Shakespeare mach 1 11ft specalist barbel rod 1.5lb

Does anybody have this rod they seem cheap and might be the modern day eqivalent of my beloved but twice broken Shakepear carbon carp specailist 11'6 1.75lb .
I have a 1.75 warlord barbel rod by ron thompson that most people don't like but mine is great it's not the twin top one .
I want to replace my carbon carp rod but the nearest I am going to get is a barbel rod then I will cut off some of the cork so I can clamp it tight to my rod rests .
I would be using it mainly for carp up to around 8lb as thats what is in my local lake.
Is this rod any good.?

I might be wrong here but most of the mach1 tend to be a ticker blank than the mach2 or mach 3 and therefore abit heavy

BUT if it's going to be on the rests most of the time - then who cares

Don't about the rod but ESP do a grip designed for cork handled rods that grip a rod pretty tightly, might save you a job cutting cork off.

Thats usefull thanks