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Title: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: LaneHammer20 on November 29, 2006, 10:50:13 AM: I was just wondering your guys opinions on LM/L best light oil ball they have, i want opinions from people that actually have them, i have been very interested in the masterpiece and the big r bang, i have a buzz but right now i am unsure if it will be with me after UPS screwed it up by putting a big chunk in it.

So any responses would be great. Thanks
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: charlest on November 29, 2006, 07:45:13 PM: According to Lanemasters themselves, the Buzz is their lightest light oil ball, after the Straight Flush, which is for virtually bone dry (as dry as any resin ball will let you play).

That said, you might have to manipulate the Buzz (cover surface and/or drilling) to play true light oil, unless you have high ball speed or few revs.

From personal experience, the Masterpiece is not for light oil, no matter what you do to it. I doubt the Big-R-Bang or the World Class Reactive are either.
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Edited on 11/29/2006 8:37 PM
Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: LaneHammer20 on November 29, 2006, 09:46:46 PM: whats your say of the buzz on broken down mediums with some carrydown?
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: Spider Ball Bowler on November 29, 2006, 09:52:40 PM: The only time my Buzz looked good, was ironically the first time I used it. Mid 2nd game and 3rd game, when the heads were going, but the backends were still pretty clean...it honestly looked like someone kicked it after it hit the backend.

Other than that, it didn't work too well.

The absolute power was a good ball for medium-medium light. Unfortunately I fell in love with my Tropical Storm, so it didn't see much action before I sold it.
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: Phlap218 on November 29, 2006, 11:57:42 PM: the absolute power was my choice for light conditions. mainly because with it polished it always got down the lane and if you use it on the outsides it reads off the boards well and doesn't overreact if it hits off the dry on the outside.
Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: star on November 30, 2006, 05:45:13 AM: Got to go with the Absolute Power too.

We have a light oil sports pattern that we use all the time when the oiling machine is working properly and its great on that. Shot some incredible scores with it, well incredible for where I bowl.
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: Laybzz74 on November 30, 2006, 06:05:22 AM: Good inputs from the roomies here; I'll ad my 2 cents and say that the Absolute Power (with the proper layout and coverstock adjustment) SHOULD work, and the SatisfaXion as well. For more info, here's a link to the "L/LM" web site ... there's some good info in there in the Technical section:

http://www.lanemastersbowling.com/index.html
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: justink on November 30, 2006, 07:21:19 AM: I actually polished up my AP2 one time and tried it out, the conditions were open bowling and who knows what was there(probably allot of carry down), but that ball would barely move. I polished it to a high gloss. Now I haven't thrown it that way on burnt conditions. Needless to say I didn't like it that way, but I might be apt to try it on burnt at some point.
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: charlest on November 30, 2006, 02:11:26 PM: quote:
I actually polished up my AP2 one time and tried it out, the conditions were open bowling and who knows what was there(probably allot of carry down), but that ball would barely move. I polished it to a high gloss. Now I haven't thrown it that way on burnt conditions. Needless to say I didn't like it that way, but I might be apt to try it on burnt at some point.
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Justin,

I'm not sure but I think you're assuming they meant the AP2. It will be unusable on anything lighter than mediums even with a high glos spolish. I'm pretty sure when the above guys said, "Absolute Power", they meant the original, a resin pearl. When my other pearls were pinging 10 pins or leaving 2/10s, the AP would march right on through the carrydown. Not a lot, mind you.

As for you guys using on light oil, you must have a lot of ball speed or a super weak drill. Even with a 5" pin, I had to sand it to 2000 grit and THEN add ahigh gloss polish. EVen then it woudl handle some carrydown.

I didn't recommend it, because it theoretically is a discontinued ball; it's not in the new catalog. At least I assumed it was discontinued BECAUSE it's not int he new catalog ....

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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: Spider Ball Bowler on November 30, 2006, 02:17:53 PM: I am 89% sure you can still get the Absolute Power on bowlingballmall.com
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: charlest on November 30, 2006, 02:32:35 PM: quote:
I am 89% sure you can still get the Absolute Power on bowlingballmall.com
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Stephen

Made in the USA

I'm sure many places will have a few laying around. I liked the ball for medium (regular drillings) to medium-light (weak drillings).
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Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: justink on November 30, 2006, 08:13:55 PM: No... I know they meant the original AP. I was just tossing my 2 cents around. My AP2 had a pretty weak drilling, plus I can throw pretty hard at times. Yeah I understand the AP is a pearl, pretty good ball from what I've heard.
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Edited on 11/30/2006 9:05 PM
Title: Re: Lanemasters/Legends best light to mid light oil ball
Post by: charlest on November 30, 2006, 10:59:22 PM: quote:
No... I know they meant the original AP. I was just tossing my 2 cents around. My AP2 had a pretty weak drilling, plus I can throw pretty hard at times. Yeah I understand the AP is a pearl, pretty good ball from what I've heard.
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Edited on 11/30/2006 9:05 PM

Oh, OK. sorry.
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