Serious replies only, please. Don't waste my time or yours by replying with things like, "Oh this ball's awesome, it hooks a ton and carries the world." Now to the specifics.
Honestly, I can play anywhere between 6th arrow and 2 board. If you have to loft the left gutter, you're making it too hard on yourself. Hand positions, speed, axis tilt, now that I corrected a lot of things, I can do just about do it all. However, my preferred line, or "A" game is anywhere between 1st and 4th arrow, typically a high tracker, around 18 mph, 200-350 revs, 55 degree angle of rotation. If I was to compare my game past the foul line to a pro's, I'd guess it'd be similar to Patrick Healey or Randy Pedersen's, but probably closest to Mike Haugen. The company I'm primarily choosing from is Brunswick, but I'm partial to Storm, and possibly Lane 1.
Lane surface and condition: Brunswick ProAnvil synthetics, 6 years old, basic top hat pattern oiled 7-7, 23 feet, buffed to 37. Mild backends, very wet/dry around 4-8. Drill patterns that I don't like are anything where the fingers are higher than the pin, especially if the cg is kicked out. Starts rolling in the buff area and rolls out at the backend. Any rg, diff, or surface I can work with. I have a Detonator drilled pin over bridge, cg out an inch, high flare weight hole, polished. It's dead, rolls like urethane, my boss's Blue Dot outhooks it, probably has close to 600 games on it. Primary ball, works VERY well down and in for me. I also have a Hot Wire, stacked leverage, high flare weight hole, polished. Didn't hook as much as I wanted it to sanded, also doesn't rev as soon as I hoped it would. Same line as my Detonator, just handles a little more oil. I intend for this to be a versatile tournament arsenal as well, I just primarily bowl league and practice on the conditions I mentioned.
I'm already set on two balls so far. Warp Zone, box surface, stacked leverage, high flare weight hole. Fear Factor, box surface, high flare weight hole, pin and cg stacked, only I'm putting the pin above the ring finger. Looking to use it quite often.
Detonator is my "urethane" ball, Hot Wire is my control ball. I need smooth controlled hook, possibly a Raging Inferno, pin over bridge, cg in palm. Particle Pearl, I'd LIKE an X-Factor Reloaded. Control pearl, medium drilled Bruiser or perhaps a stacked Slay/R. Low end pearl, weakly drilled Slay/R. That should cover it.
Here's the real deal though. Storm doesn't have any pro shop ball programs, but Brunswick does, so it would be the best move for me to go almost exclusively Brunswick. However, when it comes down to the two companies, I prefer Storm. I'm ALSO using my arsenal as advertising in town. A ton of people throw Brunswick. Everybody in town has seen Infernos, Raging Infernos, every Monster but the Slay/R, Power Grooves, Time Zones, you name it. All that's been seen from Storm is either the older stuff, a few original X-Factors, the Hot Wire and Hot Rod. Nobody has seen a Fear Factor, X-Reloaded, Power Charge, Core Power HRG or LRG, any of the Erasers, or any of the new ones. Besides, there are at least 3 people in town that can supply anybody with cheap Brunswick stuff. Somebody likes a big B ball that I'm throwing, they'll go right to one of those 3 to get it, they won't come to the shop. We've also got a guy that supplies people with Lane 1 stuff too. Sorry for the long post, it's in my nature. Thanks to anyone that actually bothers to read through all this and reply.
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