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JPN: Mb-blades thread..
MASDA V2 BLADES 3 sets of these. NS 120X. 130XS. 105X 120X for Links, 130s for summer.105x for winter /rain. Long hosel, dont like going left Very much. Flat sole thick top line, longer rectangle body. Dense meaty Compaction at impact. Middled as good as everything. Off centre Well....you know about it. Not forgiving at all.but who wants a forgiving Blade?! Good distance with these they launch lowso u get roll with the longer irons. I think 1/2 club more than comparable heads at same loft. Not gonna carry a creek at 200with the 5i tho. It's get there but str8inon the run No these are not for high zrip grip rip. Why I play the on links a lot in fact probmore than any other Esp..almost. exclusovely wly when it windy. Masda slicks first choise for grip naturally.. but thes eiomivs on my lins set give a bit more softness.
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JPN: Mb-blades thread..
good question.. 100%yes.. for sure the shafts makes a big noticebale difference. i have 3 sets of masdas. -ns 120x used for links and wind. the X is vastly taughter than the S in 120s adn this keeps the ball lower but they re not heavy so u dont feel like its a railway seeper in hand. -ns 130 xs protos.. heavier , higher and softer landing. not long, the ball seem to go a bit shorter, not by much buy u need to think each club 1/2 longer or shoter 6, or faster 7??? ,i LOVE these shafts when its hot humid. nothing beats em. -ns 105x protosx lightweight, very high launch very light in hand swing weight. winter specials when the wnds not up. dont like 105s as rule even tho they are in a few of sets bec the yare just so easy to use and the opposite if the 130s,, need to think 7,8 not 6/7.. ifind they are not the best feel either , ive got these in some buchi protos ,middled ..., they are sesntional butwhen u get them a tad ff cetnre u know about it. shimada 3001s are in a set of epon aftours i built as daily all rounders. magnigivent light weght sturdy shafts. honestly i cant see why u wud cahnge form them ifu like them................... ifu do id suggest some NSpro they go so well in mbs. just find ur ball flight , weight preference.
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SRIXON 945 mb 5-pw HEADS
Decent /good cond travel set. . WITHOUT DOUBT THE HIGHEST tech mb that anyone has made. ENDO CROSS FACE MICRO milling, tungsten, semi flighted long irons , heavier scoring itrons. etcetcetc.. THEY play more like a players mb cavity than a blade say like honma or miura mb, not like these at all, thnk prgr tr500 kinda performance. made at ENDO btw for Hideki Matsuyama shaft choice, somehting a bit more robust , firmer, taughter, tuffer is prob preferable as these are insanely .. like crazy ass soft. DG SHIMADA NS 1050X kinda thing $250
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WTB - Single/Individual Irons & PW
Srixon 945 -4i head PRGR - iD BL 3i head Yururi pw head Masda 4i head Yamaha 3i head, honma 737 31 yamaha hal sutton grind 3i
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WTB - Single/Individual Irons & PW
sorry confusing what are u after any kind of head, any number or just pw?
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JPN putters..,
TOURSTAGE mallet pv5 this one, was desgined , made and THEN refurbed by KITADA. for me as a bday present, re milled it with a non glare matt sheen. its WAS my all rounder for all conditions but its now definitely best on faster greens with the shaft /grip combo ive gone for , thicker leather gripasmter to take more hands out if it, on slow greens i tend to leave it sort but when it get s quick this SHINES.! on the larger side for a mallet with a high face and thicker top line i tend t oplay this more upright with a pendulm swing . feel is crisp and instantaneous,immediate response on where the ball was stuck. ive 3 of this type of head shape all with slightly differnt characteristics. this and the miura for fast, the yonex and benock for slower. purpousely gripped them all different for diff greens/ days/feels. this not in play at the moment, the greens are too slow but when a dry winter comes down under , this will get a lot of play . as a guide WE get : slow s stimp peed 8.7-9.4 mid a 9.5-10 fast 11-11.5 , ive not seen many faster than 11.5 aprt for mthe days afte a tournament , i thnk th quickest igot was 12. . AND.. for a WEEKEND chopper ............. thats FOOKEEEN rapid!
