Is this stringing job normal?

Who knows. It could be a special power pattern. Play with the string first. If it gives you extra power, don't cut it.

 

if the racquet breaks then you know something is wrong ..seriously i wouldnt take the chance..

 

apart from the bizarro extra cross at #7, the candle wax. and the fact he used a ns8k stringing pattern for a ns9k...what is there to go wrong?


will the racket collapse if you string a main-string through a cross-grommet. I mean, I admit the job is messed up, but hold your horses
I'd definatly inform the stringer though, it's not exactly "a job well done"...

 

Yes, it is normal to have 24 crosses. When you buy a racket, it becomes yours to do as you please. That means you can have 1 cross or 100 crosses and no one can tell you what to do - not yonex, not your dad, and not your badminton friends.

 

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You can find a bigger version by doing a search.

 

Man, that string job makes Baby Jesus cry.

 

I showed a link to the official Yonex stringing pattern for the NS-9000 and that is all. If you wish to increase the number of crosses to 24 strings, then it is your call.

 

Master Kelvin, relieve this racquet's misery with your lightsaber.

 

LMAO...

It looks like the stringer, wanted to make sure every single grommet that could fit 2 strings through, had 2 strings through them... if the mains were on an angle I'm sure those would have 2 strings going through them too

 

I strongly suggest you to cut the string, ask for the refund, and re-string with a reputable stringer due to the following reasons:

1. Warranty. With obviously wrong string pattern, Yonex can void your warranty if in case you do need one.

2. Possible damage to gromment, as silentheart mentioned in his post.

3. Possible damage to frame. It might not show the sign for a while, but I believe Yonex R&D invest their string pattern for a reason. A wrong pattern might result in greater pressure load on certain spot, which means higher chance for damage, especially with high tension.

 

I suggest that you take the racquet back to the stringer with the strings intact and show him a diagram of how it should be done. If the racquet breaks while it's in the stringer's possesion, it could be blamed on the original incorrect stringing.

 

To answer your original question, NO this stringing job is normal at all; It is not even close to what YONEX recommends; But, other people do it and will keep doing it; It is all a personal choice, I guess. It all depends on how much you care about your racket; I take of my rackets very well and hence if it were me, I would just cut the strings and take it somewhere else to get it strung.

 

Your stringing is wrong on the main. I'll try and tell you how to fix as best as I can.

Where you error is hole #6 from the middle at the top. The holes for the main strings are, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,13,15 and knot at hole #8.

So for the main string as you're going up from hole #6 from the bottom, slot it through hole #6 at the top and come back down hole #7 at the top to hole #7 at the bottom. As you go up on hole #8 at the bottom slot it through hole #9 at the top. Go down on hole #11 at the top to hole #9 at the bottom.

Here's a little chart of where the string should go too.

Main String: (I'm going to skip the first few one because it's easy.)

B <--hole # at the bottom T <--hole # at the top

B6 --> T6
T7 --> B7
B8 --> T9
T11 --> B9
B12 --> T15
T13 --> B10
Knot at hole #8

(you can also go up on hole #10 at the bottom to hole #13 at the top and them back down on hole #15 on top to hole #12 at the bottom. This way is a little easy but it's not how Yonex recommend it.)

Cross String: (This is if you use a 4 knot, 2 piece string. I've never done a 2 knot before so I don't know how to do it)

Begin by knoting at hole #5, then run the string through hole #8, from hole #8 go through hole #10, from hole #10, go through hole #12 and then it's every hole.

8 --> 10 --> 12 --> 13 -->14 (so after hole #12 it's every hole afterwards.)

You should finish cross string on hole #9 at the bottom and knot it on hole #6 at the bottom.

I hope that this helps.

 

1-15 are main at the top - i.e. T1 - T15

Knot is at the bottom - i.e. B8

 

That's true, but for Armortec 800 OFF/DEF (maybe the new AT900 P/T), Nano Speed, the stringing pattern are different up top. There's 15 holes up top but for the main you skip hole number 8, 10, and 12 as those are designated for cross string.

 

it's already so weird from the look of it..hurry up n cut the strings n have them restring somewhere else..