Everyday it seems there is a new topic here about how fantastic some new ball is and we all(mostly) get geeked up over the latest and greatest. Include me in that group. 

This weekend I was reminded(yet again) that the older stuff is just as good as the latest shiny new toy. I pulled out my Sigma Sting(5 years old) that I had regulated to the shelf this past year and shot an almost effortless 750+ series.  I have went back to my Roto Grip Cell(original, 10 years old) the past month or so and can't remember why I stopped using it. Just one fantastic ball. The last part of the league season, I went back to the Venom Shock(4 years old) and was very happy with what a great reaction it provides. Why did I ever stop using these balls? I have no idea other than I must have fallen for the "latest and greatest, you gotta have this one" scam the ball companies pull on us every month.

I suspect we all have perfectly good equipment that has become "obsolete" in our version of reality that is every bit as good as the latest new ball. Even the ball companies are bringing back the previous generation of balls and selling them as something new.

Now, for all you oldsters out there who will feel the need to tell me how you have been using your Manhattan Rubber, Brunswick Mineralite, Faball etc. relax, I get it, you were retro before retro was cool. But remember, there is a big difference between retro and cheap-ass tightwad. 

Technology hasnt advanced that much in the last 15 years, especially in terms of attacking predominant house patterns.  Also, if you look at the most popular balls they seldom are the biggest strongest hook monsters. 

Yep so true. I will buy two Onyx Vibes and changes surfaces and they will  give me 80% of what I need  league bowling for the year.

Quote from: avabob on June 28, 2018, 10:24:51 AM

Technology hasnt advanced that much in the last 15 years, especially in terms of attacking predominant house patterns.  Also, if you look at the most popular balls they seldom are the biggest strongest hook monsters. 

Yep so true. I will buy two Onyx Vibes and changes surfaces and they will  give me 80% of what I need  league bowling for the year.

Testing this soon with an IQ Tour and Hustle Ink. Can't wait!

In the old ball line, just for grins and giggles I'm throwing:

1. AMF Nighthawk
2. AMF Hawk
3. EBO Savage
4. MoRich Ravage

My old balls still work,Hell it's all I got

I went on a buying spree this summer. A bunch of old Morich, Lanemasters, and discontinued Brunswick balls. The house I'm bowling in the fall is a drier house shot with a well defined bounced. I'm sure a lot of my older balls will see some play this year. I'm going to take a Morich Awesome Flip and Lord Field Crucial in a bag at all times. These old balls still roll really well on easy stuff.

Tonight I took a Trauma ER
Original Cell
Dynamic Power Particle
and a Mega Friction

Kid you not I dug them out from my bottom shelf in the garage. Didn't even know I had the Dynamic Power still.

I will tell you something. That Trauma ER is a hooking BEAST!!!(Smells good too-Wild Cherry) Next week I'm taking the other surprise I found in the garage-Intense Inferno!!!

My best series was with an intense inferno.I really wish I kept that ball