Nanospeed 4500
Model NS-4500
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Nanospeed 4500: the Blue, Japan-made Nanospeed Yonex aimed at intermediate players
A Nanospeed sold at home and abroad
The Nanospeed 4500 (item code NS4500) first appears on Yonex’s international (export) Nanospeed list on 23 February 2008, in the slot the Nanospeed 5000 had held, with the same printed spec in Blue. Yonex Japan sold it too; its page described it as quick in repulsion and swing and aimed at intermediate players. It stayed on Yonex’s export list until June 2011.
Carbon frame, fullerene shaft
No launch date is documented, so 2008 is the year of its first Yonex listing; Yonex’s 2008 export catalog and Yonex Japan’s 2008–09 catalog chart also include it. Yonex rated it Medium and listed a graphite frame with a high-modulus graphite shaft containing fullerene, in 3U (85.0–89.9 g) with grips G3–G5, made in Japan. Yonex Japan’s page listed 10 mm Long, fullerene, the new built-in T-joint, Isometric, Solid Feel Core and an aero shape; the export list showed Nanoscience, Isometric and Built-in T-Joint. Yonex recommended 17–22 lb, with BG80 for hard hitters and NBG98 for control players. Yonex Japan’s 2008–2010 spec charts put its balance marker on the head-light side, level with the Nanospeed 8000’s, but Yonex gave the 4500 no balance word of its own.
Rated for club players
No Yonex staff page, tournament report or release names a player with the Nanospeed 4500. Yonex Japan’s skill rating marked it best for intermediate players, suitable for beginners and not aimed at advanced players, the same audience its page named.
One color, one near-twin
Blue (color 002) is the only design Yonex documents. The Nanospeed 5000 it replaced on the export list was Silver/Orange with the same printed flex, materials, weight class and badges; Yonex never said the 4500 was the 5000 renamed, and the 5000 has its own page. The Taiwan-made Nanospeed 800 and 500 joined the list in the same update. Yonex China also carried the 4500, describing a carbon frame and a high-modulus carbon shaft with nano carbon, in 3U. Japan’s Nanospeed 5500 and 6600 are different models; each has its own page.
Three years on Yonex’s lists
Yonex Japan’s product page of 2010 priced the 4500 at ¥18,000 before tax (¥18,900 with tax), two years after its first listing. Yonex Japan’s racquet list still carried it in December 2010 and no longer did in March 2011, when a Nanospeed 5500 and 2000 appeared. The export list showed it beside the 850, 500 and the junior models in June 2011, its last full update. Listings name it Nanospeed 4500, NS4500 or ナノスピード4500. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Mix-ups, not copies
No counterfeit of the Nanospeed 4500 is documented. The likelier mistakes are mix-ups with its neighbors: the Silver/Orange 5000 shares its printed spec, the 500 is Taiwan-made with a carbon-nanotube shaft, and the 5500 is a later Japan model.
Where the line went
Yonex named no successor for the 4500. Its international Nanospeed list of late 2012 no longer included it, and in Japan the 2011 list’s mid-range Nanospeeds were the 6600 and the new 5500. Of the two Japan-made, Medium-flex, graphite-framed export Nanospeeds, the 5000 of 2007 and the 4500, it was the one that lasted.
Check the item code: NS4500, not NS5000, NS500 or NS5500. Yonex documents it as made in Japan, 3U (85.0–89.9 g) only, rated Medium, in Blue (color 002); a Silver/Orange frame with the same spec is the 5000, and a Taiwan marking points to the 500 or 800. Yonex lists a graphite (carbon) frame and a high-modulus graphite shaft with fullerene; a frame claiming titanium, LSC or carbon nanotube is another Nanospeed. Yonex Japan’s matching grommet set was AC416NSA, and grips were G3–G5 on the export list (4 and 5 in Japan).
The 4500 suits a collector following Yonex’s mid-range fullerene Nanospeeds, or one pairing it with the 5000 it replaced. Look for a clear NS4500 code, a Japan marking, a 3U label and the Blue design. As with any frame of this age, check the head and the shaft joint for cracks and the grommets for wear before stringing, and stay within Yonex’s 17–22 lb.