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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Gunn & Moore => Topic started by: SOULMAN1012 on April 29, 2020, 03:44:49 PM
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So Iv finally got the bat Iv wanted for ages and also spent the most Iv spent in a bat in god knows how long.
Had our holiday cancelled for July which allowed this to be purchased but downside wife has been made redundant so will new certainly be my last purchase for a while but going out on a high.
This was purchased a few weeks back using the 20%off code at Talent cricket taking the price to just over £400 which is for this bat I feel a very good deal however still a lot of money.
So the bat is the L555 blade length so standard SH and the first thing I noticed was it’s HUGE. Only measured using a tape measure but true to GM listing the bat has 39mm edges and a totally full profile shape with a duck bill toe and a massive mass in the hitting area.
As you would imagine looks wise it’s stunning with 11 totally straight grains back and front and completely blemish free no marks specks what so ever. I have always liked 7-10 grains so 1 extra is a bonus lol.
Weight wise the bat is 2.10 bang on a has a GM pick up index of 3 which surprised me as picks up like a wand I would honestly have guessed 2.8 dead weight if I didn’t know weight was between 2.9 - 2.11 on the GM Website. Swell depth is 65mm according to GM so I assume that’s the spine height?
However the most notable difference to this and any other GM Iv owned is the pressing. This is much softer straight from the off even compared to my OLE neon this would easily be ready to go without any prep work which Iv always had to do with all other GM bats. Most of which Iv opened have been signature grade tbh so maybe that’s unfair to compare to but it really is notable how soft and springy this is tapping an old ball on it.
Few other bits of note, the icon stickers looks a million times better in the flesh than they do online etc and for a bat this stunning really allow the quality of willow to shine through. Handle to be seems a little thinner than the Neon and Siren I have but still fairly chunky but still a lovely semi oval shape. Only downside is the horrible hex grip so that will be changed
So in short something’s are worth waiting for and this has certainly been one of them.
(https://i.postimg.cc/sf7X5cGc/DFF3-AEA2-BEB3-4-B71-9750-2-F4-CB6-E66731.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9zXChypR)
(https://i.postimg.cc/MZ5kkMCw/A4-A23-E65-522-B-4747-99-F1-8-FB802-FC0-DAC.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mhPpCDZp)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3rnqfMGJ/85-EC1-ACB-CDAD-4-A5-F-967-F-3-A6630-DD090-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/23LT3KTP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3Nnz2VXN/23-D42889-F60-A-4198-8-B9-B-1287-B3-EBF01-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Pvv6j6Fn)
(https://i.postimg.cc/pd5xRWDZ/2-F69987-D-5687-4-BF7-B053-452004-C175-AB.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kVCLydY6)
(https://i.postimg.cc/gktfj9cB/553-EDBFD-0-C2-B-41-CC-BD78-FC33-CEE297-E2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hfxCZ5d9)
(https://i.postimg.cc/fy2gVXs0/F9131-AE5-D94-D-4-A50-AEB6-8-E533-CB357-C1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/D4GcDS82)
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That is a very very very nice bit of wood!
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That is a beauty. Lovely shape and full profile.
You do manage to find some beltingly good bats. Is this to be used in anger (at some point in the future), or kept to admire?
Enjoy,
David
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Please don’t sell this Christopher
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Please don’t sell this Christopher
No this for sure will be one of very few that stays safely in the kit bag. Wanted one for ages ever since I saw his Haze bat 3 years ago at Canterbury when he was playing there and had them leaned up against the fence when netting before a game
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That is a beauty. Lovely shape and full profile.
You do manage to find some beltingly good bats. Is this to be used in anger (at some point in the future), or kept to admire?
Enjoy,
David
Will certainly be used at some point although probably only in games certainly won’t be used in the current garden cricket I play with the wife and kids lol
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Will certainly be used at some point although probably only in games certainly won’t be used in the current garden cricket I play with the wife and kids lol
That's a beauty!!
You've got to use it in the garden!! I put my 4 year old over the roof of an adjoining house with my Keeley Pro at the weekend :D :D :D
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Wow! Lovely that.
Wins the self isolation purchases so far for sure.
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I'm sure this is a better investment than going on holidays 😃😃
Surely it's light pickup, willow plus it's higher middle.
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Looks amazing. Absolutely nothing like other icons which look heavily concaved. Why do they even pretend this is an icon?
I'm looking forward to next season when you sell it for £105 posted, whatever you say now ;)
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Looks lovely mate. Although I'll never believe it when you say 'no more bats for a while!' 😆
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Looks lovely mate. Although I'll never believe it when you say 'no more bats for a while!' 😆
Family finances won’t allow it for a while so will be for a little bit for sure
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Looks amazing. Absolutely nothing like other icons which look heavily concaved. Why do they even pretend this is an icon?
