Hi Jon. Great video as usual and perfectly timely requirement for me. My customer has recently handed me three of these rackets which were restrung by another stringer. He complained about the string being snapped so fast so I started to investigate it. I could see the loop string being higher than the bumper guard (3 loop strings in the narrow shallow channel so I thought what an awful stringing pattern these rackets had) so I thought no wonder the string snapped fast as the string was rubbed every time he scraped off the side wall. They were strung with Ashaway Supernick so I thought if I used a thinner string it might just stay within the channel of the bumper guard. I tried with Unsquashable Tour Tec Pro (1.18mm) but I still had the same outcome. This stringing method will most probably resolve the issue I am facing so thanks very much. I actually didn’t know it was ok to tie a string off a cross string. Although there is some wear and tear in the bumper guards I didn’t think they needed to be replaced but I ended up ordering them. I noticed most recent rackets such as Tecnifibre Carboflex have very thin bumper guards with shallow channels. I can’t see them last long at all. I just can’t stop thinking is this a conspiracy of racket manufacturers?
Just to add a couple of things: Little tip - right at the end I offer up a little ‘cheat’ for stringing the crosses - you can pass the cross string straight through the mains and through to the grommet without having to weave. Always strung ‘power ring’ style rackets as a two piece. Due to the nature of pulling the mains at the head only, using a long side to string the crosses can often cause issues with tension maintenance of the string bed.
String doctor can you help a tennis stringer who is stuck with a few racquetball racquets? I am trying to do a racquet and I look it up in the USRSA digest and it says for example feed the string from 1lh to 1lt and loop around to 2lt and end up at 3lh. So when do you tension? Do you do a double pull at 3 head or do you tension 1lh and l1t segment and then tension 2lt and 3lh segment? I see so many videos where they double pull. I am afraid I will give this guy a racquet with half the tension he expects or double it. The directions I am following are for Gearbox GB250.
Hi there, Good questions. So on this racket, you don’t double pull (only on Ekelon/Prince rackets with power rings/loops). Feed down From the head, tension at L1T then up through L2T to LH3, then tension again. Then through LH2 to LT1, back through LT2 and up to LH4 and so on. It’s very similar to what I do on the Karakal Racketball racket (just the mains) - so worth checking that video out. ua-cam.com/video/awGb5NrXcoY/v-deo.html I would do this as a two piece.
@@stringdoctor6238 I ended up doing it with a tennis string and single pulled. The USRSA digest did not list two piece as an option so I did one piece and strung crosses from the bottom which I rarely do for tennis (extremely rarely). I do ATW patterns on tennis not sure how to do that with racquetball. I figured with just 32 pounds pressure the racquet could handle that and that is what USRSA digest listed. Now to convince the tennis shop owner to call his reps and get some racquet ball strings. Thank you for your reply.
As long as the string is synthetic gut (not Poly) you should be fine. Otherwise it won’t be good for the frame or the players arm. Squash string is also good for racketball. In terms of stringing throat up on the crosses, you really should apply head to throat on this type of racket.
I am curious, I am not sure if i missed it, but why wait until after all the crosses are done before you tie off the mains? I dont own any clamps so I always tie them off so I can free the clamps for use on the crosses.
Normally, on a Prince Power Ring (similar style) I would tie the mains off straight away, however with this racket the set up for a 2 piece is not designed as well as it should be so i tweaked it so the loops weren’t too long. Out of the factory these rackets come as a 1 piece but should always be strung as a 2 piece.
@@stringdoctor6238 there is one thing I have never seen on restring videos : Grommit replacement. Most of the rackets I string are older with damaged grommits. The squash rackets shops tell me constantly that they dont have grommits that fit that racket. Since it is usually only one or two grommits that are damaged, I have taken to cutting them off the grommit strip and replacing them with single sections of grommit strips from old cracked rackets. as long as there are no sharp edges on the new grommit pieces the string does not chaff or weaken. It does look ugly though. I presume any pro restringer will always replace the entire strip but what do you do when you cant find a strip that fits?
@@ron1n1 quite often grommet tubing is a good option for the odd grommet if the rest of the bumper/strip is in good condition, or donor grommets (as you’ve said) or Eye Rackets eyelets are brilliant options. For most modern rackets you can get replacements within a couple of days. I usually keep a few of the more popular bumpers in stock just in case. For any professional players, I always replace fully bumper/strip if required, rather than patching up.