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JPN: Mb-blades thread..
Ahh no. They are ltd set no one's gonna. Have. A single Spare. Pw. Grab a set . They are. Awsome
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JPN putters..,
This yonex ezone mallet has beenway more than just a peach recently. . A tad head heavy in hand , dense full body impact with full deep milling the super compact head has acutally usurped its competitors (with the same shape.. ie.. the TS, the benock and the miura,) for a regular bag spot . Where as say the Miura has a very light super direct charcter and excell on slower grassier lies and the benock is very firm, very fast off the face, or the toursatge which is a medium get what u put into it results , vs the yonex, is all about distance control, its so good at getting to the pin, i was using it on the weekend on greens and the way the ball just stops dead to about where its a tap in is why im baggin it at the moment. i was going head ot head vs the others mentioned here so its not random, all of them ahd thier better bits but over all the way th e ball jsut dies at the hole is the reason. if im honest , as much as the others in its category are regraded more Highly(????) i wud be hard presed not to take this one. -the TS is a wonder full all rounder, played a bit upright it simply does tis job, i cant see any big plus' or negatives on it. its just a great piece on any green. -the benock has a feel that is only benock user can understand, its like no other, the ball almost repels off the face as soon as it hits, its SO dense but.. its light in the hands at the same time , its really hard to adequatly ilustrate in words, i love it on slow greens where i need to get a bit handiser to get the ball there. but for me.. at this stage this yonex has game time prowess most times. loving it, oh and it looks awosme, that cord grip really hs my attention im even getting a cpl more .
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JPN: Mb-blades thread..
YONEX ezone - dg s200 Forged at KYOEI and ground by Chiba who s responsible for zodia brand ,these were made for Ryo Ishkawa back early 2010s. before he took the filthy lucre from callaway. These have on- set profile, very noticeable shape difference at address to just about all other mb ,very thin overall , with a small head and thin top line. its almost swann neck esque at the scoring end which makes these very easy to draw. The Mb isnt very full and miss**ts do get punished. For me, they are magnificent on thin grass or sun baked dried grass conds WAY more than they are in lush moist wet conds , wudnt ever think to take them out in the wet. Ive tred these sveral times over the years and had a cpl of different shafts in them but TBH i cant see anything that noticeably beats the stock DGs200.... so thats what they have now. Kyoei steel forging usually makes for a denser, heavier if u like feel on ball strike and these are no different. but in saying that get these out of the centre and theres no better feel , miss them and they tell u str8 away what u did wrong! I like that response but i prefer the endo feel in a MB personally , i like the KYOEI feel more in cavity backs but in MBs vs say the tourstage , honma or Mizuno they dont quite have that sweetness to them ,waht htey dont have in that they do have in data theres no ones better that the other. In my pantheon of mbs that will be left to melt down at my passing, along with the tourstage, honma 727m , these will be there. Every time I pick these up at the moment they climb a rung of best. So so easy to hit draws shots With. Amazing the difference
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***** MY "new" driver builds THREAD ******
Muziik turfrider 10* - dogatti six stiff I was asked to reccomend a seriosuly easy driver recently and i had bought this a while ago with the idea to just use it for the shaft. i WAS going to put it in a kamui head. then i hit it on range. the and again on range , then again as a back up one day prac round. and although i dont like it its everyting i dont like in a driver, massive head,, more bits missing on the sole than there is on it, elgongated round triangle head........ i have not missed a single shot with it. it must only weigh 305-310 grams TOPS. its like a wand its flex feels way too whippy but the ball goes dead straight and really high. it right up ther with THE easiest drivers ive ever hit, the face is enormous like a football field size. u can only just see the ball on it its impossible to miss the face some where near the middle with it. although it was destined to become a bits piece. and i wud re-use the head for a spare in case i neded one for beginners.....but i just cant do it its unmissable. so ive stuck a leather grip on it and it now a rain driver, its alllllllll carry .
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WITB
haha.. im building that exat driver for winter golf. fyg i played my 10* diamana X combo yesterday. its unreal. head does not loose a tick to anything recent when u clobber one. and feel is second to one its so dense.
