The biggest problem I had today was with speed. I would not say this ball was over/under at all, but I did need to keep my speed up to keep it from jumping high.
Todays scores:
276 (washout-spare in the 3rd frame due to limp-wristing the ball)
176 (3 opens in the first 5 frames (all speed errors)
246
215
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913 series (228 avg for the day)
All in all, I am very pleased with this ball. I can see it coming in very handy over a wide variety of conditions as long as there is oil. I also drilled my Evolution last night, but I will wait until Wednesday to try it out on a more of a medium vloume 39' THS. I'll let you know how it works out. I cannot wait to throw it!
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Jon (in Ohio)
CHROME WON'T GET YOU HOME!
F.O.S. Proud Saw user...see profile.
Edited on 4/15/2007 5:30 PM
