STRING MIXING...

[Kelvin]

Hey all,
Yes as you know... I've been away, I've been doing ok. (heh that rhymes)
Anywho... as some of you may know I've gotten a huge crap load of bg88ti, and bg85 from Tokyo.
No I'm not selling any of it... bwahahhahahaaha.

Anywho... my question is...
HAVE ANY OF YOU TRIED USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRINGS ON YOUR MAINS, AND YOUR CROSSES???
IF SO LET ME KNOW HOW IT PANNED OUT PLEASE???

I've been contemplating this idea for a long time now...
Now that I've got the best type of synthetic string available I thought I would tinker around with my racquets.
Also... the lucky stringer of my racquets will get some free complementary reels from me; cause I'm not too confident in my own ability to string my own racquets yet LOL.
I know Cooler might want to be the first in line seeing as he's from the same home city as me... along with a few other posters on this forum...
If not I'll get it strung out east here.... and man I must say it was pretty damn humid, and warm out here for those few days.
Talk to you guys soon.
-Kelvin

[kwun]

hey, since you are experimenting, have you tried Gosen or Mizuno? i heard their strings are better than Yonex.

i have had terrible luck with Gosen. whenever i string it on, it'd break on the first day. however, for all the people who managed to survived through the first day (ie. everyone but me) said they played really well. and they are relatively cheaper too.

as for Mizuno, supposedly as good as bg85, but more durable. but i have never tried it myself.

oh, and welcome back. :)

[kwun]

oh. and to answer your question... no. i haven't tried string mixing beyond mixing different colors of bg65 (long story). but cooler is a big string experimenter, so you should definitely talk to him. btw, have you guys found out his identity yet?

[TrunkZ69]

gosen strings are nice. i like the new aermet one. the microlegendXL isn't bad either. i used both of them yesterday, not for tha tlong, but they were nice.

[cooler]

3 weeks ago i've strung for a client a 'fake' isometric 900 ACM boron (thanks to matt's feedback on identifing fakes) with a crack (not from me) at 12 o'clock (yes, i keep getting rackets that proshops wouldn't do) using gosen micro tech 4 string (0.69mm) at 25 lbs. The string does feel different than yonex string but the filament construction looks similar to bg65. Last check my car and house windows are still ok so i assume his string and rackets are still holding :)

sorry, got to go now, it's badminton night 4 me.

[Zclyh3]

Yeah..SDBS accidently strung my racket with BG-70 Pro main and 65 Ti cross...biggest piece of crap I have ever seen. Don't string blend..not unless for color purposes.

[shaun]

wow look kelvin is back! lol.
well an answer to ur question: ari spoke to me about mixing strings for a very short period of time.....he said string bg66 cross and bg65 main....which i thought was odd, because cross strings are usually tighter.....but he said ppl usually do it this way anyway...he asked me if i tried it and i obviously didnt......
so the only thing i can tell u is that the "norm" (if there is one lol) for mixing strings is that u get the more durable string on the mains.....most likely cos its the mains that usually break and not the cross

[May]

I haven't, but a senior of mine did. She said there wasn't a difference, I'm not too sure as to whether you should trust what she said to me because she changes the type of string each time she strings and the only difference is durability, according to her anyway. I suppose she means she hasn't found her dream string yet:D

[Cheung]

I haven't tried.

I don;t know of any pros who do this.

[Yogi]

Man, u guys get great ideas.

But dont u think it could be a costly proposition.Nearly twice the cost!

Immaterial of this iam gooing to try this out.Gosen armet and Babolat Natural Gut on AB 2000.

I'll let u know the result.

[Gladius]

Ashaway had this string some 8 or 9 years ago that had 2 different blends for mains and crosses supposedly better for ....... .Blah Blahh .... but it bombed!

So what do you guys say of this example then ??

[Howard]

Hey kelvin, Do you think john would be able to mix strings???

[May]

You know, I think you've gotten it all wrong. They were talking abt different strings for the crosses and the mains.

[Gladius]

I know what I'm talking about May.

Ashaway used to pack a 'string' that was essentially 2 different strings as a package for the mains and the crosses. I was supposed to be a breakthrough in terms of power and control/ touch ....

But sad to say it bombed and people have been saying sucky things about Ashaway strings ever since ....

I thik it was called the 'Cross-fire' or something. Anyone remeber them ??

[May]

oic. I thought u meant that the 2 strings as 1.

