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I've been looking at a few of their rods online, no one here locally carries them that I know of.  Are they worth the price of admission?  They sure are purty  ;)

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I saw your post about the great customer service from g. loomis and if customer service is important to you then Megabass is not high on the list.  

The rods are great (what i heard don't own one) but the customer service is not.  I think they only have a one year warranty and if you break the rod not fishing its only like 40% return for 1 year.

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Lightning rod should be along soon to talk about the rods.

Personally I won't spend that kind of money for anything less than a lifetime warranty and customer service typical to that one finds with GLoomis or St. Croix.

I think the Megabass and Kistler rods shore R purty, but I have a terrible track record for busting up rods.  Loomis and St.Croix have always exceeded their written warrnties.  

Both kistler and megabass have "issues" in this area which is vital imo.

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That is all I needed to know.  One of the other rods that was broken on my trip was an All Star Titanium rod.  According to their website, I am SOL.   >;)

I just bought a Kistler Helium and am "expecting" another for Christmas.  May have to ask "Santa" to make that another G. Loomis.   :)

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Megabass USA is the only 'factory' source for them. They are the USA distributor/retailer for MB. From time-to-time, you may find one for sale on ebay or at Tackle Tour from an individual. I got one of mine 'used' from an individual.

Part of their price is for their appearence; close to if not 'art', at least industrial or technological art. I have never seen their equal in beauty but their inventer, Ito is able to blend that art into technological advances too. They are technique-specific but still have a wide range of bait and line weights covered.

Fourth, blank materials. Take Tomahawk series glass rods, for example. The instant you pick up one of our Tomahawk rods, you will not believe it is a glass rod. It is so light. The reason is very simple. Our glass film is completely different from the ones used for other glass rods. The difference lies in the material. We are so into the world of rod action, we realized from the beginning that the only way to create more unique rod action is to examine the traditional blank materials and find out ways to improve at the material level. Our Destroyer Evoluzion series and the Hedgehog (Stinger tip) series are a case in point. Using unconventional materials such as Titanium and rare metals in the blanks (see inset), the feel of their action has been transformed to another dimension. If you like driving, you know how hard it is explaining the driving feel' of cars. It is the total feeling based on many factors including steering response, balance, stability, cornering, integrity, power, and so on. Destroyer rods provide qualitatively different responsiveness, sharpness and recovery from other rods because instead of using only one kind of blank material and one kind of mandrel (regular taper), we integrate other materials and the mandrel with different regularities. As a result our lineup offers a wide range of feels' in terms of rod action. And that is why often the only way to explain it to some one who has not been introduced to the Destroyer rods is to compare the sensation with the difference in driving feels between different makes of cars.

I still use and love my LTA Heliums; for their feather-like weight(under 4 ounces for a 7' Medium rod) and their missing foregrip. MB, on the other hand, emphasizes 'balance' over weight.

Balancing a fishing rod in general is not a difficult thing to do. Yet, it seems most rod manufacturers do not bother doing it enough, to our surprise. Balancing is achieved mainly by installing a counterweight (see inset) at the butt end. Although the counterbalance is an additional weight, a balanced rod seems lighter than an unbalanced one. If you carry an 8-foot-long 2x4 piece of lumber in the middle, that is to mean balanced', instead of at the end, you have greater control over the piece, not to mention the fact that you can carry it with much more ease. This balance, coupled with the general lightness of the rod allows you greater control, and the feeling that the rod is a lot shorter and lighter than it actually is. This unique quality allows you to incorporate wrist action' in casting and other things you would like to do with your rod. And at the end of a long day you are much less tired. By the way, balanced' does not mean every Destroyer is balanced exactly at the same spot, namely their reel seats. The balance of each rod is tailored to its specific purpose. For instance, the ones for flipping and pitching are tuned to be forward-balanced for obvious reasons. Each Destroyer is uniquely balance-tuned, and this contributes to Destroyer's legendary weightless' feel.

Mb rods are not for eveyone and I rarely 'tout' them but since you asked....... ;)

Dan

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Megabass rods are the prettiest rods I've ever seen, but the warranty is what keeps me away.  I'm clumsy, and always break a couple of rods a year.  If I go Japanese high end, it will have to be a Steez.  

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