Gambler

Anybody have any info on these. Can get them in the UK now.

cheers Kolev. i was thinking of going for a 1.8. but i will think about it a bit more. the magnum six shooter is out, but havent seen it here yet. what is EEII?

Cole. Thank you. Kolev gave it some good feedback . . . and Ive heard a lot of people talking about this product . . . and the feedback is positive.

For the Stiga Classic, G666 user I would be inclined to suggest 2mm Aces. A lot of control and plenty of gears. An ideal rubber on a blade like yours.

2.2mm Aces is also a good rubber, but has less control than 2mm on faster blades like the Black Diamond. You should have no problem with either thickness on a slower blade like the classic

I've used Aces on a variety of blades and it is one impressive performer. Works well on the Gambler Black Diamond and Arylate Carbon and LKT Instinct.

Six shooter is a good choice, but plays more like a Japanese rubber. Reminds me of Sriver.

Works fine on a range of bats from Allround to offensive : the LKT Instinct blades, both Gambler blades mentioned above, Tibhar Samsonov Premium Contact, Optimum Sync and Galaxy K4(Timo Boll Spirit clone)

Magnum is a harder sponge and it needs a few layers of glue to soften it up to get the best out of it. I use it on the forehand of an Optimum Sync and its very good for looping, driving, hitting and smashing close to the table and mid distance. Over the table performance is poorer than Six shooter, which is slower but a more versatile and controllable rubber.

Four Kings is a decent rubber, but Aces and six Shooter are the two I would recommend.

Whats the hardness of six shooter magnum? Is this a good rubber for bh blocks? Is it faster than Saviga/Inspirit?

thanks you all for your help.

Cole is top so far to buy from.It takes 7-8 days for the package to come here, in Brussels.He is also very helpfull and creative.BTW my Aces comes from him

What's up with 729 making all these different brands? It's not that I have anything against them but LKT then gambler? These seem like ways that 729 can get more acess to the western market....It's just a thought. Still I've been pleasantly surprised by both LKT brand rubbers and gambler rubbers.

729/Friendship RITC produce a couple of ranges

My understanding is the Gambler range is produced for the American and European market, to the specs of Zeropong.

The LKT range is a 729 product that was designed with input from Li Kiang Tsu, a former chinese player and coach, also tailored for the European/US market.

Some of the family resemblances ;

LKT Toxic 3 & 5 blades look like the Gambler oversize blades. i.e. all 4 are hock blades

The Gambler Arylate Carbon and Instinct share :
1) The same thickness and construction on the four outer plies.
2) The Instinct's centre ply is the same thickness as the two arylate carbon layers and centre ply of the Gambler blade
3) Both are easy to control and play fairly similar

The Gambler rubbers are developed from :
Aces : Geospin
Four kings : LKT XP
Six Shooter : Goldway Stinger
Magnum ; Goldway Destroyer

If i'm wrong I'm sure ColesTT or Tom at Zeropong can clarify what I've got wrong.

p.s. Of the two blades mentioned above, I prefer the Arylate Carbon to the Instinct because of it's bigger sweet spot.

Cole

I've used Aces on the Gambler Arylate Carbon and thought it a good combination.

I also a Galaxy K4 thats plays like a Timo Boll Spirit, i.e. a low throw blade; with Aces on 2.2mm on the forehand and 2mm on the backhand.

What other rubbers would you suggest I try on the K4? and the K5 which I notice you sell on your website?

Well, given that they're looping blade, I guess I would suggest the looping rubbers. That is, the softer, less tacky rubbers like inspirit, focus3, and my favorite the PalioC topsheet over saviga sponge.

The six shooter isn't available as a topsheet. There's a good chance I could peel the topsheet from the sponge though. Have you tried the 6shoooter magnum? That's a pretty hard sponge.

Oh, and yes, I sell tops and sponges and put them together custom ordered.

If it was white it was cannon (now called lightning) and if it was yellow it was saviga.

Cole mentioned above "I think that too as far as six shooter feeling japanese like sriver. Inpirit feels more euro like a joola rubber but wtih a thicker topsheet."

Could Cole/anyone else please describe what the difference is between Joola/euro feeling rubbers and Jap/Sriver rubbers?

I have played with Srivers but never with any Joola rubbers.

Also is Six Shooter a tensioned sponge rubber like Stinger was? 
I hope its easier to glue onto a blade than Stinger was!