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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Elimeno Pee on January 24, 2014, 07:13:06 PM
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Which bowling balls in the last few years did you maybe talk all up, just to be disappointed with how the ball aged?
Me was the Hy-Road. The Totally Defiant is boarderline for me, too condition specific....
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There is always going to be people that don't like certain bowling balls or that just don't seem to work for them. if you posted a poll and asked people to list their favorite bowling ball of all time, and then did another for people to post their least favorite, there will definitely be people listing the same ball on both lists.
You didn't like the Hy-Road, I loved it. That's just one example. I haven't been able to score with any C300 products made since the Beast line. People put up big numbers with C300 equipment all the time.
Just some examples.
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Train series didntnlive didn't live up to my expectations. I love my Freight Train when I have friction to the right to feed it to, but that wasn't what I was looking for. Hoping my Incinerate is going to roll better for me.
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Virtual Gravity, one flared a quarter inch, the other, 8 inches. I had two and neither worked.
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I was kind of thinking more along the lines of what started out awesome, or good, but seemingly died much earlier than expected, or toned itself down to a point of not being usable for what you got it for.
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As Spider Ball points out, different balls work well for certain bowlers and others do not. Sometimes you just need to change things up to make all the difference in the world.
Case in point: I was so happy with the results when I demo'd the 503C that I bought one and had a similar weak layout put on it as the demo ball, yet I hated the results with my purchased ball. It rolled lousy for me! I then plugged it and changed the layout to something much stronger and it became my favorite and most versatile ball!
I hated my Major 52 and my 716C balls, which both had fairly rough surfaces. I then had them both polished and now they work wonders for me. Same ball and layout, but just a surface change made all the difference for me.
I hated my Track Project drilled pin-up, then plugged it and changed the layout to Rico and now it's my #1 go-to piece on sport patterns.
Of course, it doesn't always work to change the ball layout or surface. I had a Flipside Wow that I hated, so I completely changed the layout and I still hated it. I know that other people loved it, though.
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I was kind of thinking more along the lines of what started out awesome, or good, but seemingly died much earlier than expected, or toned itself down to a point of not being usable for what you got it for.
Oh, I haven't used Ebonite in about 10 years.
*waits for the flames*
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Which bowling balls in the last few years did you maybe talk all up, just to be disappointed with how the ball aged?
Me was the Hy-Road. The Totally Defiant is boarderline for me, too condition specific....
Do you mean which ball didn't age well as in last and remain like OOB, or which one was disappointing for other reasons to do with performance or expectations?
I've never had a ball age poorly...tend to take care of them and maintain them well, except for a couple cracking, I still have every one I've ever bought some are 10 years old and still work.
If the latter question, then I'd say the only ball that really disappointed me was the Hammer Taboo, it was just "twitchy" for me...I found it very hard to control consistently.
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I was kind of thinking more along the lines of what started out awesome, or good, but seemingly died much earlier than expected, or toned itself down to a point of not being usable for what you got it for.
Oh, I haven't used Ebonite in about 10 years.
*waits for the flames*
Behave young man. TWOHAND, BallDoctor, Curt_Dupre, and Dave41644 (Ebonites staunch protection militia) will be here shortly to shoot down your ridiculous claims.
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I promise I haven't thrown enough of them to make a judgment call.
One non KY ball that died quickly for me was the Phenom. Was great, then it was a dart.
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I promise I haven't thrown enough of them to make a judgment call.
One non KY ball that died quickly for me was the Phenom. Was great, then it was a dart.
I've been a pretty loyal Ebonite customer for several years, and overall I've been very happy with them. I have had a few duds though, the Game Plan just sucked, The Game changer was ok, but didn't live up to my expectations, and the One (which everybody else seemed to love) I just couldn't seem to get a consistent reaction from.
I had a Hammer Brawl that did absolutely nothing but deflect when it hit the pocket, I had a Motiv Cruel that Never seemed to Roll in anything more than medium oil. The worst ball I have ever had was a Brunswick Alpha Max, I was never able to find the condition that this ball would work on for me.
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Original Cell. When I was running a pro shop I had 3 of them with a total of 6 different layouts and multiple surface adjustments trying to force myself to like that ball. I guess I never threw it well enough to get a good reaction out of it.
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I was kind of thinking more along the lines of what started out awesome, or good, but seemingly died much earlier than expected, or toned itself down to a point of not being usable for what you got it for.
Well in that case my Hammer Jigsaw. Out of the box it was a BEAST! I swear I couldn't leave a 7 pin if I tried the first 2 months with that ball, then all of a sudden it just died and wouldn't hook. I tried to resurface and all that other stuff, no luck. Gave it to a friend lol.
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Original Cell. When I was running a pro shop I had 3 of them with a total of 6 different layouts and multiple surface adjustments trying to force myself to like that ball. I guess I never threw it well enough to get a good reaction out of it.
I bought the Original Cell as well. OOB surface, I only was able to get it to move on two shots. I bowled extremely well on those two shots, but in league, no such luck. It needed really heavy oil, so besides a couple tournaments, it was a waste in my bag. I threw some polish on it, and it made it more useable, but I had other stuff for THS that gave me a better look.
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Storm Lucid just didn't match up with me or the conditions I face regularly at all, and prior to that I would definitely have to say the original Taboo from hammer.
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Most responses IMO will be using wrong ball with wrong surface for the lane conditions with your stats. factored in. I am always amazed at bowlers that use high end equipment with surface on light-medium house wet/dry walls unless they are no hand high speed players.
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I probably am the only bowler who didn't like my Disturbed. I tried every surface imaginable but just could not get ball to hit. No big deal,I still will give Roto another try. I really just never saw enough oil to use ball.
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They do not make bad balls just bowlers that make bad decisions.
Too many bowlers buy the wrong ball for their style of play and lane conditions and when the ball does not work, they blame the ball.
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It has been a while, but the ball that fit this discussion, for me, was the original blue/white Columbia WICKED.
When I first got the ball, it seemed that I had found magic. I could use it on nearly every condition that I came across. From down and in on oil, to swinging a 20 board area on the dry, this ball seemed to carry the world.
Then suddenly, phhhhhht. One day it seemed to work, the next it wouldn't turn the corner. And, when I could get it to the pocket, it was now a marshmallow.
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Roto Rogue Cell. I love the original Cell, loved the Cell Pearl but two different Rogues were just boat anchors for me. Different layouts and surfaces. Just couldn't find a combination I liked.
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Shot 300-277 first 2 games out of the box with a pin down original Nightmare on a 38' pattern that was giving everybody fits. The next week, the manager at the bowl announced that they had changed the pattern to 42' and due to the need to see more reaction down the lane, this ball has probably only seen 50 games since.
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They do not make bad balls just bowlers that make bad decisions.
Too many bowlers buy the wrong ball for their style of play and lane conditions and when the ball does not work, they blame the ball.
Shut up.