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Plowboy300

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Taboo Pearl - Electric Blue/Silver Ball Review
« on: September 28, 2011, 04:00:54 AM »
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HS (39' - South Point (medium oil) & 40’ Gold Coast (heavier oil) in Las Vegas, NV), Kegel Main Street, Kegel Abbey Road patterns

 



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I really loved the original Taboo (currently using 3 of them) and was excited to find out that the pearl was coming out soon. The original Taboo was a very strong ball in the bag for me and I have used on the heavier / heavy medium patterns a lot. Sometimes the original Taboo was a little too strong for some of the patterns I bowl on in league and had to polish 2 of them to get down the lane. I received my Taboo Pearl and have tried it on several patterns & with different surfaces to see what it can do. It is definitely “longer & stronger” than the original as I immediately saw it was cleaner (about 2 feet longer) through the front part of the lane and came off the spot harder than the original which translate into 3-5 boards stronger overall. The new Taboo Pearl, now replaces 2 of my original Taboos in my bag with the added length & extra backends which allows me to open up the lane more.



With the box surface (3000 Abralon), this pearl ball actually handles the heavier mediums really well. I bowled at one of the Vegas centers that are a little tighter in the backends with a heavier fresh oil pattern, and my original Taboo (2000 Abralon) did not want to turn the corner when moved into the oil line. But, when I brought out the Taboo Pearl, I noticed the difference when this ball cut through the tighter backends and was stronger overall, so if you need a little extra backend then this ball will truly shine & compliment the original Taboo.




I also played with the surface by adding FF polish to the 3000 Abralon box surface and used it on the medium patterns that I bowl on in league and this ball definitely has a more defined move in the backends when polished, yet still stronger overall. I have one of my original Taboos with 3000 w/ FF polish and very similar layout and I noticed that when polished, the Taboo Pearl was about 2 feet longer & more backend than the original. This cover on the Taboo Pearl is very tunable and handles great with surface changes.

 

The Taboo Pearl is a great compliment to the original Taboo when it burns up a little too much and when you need to get in & open up the lane on the heavier medium patterns.


 

Get ready to create havoc on the lanes & to your competition this year with Hammer's latest release!!
The release date is Thursday September 29th.





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HammerTech

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Re: Taboo Pearl - Electric Blue/Silver Ball Review
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2011, 08:48:14 AM »
Thanks for the review. Keep us posted on what you think the more you throw them (know you will drill more then 1).


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Re: Taboo Pearl - Electric Blue/Silver Ball Review
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 02:16:02 PM »

Plowboy300

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Re: Taboo Pearl - Electric Blue/Silver Ball Review
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2012, 07:38:33 PM »
FYI.... The new Deep Purple Taboo is sooooo much better than the Blue/Silver Taboo. Deep Purple is Cleaner in the fronts & stronger backend continuation.... My new favorite Hammer Taboo ball...
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Re: Taboo Pearl - Electric Blue/Silver Ball Review
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2012, 12:55:09 AM »
I so like the new Deep Purple Taboo that I might just get another one and have it polished to keep throwing it, LOL
Now throwing pretty much all flavors...