Hi all, hope your all keeping well in these challenging times. So I recently took hold of a new GM. This is my first venture into the 2020 GM models. I had managed to clear out loads of bats and get down to just 4 but all this isolation and some very good deals around lately has seen that grown by a few again lol.
So this is the L540 length blade with a low middle. I would say profile/shape wise it’s quite similar to a lot of the Tendulkar shaped bats that have been about for a while now. First thing I noticed and is new to the market is the new Hex grip. Personally I’m not a fan. Feels weird to me in the hands and even more so when got gloves on. I know some seem to reckon that they offer more grip and that’s what GM state but for me it’s a no.
Handle is a lively thick oval handle and as impressed as I have been by the GN bats I had planned on using this coming season there is no better handle shape than a GM for me and really suits my single chevron grip preference. I also believe this is why for me all GM bats pick up so well due to having a thicker and probably heavier handle than a lot of others that have the thin oval/round handles these days. For a low middle bat it really does feel lovely.
Pressing wise I do agree with those who criticise GM as being to hard but for me they always ping from the off just in a different way to some other brands who press or seem softer from new. The middle is long and not just concentrated low down. By the stickers is dead but still gives a long driving area. The shape is fairly full with a little concaving. They are not the biggest bats. Edges on this one are 33mm max 24mm at toe and 19 at shoulder. The bat has a gentle bow as well. I didn’t really notice the lack of bow on the Noir and Neon bats Iv been using for the last 4 seasons.
All in all for some reason I have been more excited about a new GM than any other new bat from the 2020 range and just makes me question why I thought about moving away from GM for this coming season. I think initially nothing in the range caught my eye profile wise. What a CBF surprise I should have just stuck with what I had and had worked for me but no I sold them lol.
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