Post by: admin on December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 PM
Coverstock: N'Control PowerStock - Reactive
Color: Blue Pearl/Red Pearl
Hardness: 77-79
Factory Finish: Rubbing and Finishing Compound Double Buff
Core Dynamics:
- RG Max: 2.577
- RG Min: 2.536
- RG Diff: 0.041
- RG Avg: 4.5
Performance:
- Hook Potential: 90
- Length: 125
- BreakPoint Shape: 85
Available Weights: 12-16 Pounds
View the official Spec sheet including Drill Instructions
Post by: BowlPro on November 05, 2002, 10:34:14 AM
The New Monster Frenzy comes to us from Brunswick with the combination of some current technology to make us another great ball that bowlers should have!
The N-Control Reactive coverstock has been combined with the "Door Knob" core used in the "Smash/R" and "Swamp Monster". This new combination gives us a ball that gets threw the heads without any loss of energy saving it for a great backend explosion to the pocket! We drilled our test ball with a (4X4) drilling pattern and this provided us with great length and recovery on the typical house condition. We could swing this ball and have it turn back strong and destroy the rack. Brunswicks new dense core technology has raised their performance level tremendously this past season.
We really enjoyed the "Monster Scream/R" as one of our favorite league condition balls. But now we are going to replace that one with this new "Frenzy"
This ball is perfect for those bowlers who have slower ball speeds and need help on those Wet/Dry lane conditions! Those of you who "Crank" the ball will find a ball that will get down the lane and turn back strong! What many bowlers call going "Coast to Coast"!
We believe this to be the best "Overall" Monster to date and recommend that every bowler RUN to their local proshops and get this one today! This will be a ball that will fit right in the "Middle" of most bowlers arsenals.
Keep the drilling pattern simple and you will find a very adaptable ball!
We highly recommend this ball to all bowlers everywhere!
BowlPro
www.discount-proshop.com
Post by: Chris Postel on November 18, 2002, 03:54:49 PM
I tried it on an oiled shot playing a straighter line than other people are used to seeing me play. What I've noticed about this ball is that it keeps the pins low when I release it at about a 30 degree tilt. The ball hits hard with a 40 degree tilt but leaves ten pins (too hard I'm guessing for this shot). The ball hits pretty soft with a 45-50 degree tilt. I'm in an experimenting stage in my game to try and understand the game and myself. It's a little hard to adjust moving inside and keeping the same mark, but if when I move my feet a board or two left, that's where my eyes have to move as well.
It just doesn't react like a positive ball (which I expected), but I'm sure it will work in my game as the backends lengthens in time.
Overall, I think this is a great ball for my first Brunswick ball and I will now consider them for a new ball in the future.
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That Is All,
Chris P
Post by: YeahHossNV on November 18, 2002, 10:40:03 PM
Post by: john_kleist on November 19, 2002, 10:35:26 PM
Post by: devnull on November 20, 2002, 05:45:47 PM
Ball specs: 15lb, pin 5 1/2 from Axis with a x-tra hole 1 1/2 inches past axis.
The pin is about 1 inch above my ring finger.
My specs: High track with good forward roll. med speed.
Post by: devnull on November 24, 2002, 08:24:18 PM
Post by: Dwight Albrecht on November 25, 2002, 05:57:25 PM
Well what can you say about a Ball that you almost shoot 800 out of the box with for the 1st three games on the ball. Nothing but praise, but I did not shoot the 800, but gave it a close call shooting 267-245-258 for a 770 series.
This polished reactive from Brunswick features the N Control polished reactive cover stock that Brunswick notes as their Skid/Snap surface. To complement the cover stock Brunswick put the Smash/r/Swamp Monster core in it. This helps the ball “Rev†quicker but the surface still allows for the good length in oil. This ball does that very well.
I drilled the frenzy pin below the fingers 3 3/8 X strong mass bias position with a weight hole 2†past my axis. I was hoping with this drilling to get a little earlier breakpoint and still use it on medium to oily lanes. The center I bowl at is Wood Lanes with medium oil and freshly cleaned back ends. It worked.
The roll pattern or the way it revs is earlier but without the early hook, gets through the heads very clean with a strong sweeping hook on the back ends. If I laid this ball out with a high Rg Pin drilling I think it would have gave me to much skid/snap from the ball. I would only go with a high Rg Pin drilling on this ball with someone that has an end over end roll pattern or very little axis tilt, otherwise to make it more predictable set it up strong to burn off a little energy early so it kind of quits a touch on the back ends, or put a weight hole in it to take it to negative.
