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Hi Apichart, yes the are very very soft, and many people mistake them sometimes for forged. A great set of irons!

The driver is the one that came second in the D1 Grand Prix behind the Yamaha, when it first came out it got tons of coverage as having good distance... it was one of the first Japanese stock drivers to go over 46" in length stock.... everyone else has followed.

So Golf Style reported that Daisuke Maruyama has gone from Titleist to Fourteen this season which will give Fourteen much more PGA exposure since Maruyama is a PGA regular. He's playing: JC707 9* Driver SF206 3 Wood UT306 Hybrid TC-1000 Forged MT-28 V3 Wedges... Let's hope he does well and helps promote some JDM!!

From my experience... a shim makes no difference. It doesn't make the shaft thicker, it makes the hosel narrower. (^_^)

We've moved quite a few sets of these but don't know if any of the buyers are forum members.

Because your miss is right I'm almost inclined to suggest a regular Axiv Driver Shaft 7576M, it's X flex, 77g and is smooth with good kick and will help get the ball up in the air. Another option if you don't mind the light fade is to get a new Axiv X-7078 which has a firmer tip for lower spin and a mid launch. If you prefer something a little softer which results in more feel and kick a X-7074 which is SX flex will also do the trick.

Let me find some time. I can definitely do this. Most manufacturers and all the magazines do "classify" all the irons to certain levels of players. In many cases some irons overlap different levels there are also many irons that target specific player level.

True.....(^_^)

P also forgot to mention an oldie but goodie... the Tourstage Z-101, no offset and practically a blade! Hard to believe they were my first irons!!

Choice, Golf Style, Golf Digest Japan, Alba, Waggle, those are all Japanese magazines that frequently do DETAILED what's in the bag, I mean from shafts, flex, swingweight length etc on all JPGA JLPGA and even PGA pros regularly.

There are probably lots (^_^). But that will depend on what target level of player you're looking for. The higher handicap/game improvment CB's you'll find big offset for sure. I can check the numbers but if you tell me what handicap you are I can at least focus on irons in that range (^_^).

fenice is right on the money, flex is no longer just based on swing speed but your swing type. A flex too soft is not good for aggressive hard hitters with quick tempos and fast transition/wrist lag but for smooth swingers, a softer flex is much less detrimental. That said, I'm guessing you swing over 100 with the driver and based on that you are "probably" okay with an S. The feedback on the stock shaft has actually been very good. Good kick, good feel. The EMB shafts may play a touch softer too because of their increased length (46" standard).

That bag is very popular and long sold out. We can't get anymore...

Many play blades for the playability/workability but interestingly, I've started seeing more CB's including chunkier game improvement style irons lately on JPGA. Top pro Shingo Katayama has been playing Nike Ignite Irons with graphite and a Sumo 10.5* driver and his comments were... "why shouldn't I play these clubs, they are so easy to hit. Golf is already difficult as it is so my thinking is to get the most forgiving and easiest to hit clubs I can." I kinda agree... (^_^)

I got a #4 and #5 egg for Xmas from my brother in law. Finish is typical PRGR, very good and classy. Nice headcovers and very nice shafts. Interestingly my brother in law sent me the #4 with PRGR Graphite and the #5 with Inpsec lightweight steel. I hit a couple of balls in the basement into the net and as Duffer said above it feels like a wood and is very easy to hit with it's wide sole and blunt leading edge. It's made complete of maraging steel so the ball feels like it rockets off the face (but of course I can't confirm that yet as I'm hitting them into a net). The lofts are very strong... 21* on the 4 and 23* on the 5. The 5 iron hybrid with steel has the prgr sticker on that says 23* and 190y. Let me tell you I would be the happiest person on earth if this club went 190 yards as a 5 iron replacement. I'll test with the PRGR shafts when I get a chance then will shaft both with my choice UT shaft from Graphite Design though the PRGR Graphite feels pretty nice. The clubs are also longer than the clubs they are supposed to replace by about 0.5". They are VERY popular in Japan among mid to higher handicappers who are looking for something to replace the long irons with. PRGR has had several recreational golfers start blogs chronicling their experiences with the EGG and they have all been very positive. What I found most interesting was that even lower handicappers have been experimenting with the EGG and loving them as a hybrid Iron/utility which is why I added them to the pro shop that way first to see if people were interested. I only put stuff in the shop that I personally approve of (^_^) haha... I did take some pics the other day when they arrived (same pics I put in the pro shop)...

The CB-1006 definitely has very little offset as federerfan said. Others to consider with little offset are : ONOFF Miura CB247 Yamaha Inpres X V Forged TOUR Limited Fourteen TC-770 Forged P most lower handicap irons will have less offset then what you currently play. I'm talking bout the TS not r7 (^_^)

No problem (^_^) I did stick a few others too in the driver gallery but no face pics yet. (^_^)

This address pic was already posted in the other emb thread. I'll have to ask C to take some side by side face wise, the emb is basically shallower and wider face wise.

