Long story short.**I bought a shaft for a decent price.**I posed the question about a possible extension and think I had a mental block when I read the response about the seller not being sure.**I think I just saw what I wanted to see.**When the shaft came in, I pulled the grip to swap it with a standard size and found that there was a 1.5" extension in the butt.**The extension was excessively taped and when I removed the tape, I saw why.**The epoxy must have failed and it slid right out.**As the buyer stated that he couldn't guarantee that there wasn't one and I just completely bungled reading that reply, he is in no way at fault.**It's all on me.***
Installed as-is with no extension, the playing length would be 44".**That would be at least an inch shorter than I could use.**Ideally, I wanted 45.5", but could live with 45".**Given the fact that the extension came loose once already, does that indicate that 1.5" is too long?**I haven't had an extension in a shaft for about a decade.**The one thing I can remember from the last time is that it kept coming loose.**FWIW, my swing speed is pretty fast (120+).**My transition is relatively smooth for my speed.**Would an extension at that speed just be a bad idea in general?*
Is there any difference in playing characteristics when you go over an inch?**I see varying answers online.**My options are extend to 45.5", take a safer but less ideal playing route of 45", or just cut my losses and sell the shaft for what I can get for it and try to find something else.**The only issue, is that I kind of have a price range I have to stay in and this is the first Diamana BF 60TX I found that was in the range.**If I could somehow get back what I paid, I would still be short on replacing it with the same shaft.**
On a side note, it did come with a Callaway red dot adapter which was a nice surprise.**
Really sick about this. It's my fault for being stupid. I doubt I'll be able to get what I have into it back if I resell it. After buying the Epic Flash SZ for 5 bills, my wife has little patience for me dipping into the old bank account for more purchases. I just happened to have a couple hundred bucks sitting in eBay and really wanted to try this shaft.
Just interested in some thoughts and open to suggestions.
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Installed as-is with no extension, the playing length would be 44".**That would be at least an inch shorter than I could use.**Ideally, I wanted 45.5", but could live with 45".**Given the fact that the extension came loose once already, does that indicate that 1.5" is too long?**I haven't had an extension in a shaft for about a decade.**The one thing I can remember from the last time is that it kept coming loose.**FWIW, my swing speed is pretty fast (120+).**My transition is relatively smooth for my speed.**Would an extension at that speed just be a bad idea in general?*
Is there any difference in playing characteristics when you go over an inch?**I see varying answers online.**My options are extend to 45.5", take a safer but less ideal playing route of 45", or just cut my losses and sell the shaft for what I can get for it and try to find something else.**The only issue, is that I kind of have a price range I have to stay in and this is the first Diamana BF 60TX I found that was in the range.**If I could somehow get back what I paid, I would still be short on replacing it with the same shaft.**
On a side note, it did come with a Callaway red dot adapter which was a nice surprise.**
Really sick about this. It's my fault for being stupid. I doubt I'll be able to get what I have into it back if I resell it. After buying the Epic Flash SZ for 5 bills, my wife has little patience for me dipping into the old bank account for more purchases. I just happened to have a couple hundred bucks sitting in eBay and really wanted to try this shaft.
Just interested in some thoughts and open to suggestions.
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