Downspike
Kendama Entertainment Network

A community for the balanced lifestyle.

That new mystery GT

Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by slothymane, Mar 29, 2019.

  1. KeeganS

    KeeganS DS Legend

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2016
    Location:
    Boise, Idaho
    Good thing you dont have to love it. The only one who really does is Stodd :p
     
    Apr 14, 2019
    ttocsic and slothymane like this.
  2. slothymane

    slothymane Slayer

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2017
    Location:
    Austria
    thats true lol
    anyhow to elaborate on my comment - these types of engraving always make me think of china made kens (Sweets, Krom etc mods).

    I could be very wrong about this but I'm putting it out there:
    What if GT id doing 2 versions of Pro Mods
    A cheaper (overseas made) painted setup with the Stodd V2 shape
    and
    A standard GT priced us made V2 stodd
     
    Apr 14, 2019
    JayPoir likes this.
  3. lookdadnohandz

    lookdadnohandz Member

    Joined:
    Oct 28, 2018
    Stodd probably likes painted one‘s more atm .. so he choose a painted one for his pro mod now because the last one was a natty ?
     
    Apr 14, 2019
  4. KeeganS

    KeeganS DS Legend

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2016
    Location:
    Boise, Idaho
    To add on to this, yes it does look like an overseas made ken and most likely is looking at the engravings on the ken and the (lack of) sharpness of the cup edges and slip stop.

    (Here is an actual embedded photo)
    7EA3BFC2-E0A3-4FF3-991D-F6FA2D7FB8B7.png

    Also, unrelated but Kelvin Wong posted this dama on his IG story a couple weeks ago and havent seen an instance of it since (maybe others have?)
    Definitely want to know what it is. At first I thought it had the same/similar shape to the new Stodd mod above but it’s hard to tell since this photo was screen captured in the middle of it blinking in and out of the IG story.
    481111BD-2FD9-4ABB-B080-4EF6F714361A.png
     
    Apr 14, 2019
    slothymane likes this.
  5. slothymane

    slothymane Slayer

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2017
    Location:
    Austria
    I might be right - this supports my "Argument" and I hope they don't stray too far from OG GT Mods when releasing pro mods like that
    Screenshot_20190414-200702.png
     
    Apr 14, 2019
  6. KeeganS

    KeeganS DS Legend

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2016
    Location:
    Boise, Idaho
    yeah, at that price point we're probably right.
     
    Apr 14, 2019
  7. JayPoir

    JayPoir Member

    Joined:
    Apr 24, 2017
    Location:
    North Eastern Massachusetts
    Yeah still ordered one tho lol
     
    Apr 14, 2019
  8. Jose Pablo

    Jose Pablo Member

    Joined:
    Oct 11, 2016
    Location:
    Calgary
    For those who have one, is the tama beech or maple?
     
    Apr 14, 2019
  9. Qonnor

    Qonnor Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2017
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    I think GT will keep doing US made stuff as long as people keep buying it. That said, when it comes to pro mods it makes sense for them to be priced at a level similar to other companies similar offerings. If GT only drops pro mods a few times a year and in limited runs, the pros themselves aren't actually going to make any meaningful amount of money from their mods. Doing overseas pro mods is a good step both for GT and their pros IMO.
     
    Apr 14, 2019
  10. JosephSoflo

    JosephSoflo n00b

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2019
    Location:
    Miami, Florida
    Gt/stood definitely wanted to make it more affordable thus making it overseas. They probably wanted more people to cop/support them in this way. Anyways, I made sure to cop one. Can’t wait to sesh this new gt shape!
     
    Apr 15, 2019
  11. ShovelLovell

    ShovelLovell Honed Member

    Joined:
    Jan 8, 2018
    Location:
    Alabama
    I think that was somewhat the point. To have a more affordable, extremely well balanced, extremely playable GT pro model. We still have the KA’s and the BHs!
     
    Apr 15, 2019
  12. ShovelLovell

    ShovelLovell Honed Member

    Joined:
    Jan 8, 2018
    Location:
    Alabama
    Everybody check out the new Stodd mod video, at like 3:22 we get a peak at a dama that Jake has that looks like it could be a new new GT.
     
    Apr 15, 2019
    JHard502710, Qonnor and slothymane like this.
  13. Qonnor

    Qonnor Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2017
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    That's a great point that they want a pro mod to match other pro mod offerings in terms of playability. While we all know that natties are super playable (Ben Herald just won open with one) I don't think that the majority of players really think that. I think when it comes to appealing to a wider player base going with a sticky tama is brilliant. Also, I don't know of any overseas natty tamas that I would really consider playable at the level of a sticky tama.
     
    Apr 15, 2019
    KeeganS likes this.
  14. Qonnor

    Qonnor Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2017
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    That's not to say they don't exist. There are so many damas made for overseas markets I've never jammed that it would be idiotic to make that a blanket statement. That said, I don't know any natty tamas produced overseas and sold by an american company that don't come out of the box pretty damn slick.
     
    Apr 15, 2019
  15. Stuart Barron

    Stuart Barron Slayer

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2016
    Location:
    England
    I’m really interested to know why Stodd didn’t go with the GT swoop on this new mod.
     
    Apr 15, 2019
  16. slothymane

    slothymane Slayer

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2017
    Location:
    Austria
    Right? At first i i thought cause of slinger weight but then i saw the booty hole so the Weight added by "not swooping" was eliminated by the bootyhole lol
     
    Apr 16, 2019
    Stuart Barron likes this.
  17. Stuart Barron

    Stuart Barron Slayer

    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2016
    Location:
    England
    Apr 16, 2019
  18. JHard502710

    JHard502710 Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2018
    Location:
    Louisville, Ky
    That’s Jake’s new GT ProMod with the Grey tracking dot at top like his old grey pro tama from KUSA.. J/J!! I have no idea. I did pause it on that frame to try and Identify it but that’s the best theory I could come up with..!
     
    Apr 16, 2019
    slothymane and Jake.ship like this.
  19. Qonnor

    Qonnor Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2017
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    I think Jake said when he left KUSA he wasn't planning to have another pro mod. I also don't know if he's technically pro for GT since he's an owner. That said, it would be sick if that was his new mod. That was my first thought as well when I saw it lol.

    I was wondering about this. The swoop is such a big signature thing. I honestly don't love the swoop tho. Makes handle stalls weird for me.
     
    Apr 16, 2019
  20. ttocsic

    ttocsic Slayer

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2017
    Location:
    Atlanta, GA
    See what you did there;)
     
    Apr 16, 2019
    JHard502710 likes this.