Posted September 19, 201113 yr What's your pick of the litter for dispersion, feel, low launch, low spin, looks, etc DG X100 DG X200 DG X-7 DG Tour TT Black Golds TT Tour Concepts Project X Rifle KBS Tour KBS C-Taper Nippon Modus 3 Nippon Super Peening Blue Nippon 1150GH Tour Matrix Program 130's Crazy CBI-80 Limited Iron shafts Crazy CB 102 Crazy Tour Target Steel Aerotech Steelfibe Shimada Tour Shimada Pro Anything i'm missing??
September 19, 201113 yr When I was playing regularly, it was the pre-True Temper Project X. Edited September 19, 201113 yr by wmclarenf1
September 19, 201113 yr NS1150 tour NS super peening blue shimada KS tour 120 th superpeening are super tight and low.prob closest to Dg x100 the 1150 are tight but high the shiamada are mid and workable. think u might find these a bit too theatrical at yr ss tho. DG X100 DG X200 DG X-7 DG Tour TT Black Golds TT Tour Concepts Project X Rifle KBS Tour KBS C-Taper Nippon Modus 3 Nippon Super Peening Blue Nippon 1150GH Tour Matrix Program 130's Crazy CBI-80 Limited Iron shafts Crazy CB 102 Crazy Tour Target Steel Aerotech Steelfibe Shimada Tour Shimada Pro Anything i'm missing??
September 19, 201113 yr Gone from DGs300-all time classic Rifle s-90 TM version- great shaft on the harsh side but performed. Project x - as above dead muted feel 1150gh - smooth nothing bad but also nothing that grabs me KBS tours - best feel but high launch KBS c tapers - much Lower launch, lower spin, best dispersion and retained the KBS feel that I liked. Sexy stepless satin to boot.
September 19, 201113 yr Gone from DGs300-all time classic Rifle s-90 TM version- great shaft on the harsh side but performed. Project x - as above dead muted feel 1150gh - smooth nothing bad but also nothing that grabs me KBS tours - best feel but high launch KBS c tapers - much Lower launch, lower spin, best dispersion and retained the KBS feel that I liked. Sexy stepless satin to boot. seriously considering buying some c-tapers but not sure which heads to put on them...... I agree with everyting posted above.
September 19, 201113 yr Used the rifle shafts for a while many years ago, then switched to DG S300 that I used for a long long time. Really like the DG S300 actually, and still do. But wanted something a bit more stiff, felt the X100 was a bit too much and now play the SP blue in Xstiff and really like them. Smooth, stable and beautifully finished as well..I thibk the Blue Super Peenings are the best shaft out there..Also tried the KBS tours, and they were prett nice, I use the wedge version in my wedges. 1. SP blue 2. DG S300
September 19, 201113 yr Kbs tour & kbs c-tapers are like day & night. The Cs are exactly whats described here, low launch & super tight dispersion. I used play the PX, but again, same feedback...harsh & dead. Cant wait for more feedback on Crazy steels..... So for now, its the C tapers for me
September 19, 201113 yr My evolution has been: TT Tours Rifle SP Blue KBS Tour SP Blue NGS 950 Crazy CBI Evo 01 and Fuji 115i The SP Blue are at the top of the list right now, only because I do not have enough playing time with either if the graphite shafts... The Crazy and the Fuji has a higher ball flight a a large amount than the SP Blue, but the flight is still stable and true. Spin wise, I think all three have provided similar amounts but the challenge is that the grpahite shafts have been on conforming clubs while the SP were not. When I was going through my latest shaft selection I tested the Fuji, NGS Modus, Aerotech, C Taper, NGS 950, SP Blue, UST Pro Force and a couple of others. Fuji Aerotech SP Blue Modus NGS 950 UST C Taper In contradiction to the statement above about SP Blue being tops, I did rate Aerotech higher because part of my goal was to start using a lighter shaft and within those criteria it edged out the SP Blue.
September 19, 201113 yr Gone from DGs300-all time classic Rifle s-90 TM version- great shaft on the harsh side but performed. Project x - as above dead muted feel 1150gh - smooth nothing bad but also nothing that grabs me KBS tours - best feel but high launch KBS c tapers - much Lower launch, lower spin, best dispersion and retained the KBS feel that I liked. Sexy stepless satin to boot. pretty spot on
September 19, 201113 yr Author This is great! Anyone else try the Shimada Tours or Shimada Pro shafts? I like the look of the silvery green sticker on them. I know, I should really be looking at a sticker to determine what shaft to go with
September 20, 201113 yr ive tried them all with the exception of the dgx-7 i wont comment on the above as the observations are all pretty spot on. dont get me wrong i think your doing a good thing thinning down the herd but i think your over analyzing. you want a shaft to end all shafts?? go get yourself a set of nippon prototypes if you can find them. i kid you not, they are superior to anything i have tried.
