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Hi everyone, over here in the UK it's really difficult to try the range of shafts you guys are used to in the USA, so I'm hoping you can help. I have been to good club fitters but most are indoor and I could do with narrowing down a few options before I try again.

 

I am known for being a great iron player and I put a lot of this down to my C Taper shafts. For me, they're unbeatable. Someone even persuaded me to try a PX LZ Steel last year with a 2i and all I could do was hit it high and right. As soon as the C Taper 130 went in; hey presto, as good as my other irons. It was a complete waste of time trying the LZ Steel!

 

Having said all that I'm experiencing a lot of problems with my driver, which leads me to the question:

 

For those who use C Taper 130 shafts, what driver set ups are you currently gaming?

 

Surely there's someone out there who equally loves C Tapers but has struggled with finding a driver shaft too - I want to hear from you. Are there driver shafts which have similar characteristics?

 

Other relevant info:

Usual miss is a high block fade

110mph SS

Looking for a ball flight slightly on the lower side

 

Thanks in advance for your help. I'm hoping I can make the switch like I did with my 2i and find the fairway again!

 

p.s search came up no good, so either I'm unique or others will be interested too!

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I was using the C-Taper S+ 125g and I use the Grafalloy Blue (White) in X tipped 3/4"

 

Driver SS 112MPH

 

its a 65g shaft but with low torque(2.8) so the fact that you block fade miss this could potentially help you release the club but still maintain a low torque so not to kick the ball left (righty)

I also tried the Aldila Tour Blue which felt great but launched a little high for my eye.

Matrix Black Tie is also a Low/Low shaft, I don't have much experience with it though.

 

good luck with the search

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TM Original One Mini Driver 13* (set at 11.5*) w/ Mitsubishi Diamana BF 80TX Tipped 1.5" @ 43"
Srixon U45 18* w/ N.S. Pro Modus3 GOST Tour X @ 39.5"
Callaway UW 21* w/ Aldila VS Proto 95X Tipped 1.75" @ 41" / Srixon U45 23* w/ Aldila RIP Tour SLT 115 Tour X @ 38.5"

Cobra KING Tour with MIM w/ PX LS 7.0 5-PW / Srixon Z745 5-PW w/ DG TI X7's (PW Tipped 1/4")
Mizuno T22 Denim Copper 50*, 55* & 60* w/ PX LS 7.0 Tipped 3/8" D2, D3 & D5

Putter: Evnroll ER2v

 

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I have a buddy that plays the CT's and he uses the Diamana White board in his Callaway DBD driver. Has certainly helped him control his flight and dispersion. He has tried the Aldila Rouge Silver in a few of the newer drivers and this worked well for him also.

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Ping G430 3W  

Ping G410 3H, 4H

Ping i525 5-PW Project X IO
Cleveland CBX 2 48*
Cleveland CBX Zipcore 52*
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TM Spider X 34" blue

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I dont play 130's but I do play 120's.

 

When I do have a driver in the bag, Its has an S300 in it.......So Im no real help ;)

Taylormade Sim 9° (set to 7°) - Fuji 53k X 

Cobra Rad Speed Tour 5 Wood 16° - Speeder 757 Evo TS X

Mizuno MP Fli Hi 18° - C Taper 125 S+
Mizuno MP Fli Hi 23° - C Taper 120 S
Srixon z785 5-PW - KBS TourV X

Cleveland ZipCore 50° - Tour S400
Ping Glide Pro Forged 54°/ Eye Toe 59°  - Tour S400
Seemore mFGP2 
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Another who goes 120's straight in, but could likely go 130's with no problem. I've got whiteboards throughout the top of the bag in 70, 80, and 90 gram varieties. I top out at 112-114 mph when warm and ready.

16' M1 Fuji Pro TS 60x
915f 15* D+ 80x
915h 19* D+ 90x
Pro Black CB1 4-PW PX 6.0
RTX 3 50* S400
SM6 54*. 58* C Taper 120
Works Limited #7

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I'd take a look at UST Elements Platinum or Tensei White in the high 70s or 80s for weight. From what I've read both have great feel which might go good with that KBS smoothness.

Titleist TSi3 10° - Diamana R Series 60

Cobra Rad 14.5° - Diamana BlueForce 70

Cobra F9 18.5° - Diamana BlueForce 80
Taylormade P790 (4-9) - Nippon Modus 105
Vokey 46F 50F 54S 58T - Nippon Modus 115
Scotty Cameron Squareback 2 

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Former CtaperX guy here, Tensei White 70x in driver, Speeder 757evoTx and Elements chrome 6f5t tipped previous to the Tensei.

 

Tensei White and Orange are monsters, Highly recommend.

