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YEO is good. It has a walnut top ply I believe. Doesn't splinter at all since it comes presealed by manufacturer. Great blade nonetheless, might feel a bit stiff and hard at first. I had the JTTAA version one.

Handle is super comfy in FL and for the price its a good bargain.

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Originally posted by kurokami kurokami wrote:

YEO isn't that much a step up. and the jttaa version's construction is different. most ppl like that one.

i would have also gone with power wood. quite cheap and really good for the $

Ordered whatever version tt11 had, they said it's 90g and pre-sealed which kind of caught my attention, so don't know if it's jttaa version or not.

Among other things, I didn't like the power wood handle to be honest Embarrassed


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Originally posted by DreiZ DreiZ wrote:

YEO is good. It has a walnut top ply I believe. Doesn't splinter at all since it comes presealed by manufacturer. Great blade nonetheless, might feel a bit stiff and hard at first. I had the JTTAA version one.

Handle is super comfy in FL and for the price its a good bargain.

Yes, read these things in the reviews so I was inclined towards it, plus a mod recommended it as well so I got intrigued towards it more :P

Does it say jttaa anywhere on your blade, I doubt mine is that one or else it should have said that in the description right? And I'm sure jttaa version would have costed a bit more as well since it's more popular :P
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Originally posted by debraj debraj wrote:

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That says it all.
I like putting heavy topspin on the ball...
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Originally posted by unstopabl3 unstopabl3 wrote:

Originally posted by kurokami kurokami wrote:

YEO isn't that much a step up. and the jttaa version's construction is different. most ppl like that one.

i would have also gone with power wood. quite cheap and really good for the $

Ordered whatever version tt11 had, they said it's 90g and pre-sealed which kind of caught my attention, so don't know if it's jttaa version or not.

Among other things, I didn't like the power wood handle to be honest Embarrassed

thats kinda heavy for a YEO most of the YEO ive tried ranges from 83-86 grams
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Originally posted by NextLevel NextLevel wrote:

Originally posted by unstopabl3 unstopabl3 wrote:

Originally posted by mikepong mikepong wrote:

Its a good 5 ply blade. Best 5ply for me. But it plays different from an alc tho.. anyway what blade/rubber were you using before?

Yeah I know it's not a carbon one but I thought since it's OFF and has koto outer ply, it should still be an upgrade from my previous blade which was Ma Lin Soft Carbon.

Already ordered it alongwith Rakza 9 for FH and Rakza 7 soft for BH from tt11

Should be here in two weeks , can't waitEmbarrassed

YEO doesn't have a Koto outer ply unless things have changed.

You might like the blade, but I decided that it was a challenging blade for players without mature strokes.  I would have bought the Stratus Powerwood or Force Pro instead.

i would say its good for loop and counterloop but for short game its challlenging
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Originally posted by kurokami kurokami wrote:

in japan acoustic used to be the most popular for men and violin for women. then it became tb alc for men, if zlf for women. now we're seeing a lot of mizutani and if zlc, but if alc and tb alc are still very popular. i'd say tb alc is the most popular men's blade globally. i've played viscaria for several yrs under several coaches' recommendation and i've tried a few tb alc including some pros'. i like it a lot and if not playing vis, i'd be using tb alc


Do you mean in composite blades?
I'd be very surprised if any blade, other than a Chinese rec blade, comes anywhere close to the sales figures for the Stiga Allround Classic.
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Originally posted by mikepong mikepong wrote:


i would say its good for loop and counterloop but for short game its challlenging

I used it when I was a much worse player so maybe I would change my mind today, but the blade I had just didn't have a consistent sweet spot  and was low throw.  Maybe if I had put Tenergy on it, I might have liked it, but Baracuda didn't help me love the blade either.

IMHO, the feeling of dwell is helpful to an older learning player.  However, most learning players like hard contact (it feels like more solid directional hitting) until they learn to loop or are forced to try to do soft short pushes where they need to relax and feel the ball.  If/when they learn to loop (which is much easier than developing extremely soft touch, IMO), they then see the value in dwell/feedback for figuring out how to modify their strokes.


Edited by NextLevel - 09/22/2014 at 6:46pm
I like putting heavy topspin on the ball...
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Originally posted by unstopabl3 unstopabl3 wrote:

Originally posted by DreiZ DreiZ wrote:

YEO is good. It has a walnut top ply I believe. Doesn't splinter at all since it comes presealed by manufacturer. Great blade nonetheless, might feel a bit stiff and hard at first. I had the JTTAA version one.

Handle is super comfy in FL and for the price its a good bargain.


Yes, read these things in the reviews so I was inclined towards it, plus a mod recommended it as well so I got intrigued towards it more :P

Does it say jttaa anywhere on your blade, I doubt mine is that one or else it should have said that in the description right? And I'm sure jttaa version would have costed a bit more as well since it's more popular :P


It should have a burn print on the side of the handle "JTTAA" for jap version +... a plastic logo on the bottom of the handle??? (not sure)

I may be wrong as models change year to year, mine was about 3 years old and I sold it a while ago.

*edit I might have had the euro version since my didn't have the JTTAA stamp. Nonetheless its a great blade. Too bad I sold mine a while ago. Originally bought it from megaspin.net

Edited by DreiZ - 09/22/2014 at 9:47pm
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