If you can tame the slight under/over reaction on this ball through proper drillings this ball can give you the reaction and hit of any $200.00 plus priced ball. In closing I have never had a ball that gave me such impressive reaction out of the box and scored as well as this one. Brunswick clearly has worked well with Bayer in the past years to produce some of the best cover stocks out there. I know you will be happy with the frenzy and don’t let the low price fool you on this high performance ball. Best of luck.
Dwight
Post by: BT on December 01, 2002, 09:02:08 AM
, medium rev. This ball revs up mid lane like no other ball i have used. Very predictable with a very strong backend snap into the pocket. Lane conditions were med oil. I did leave several 10 pins on light hits but also had many strikes with an even lighter pocket hit. Has a tremendous drive into the pocket! I have to have one! Was out of the box condition. Current ball of choice is my Ebonite V2 Particle but this Frenzy will put that in the bag.
Love to hear some more comments on this ball!
Post by: shockabowla on December 09, 2002, 11:40:03 PM
ATLEAST IN MY CASE.
I HAVE ONE DRILLED WITH THE PIN AT 1200 AND CG AROUND 3 AND RIGHT ON THE MIDLINE WITH NO WEIGHT HOLE.
THIS BALL WORKS GREAT WHEN THE LANES ARE FRESH AND THE BACK ENDS ARE FLYING IF YOU NEED A SKID SNAP BALL.
ONCE YOU GET CARRY DOWN WITH THIS BALL WITH A SEMI ROLLER ( BALL TRACK COMES 1 INCH OUT FROM THE FINGERS INTO THE THUMB)THE BALL GOES VERY STRAIGHT AND JSUT DOESNT TURN THE CORNER UNLESS YOU PLAY OUTSIDE AND WATCH YOUR SPEED.
OVERALL THIS BALL REACTS ALOT LIKE THE COMMAND ZONE, BUT VERY SPEED SENSITIVE AS WELL AS DRILL SENSITIVE IF YOU THROW THE BALL TOO HARD.
I CURRENTLY THROW THE BALL BETWEEN 19 AND 24 MILES PER HOUR FOR STRIKE BALL AND SLOW SPARE BALL.
Post by: tankantc on December 11, 2002, 08:54:49 PM
I threw my 10 pin (X) factor and left 10 pin after 10 pin and went to this ball and it CRUSHED the racks. I can't say enough nice things about it but all I can say is get this ball! A real winner.
Post by: devnull on December 21, 2002, 11:55:14 AM
I'm hoping this will work better on a shorter condition and cleaner backends.
Post by: pps-kyle on December 27, 2002, 09:47:24 PM
drilled pin+cg stacked, cg in finger positive quadrant, pin above ring finger, with 4" pin
threw this directly after league time, and i am quite impressed. similar move to my freak out, but goes a bit longer. aggressive move on the backends, clears the fronts in a breeze, good midlane roll.
Post by: thegame on January 14, 2003, 12:36:29 PM
Post by: bowlerXXL on February 09, 2003, 01:57:45 AM
. That's my tack on it.
Post by: TheGreatCarusoVA on February 24, 2003, 06:44:20 AM
Bowler information: Soft release but high rev rate, medium axis tilt, 18-19MPH
Ball Characteristics: So far, I am very impressed with this ball. With this type of pattern, it reacts more like a polished solid rather than a skid/snap pearl ball. On house conditions without a lot of hold in the middle, this will give you a little room for inside mistakes. When you miss on the outside it has enough energy and a soft backend to make it back without a violent turn. It reads the lanes very well making it easier to adjust. Pin action is good unless you tug it inside on lanes with a lot of hold in the middle, this will result in flat corners most of the time. If you start out and they seem a little too oily for the ball, but not oily enough for your more aggressive piece, you can catch it with your fingers at the bottom a little bit(for those that don’t understand, you can put more rotation on it) and it will recover more on the backend. The reaction is very predictable. It is also very versatile I can stay behind it and get a hook/set reaction to play straighter in the middle or move inside and get around it more and it will change direction good on the backend. I did notice when I got it into the dry too quickly it hooked early, but lost most of its energy. I have not had a chance to bowl on a tough condition yet. I think it will work well on shorter or lighter volume sport conditions. Bryon Smith used this ball when he won the ABC Masters, with the same type of layout. The price tag is also something you CANT beat.
Thanks for reading, I hope this helps
Post by: TreyP on March 12, 2003, 02:14:28 PM
Thanks
Post by: Bbeckrich850 on March 27, 2003, 07:31:06 AM
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They call me "20 to 1." Thats 20 revs for every foot!!!
