Remember when the Beatles stopped making music together? For years, it was great fun and then suddenly it stopped. Having a set of MP-33s by Mizuno is like that. Sure, John and Paul and George and sometimes Ringo made some good music after the break-up, but it wasn’t the same.

First of all, the MP-33s has a thin line on top at address. Some, like the Callaways, have a thick line on top and all that junk in the back. I love the way a thin club sets up to a ball at address.

Second, the feel of the MP-33 is effortless. Struck on the sweet spot, it goes where you want it go, and does what you want it to do. I enjoy the feedback because right away I know when I have hit it pure and when I have hit the ball off-center.

Third, the MP-33 helped me become a better player. I went from a 14-handicap to a 9-handicap quickly after ditching my “game-improvement” clubs for a barely-used set of MP-33s. I advise anyone who is struggling to break through into single digits with game-improvement clubs to experiment with a set of blades. And get them bent to fit your swing.

Unfortunately, I hate the fact that I can’t get a new set anywhere. Sure, the MP Anniversary Edition is supposed to be the same club, but I don’t have the thousand bucks it takes to purchase. Even rarer is the used set that has regular flex on the shaft. I just picked up a used set for about $200, but the short irons are about as worn as the set I’m using now.

So I keep flipping through eBay every now and then, the same way I flip through old record stores looking for that clean copy of Abbey Road, to see who might be selling a good used set of 33s.