is really that the cue improves my game?

ddg45 said:

Tashworth's recommendation of a Predator is strange, since they make only expensive cues.
Cost is relative to how much money you have, how good you are, how often you play and how specific your wants are. If you're a beginner Players makes good solid cues for $100, their HTX series uses better shafts. You have to know exactly what you want before you invest in a more expensive cue. Slim or fat butt? No wrap? Leather or linen wrap? What kind of tip? What kind of joint? What's your budget? $250 gets you a good cue by Lucasi, Joss, Pechauer or McDermott but you can spend much more pretty easily.
This advice has been on this forum many, many times. A good player can win every time with a house stick, but once you have a cue that feels good to you you'll play better with it. Play with different types of cues by different manufacturers before you spend over $100, IMHO.

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Vince_Former_BB said:

.....yes. I personally believe that pool cues do in fact have capabilities built into them. Assume for a moment you buy a $100 cue. I assure you the quality of the materials to build that cue were probably no more than $10.00 Buy a $10,000 cue and the quality of the materials increases exponentially as does the quality of the workmanship and as such the potential of that cue to perform at a high level. What I think you have to consider is, are you buying a mass production cue that was built for a mass market or are you buying a cue built specifically for you, your game, your skill level? Pool cues are a lot like cars. You can buy a Chevy or you can buy a Ferrari. And, you can buy something in between. Would a person who does regular day to day driving to and from work have the skill to drive a Ferrari on the AutoBahn? Hmmmm.....probably not. But the same turn would a Formula 1 driver be able to drive a Chevy Mini Van on the highway at 200 miles per hour? Ehhhh....no. Such is the same for pool cues. While a great player may be capable of "playing" with a half-assed cue it's not likely that his skill level won't be hampered. I believe a player should be playing with a cue they can grow into. A cue that supersedes their skill level will be something they can improve with over time while a lesser cue can and will hold them back in improvement. Would the vast majority of "professional" pool players play with their current cue regardless of whether or not someone was paying them to play with that cue? Hmmm......probably not.

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