[Brett]

It's not uncommon in tennis. Hard hitters who want control sometimes will use one set of Kevlar strings and one set of a weaker but better control type of string.

[Quan]

I think Gosen has a string that has different string composition for the crosses and mains.

[Cheung]

But not in the same racquet, right? They will change racquets between a service game and receive game.

[Brett]

Yes, in the same racquet. From what I read in Tennis magazine, only the really hard hitters will mix the strings in order to obtain some control without having to switch to a new racquet every few rallies. If I remember correctly, Agassi might have been one of the players trying out the mixed strings.

[Quan]

Yeah, the mixed string from Gosen is for tennis. I think it is called polyblend or something.

[cooler]

my belief is that mixing string in tennis is more influential than in badminton.

[shaun]

head also has it in their intelligence string

[odjn]

I did some stringing mixing of my own!!!!

I did it on my mp 77, with bg 65 on the crosses, and bg 65 ti on the mains. At 24x26. So far it just feels the same. Nothing special.

I'm about to put "black" bg 68 ti (mains) and red bg 65 ti (crosses) on my AT 800 offensive. WHOAAA YEAHH Ti POWER!!! :D

I'm wondering what tension i should use for my AT....hmss!

[hongyi_2000]

if 3u 28*30
if4u 26*28

[registered]

hi, i have 3 cab 21's and i've strung hybrids (mixing strings) for quite a while now. I have 2 with bg85 on the mains and bg66 in the crosses and one with bg66. The plain bg66 i strung at 26 pounds but i string lower now because it snaps like crazy on me. And the 2 hybrids i must say are tough... they don't break as fast as the bg66 alone and at first... it was very odd to adapt to. It gave me a totally different feel then what i was expecting i can say that it was a good mix in my opinion. I reccommend trying it, it might be odd at first but it's another alternative to plain bg66. Also i have tried the gosen strings that are 0.66mm i cut them after 1 hour i had no feel whatsoever. I'm ranked B class just for you info on my power and abilities regarding my strings. my two cents. g'luck and have fun mixing strings!!!!!!!

[Super~ME!]

I did some stringing mixing of my own!!!!

I did it on my mp 77, with bg 65 on the crosses, and bg 65 ti on the mains. At 24x26. So far it just feels the same. Nothing special.

I'm about to put "black" bg 68 ti (mains) and red bg 65 ti (crosses) on my AT 800 offensive. WHOAAA YEAHH Ti POWER!!! :D

I'm wondering what tension i should use for my AT....hmss!

.....hehe...ok...:p...this is a very simple but probably a question asked very often....but...:p which ones exactly are the main and which ones are the crosses...i've heard people say it both ways...the crosses are the horizontal ones and the mains are the vertical ones...and i've heard it the other way around too saying that the mains are the horizontal ones and the crosses are the vertical ones. personally, i think the first one saying that the mains are the vertical strings and the crosses are the horizontal strings sounds more reasonable.....another thing is like...people recomend a 2 pound difference between the two sets of strings on an isometric frame.....so like...if i were to string say at 23 pounds....my mains(being the vertical strings) would be at 24lbs and my crosses(being the horizontal strings) would be at 22lbs right?...:p ....thanks people btw...i don't get that technical usually...i just play the game and love it the way it is...:D

[Neil Nicholls]

...which ones exactly are the main and which ones are the crosses...i've heard people say it both ways...the crosses are the horizontal ones and the mains are the vertical ones...and i've heard it the other way around too saying that the mains are the horizontal ones and the crosses are the vertical ones.
Horizontal and vertical depend on which way up you hold the racquet.
The main strings run in the same direction as the shaft of the racquet




.....another thing is like...people recomend a 2 pound difference between the two sets of strings on an isometric frame.....so like...if i were to string say at 23 pounds....my mains(being the vertical strings) would be at 24lbs and my crosses(being the horizontal strings) would be at 22lbs right?...
other way round
Yonex recommendation is that the cross tension be main tension+10%

The devil is in the detail though, and there might be more to it than that. For more information, do a search.

[Super~ME!]

Horizontal and vertical depend on which way up you hold the racquet.
The main strings run in the same direction as the shaft of the racquet



other way round
Yonex recommendation is that the cross tension be main tension+10%

The devil is in the detail though, and there might be more to it than that. For more information, do a search.
.....hehe...ok...that really helps clarify things for me a lot.....thanks!...:D