I'm looking forward to next season when you sell it for £105 posted, whatever you say now ;)
I guess it’s just marketing, no difference to to the diamond as nothing like what stokes uses either but stickers promote the brand. Shape wise @SouthpawMark can confirm but not sure much in it between this and the stokes profile. Think GM website states 1mm difference in swell height. Out of curiosity is that middle position of spine height??
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That is a very sexy bat.
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Lovely bat indeed and interesting to hear the buying decision process.
Wonder how many of these and bats of their ilk might fall price-wise into closer reach this season?
This is a shape I would be very keen on.
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Lovely bat indeed and interesting to hear the buying decision process.
Wonder how many of these and bats of their ilk might fall price-wise into closer reach this season?
This is a shape I would be very keen on.
I must have had one of these in a basket about 10 time’s but always ended up not going through with it because of the price. Then when I say the discount code I was really tempted but held off for a bit and then when we were informed our holiday was cancelled it meant I had the free resources as had been saving for a year as always for our big family holiday as it needs to be in school holidays as that’s when I have my eldest daughter. Fact is there is every chance that if flight rules are relaxed kids won’t be at school anyway or flights are not going to relaxed and will hold to hold on until next next year. Either way I ran out of excuses to myself not to buy it.
Wife job situation happened about 4 days after I bought it. But hey ho won’t be the end of the world.
Worst case I’ll be homeless but still have this bat lol.
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Lovely bat indeed and interesting to hear the buying decision process.
Wonder how many of these and bats of their ilk might fall price-wise into closer reach this season?
This is a shape I would be very keen on.
Not sure many of these will individually as not sure many places stock many players edition bats but certainly when places offer discount codes in all stock online it will bring price down.
Talent cricket have the 20% off until tomorrow I think.
But yea if this lockdown goes on much longer I imagine as season technically gets shorter lots of stores may be sitting on stock they had delivered early in the year and need to clear out so maybe some decent deals as we go through the season
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Hot dingly dang, that's a lovely (and massive-looking) bit O' wood.
Beau grainage as the French would say.
I've a suspicion it'll go as well as it looks, too.
Sorry to hear about your wife's job.
Hope she finds something she'll enjoy when we're all allowed out.
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Thank you. She works in the care industry in dementia care so I’m sure she will be fine.
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That's a beauty. How's the ping , any different from the GM signatures/808 ? is it softer pressed ?
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Very nice. This is my one in the older stickers.
(https://i.postimg.cc/VvS6sBFh/20191031-064451.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MfSxdBN0)
(https://i.postimg.cc/6pSNtJPB/20191031-064455.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/5XwrSG1r)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4xnTDNB8/20191031-064501.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/5XcGv1cv)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4yXDBJYQ/20191031-064508.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/DJYpz3dS)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bvDptNnG/20191031-064527.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xk2wrQtY)
what is a french name for a girl (https://treetop100babynames.com/exotic-baby-names-girls-1)
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The toes on both look fairly thin, or is that just relative to the big spine?
I don't mind personally that the player bats are nothing like the profile of the lower grade bats, because we all know about these things, but I reckon the average buyer thinks their Diamond 808 is roughly the same bat as Ben Stokes uses, and that's clearly not the case
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I guess it’s just marketing, no difference to to the diamond as nothing like what stokes uses either but stickers promote the brand. Shape wise @SouthpawMark can confirm but not sure much in it between this and the stokes profile. Think GM website states 1mm difference in swell height. Out of curiosity is that middle position of spine height??
That’s an absolute beauty. Shame it’s right handed, or I might have offered you £200 for it. :D
It looks remarkably similar to my bats. In fact, I don’t think there’s too much difference between Stokes, Vince, Malan or Pope PE bats to be honest.
All we need now is the chance to play actual cricket. I am SO bored of whacking balls from the bowling machine.
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That's a beauty. How's the ping , any different from the GM signatures/808 ? is it softer pressed ?
Yes like chalk and cheese. This PE edition is very different in terms of its pressing much softer from the off.
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Pope is the first (?) short blade players edition, but yes most are the same shape with subtle handle shape differences and stickers
Edit: oh and yes the toes are thin but I wouldn’t say that particularly affects durability. GM in general do tend to have thinner toes
The Pope PE is the only L540 listed on the GM website all others are L555 I think 🤔
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Lovey looking bat Chris. Looks the same shape as Stokes and a few others use.
Vince used to have a different shape to that, well he did two+ years ago, it was low middle with a bow. What the Zelos was then designed from
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Both bats looking very very nice and i can see a spike in sales after this post!
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Probably my favourite GM shape, I was lucky to get one off @brokenbat and it is a wonderful bat.
