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[johnnyw]

A topic yesterday got me thinking about innovations that GN have tried with bats. Last year was the double sided bat, now this year it is the Edge.

Have there been any other ones in the past? I dont know much about the history of bats and GN seem to discontinue the bats after a year

[Colesy]

Scoop

[tim2000s]

Yup. GN were widely known for their removal of material from the back of the bat.

GN100 Scoop, also known as the bat with no middle, the GN500 with it's 4 scoops, the Twin Scoop, the Megapower with it's 2 low scoops, the Dynadrive with it's larger longer scoops like the Twin and most recently, the Xiphos... All with some interesting scoopage going on.

Some might argue that the Powerspot was also an innovation - a tradionally shaped bat that for some reason had no middle.

[Johnny]

Harsh - I had an awesome Powerspot!

Were Gray Nics amongst the first to try Carbon handles?

[iand123]

Didnt GN first take the shoulders off of a bat that was then made popular by the Newbery Excalibur?

[Number4]

Harsh - I had an awesome Powerspot!

Were Gray Nics amongst the first to try Carbon handles?

Me too... I had a Powerspot Classic LE which was an awesome bat

[SempreSami]

Did the Sabre have bits taken out of the back, or is my memory just poor?

[Johnny]

Yes, but a Sabre was basically just a re-hashed Megapower

[rp27]

my first bat was a size 5 kashmir sabre, loved it haha, doesn't go too badly to be fair

[tim2000s]

Didnt GN first take the shoulders off of a bat that was then made popular by the Newbery Excalibur?

Not sure it was GN.

Slazenger made a 1970's V12 with no shoulders.

Harsh - I had an awesome Powerspot!

Were Gray Nics amongst the first to try Carbon handles?

I thought Newbery were the first to come up with Carbo and GN were playing catch up?

[Colesy]

Everyone's forgetting the Viper which was basically a sabre lol. My first one was good but my second was a plank

GN the only people to do Titanium handles?

[Tom]

Not sure it was GN.

Slazenger made a 1970's V12 with no shoulders.
I thought Newbery were the first to come up with it and GN were playing catch up?

Newbery weren't around till the 80s, John was still at GN up until that point.

[tim2000s]

Newbery weren't around till the 80s as John was still at GN up until 81

I don't remember anyone doing anything with carbon handles till Newbery did it with their C6+. Those appeared maybe a little bit before the GN Carbos did.

[Tom]

Sorry, was reading and answering the shoulderless bit. You are are crrect, C6 was before Fusion.

I think the recent GN 'innovations' (Dbl Sided bat etc) are a little gimmicky and are a PR exercise, hence why they're discontinued and only sold in one grade.

[Mortimer]

Everyone's forgetting the Viper which was basically a sabre

No, the sabre had two scoops, the viper had four, like the GN500 pro balance form the 70s/80s