  • AI Smoke 🔷🔷🔷10.5* Kaili White 60X
  • TM SIM Ti 18.25* - Tensei AV White 2.0 TX
  • TM Stealth 7w 21* - Fuji Pro 2.0 Tour Spec 8s
  • Srixon ZX Utility 23* MMT 105TX HS
  • Srixon ZX7 5-Aw PX LZ 6.5 SS
  • Mizuno T7 55* - PX LZ 6.5
  • TM MG4 60* SBC - DG TI S400
  • Bettinardi Inovai 6.0 2024
  • Tour B XS

 

 

 

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I play C-TAPER 130x and use Mitsubishi Tensei Pro Orange 70tx in the driver. Nice launch with incredibly low spin, just like c-taper.

 

I've heard a lot about this shaft and I've heard a couple of C-Taper users are gaming it too - perhaps something to do with the counter balancing? Pretty sure C-Tapers are counter balanced too?

 

Only problem is you will not find one of these shafts for sub £400 over here. Man, I'd never even heard of it and I'm a club geek!

 

Just makes me think... what other 'counter balanced' driver shafts are out there...?

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I have 130x in my TA Protos, I play my driver shafts between 65 and 75g, I always get them tipped 1" and playing length at 44.5", my swing speed is the same as yours...now I am playing all Ping and the stock Alta 55 X Flex shaft is giving me the best numbers compared to my other 2 shafts (Diamana WB D+ 72x and Rogue Silver 125 MSI Tour 60x), on trackman and on the course the Alta gives me better spin numbers, dispersion and distance, not by an amazing margin but better in overall performance...

DRIVER: Callaway AI Smoke TD 10.5*, Ventus TR Blue 6TX at 45"
3 WOOD: Callaway Paradym HL 16.5*, Diamana Flower Band White, D+ 82X Flex, tipped 1" at 42"
7 WOOD: Callaway Paradym 21*, Tensei AV white 75g S Flex, tipped 1" at 41"

IRONS: Callaway Apex MB 7-10, CB 4-6 -- DG TI S400

WEDGES: Callaway JAWS Raw 50, 54, 58 -- DG TI S400
PUTTER: SC Phantom 5, Stability Shaft, 33.25", Garsen Quad Tour grip (Toulon Chicago as back up)
BALL: Callaway CT X (current gamer), Srixon Diamond, -ProV1X and ProV1

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I play C-TAPER 130x and use Mitsubishi Tensei Pro Orange 70tx in the driver. Nice launch with incredibly low spin, just like c-taper.

 

I've heard a lot about this shaft and I've heard a couple of C-Taper users are gaming it too - perhaps something to do with the counter balancing? Pretty sure C-Tapers are counter balanced too?

 

Only problem is you will not find one of these shafts for sub £400 over here. Man, I'd never even heard of it and I'm a club geek!

 

Just makes me think... what other 'counter balanced' driver shafts are out there...?

 

It's a phenomenal golf shaft with a ton of technology. Ultra low spin but still smooth and managable feeling. It has a fiber called MR70 in the tip section as well as a DuPont Kevlar handle. If you look at the ei graph you'll also see the amazing linearity of the bend profile which adds to the feeling of a shaft that doesn't have a "kick point" but loads as one connected unit, very much like a ctaper or project x sensation. Yes it isn't an inexpensive piece, but the very best of things in life never are. Don't cheat yourself, give one a try. The cost of a shaft is never my consideration, because frankly I work hard everyday and I deserve to play the very best. I won't cheat myself or my game out of a superior product because of a few dollars. I feel I deserve better than that, and you should too.

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I'd suggest a Tensei, maybe a White or Blue.

TaylorMade Qi10 LS 9° w/ PX HZRDUS Gen4 Black 75 6.0

TaylorMade SIM ROCKET 14.5° w/ PX Handcrafted EvenFlow Black 75 6.5

TaylorMade SIM 2 Max Rescue 3-19° w/ PX RDX Smoke 90 6.5

TaylorMade SIM 2 Max Rescue 4-22° w/ PX RDX Smoke 90 6.5

Srixon ZU85 5 26° w/ PX RDX Smoke 100 6.5

Srixon ZX7 6-PW w/ Nippon Modus Tour125 X

Cleveland 588 RTX 52° w/ Nippon Modus Prototype C10 S
Srixon WG-706 56° w/ Nippon Modus Prototype C10 S
Scotty Cameron SSS Circle T Newport Beach w/ UST Frequency Filter

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I play C-TAPER 130x and use Mitsubishi Tensei Pro Orange 70tx in the driver. Nice launch with incredibly low spin, just like c-taper.

 

I've heard a lot about this shaft and I've heard a couple of C-Taper users are gaming it too - perhaps something to do with the counter balancing? Pretty sure C-Tapers are counter balanced too?

 

Only problem is you will not find one of these shafts for sub £400 over here. Man, I'd never even heard of it and I'm a club geek!

 

Just makes me think... what other 'counter balanced' driver shafts are out there...?

