OK, so I wanted to try this ball so bad that I couldn't wait until tonight to throw it, so I went in this morning and knocked off a few games.
Drill 3 3/4x 3 1/8, Pin was up, as opposed to down like alot of my stuff is currently drilled.
Lane Condition: 38ft buffed to 44ft, Heavy oil in the middle, tapered out to the gutter. WOOD LANES.
LINE: I had almost any line I wanted with this ball. I could not get much inside of 5th arrow though because I have too much ball speed and not enough hand. It would recover into the pocket, but it would leave a flat 10. If I took a little hand out of it I could play straight down 4 board and still get a good consistant reaction.
REACTION: Definately longer than the Havoc. I left the Sheer in box condition, which I have stated I think looks alot like the 1000 grit compound that the Animal comes in. I did not expect this ball to get the length that it does. It is almost a reactive kind of look. VERY strong on the backend. As with most equipment I throw, I tried different releases to see what kind of reaction I could get from different areas of the lane. It worked well all over the lane except for when I tried to get too deep.
IMPACT: This ball hits very hard. It keep the pins very low, so low that you can just see the ball drive all of the way to the pit. I would say it is very similiar overall to the Havoc with the way it hits, the Sheer just takes a different angle to get there.
READABILITY: It is still too early to tell how well it will read a lane condition. It did seem to ignore the heads. It is a smooth reaction going down the lane, but when it got the FRESH backends it turned over really hard. BUT...still too soon to tell. I imagine it is going to read the lanes very well just because of how smooth it is.
OVERALL: I agree with TRACK 100% that this ball will make a great compliment to the Havoc. I did not think that would be the case because of the Fang Particle coverstock. They were dead on though. With that coverstock I almost figured that The Sheer Havoc would be VERY STRONG, too strong to fill the area they say it will. For me, there are just some balls that roll really nice down the lane. This ball is one of them. I also want to add, that for some bowlers, average ball speed (15-17) and average hand, this ball could be an oil ball. Sand the Fang down a bit and I am sure his ball could handle most oil conditions.
Another winner from Track. I will post a final review once I get some more games on it.
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Edited on 5/9/2004 1:51 AM