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Wow what a cracking bat, I might be in the minority though as those see through stickers are a bit meh.
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For those that mentioned about thin toe and shoulders they are thinner than all my other GM bats
Vince PE - toe 16mm on edge of toe and 18mm middle of toe
Neon LE - toe 22mm on edge of toe and 26mm middle of toe
Siren Sig- toe 23mm on edge of toe and 26mm middle of toe
Shoulders of the bats
Vince PE - 17mm shoulder
Neon LE - 20mm shoulder
Siren Sig- 21mm shoulder
I guess that as they are exact replicas of players bats they are not to bothered if they break as they get new ones or free repairs so just have all the wood in the hitting area. Plus they middle the ball far more often then even the beat club players
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Lovely bat Chris,
Glad you decided to treat yourself to one.
Sorry to hear about your Wife's job. Maybe she has some time on her hands to do some knocking in for you? ;)
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I used to be the one criticizing GM bats for thin toes. But after using GM bats in particular harrow size where toe is thinner compared to SH I dont see any problem with them anymore. I noticed you dont hit toe at all unless you miss time or hit in anger. GM scuff sheet are good proof to see how high you hit bat actually as it covers with cherries very quick.
I compared GM toe to my Kookaburra charge and its not that of difference. Shape of GM that makes it look thinner
So anyone worried about GM thin toe put your worries to rest and buy/use a GM.
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Cracking Bat hopefully you get some use out of it this season
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Wow what a cracking bat, I might be in the minority though as those see through stickers are a bit meh.
I personally like the see through stickers a lot. Only issue is that they haven't quite sorted out the glue and you can see blobs of glue under the see through edges, which tends to get a bit unstuck. Very minor issue though - generally great design
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I personally like the see through stickers a lot. Only issue is that they haven't quite sorted out the glue and you can see blobs of glue under the see through edges, which tends to get a bit unstuck. Very minor issue though - generally great design
Yeah that's my only gripe with the LEs I have as well...
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Yeah that's my only gripe with the LEs I have as well...
In all honesty the current stickers don’t stick that well on the edge of any of my GM bats. The Siren I have could easily pull away at the edges and also the toe sticker but with the clear ones you can if you look really closely see the glue blobs under the sticker. Minor complaint I guess.
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Very true. I haven't had a single GM with latest style stickers where they have been stuck down on the edges. I can live with that for overwhelming positives though :)
My other complaint for these Players Editions is for all that money please please please include some kind of cover or case! Every one I've had arrived with dents
Luckily mine was very well packaged as I would be annoyed if it arrived dented. I do fully agree that for this kind of money a bat cover should be included. A matching signed player edition cover would be a nice touch but worst case just a full length bat cover included. Think Paul from IJC has mentioned the same in his videos
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Very nice PE bats. Do these bats or other grade GM bats need additional knocking or can be used in nets directly?
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Very nice PE bats. Do these bats or other grade GM bats need additional knocking or can be used in nets directly?
If I'd spent that much I'd be knocking it in regardless 😂
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Very nice PE bats. Do these bats or other grade GM bats need additional knocking or can be used in nets directly?
Iv always just taken my GM bats into the nets and knocked in via Bola balls. This one will get some mallet action on edges and toe just to be safe I think.
Other grades no issue at all and this one could certainly be used straight away.
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So Iv finally got the bat Iv wanted for ages and also spent the most Iv spent in a bat in god knows how long.
Had our holiday cancelled for July which allowed this to be purchased but downside wife has been made redundant so will new certainly be my last purchase for a while but going out on a high.
This was purchased a few weeks back using the 20%off code at Talent cricket taking the price to just over £400 which is for this bat I feel a very good deal however still a lot of money.
So the bat is the L555 blade length so standard SH and the first thing I noticed was it’s HUGE. Only measured using a tape measure but true to GM listing the bat has 39mm edges and a totally full profile shape with a duck bill toe and a massive mass in the hitting area.
As you would imagine looks wise it’s stunning with 11 totally straight grains back and front and completely blemish free no marks specks what so ever. I have always liked 7-10 grains so 1 extra is a bonus lol.
Weight wise the bat is 2.10 bang on a has a GM pick up index of 3 which surprised me as picks up like a wand I would honestly have guessed 2.8 dead weight if I didn’t know weight was between 2.9 - 2.11 on the GM Website. Swell depth is 65mm according to GM so I assume that’s the spine height?
However the most notable difference to this and any other GM Iv owned is the pressing. This is much softer straight from the off even compared to my OLE neon this would easily be ready to go without any prep work which Iv always had to do with all other GM bats. Most of which Iv opened have been signature grade tbh so maybe that’s unfair to compare to but it really is notable how soft and springy this is tapping an old ball on it.
