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Mike300856

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Grand Illusion
« on: January 28, 2009, 02:13:33 AM »
Trying to re-build my bags. I play on bowling a full slate of regionals this year and local tournaments coming up. I took 2 years off of bowling and now am back into it in full swing. My arsanal right now is (2) T Road Pearls, ThunderStruck, Hyroad, and some older Brunswick stuff. Want to keep the newer TRP, TS, and HR. But I was thinking of maybe 2 Cells, a Cell Pearl. And I've become a HUGE fan of the Grand Illusion. But my question is simple, is the GI much like a TRP or a HR?? Input please folks
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Dan Belcher

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Re: Grand Illusion
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2009, 10:17:20 AM »
When I compared them back-to-back at a Storm/Roto Open House, the Grand Illusion was much smoother than the Hy-Road at the OOB finish, and of course much much smoother than the T-Road Pearl.  The Hy-Road and Grand Illusion gave me very different looks at the pocket though they were somewhat similar strengths.
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abrown

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Re: Grand Illusion
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2009, 10:29:22 AM »
if your planning on bowling alot of regionals your gonna need to look at the fact those shots breakdown fast and the smoother balls will give you a better look in the mid games. if i were you i would try to look at having at least 2 balls specifically for each pattern and one or two that overlap amd make sure to get a med. ball with a negative layout that will help you on almost every pattern
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Mike300856

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Re: Grand Illusion
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2009, 10:54:28 AM »
Most of my stuff now is on the negative side. My Hyroad Thunderstruck and 1 of the TRoad Pearls are negative. I want to keep all my layouts on the negative side, for me, I can get a little more straight down the lane and keep it more stable.
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bowlingmytmouse

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Re: Grand Illusion
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2009, 02:06:28 PM »
Mike,
  I have a Grand Illusion with the pin under the middle finger(5.5" from my PAP)  and a flare increasing WH.  The ball is a pure monster! Its definately a smooth reaction, but what I love about is the way it finishes.  A lot of times when I go with smoother drills I have issues with the ball finishing, but I have yet to experience this with the Grand illusion.

 I bowl in PBA experience leagues and have been able to square up on just about every shot.  I have mine @ OOB finish, so when I hit carrydown it does want to slide a tad, but I can imagine that it would handle carrydown a lot better if you scuffed the cover up a bit.

 I have not personally thrown the TRP or HR, but I can tell you from first hand that you having the Cell, Cell Pearl, and GI.  You've got one heck of a lineup in yout bag! I hope this helps.

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