masonh said:there are many different grades or styles of melamine,but i would say that the old yellow micarta is softer than most all of them and a whole lot softer than the "glass for lack of a better description" melamine.the melamine Atlas was selling last year was pretty soft hitting but still not quite as soft as the old stuff.i do feel that the LBM is lower in deflection than the old yellow.ithe stuff i have now is similar in hit to the old stuff(softer) with similar to LBM playing characteristics.i love the hit of the old yellow stuff,but i feel there are better playing materials.
Do you have the new stuff in solid rod yet?