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[thedon]

I was justing thinking, once a cleft has been pressed and not yet shaped, will the whole cleft essentially be the sweetspot?

[Perkins17]

In short no, it will bounce well off all of the bat but there will be a sweat spot in the bat somewhere

[Sam]

Id have thought the centre of the cleft would be best as its the furthest from any edge?

[Ryan]

In short no, it will bounce well off all of the bat but there will be a sweat spot in the bat somewhere

I agree with James.  The full cleft wont ping, although you can easily find the most responsive spot and craft the bat around that depending on the players needs.

[Vitas Cricket]

In the cleft stage there will be a point of optimum ping depending on where the pivot point is surely?

Ie if you hold the cleft at one end, it won't ping so well near the point you are holding it?

[Fezballoh]

I was justing thinking, once a cleft has been pressed and not yet shaped, will the whole cleft essentially be the sweetspot?

You'll just have a big bat, fella! Anywhere from 3'5" upwards, which would be more responsive than a lighter, finished bat. You'd be pleased with the ping but your arms would fall off after about 15 minutes. I made a 3'4" bat for a guy at my club, The middle is truly awesome and when you lean into a drive you genuinely cannot feel the ball hitting the bat, just watch it fly! But I couldn't play across the line with it as it was just too heavy.