| Thanks, John! That's exactly what I was looking for.
Regards,
Ron Was it Ash Harrison?? He wrote some info for me and I found it floating around at my website (like many of the pages at clubmaker-online.com) Here's what he wrote: Here's a guide from clubmaker Ash Harrison on choosing Apache shafts:
PM-30 -- Use this shaft for people who have trouble getting the ball up AND have a swing speed under 95mph with a driver. People with swing speeds of 100+ will likely get wild results with this shaft. A very good Iron shaft for the low ball hitter at any speed. I use it primarily for seniors and novices.
PM-40 -- A fantastic shaft for the average player. This shaft may be used in any flex and is in my opinion about 1/2 a flex stiffer than advertised. Player's will feel a pronounced kick from this shaft in fairway woods and the ball will get up pretty quick. This is a great iron shaft for low to mid handicappers.
Micro 58 -- A fantastic ultralite. Get 1 flex lighter than you normally use and tip cut as they recommend. This shaft can easily be played at overlength. I have used the X-stiff shaft to make 47" clubs. With the driver, I recommend 45"-46" with this shaft. You may even have to put in a lead tip plug to get the swingweight up. This shaft will satisfy the best of players as long as they don't get it too stiff. It produces a very consistent ball flight. This is a mid-flex shaft and you WILL feel the club flex. I recommend this shaft over the Grafalloy ProLite 35 and 45.
Apache makes shafts that are extremely consistent shaft-to-shaft and are VERY low torque. This is why I think you can use 1/2 - 1 flex lighter than your normal flex. You will get the benefit of the extra kick, but none of the side to side torqueing of the shaft. The result is longer, straighter shots.
Ash Harrison
I'm familiar with the frequency marks (and the spine markings) on the shaft butt. I've used them frequently in woods. However, I seem to remember one ShopTalker who was adamant that even if the shaft measured the same on a meter as it was marked on the shaft, it PLAYED stiffer than the frequency measured, by at least 1/2 flex. I just wanted to see if this experience was repeated by others contributing to this august body of experts.
FWIW, I picked them up on E-Bay from a guy in upstate NY who was going out of business. As we were relatively close geographically, I drove down to what was left of his shop to verify that they were new before I paid for them.
Regards,
Ron
On 31-Jan-06, at 10:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Enjoy them. Curse loudly when you can't replace them.
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