Hi Jon. Great video as usual and perfectly timely requirement for me. My customer has recently handed me three of these rackets which were restrung by another stringer. He complained about the string being snapped so fast so I started to investigate it. I could see the loop string being higher than the bumper guard (3 loop strings in the narrow shallow channel so I thought what an awful stringing pattern these rackets had) so I thought no wonder the string snapped fast as the string was rubbed every time he scraped off the side wall. They were strung with Ashaway Supernick so I thought if I used a thinner string it might just stay within the channel of the bumper guard. I tried with Unsquashable Tour Tec Pro (1.18mm) but I still had the same outcome. This stringing method will most probably resolve the issue I am facing so thanks very much. I actually didn’t know it was ok to tie a string off a cross string.
Although there is some wear and tear in the bumper guards I didn’t think they needed to be replaced but I ended up ordering them. I noticed most recent rackets such as Tecnifibre Carboflex have very thin bumper guards with shallow channels. I can’t see them last long at all. I just can’t stop thinking is this a conspiracy of racket manufacturers?
Oh I’ve just realised I’ve only got one starting clamp!
@@taronabetani9172 oops! It would be worth you buying a spare!
Just to add a couple of things:
Little tip - right at the end I offer up a little ‘cheat’ for stringing the crosses - you can pass the cross string straight through the mains and through to the grommet without having to weave.
Always strung ‘power ring’ style rackets as a two piece. Due to the nature of pulling the mains at the head only, using a long side to string the crosses can often cause issues with tension maintenance of the string bed.
String doctor can you help a tennis stringer who is stuck with a few racquetball racquets? I am trying to do a racquet and I look it up in the USRSA digest and it says for example feed the string from 1lh to 1lt and loop around to 2lt and end up at 3lh. So when do you tension? Do you do a double pull at 3 head or do you tension 1lh and l1t segment and then tension 2lt and 3lh segment? I see so many videos where they double pull. I am afraid I will give this guy a racquet with half the tension he expects or double it. The directions I am following are for Gearbox GB250.
Hi there,
Good questions. So on this racket, you don’t double pull (only on Ekelon/Prince rackets with power rings/loops).
Feed down From the head, tension at L1T then up through L2T to LH3, then tension again. Then through LH2 to LT1, back through LT2 and up to LH4 and so on. It’s very similar to what I do on the Karakal Racketball racket (just the mains) - so worth checking that video out. ua-cam.com/video/awGb5NrXcoY/v-deo.html
I would do this as a two piece.
@@stringdoctor6238 I ended up doing it with a tennis string and single pulled. The USRSA digest did not list two piece as an option so I did one piece and strung crosses from the bottom which I rarely do for tennis (extremely rarely). I do ATW patterns on tennis not sure how to do that with racquetball. I figured with just 32 pounds pressure the racquet could handle that and that is what USRSA digest listed. Now to convince the tennis shop owner to call his reps and get some racquet ball strings. Thank you for your reply.
As long as the string is synthetic gut (not Poly) you should be fine. Otherwise it won’t be good for the frame or the players arm. Squash string is also good for racketball.
In terms of stringing throat up on the crosses, you really should apply head to throat on this type of racket.
I am curious, I am not sure if i missed it, but why wait until after all the crosses are done before you tie off the mains? I dont own any clamps so I always tie them off so I can free the clamps for use on the crosses.
Oh wait never mind, I see...you tie it off on the cross
Normally, on a Prince Power Ring (similar style) I would tie the mains off straight away, however with this racket the set up for a 2 piece is not designed as well as it should be so i tweaked it so the loops weren’t too long. Out of the factory these rackets come as a 1 piece but should always be strung as a 2 piece.
@@stringdoctor6238 there is one thing I have never seen on restring videos : Grommit replacement. Most of the rackets I string are older with damaged grommits. The squash rackets shops tell me constantly that they dont have grommits that fit that racket. Since it is usually only one or two grommits that are damaged, I have taken to cutting them off the grommit strip and replacing them with single sections of grommit strips from old cracked rackets. as long as there are no sharp edges on the new grommit pieces the string does not chaff or weaken. It does look ugly though. I presume any pro restringer will always replace the entire strip but what do you do when you cant find a strip that fits?
@@ron1n1 quite often grommet tubing is a good option for the odd grommet if the rest of the bumper/strip is in good condition, or donor grommets (as you’ve said) or Eye Rackets eyelets are brilliant options.
For most modern rackets you can get replacements within a couple of days. I usually keep a few of the more popular bumpers in stock just in case. For any professional players, I always replace fully bumper/strip if required, rather than patching up.