The Aretera EC1 Gray is the stiffer-tip version of Aretera's EC1 driver and fairway shaft. Aretera gives it a firm handle and a compliant yet stable mid section, and makes the tip 7% stiffer than the EC1 Blue. Tip stiffness is the only difference between the two. This is the uncut shaft: 46" raw length, 3.0" parallel tip, in 11 options f