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Originally Posted by Redsoxticket
I have a ssu1201L that is cut 1 ft from the butt. So far it is still one piece.
The full length rods snapping 28" to 32" from the butt equates to the potential breaking point on my rod being at or below the reel seat. There should be no way it can snap there.
Looks like I should begin researching an alternate rod in the event of a break down.
CMS also charging extra for the GSB lami's ?
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That may be, or it may just transfer the stress farther up the blank. But the GSB rods have thicker walls in that area than the SSU. The SSU one piece models were designed to be lighter than either the GSB or XRA. For all of their undeserved reputation for being fragile, the XRAs have the thickest wall of the lot in that area of the butt. You can feel the difference in wall thickness among the XRA, GSB and SSU 11' heaviest blanks by holding the blank at shoulder level and seeing which one resists compression the most--and you'll find that it's the XRA. As moderate ation blanks, the GSBs and SSUs have a more uniform taper from butt to tip. As a moderate/fast taper, the XRA has a sharper transition from the butt to the tip, occuring more towards the tip than uniformly. Same as with many of the All Star blanks.
I have a 25 year old GSB 120 1L. I don't use it very much, but it got used a lot in the first 15 years I've had it. I have a 15 year old XRA 1322 conventional that's caught thousands of fish, many in the Canal, and that held up. Same with my old 1204 (now the 1203 model). The breakage that many have complained about on the XRAs comes more towards the tip, and might be due to undue high-sticking. Rods that snap 30" or so from the butt, you can only think of two things that cause that--manufacturing defects (which can basically cover an entire production run) or a bad design to start with.
I don't know about the GSBs, but I can tell you that a custom 1322 used to cost $355 from CMS and that they're over $400 now.