Nanospeed 6000
Model NS-6000
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Nanospeed 6000: the flexible, head-light Nanospeed built to soften the shock
The soft end of the fullerene line
The Nanospeed 6000 (item code NS6000) was the one Flexible frame in Yonex’s early fullerene lineup: the Nanospeed 7000 was Stiff and the 8000 Extra Stiff. Its Japanese page promised head-light, agile handling and long flight. It also carried LSC, a shock-absorbing structure that Yonex’s 2007 English-language chart credits to only two Nanospeeds, this one and the 7700. Japan made it from 2005, and a later White/Navy design stayed on Yonex’s lists until 2011.
Graphite, elastomer and fullerene
Yonex Japan’s page for the 6000 carried a NEW tag when it was first recorded, in October 2005; no launch date is documented, so 2005 is its earliest documented year. The page priced it at ¥20,000 before tax (¥21,000 with tax) with a soft case, under the 7000’s ¥21,000 and the 8000’s ¥23,000, and described an all-carbon frame with elastomer, a high-modulus carbon shaft with nano carbon (fullerene), a built-in T-joint and a frame 10 mm longer than standard. It introduced “LSC SYSTEM” as a new structure that cut unpleasant shock and was kind to the body. Yonex’s 2007 catalog spelled it out as Low Shock for Comfort and said it reduced impact shock by 15% against a conventional racquet. Yonex’s English chart gave the frame as plain Graphite, where the 7000 and 7700 had H.M. Graphite.
Sold on comfort, not on a star
No Yonex tournament report, advisory-staff page or release names a player with the Nanospeed 6000. Yonex sold it on comfort instead. Its Japanese page of 2010 described a shock-absorbing racquet, kind to the body and good for shuttle flight, aimed at intermediate players (中級者向け), and rated it best for intermediate and good for advanced players. The Nanospeed players Yonex did name in these years, from Chen Hong on the 8000 to Xie Xingfang on the 9000 Type S, used the stiffer frames.
Pearl White, then White/Navy
Two designs shared the NS6000 code. The launch frame was Pearl White (color 013), and Yonex Japan files that design among the models whose production ended in 2007, with the Muscle Power 90, 80, 45 and 40. A White/Navy design followed at the same price, weight class and flex: Yonex’s 2008 export spec chart lists it, Yonex Japan’s product page still showed it in December 2010, and Yonex’s English-language Nanospeed list carried it into mid-2011. Both were 3U only, and Yonex recommended 17–22 lb. The NS6600 on Yonex Japan’s 2012 chart is a different racquet, as is the later Carbonex 6000 N; the Nanospeed 6600 has its own page.
Six years in the catalog
The 6000’s run, 2005–2011, was about as long as the 7000’s and 8000’s, and far longer than the 2006–2008 run of the 9000 Type X and Type S. Collector interest rests on its place in the first fullerene generation and on its comfort build rather than on a famous user. The item code is the surest identifier, because the 6000 number recurs at Yonex and listings name the model in several languages (Nanospeed 6000, NS6000, ナノスピード6000). No verified sales are recorded yet.
Copies and mix-ups
No counterfeit of the Nanospeed 6000 is documented. The likelier mistakes are mix-ups: the NS6600 and the Stiff NS7000 are separate Yonex models, and Yonex’s English list also carried other graphite-framed Nanospeeds, the 5000 and 4500; each has its own page. A frame sold as a 6000 should carry the NS6000 code, a Japan marking and a 3U label, in Pearl White or White/Navy.
Where LSC went next
The Nanospeed 7700 of 2006 took LSC further, adding a Vibration Filter Cap at the butt, and the Armortec 600 later carried the badge too. Yonex Japan’s charts of 2009 and 2010 still listed the 6000 alongside the 7700, 7000 and 8000; its 2012 chart did not, and its Nanospeed column then ran 9900, 8000, 7700, 6600, 3000, 2000 and 1000.
Check the item code: NS6000, not NS6600 or NS7000. Yonex documents it as made in Japan, in 3U (85–89.9 g) only, and rated Flexible; a 2U or 4U “6000” is another racquet. Yonex lists two designs: Pearl White (color 013, Japan’s 2005–2007 production) and White/Navy (listed from 2008). Yonex describes a graphite frame with elastomer and a high-modulus graphite shaft with fullerene; a listing that claims titanium or a Vibration Filter Cap is describing another Nanospeed. Yonex recommends 17–22 lb, lower than the 19–24 lb it gave the 3U Nanospeed 7000 and 7700.
For a first-generation Nanospeed set, the 6000 is the flexible, comfort-minded counterpart to the Stiff 7000 and the Extra Stiff 8000. Look for a clear NS6000 code, a Japan marking and a 3U label; the Pearl White frames are the 2005–2007 Japanese design and the White/Navy the later one. 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.