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slowmofo908

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anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« on: October 22, 2005, 10:24:36 AM »
http://www.gebhardts.com/


they did a tremendous job on my ball, the drillers are expertes ( they said they had to go through phase 3 or something in FL) they took one looke at my old ball and drilled exactly what i needed. Their selection is huge and the people are awesome.
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2005, 06:40:31 PM »
I've heard a lot of negative feedback from many good bowlers at my house and to be frank, didn't like their work myself. It may have been a new guy drilling my ball, but it was nothing like I wanted. All the thumbholes funneled and it wasn't just a little funnel either. I like their selection and customer service but dont trust them.

Also in the PA area, theres Palmer Trophy and Awards. Inside, Tenpin Proshop. They have great customer service and are friendly. For frequent visitors, like me, offer free surface changes. That's a plus. Drilling is a little more expensive for balls not bought there but their expertise is unmatched save the manager of BlueValley Lanes and Slatebelt Lanes and Games. Bill Reese, the owner, is another expert in that field.
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2005, 06:43:16 PM »
well my friend just started working their a month ago drilling balls. Him and the other guy did everything right for me
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2005, 06:43:40 PM »
Been to Gebhardt's; great selection of balls in their pro shop BECAUSE they are also a MAJOR ball distributor on the East Coast! Nice knowledgable people in the pro shop; had one ball drilled there 5 - 7 years ago.

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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2005, 06:44:58 PM »
Eh, I'll stick with my pro shop.  Don't really feel like driving over 2.5 hours just to go to a pro shop I haven't been to ever...
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2005, 08:18:25 AM »
To each his own I always say.
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2005, 08:23:59 AM »
Yeah, same experience as Kingpin. They didn't really listen to me. I like Bill but I am tempted to try Ten Pin Pro Shop.
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2005, 08:35:49 AM »
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Eh, I'll stick with my pro shop.  Don't really feel like driving over 2.5 hours just to go to a pro shop I haven't been to ever...
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He did say if you live in western NJ; I'm an hour and half from them also. I used to pass by when I went to visit my aunt, just to look at the INCREDIBLE WALL OF BALLS. They stocked almost every ball made.
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2005, 05:01:34 AM »
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I've bowled with and friendly with many ball drillers.

James Stem - Kegler's Kave

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Gee, I hadn't heard that name in years. I went out to his place in PA once long time ago to buy a ball from him when all there was Alt.SPort.Bowling.
Nice guy,but that was my only dealing with him.

Is he still in business,today?
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2005, 06:07:43 PM »
so you know mike too?  Hes been a friend of mine forever and the other guy knows so much about drilling that it disgusts me.
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2005, 08:17:14 PM »
you drilled up an absolute inferno for me, mike would know who i am by my screenname
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2005, 06:33:16 PM »
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Unless you want to throw the ball dead nut straight and hang weak 10s all night long it seems like the only way you can create recovery and entry angle these days is to spin it like a top...

3 inch pap for me!  whoopie!
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2005, 07:27:08 PM »
You must be from Jersey seeing dry like that?
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2005, 09:40:12 PM »
saw do you know me?  Second weres some good places from oakwood that i should go to up my game on different conditions?
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Re: anyone in pa area or west jersey should go here
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2005, 03:46:59 AM »
Yup, Keith, Oakwood will raise your average 30+ pins; so, it's not surprising that people there have no respect for anyone. I bowl 2x a week at STrike and Spare, a place you say you practice at sometimes.

Let me tell you: that place will make you tear your hair out. When Josh, the new manager is watching, the place runs great. When he is gone, the place falls down around its ears. He/SnS got a brand new oil machine. 2 Sundays ago, whoever was runnign it forgot to check the left tank; it stripped and put down ZERO oil on the left side. If the Somerset/Hunterdon Masters weren't bowling next and the USBC rep didn't run the tape machine, the tourney would have bowled on the same "pattern"!

Any league night you can go from using a mild pearl resin playing the 4th arrow or a solid particle going up the 1st arrow.

As a reference, a friend averages 30+ pins higher at Oakwood than he does at Strike and SPare. I won't give his name or he'll shoot me.

Why I keep bowling here at Strike and Spare, (have since 1995), I'll never know.

BTW if you want some oil, you'll have to travel a little further: Carolier in North Brunswick on RT 1 and Howell Lanes way down on RT 9 in Monmouth County usually have "some" oil, both on top of Brunswick AnvilLanes. I'm sure you know Carolier; not sure about Howell. I know it because my driller is there and I used to live there. I used to enjoy bowling in Monmouth county more than anywhere else. Now it's just too long of a trip, except to get my stuff drilled.


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