I'm now bowling in three leagues in one house (my ball driller hurt his knee and I'm finishing out the season for him in his two leagues), and one league in another. I have not thrown anything but my Special Agent (box finish, 2000 abralon) the past three weeks or so in all three of those leagues in the first house on synthetic lanes. We've had a lot of oil up front, and my ball speed is too high to throw anything pearl on that.
On Saturday nights in the other house on wood lanes, we get a second shift shot for the most part, they just run the heads only just before we bowl so the ball doesn't hook at your feet. I've had good and bad results with every ball I've got in that league. I had a 300 with the Special Agent one night, but any another night it might hook too early or too late or be over/under. The Total NV (4000 abralon) seems to carry well some nights but hang lots and lots of 10s other nights. As an experiment, I pulled an old Storm Eraser Banshee out of my basement last week and got it plugged, I'm going to redrill it Rico and throw a 2000 grit finish on it and see if that can give me a different look.