You mean the other way around.... Endo was the one who was consulted on for the Sumo designs. They just made it better for their own EMB driver. (^_^)

Hey Aaron, more info would help like your actual swing speed. Your tempo and transition at the top. What your bad shot usually is. Prime numbers would be around 15* launch with 2500 or so back spin. (^_^)

Here is some info I put together on the EMB technology from Epon's original Japanese info and also thanks to sarintr for his pics of inside the club which I borrowed. I really like the hybrid cup face coupled with the high MOI body... now I can see why this thing is so straight and long. It also explains why it's so loud and has a very different feel from the traditional 460 which has the welded forged insert. Epon also did some unofficial testing with a bunch of recreational mid to high handicap golfers who had problems hooking the ball, they had each of them hit 5 driver with a 460 and then 5 drivers with an EMB and averaged the results of the 5 drivers. This was very casual testing and really for reference and interest only. I cannot verify any of the numbers as they were provided by Epon. The specs are as follows. EMB = 5500MOI 460 = 4200MOI (both are actually 460cc) All EMB's were using stock Graphite Design Tour AD for EMB at stock 46" length. All 460's were using stock Mach Line shafts at 45.25" length. In all two of the three cases average distance increased and most important of all all three golfers were considerably straighter = better accuracy and distance. The run out was amazing on some of these numbers which makes me wonder if they were hitting on a hole with a slight decline. (^_^)

I did the GDO best seller list for December so I thought it'd be a good idea to take a look in the pro shop here and tally what the best selling clubs were as well for December at TSG. Here are TSG's best sellers for December. This does include pre-order items as well: BEST SELLING AT TSG: Driver: 1. Epon EMB 2. Tourstage X-Drive Black 445cc 3. Epon Forged 460 4. Yamaha 4.6D 5. Tourstage 2008 ViQ 6. ONOFF 2008 Driver Plus 7. Yamaha 425V 8. Geotech GT455RM 9. Callaway Legacy 10. ONOFF 2008 Driver Fairway Woods and Utilities: 1. PRGR M3 Hit Tour 2. Tourstage 2008 ViQ (Tie) 2. Epon AF-201 (Tie) 4. Miura Precious Edition 5. Tourstage X-Drive GR 6. Taylormade 2008 V-Steel 7. Mizuno JPX Utility (Tie) 7. Royal Collection Td+ (Tie) 9. Royal Collection Pro TP 10. PRGR M3 Hit Irons: 1. Epon AF-701 2. Taylormade r7 TP Forged 3. Fourteen TC-550 Forged 4. Epon AF-301 5. Miura MB-5003 6. Yamaha Inpres X V Forged Tour Limited 7. Yamaha Inpres X V Forged 8. Epon AF-501 (Tie) 8. Tourstage 2008 ViQ (Tie) 10. Tourstage 2008 X-Blade Wedges: 1. Yamaha Inpres X Black Wedge 2. Yururi Raw Gekku 3. Epon AF Wedge 4. Yururi Tour Seida 5. Fourteen MT-28 JSPEC 6. PRGR MTI Wedge 7. Royal Collection 6150TG 8. Taylormade 2008 XR Wedge 9. Fourteen MT-28 V3 10. Tourstage 2007 X Wedge Putters: 1. Gold's Factory Private Stock 2. Taylormade Japan Rossa Fuji ASGI+ 3. Taylormade Japan Marnello 8 ASGI+ 4. Taylormade Japan Corza ASGI+ Overlength 5. Bettinardi XR 2.0 Putter 6. Mizuno Q Series Putters 7. Zomo Z:II Putter 8. Hiro Matsumoto MG-05 9. Bettinardi Studio B SB-1 10. Bettinardi Studio B SB-5 Shafts: 1. Mamiya Axiv-X 2. Diamana ali'islei 3. NGS Mach Line Proto 4. Graphite Design Quattro Tech 5. Graphite Design Quattro Tech MD 6. Roddio Pentacross 7. Ozik X-Con Series 8. Mamiya Axiv Driver Shaft 9. Graphite Design PT Series 10. Graphite Design 9003 (Tie) 10. Diamana White (Tie)

Most JDM heads are under 200g and can range from as low as 190g to average around 195-197g.

Scoop on this driver so far by the way is pretty positive but let me check my magazines this afternoon.... far too much reading to do (^_^)

As far as I know they are only offering the 460D ST long, not the new 4.6D in ST long. The ST Long is based on their best selling previous generation driver the 460D and is just longer. The 460D models had already been removed from the pro shop as they've been replaced by the newer 4.6 versions. They haven't bothered releasing a 4.6D ST Long as all the new 4.6 drivers can be ordered custom lengths including up to 46.5" any way.