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DRIVER alternates: 2,3,4w short 1w..,
CRAZY FW 16..diamana kalia 73x BOMBER!!! crazy f19..diamana 70x crazy f22 diamana stinger 70xx THE 3W forget this as a fairway wood, its almost unhittable unLess your the hulk. but from a tee box .... oh yeababybaby yea! been on / off with these heads for years ,benched them ,sold them re bought them re did them with all manner of shafts, then on whim last firday i just build these for testing.. i didnt really care about the results i was just going to use them as range tools to improve fw striking..................... NOT ANY MORE!!!!!! the 3w is an alien its rediculous, its so small ,so compact with such a large (high) compact surface area to hit from it absolutely catapults the ball.. had it in perfect conds 21*c over cast , no wind, wet grass.. the ball went miles with a higher ,flatter flight. you can make the ball move both ways just a bit with ease , it is NOT an all rounder and its NOT a forgivng head. its pure power. distance was superb. 2 holes where i hit my ryoma d1 aliisli short driver, and this together , the ryoma with a non centered shot was marginally in front of this for distance, its long. i know exaclty where htis 3s is headed.. str8 back to the links course. amazed.........
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fire express dgl 115 , any one play them?
looking at getting a cpl of sets of these , wud like some feedback if possible. cheers
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***** MY "new" driver builds THREAD ******
ah sorry , yes, a fujikura ventus. my apologies.. i tried a mitsubishi tensei receltly (that was on my mind ) , that was very different. quite taught that thing , it had a blue band on it, i didnt mid that at all.
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***** MY "new" driver builds THREAD ******
**** new/old driver test check*** -callaway ft tour proto 9.5* / diamana stinger 70s 45 inch -callaway paradym 9.5* /*fujikura* ventus 60x 45.25 inch 15+/- ish yrs age differential . things i noticed with the new one ( never hit this before) . the paradym looks good at address! has a lovely carbon look to it . over the ball its fkkn HUGE , it makes u think missing the drive is impossible , which is pretty much what i got on course with it. hit it on 6 holes and hit 6 fairways. there are more movable added part to it that i thought no way , thats gonna break very soon , ie the hosel has about 125 different positional change options (!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?) and theres a slidy gold thing at the back which i just viewed as totally unnnessessary chaff. IMPACT> it has a VERY thuddy feel, the ball seems to pop off the face, more dull, not lively, not exciting , not inspiring not..................... FUN , all bidddness kinda personality , get the job done and move on kinda thing. -it has a lower more piercing flight i, cudnt elevate this really i liked the flight , but again all biddness, wasnt " awsome", jsut nice shot move on to the next shot. - into the wind excellent , with the wind i was expecting MUCH more. I did get oodles of cheat miles with it, on the run on short dry winter grass it ran like a honey badger. -shaft match was not for me, *fujikura ventus *but this added nothing at all. in fact for an X flex it was pretty soft, not bad , but not X and but nothing like my X in the stinger and the dia X . -abilty to shape the paradym, virtually zero , its point shoot. I didnt really like the new models impact at all , way prefered the old model. OVER ALL i wasnt very inspired nor exicted by this and i wasnt dissapointed, I was kinda hoping i wud have had a bigger smile , i mean it goes and goes well , BUT i was more than a little surprised by the " lack of distance " it didnt get vs the older model , i was kind of expecting to see it 10-20 yards past my one but nope. zero difference. i did like the safety look aspect to it, on a tough driving course where the faiways are thin, i thnk this wud be great. ( not with that shaft) cud see a role for one of these shaped heads ..... on links maybe. they just look enormous to my eye , similar to the tylor made blue thing, it hits the ball, thats it. i def prefer this one to the TM but from what i saw, im not gonna scurry out and grab one. so far of the newer drivers ive hit offer nothing substantial to make me grab one , they lack personality. they ahve no character, thye have no genk thye are just inanimate blocks. maybe one day ill grab someting like this for comp in the wind but over waht i have , sorry i was left feeling more than a little flat. il wait another 10 yrs , untill then the 2011 ft has its spot assured.