Few other bits of note, the icon stickers looks a million times better in the flesh than they do online etc and for a bat this stunning really allow the quality of willow to shine through. Handle to be seems a little thinner than the Neon and Siren I have but still fairly chunky but still a lovely semi oval shape. Only downside is the horrible hex grip so that will be changed
So in short something’s are worth waiting for and this has certainly been one of them.
(https://i.postimg.cc/sf7X5cGc/DFF3-AEA2-BEB3-4-B71-9750-2-F4-CB6-E66731.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9zXChypR)
(https://i.postimg.cc/MZ5kkMCw/A4-A23-E65-522-B-4747-99-F1-8-FB802-FC0-DAC.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/mhPpCDZp)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3rnqfMGJ/85-EC1-ACB-CDAD-4-A5-F-967-F-3-A6630-DD090-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/23LT3KTP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3Nnz2VXN/23-D42889-F60-A-4198-8-B9-B-1287-B3-EBF01-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Pvv6j6Fn)
(https://i.postimg.cc/pd5xRWDZ/2-F69987-D-5687-4-BF7-B053-452004-C175-AB.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kVCLydY6)
(https://i.postimg.cc/gktfj9cB/553-EDBFD-0-C2-B-41-CC-BD78-FC33-CEE297-E2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hfxCZ5d9)
(https://i.postimg.cc/fy2gVXs0/F9131-AE5-D94-D-4-A50-AEB6-8-E533-CB357-C1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/D4GcDS82)
That is a lovely piece of willow - question is, will it help you to an elegant 25 before nicking a wafty drive to second slip? :)
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Surprised there's no bat cover with a bat costing this much. Great looking bats though 👌
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Great looking bat, had a PE James Vince bat a while back and regret selling it
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That is a lovely piece of willow - question is, will it help you to an elegant 25 before nicking a wafty drive to second slip? :)
If that starts happening I’ll change the stickers and become an all rounder again bowling 85mph thunder bolts and single handed carry my side over the line every other game lol
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Lovely looking bat there mate
Side on profile looks just like the b3 Shan I had..... like spitting image
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If that starts happening I’ll change the stickers and become an all rounder again bowling 85mph thunder bolts and single handed carry my side over the line every other game lol
You have Stokes decals? Share!!!!
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Not hard to switch if sent back to GM. You’d just have to lose the signature 😉
Told me I couldn't choose when I sent a Trott PE for refurb :(
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I’m surprised by that given others I’ve seen :(
Might just have caught them at a bad time, did a ropey job of the refurb too.
Too their credit they did offer me a free pair of gloves to make up once they're open again.
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Told me I couldn't choose when I sent a Trott PE for refurb :(
Last season I sent my GM Mana back just purely to get the stickers changed to the Diamond and they did it no questions asked for a small fee + return shipping.
I actually contacted them last week about converting my Noir to an Icon and they were prepared to do it once they re-open the factory which is currently shut.
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Last season I sent my GM Mana back just purely to get the stickers changed to the Diamond and they did it no questions asked for a small fee + return shipping.
I actually contacted them last week about converting my Noir to an Icon and they were prepared to do it once they re-open the factory which is currently shut.
Must just have spoken to the wrong bloke then 😢
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Lovely looking bat there mate
Side on profile looks just like the b3 Shan I had..... like spitting image
This one 😉 also comes in an ounce and a half lighter...
(https://i.ibb.co/0VCCqwJ/8-C7-A02-B8-5306-4517-9561-43-E69-B1-C1-F55.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1JrrZS2)
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This one 😉 also comes in an ounce and a half lighter...
(https://i.ibb.co/0VCCqwJ/8-C7-A02-B8-5306-4517-9561-43-E69-B1-C1-F55.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1JrrZS2)
thought you would see the similarities :) that b3 was/is a stonker
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Told me I couldn't choose when I sent a Trott PE for refurb :(
never had a problem choosing my stickers when had a refurb by GM, as long as it was the current season's stickers they were happy to let me choose
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never had a problem choosing my stickers when had a refurb by GM, as long as it was the current season's stickers they were happy to let me choose
Told me they couldn’t relazer the signature and that I couldn’t choose stickers. They went for the ICON SE stickers from the same season by bat was from.
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Little update on this. Used it this afternoon in first nets session. Better with our first team offie so was great to use against quality old league balls and slow bowling. It’s different gravy to all my other GM bats Iv owned and used which have all been really good once fully match ready where as this is just there already so should become superb. Middle is very long but the power in the main swell is so good.
Only point to note for myself is as well as it picks up its dead weight is heavier than what Iv been using for the last 3 years so will need some time to adjust as after 40 odd mins it did start to become noticeable. That maybe down to me not batting for 5 months so will see over the next 3-4 sessions but overall super impressed