What is your favorite string setup(s) and why?
A few of my hybrid favorites. Share your favorites...
1. Luxilon Alu Power (mains) / Becker Bomber (cross)
2. Solinco Tour Bite (mains) / Tecnifibre X-One Biphase (cross)
3. Dunlop Synthetic Gut gold (mains) / Luxilon Alu Rough (cross)
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Permalink Reply by Joe B. (BP, CA) on -
1. Gamma Live Wire (16G) - great pocketing and bite on the ball. However, as my stroke develops, I'm finding the string
too fragile, lasting 20 hours or less (Prince Rebel @59 lbs.).
2. Tecnifibre X-One Biphase - same as above, with a bit less feel, but lasting almost twice as long.
Tried Luxilon Big Banger (Prince EXO3 Graphite MP @ 56 lbs.), and it felt good for about two weeks, then strings felt dead.
For syn guts, I like Prince Syn Gut with Duraflex.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on -
Live Wire has great bite on the ball. It's too bad it doesn't last longer. If the price went down to $8 a set, I would use it. Gamma makes some great stuff, including racquets.
X-One Biphase, Djoko's previous string choice, has that super smooth feel. Plays alot like gut, but I could not play it without a poly cross. Too much power for me.
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Permalink Reply by Hal Wagner on -
Have not used Livewire xp, but like Gamma Livewire Professional,if that's what your talking about Tim, I can get for around that price. Personally, I've been using Lux M2 very cool string for big hitting, and slice and dice. Also, found an awesome price on that stuff.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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Hmm, it's too bad you don't live next door to me. I would get some. I tried M2 in a hybrid with Fischer M Pro string which felt nice. But M2 in full felt like a more refined Lux Original to me.
Try Lux Ace with syn gut at 49 lbs. Awesome hybrid for slice and dice too.
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Permalink Reply by blackrino on -
natural gut, it turns your racket into a magic wand and generates tons of forgiveness, also it create a lot of confidence you can't maintain. what is there not to like about that stuff!
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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Only one thing: the price. Haha!
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Permalink Reply by CoachV - William Vazquez on -
Gosen polyon ice 17g mains, Gosen og-sheep 17g cross. 48lbs it lasts for ever. the longest has been 4 months, shortest was 2 weeks....training for tournaments.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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Ugh, hate to say it, but I hate Gosen Polylon Ice. Feels like clear plastic. lol But I can't argue with the price of either Polylon or Sheep Micro. :)
Does it really last that long at 48 lbs? Incredible!
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Permalink Reply by CoachV - William Vazquez on
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Yes. Gosen polyon ice is a pure polyester string. & many players dont like the stiffness.( you got to wear it down to feel better, it plays great when its about to break. )
the trick to the string is its the hybrid half. a Good synthetic gut supporting the polyon ice makes the price, playability, & endurance of the string worth while for frequent string breakers.
I will break luxilon string in a week or 2 weeks consistently that's about $60 a month if you buy in a store. I will break synthetic gut 17g 1 day on any surface if I'm playing & training for tournaments.
sometimes the ICE is very annoying when i have a tournament...
I don't know when the string will break. the synthetic gut Crosses break more often than the mains and I only string my racquets when they break.
example: My last tournament I was playing with my racquet for over six months. it finally broke in the second set of the semi-finals and it was the Ice in the mains. the Crosses synth-gut was so flatten out it might as well be hair. Then I have to switch racquets to a fresh racquet.
the fresh racquet the balance & weight is off like a gram here or there so switching is annoying. I have to strip down both racquets & balance them. that would require breaking the strings at the same time. which almost never happens. :'(
BUt I have a new Contract with Wilson ( yaa ) & will be getting the 2012 line up of new racquets. so the entire customizing of my racquets will have to wait until I receive my new ones to fix all the balances of all the racquets, so five racquets I have to customize...that suxs, the time I mean.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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I will try out Ice with Dunlop syn gut then. I can get Ice for 3.99 at the local shop in L.A.. I have one racquet out of my 5 Prestige Mids where I just use full Dunlop synthetic gut at 65. I get it for 1.99. But I need just a touch of cut and I'm tired of paying $15 for Luxilon on every one of my racquets.
I like to keep a couple racquets with budget stringing, when I hit public park night doubles. There's so much dirt and leaves on the courts, doesn't make sense to waste good string on that.
I don't know about Head quality control on my Prestige Mids, but the five I have feel almost the same in balance. I've had to lead the head a bit though recently.
Hey, let me know what that new Fed racquet feels like. I heard they are ramping up the stiffness to RA 70 and putting that Amplifeel in the handles, whatever that is.
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Permalink Reply by Hal Wagner on
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dang five free rackets, I only get 3 with my contract, :( the new sticks look sweet hope they play the same.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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shoot, I had to buy mine. must be nice to have a contract, guys...
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