I had one of these drilled up a few weeks ago and all I can say is I love this ball (5x4 pin under the ring finger). All though I wouldn't have picked it up if I didn't get it for such a nice price; retail being in the mid 200's. I'm your basic power player with a lot of turn and speed. So without being bios to ebonite hear are my observations.

This ball reads the midlane very well with a very sharp "turn". All though I somewhat expected to use it on a little more oil. My saturday league puts out a ton of oil in a x-tree pattern but by early second game there is just to much carry down for this ball. I started playing 10 to 3 but found myself playing up the boards leaving a lot of ten pins. But on anything with a "medium" oil shot this ball shines. I generally play anywhere from 20 to 30 with this ball sending it to the dry boards with one of the most predictable breakpoints I've ever seen out of a pearl. This ball rolls a lot like the original X-factor and a little like the monster frenzy only a little stronger.

I think ebonite lost a lot of bowlers to companies like storm over the years simply because MOST of ebonite's equipment was to skid/roll not to say that's a bad thing. Regardless of what ever company you favor, this ball is worth a try. Stronger on the backend than an inferno with a little more midlane read than the x-factor.    
 

I've been using this ball in league and it works great on my house shot. I have the pin six inches from my axis above middle finger. The CG is below ring finger and the bomb is just to the right of my thumb at about 75 degrees. This ball gets threw the heads very good and is clean in the mid lane. When the ball gets to the break point it makes a nice turn to the pocket. When I get past 25 inside I seem to lose a little carry. I start to leave some ten pins. But as long as I stay right of their the carry is very good. This is one of my favorite lay outs and works great in this ball. This has been a good ball on medium to a little less oil for me. I can't wait to try this ball on some of the PBA patterns in our South Region.

James Campbell
Ebonite South Region Staff Member
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I am totally amazed with Ebonite on this one, I will have to give them the thumbs up with this cover, weight block combination. On the house pattern which is a blend this ball will push as easy as anything I have and then make it's move on the backend. It really reads the lane well as it won't over react when you hit the dry early but still picks up the roll if you fudge it inside. This is the first Ebonite I have thrown in about 3 years so my hat is off to these guys this time on a fantastic ball.



Drill

I agree with Jace on that if there's a blend instead of a cliff, this ball will strike a lot.  Probably most used when they're a little drier.  It blends too much for wet/dry conditions.  How many times I have used this ball on the fresh on tour patterns A and C, but will probably put it away after games 3-4, because of carrydown issues.  

Tim Penner
SW

Ebonite Killer Instinct Pearl
2-3 inch pin
15lb's

Overall
Pin below the bridge and cg pushed in just below the middle finger (almost in the track for high trackers). This ball reminds me alot of what the Savage Flip except it has more backend.

29ft buffed to 33ft (bowled on after a three game league 4 man team)
Started out lining up with five board with light grip pressure, and coming up behind the ball. This shot did not work becuase it rolled early like many could figuar it would. I moved over to the second arrow with light grip pressure still staying under the ball. I had little seccess, had to much angle so I had to be right on every time. Moved farther left to the third arrow and it worked great great still staying behind the ball and light grip pressure. This was the best for this ball on this shot for kicking all the corners. Moved into fourth arrow but left a few buckets and some tens (recovery was not enough to kick the tens).

PROS
Greatest wall shot ball. Hooks alot

CONS
CAN'T put much grip pressure on the ball or you will play the hole lane. (this drill is for control)
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Bowl To Win!!!

I love this Ball
I drilled my with the Pin and cg inline with the Midline,, Bomb is at 1'oclock.. Surface was left allow(for now).. OMG!!! this ball read the MIDLANE quite well. Did not like dry lanes. But Med oil worked great and on house shots..Going to try it this next weekend on a Flat condition

Ty Dawson
Ebonite Staff Member

BOWL TO WIN
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TY

2nd Review.
Same Ball same drill

Very soft backend, probably due to the pin and cg placement, carry is very good actually extremely good for this type of backend move usually soft arcing backends leave a number of corner pins but with this bowling ball strikes were more frequent then spares. The 45degree pin under seamed to solve the over under issues I was having in the center I most wanted to bowl well.  So far in the two centers....zzzzzzzzzz....uh uh haruummphh "sorry my review made me fall asleep, so boring, let me go get a Red Bull"...glug glug glug...AAAAGGGHHHHH

THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! THIS BALL IS GREAT! <BOING BOING BOING bouncing off walls>

This ball has carried so well I no longer want to use it, I want to save it and bring it to London Warsaw and Paris to wine and dine it.  

Carry is just plain silly!  In one house Bellerose, NY there was so much pin action I thought the ball had Super Ball bouncing action built in.  In the other house it carried but exhibited a refined gentlemanly action.  "Hello one pin would you mind if I nudged you enough to fall into the three in such an angle so that it would domino into the six then ten...thank you so much you are so very kind.  Hello two pin how was your day?  Would you be so kind as so ask your neighboring four pin to fall into the seven pin, thank you so much and now if you will please follow me into the pit, thank you so much.  Hello my dear five pin, it has been so long lets not be strangers and bump tooshies, now go along and ask nine pin to meet us in the pit we will have such a grand ole time.  Hello eight how are you today, isn't it a bit bright here on the deck let us go in the pit and cuddle.  Soft roll but all in the pit.  This is the 007 of bowling balls...OH PLEASE BEHAVE!  CHEEKY MONKEY

Drilled with pattern #3, 45* & 4" pin.  I love this ball...it absolutely explodes when it hits the pocket, and even a lot of times when it doesn't.  The ball creates exceptional pin action, though at times it can get a little aggressive when i get lazy with the ball speed. But when this ball does not strike it typically leaves single pins which makes spare shooting easy.