I was very surprised when I finally was able to play with the Tiger Pro X shaft. I have played with Predator's 314-2 and the Z, 1&2 shafts forever. I played with the OB-2 shaft also. I got rid of the OB-2 shaft because of the wood ferrule (sighting purposes). I think the Tiger X Pro and Ob-2 shafts out perform the Z-2 in almost every way (IMHO) and I love my Z-2. I've also played with a Milk Dud tip for the longest time. I really liked the Onyx Tip/pad combo and might make the change to that tip. I do a lot of trick shots and tried a lot of them with this shaft and it felt a lot firmer and better feedback than my Z-2 does. It helps me put a lot of juice on the cue ball also. The only thing I didn't like compared to the Z-2 was the conical taper in the middle for my long bridge style where as the Z-2 is still thinner, but after time, I'm sure I would get used to it. I am going to switch shafts after Christmas and still wanna try the newish OB Classic Pro before I decide, so, If you do the OB Classic demo, will you please sign me up for that. Thank you very much for doing this great demo Mr. Tate. Shaft is going out first thing in the morning to Baxter. I'll send tracking info tomorrow. Ron