Post by: C-G ProShop-Carl on June 14, 2003, 02:54:05 AM
I have 2 views on this ball. #1 great ball to score with. very controllable and readable off of the breakpoint which I did not expect with the coverstock this ball has. It hits the pocket and the pins fall, out of 16 games, I have only left 3 ten pins.
View #2--this ball scares me. Every time I throw it I think I am going to leave a 10 pin. It does not hit particularly hard, but that is probably the drilling more than anyting. The lack of violence on the backend is good because it will not overreact, but when it hits the pocket the 10 pin is usually the last to go down, and it leaves the taste in my mouth that there should be alot of weak 10's. Only 3 so far though, so this ball does carry well.
I give this ball 8 out of 10. If you get one and are dealing with dry backends, use this type of drilling and you have a very consistant ball.
Post by: Camtheman on June 26, 2003, 12:57:58 AM
pin almost between fingers
cg a little more than an inch below it. no extra hole.
this ball was the only one i used for about three weeks... now its dead. i bought a duece and then this was my spare balll until i got a white dot.off topic oops.
anyway this ball for me seems to not like heavy oil and likes more medium to dry. i haven't come across many dry conditions except my tuesday night league which is a sport league and they put out a dry shot. about 30ft of oil. this ball hooked about from 8 board to 19. i was standing about left foot oin 27 and right on 23. i drift 5 boards to the left in my approach.
Post by: theHHHgame on July 10, 2003, 04:36:08 PM
i had this ball drilled to have an even roll because the shot is changed almost every week and backends have become unpredictable
Length- This ball gets as much length as any ball that i have ever thrown it is really good in the dry giving me that even roll that i looked for
on light/med shot this ball gets to the break point and makes a nice arc back to the pocket
med-heavy this ball begins to not round the corner it looks as if it is going to move but doesn't the drilling is not suited for this condition anyways so
i'm not dissapointed here
Hook- This ball can cover alot of boards when it hits the drive but it still never gets to over reactive it makes a nice hard arc on conditions that range from dry to med oil anything heavier than that and it goes to long and can't recover for the drilling i have on it
Control- One of the easiest to control balls i have ever thrown when you let the ball go you know exactly what it is going to do their is never any doubt if you miss you mark you know it is going to come back a little harder or hold a line
Hit- for the price it is one of the best i have thrown so far while not as impressive as some of my other equipment i have thrown this ball about 20 games and i believe i have left 4, 10 pins that to me is impressive
overall this is one of the best balls in my arsenal right now and i really love the way it is so easy to predict the move of this ball hook, hit, carry and control for 100 bucks what more could you ask for
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TheHHHgame
Post by: Mongo on September 10, 2003, 12:28:02 AM
Specs:
15 lb. 3 oz.
3 oz. TW
3" pin
Drill specs:
Label leverage
Box finish
I purchased the Frenzy with the hopes of having something for medium/medium dry. Bad choice. The N Control cover is strong, a whole lot stronger than I figured. If I had known this pearl cover was this stout, I definitely would have gone with a weaker drilling (probably 4 1/2 X 4 1/2).
I've had this ball since May and have gotten to throw it on a ton of different conditions: league shots, sport shots, Vegas, etc. After all of this I can say one thing confidently...the Frenzy could well be one of the best house shot balls I've seen. Now, I want to qualify this a bit. Most house shots are in the medium range, have good head oil, and strong backends. What the Frenzy does so well is get through the first 15 and then immediately pick up the lane with a hard, but controllable read.
With my label leverage drill, I can throw the Frenzy for a long, long time on most house shots. What amazes me is that I have yet to see this ball jerk out of the dry, no matter how much head oil there is or how dry the dry is. The Monster Frenzy is the epitome of continuous motion. I can move deeper and deeper with this baby and it will make the turn. The only time it has to be bagged is when the heads are completely gone. In all honestly, the Frenzy handles carrydown as well as any pearl I've seen in a long time.
I'll be honest, I've ragged on the Big B for a long time. Over the last year or so, they have really gotten on the ball and put out some quality stuff. The Inferno and Monster series are both really quality lines. The Monster Frenzy would be an excellent medium ball for any bowler. The guys with bigger hands will love its smooth transition and power. The straighter guys will love how it gets through the front part of the lane. The tweeners, well, they'll just love it.