September 20, 201113 yr Author Nah not looking for the be all end all of shafts, just like getting feedback from people in the know. I'm not considering anything from True Temper (not that anything is wrong with them) and i'm not considering anything from Aerotech or Nippon. I have SPB's in a set of Miura 5003's and they are sensational. I'm probably going to go with either Crazy's, Shimada's or KBS C-Tapers. Heard the Modus 3's are crap but who knows.... I'd like to try Shimada's as i've never tried them. The Crazy's are probably great but a little light and very expensive. The C-taper are supposedly outstanding and affordable.
September 20, 201113 yr Nah not looking for the be all end all of shafts, just like getting feedback from people in the know. I'm not considering anything from True Temper (not that anything is wrong with them) and i'm not considering anything from Aerotech or Nippon. I have SPB's in a set of Miura 5003's and they are sensational. I'm probably going to go with either Crazy's, Shimada's or KBS C-Tapers. Heard the Modus 3's are crap but who knows.... I'd like to try Shimada's as i've never tried them. The Crazy's are probably great but a little light and very expensive. The C-taper are supposedly outstanding and affordable. modus is good, i am gaming them. they are absolutely not crap. the shimada pro series is sort of the DG of japanese shafts. they are smooth and lower launching than nspros. ive tried the c-tapers, they are a improvement over the previous kbstours. honestly i dont know what the fuss is about. id take the sp blues anyday.
September 20, 201113 yr Sounds like the C-tapers or the SPBs is what you're after. The new PX blacks might be something if they fixed the feel and vibration issues.
September 21, 201113 yr Author I have the SPB in the miura's and they are an outstanding shaft. I'll probably try the C-tapers in the Onoff Forged. I think the new PX Black is a wood shaft only...
September 25, 201113 yr There is a new/reworked PX iron shaft, lower spin, better feel and less vibration. No doubt it's in response to the C-tapers, just not yet available.
September 25, 201113 yr Of the retail shafts the ks tour 120 def. get my vote over the ns Sp blue just bec fhey are bit more friemdly and a bit more medium all round played them in all cinditions and never once wondered or wanted for anything different traj and flight is mid the feel is good witjout being anyting special nor harsh u dont notice them which i think is perfect from links in massive m wind to hid rokyo in augusr when the only breath is ur own these play really well helps that they look really good as well yea overall these my tops
September 25, 201113 yr Author You're tallking about the Shimada Tour and Shimada Pro... right? One's taper one's parallel. My link My link
September 26, 201113 yr I was gaming the Shimada in a set of Miura 1957 baby blades for a few weeks on Stew's recommendation, Theyre exactly what he stated, they rank very good across the board in all areas, there isn't anything that's particularly special about them, but there also isn't one single detractor either, and I really can't think of another shaft that i can't say 1 negative thing about, they're def a performance oriented shaft as far as you put these in a set and they just do what theyre meant to do, nothing more, nothing less, a workhorse type of shaft... Think DG without the harshness, and a little bit higher flight(def not high though, a mid, boring-ish trajectory), they feel smooth throughout the swing, but not very active, def not boardy though, you could say it's a boring type of feel, but the consistency of it is what makes the feel of these rewarding.... Honestly, when I think of this shaft, the first thing that springs to mind is that it's the perfect shaft to test different heads with, because you really can forget about it entirely.... Also i would say, for me this is a really great shaft to game if im not playing well and don't wanna think about the shaft at all... Just had them pulled recently, but not because I was unhappy with them at all, but right now the baby blades are getting one of the two sets of the new Crazy Target Tours that arrived yesterday. J.
September 26, 201113 yr yes exactly.! i have an epon 302 7 iron that i shafted up with this head. just to play around with (bec i just cant escape that i love the 302,) just cant paly it, i had it flattened 1.5 * and it made a great improvement tho, all is not lost. if guys want to try this out im happy to pass it around as long as u put a stamp o nthe shaft as to where it goes and it comes home in a yr . itsa real soft combo.!
September 27, 201113 yr So to square it off, the top ones curently in market with low spin, tight dispersion, low/ penetrating flight, feel is : Shimada pro/ tour NS pro SP KBS C-taper ....with the jury still out on crazy steel, or rather the lack of available feedbacks from users.
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