 

It's a phenomenal golf shaft with a ton of technology. Ultra low spin but still smooth and managable feeling. It has a fiber called MR70 in the tip section as well as a DuPont Kevlar handle. If you look at the ei graph you'll also see the amazing linearity of the bend profile which adds to the feeling of a shaft that doesn't have a "kick point" but loads as one connected unit, very much like a ctaper or project x sensation. Yes it isn't an inexpensive piece, but the very best of things in life never are. Don't cheat yourself, give one a try. The cost of a shaft is never my consideration, because frankly I work hard everyday and I deserve to play the very best. I won't cheat myself or my game out of a superior product because of a few dollars. I feel I deserve better than that, and you should too.

 

Some fair points made, but you can't even find them over here. Not a single one on the Bay on this side of the Atlantic and largely unknown to club fitters! It's a real rare one. I will look, though.

 

Any other counterbalanced driver shafts worth trying? I hear the Yellow hzrdus is decent apart from the graphics!

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Scottish C Taper X player

 

driver - Handcrafted Project X HZRDUS 75 6.5 tipped half an inch

3 wood - Speeder TS 8.2X tipped 1.5 inches

 

very happy with both... driver shaft was UK bought and 3 wood shaft was US bought....

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  • Taylormade Sim2 15* Tensei White 80TX
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  • Artisan MB 4-9 Project X 7.0
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I play C-TAPER 130x and use Mitsubishi Tensei Pro Orange 70tx in the driver. Nice launch with incredibly low spin, just like c-taper.

 

I've heard a lot about this shaft and I've heard a couple of C-Taper users are gaming it too - perhaps something to do with the counter balancing? Pretty sure C-Tapers are counter balanced too?

 

Only problem is you will not find one of these shafts for sub £400 over here. Man, I'd never even heard of it and I'm a club geek!

 

Just makes me think... what other 'counter balanced' driver shafts are out there...?

 

It's a phenomenal golf shaft with a ton of technology. Ultra low spin but still smooth and managable feeling. It has a fiber called MR70 in the tip section as well as a DuPont Kevlar handle. If you look at the ei graph you'll also see the amazing linearity of the bend profile which adds to the feeling of a shaft that doesn't have a "kick point" but loads as one connected unit, very much like a ctaper or project x sensation. Yes it isn't an inexpensive piece, but the very best of things in life never are. Don't cheat yourself, give one a try. The cost of a shaft is never my consideration, because frankly I work hard everyday and I deserve to play the very best. I won't cheat myself or my game out of a superior product because of a few dollars. I feel I deserve better than that, and you should too.

 

Some fair points made, but you can't even find them over here. Not a single one on the Bay on this side of the Atlantic and largely unknown to club fitters! It's a real rare one. I will look, though.

 

Any other counterbalanced driver shafts worth trying? I hear the Yellow hzrdus is decent apart from the graphics!

 

Here is our sponsor area in the classified section. We always have new and even used test shafts for a discount. And yes we ship all over the world.

 

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/forum/608-greengrassevaluationscom/

 

 

As for hzrdus yellow, here is the shaft review and analysis we did that will give you all the info you should need on that and pro orange.

 

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/1488288-big-bad-low-spin-shaft-review-13-shafts-7-players-and-a-trackman/

 

 

 

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I was using the C-Taper S+ 125g and I use the Grafalloy Blue (White) in X tipped 3/4"

 

Driver SS 112MPH

 

its a 65g shaft but with low torque(2.8) so the fact that you block fade miss this could potentially help you release the club but still maintain a low torque so not to kick the ball left (righty)

I also tried the Aldila Tour Blue which felt great but launched a little high for my eye.

Matrix Black Tie is also a Low/Low shaft, I don't have much experience with it though.

 

good luck with the search

 

Play C-Taper 130's HS 1x and I've also had great success with Tour Blue and Black Tie shafts. Currently Gaming a Tensei White Proto 70 TX and it's nice, but I'm not quite sold on it.

Epic Speed LS 🔷🔷🔷 9* Hzrdus Hulk Smoke 6.5TX 
X Hot 3 Deep 14.5* Matrix Ozik 8M2 X Flex
Nike Vapor Fly Pro 2 KBS 105X
T-MB 4 PX LS 7.0

Nike VR Pro Combo Pocket Cavity 5 Iron, 6-9 Blades Oban 125X
RTX Zip Core 46 Oban 125X

Vokey 50M KBS Tour 130X

Vokey 54V KBS Tour 130X

Vokey 60M KBS Tour 130X
Champions Choice Newport Plus MMT 135

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Interested in this topic and getting recommendations for more current driver shafts

Love the feel of my Ctaper 130x iron shafts but dislike the feel of my AD IZ driver shaft

Ventus black, HZRDUS smoke green , KK XD, and Tensei Pro White on my mind.... Thoughts?

Looking to pair with a SIM driver

Ping G410lst Tensei 1K Pro Orange 60TX

Titleist TS2 16.5 HZRDUS RDX Blue 80TX

Titleist 818H2 21 AD IZ 95X

Srixon ZX5 5-PW Project X 6.5

Cleveland RTX Zipcore Raw 48,52,56, Full face 60

Ping PLD Anser 2

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