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JTtaylor145

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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #120 on: November 26, 2019, 01:05:48 PM »
Quote from: Edward Lowy on November 26, 2019, 12:59:05 PM
Is it you or us mate? :o :D

@Edward Lowy

Thanks for the response. Just an opinion. Still waiting for a gun GM bat so that I'm proved wrong, what can you do to help change my opinion so I can eat my words?  :)

 
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #121 on: November 26, 2019, 01:11:09 PM »
Quote from: JTtaylor145 on November 26, 2019, 01:05:48 PM
Quote from: Edward Lowy on November 26, 2019, 12:59:05 PM
Is it you or us mate? :o :D

@Edward Lowy

Thanks for the response. Just an opinion. Still waiting for a gun GM bat so that I'm proved wrong, what can you do to help change my opinion so I can eat my words?  :)

You're welcome to come and visit us.
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #122 on: November 26, 2019, 01:14:10 PM »
Quote from: Edward Lowy on November 26, 2019, 01:11:09 PM
You're welcome to come and visit us.

Ooooh, can I come too??!!
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #123 on: November 26, 2019, 01:15:54 PM »
Quote from: SouthpawMark on November 26, 2019, 01:14:10 PM
Ooooh, can I come too??!!
D I V O R C E   ;)
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #124 on: November 26, 2019, 01:21:02 PM »
Quote from: Edward Lowy on November 26, 2019, 01:11:09 PM
You're welcome to come and visit us.
Ok, I'll take you up on that @Edward Lowy. It would be a real pleasure  :)
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #125 on: November 26, 2019, 01:23:54 PM »
Quote from: JTtaylor145 on November 26, 2019, 01:21:02 PM
Ok, I'll take you up on that @Edward Lowy. It would be a real pleasure  :)

Worth doing definitely. I did the tour 3 times as a retailer and learned something new each time.
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #126 on: November 26, 2019, 01:29:21 PM »
Quote from: JTtaylor145 on November 26, 2019, 01:21:02 PM
Ok, I'll take you up on that @Edward Lowy. It would be a real pleasure  :)

Okey dokey - let's put together a touring party. Am going to say up to 6 people. Email me elowy@PlayWithTheBest.com

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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #127 on: November 26, 2019, 01:34:25 PM »
Big GM fan.
Recently I think the higher middles and lovely heavy thick oval handles have thrown many people (me included)
I like a 2lb 9oz bat as a rule but to get the same pick up with an Icon/Haze/Eclipse I’ve gone higher weight (2.11 for 2020 Eclipse)
I wish I understood the pick up index better because an over dried low middle bat with a skinny handle is nothing like a modern GM but leads many people to go for the wrong weight.
I guess the balance on pressing is somewhere between; ready to play without breaking and too hard for some.
The forum is probably not the “typical” demographic - most cricketers are one bat, use it till it breaks merchants
I reckon I don’t keep many bats long enough to get optimum performance out of them - then again I rarely bat long enough even if I did.
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #128 on: November 26, 2019, 01:44:03 PM »
Quote from: t2ylo on November 26, 2019, 01:34:25 PM
Big GM fan.
Recently I think the higher middles and lovely heavy thick oval handles have thrown many people (me included)
I like a 2lb 9oz bat as a rule but to get the same pick up with an Icon/Haze/Eclipse I’ve gone higher weight (2.11 for 2020 Eclipse)
I wish I understood the pick up index better because an over dried low middle bat with a skinny handle is nothing like a modern GM but leads many people to go for the wrong weight.
I guess the balance on pressing is somewhere between; ready to play without breaking and too hard for some.
The forum is probably not the “typical” demographic - most cricketers are one bat, use it till it breaks merchants
I reckon I don’t keep many bats long enough to get optimum performance out of them - then again I rarely bat long enough even if I did.

Never buy a bat on weight. It's about the pick up.
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #129 on: November 26, 2019, 01:47:16 PM »
Quote from: Edward Lowy on November 26, 2019, 01:29:21 PM
Okey dokey - let's put together a touring party. Am going to say up to 6 people. Email me elowy@PlayWithTheBest.com

 :D

Emailed you Sir. Thanks very much.
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #130 on: November 26, 2019, 02:21:47 PM »
I went last year and it was fantastic... great day and very open! Gained additional newfound respect for an already respected GM. My brother who is pretty blase about stuff and a very casual cricketer unlike us on here even enjoyed it.

In fact, my GM Noir is on it's way back for a refurb (if my brother remembers to actually drop it off for me   :( :( :( :( )

If you guys can make it I highly recommend it. If only they'd let you have access to the shelf that has piles of gorgeous bats that retailers won't stock because they can't shift them due to the odd stain or knot!!
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #131 on: November 26, 2019, 02:49:50 PM »
Quote from: Wazza08 on November 26, 2019, 01:15:54 PM
D I V O R C E   ;)

Don’t care. The thought of going around the GM factory makes me more excited than it really should!
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #132 on: November 26, 2019, 02:57:00 PM »
Great day out went last will be emailing again for this year!
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #133 on: November 26, 2019, 03:41:12 PM »
Quote from: Yorkershire on November 26, 2019, 02:21:47 PM
If only they'd let you have access to the shelf that has piles of gorgeous bats that retailers won't stock because they can't shift them due to the odd stain or knot!!
Down to Gm's quality control that, not the retailers
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Re: GM 2020 (rumour mill)
« Reply #134 on: November 27, 2019, 11:21:51 AM »
So what happens to those bats in question then? I've got what I believe to be a GM that belonged to James Vince (it's got JV in sharpie at the top of the handle so must be true....) - it came to me via Matt Coles just after he left Hampshire. Anyway, the bat has some knot marks and wouldn't I assume be top spec due to the blemishes. However it flies, one of the best bats I've had. Think it goes to show that appearance isn't the be all and end all as we seem to get too caught up in the grading.
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