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Mongo the UnLefty
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Post by: Dan_Knight on January 04, 2004, 03:03:49 AM
My Frenzy is drilled with the pin under my ring finger [4 1/4 inches from my PAP] with the CG below the midline [3 1/4 inch pin out ball] and swung right to create a 60 degree drilling.
On most house shots with medium to medium dry lane conditions, this ball is the best hitting ball in my arsenal. The Frenzy clears the heads with relative ease and begins to rev up nicely towards the back part of the mid-lane before making a very hard move to the pocket. I would not classify the back-end move as a skid/flip reaction, but more of a strong rolling angular move, which is what I wanted from this layout. I would expect that drillings with the pin above the fingers would produce more of a skid/flip reaction.
I have found that the N'Control pearl coverstock is not for DRY lanes. The coverstock is too strong and reads the dry much too soon to be a good dry lane ball. Besides, there are better choices specifically designed for dry lanes.
Ball comparison:
The Frenzy is stronger than my Trauma (pinned above my fingers 5 1/4 inches from my PAP w/mass bias in the strong position). My Frenzy reads the lane sooner and is stronger on the back end.
The Frenzy is not as strong as my polished SmashR. Even polished, the powerkoil 18 cover on the SmashR (with a weaker drilling) is stronger than the N'Control cover of the Frenzy (both balls have the same core/RG/diff).
Overall I would rate this ball a 9.5 out of ten when used on the right lane conditions. I would highly recommend this ball.
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Dan Knight
dknight1@wi.rr.com
Post by: ViciousCircle on September 30, 2004, 07:16:20 PM
Post by: ESPNMAN1974 on January 30, 2005, 06:07:45 PM
Post by: UCSBBowl on July 31, 2005, 03:59:11 AM
Ball: 16 lbs, pin above bridge 5" from PAP with 3" cg kicked slightly left, kept in OOB condition.
Got ball with drier lanes in mind and with the drilling and coverstock the ball does go long, but is too strong of dry to be effective for toast. Would be a great benchmark ball with a more forgiving drilling say 4" pin under ring, or straight up stacked at 3 3/8", but the long pin distance makes the ball squirty on fresh lanes. Ball has worked best on medium patterns (volume and length) with slight carry down to tame the reaction. I get a similar look on the lanes with my polished Absolute Inferno drilled the same, but a smoother mid-lane transition and a few more boards of backend. A good one-two punch for most house shots.
Josh
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Post by: aseapang on December 05, 2005, 10:25:38 AM
I bowled on one league each year and 3 years ago they got a new lane machine and went nuts with the oil. It rendered this ball useless and I had to get a heavy oil ball in place. My Monster Frenzy has been sit in the basement for 3 years until now. We switched houses because of maintenance issues. Now my X-Factor Vertigo would barely hook or hit weak. I couldn't understand why. I find out that it's burning up before getting to the pocket because of the light oil condition. So with some helpful advice, I got my Monster Frenzy out of the grave and had it resurfaced and sanded to a 1200 grit finish.
Bowled with this ball for 3 weeks at my house and just love the reaction.
It goes long and flips hard. Something that I haven't seen in 3 years.
A lot of people have commented on how hard this ball flips.
I must have bowled over 500 games with this ball and it still has a super strong reaction.
This will definately be my first ball out of the bag for a while.
Post by: zone on September 15, 2007, 04:04:58 PM
this ball is long and and strong but still smooth. i love the control. coverstock is very good for higher rev players and core just has that awesome hitting power. can play many differnt line and still carry well. for me this ball plays about the same line as my contact zone, but seems to have more length and a smoother read. hooks more then my violet classic zone (black pin). this ball looks like the new fury pearl with the colors. anyways a great classic that can still produce hight scores.
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# of bowling balls = too many
highest game = not high enough
league avg. = its getting there
tournaments won = let me get back to u on this one
Post by: titletowncards on February 09, 2008, 11:11:36 AM
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This was a greatly under appreciated ball by Brunswick. I loved the length this ball provided and the snap in the backend. It hit hard, carried well and was overall a very nice ball for a THS. Obviously this ball did not do well on extreme oil or dry. While I retired this ball from my regular lineup a few years ago, I still get a chance to use it on drier conditions now and then, and it doesn't disappoint. Every once and a while I'll search for one on eBay hoping theres one in some obscure pro-shop's basement waiting for me to drill it up.
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titletowncards
Post by: monsterbowler on March 12, 2008, 10:22:40 AM
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Post by: cocecola34 on March 13, 2010, 09:56:35 PM
I use a 16 pound ball and i power ball it but it still hooks a lot. It hooks almost at the last second. but it still one of the best balls i ever owned