Yep, I did it. I bought a Cuetec R360 shaft. I've had a 5-year old Cuetec Mahogany Series cue w/SST shaft that I could hardly sell for the cost of shipping. It got extremely little use. It just sat in a 1x1 case over in the corner of my pool room. A gentleman was looking for a cheap Cuetec shaft in the Wanted/For Sale section the other day so I PM'd him and told him if he payed for the shipping, I'd send him the shaft, and I did. So....every six months or so I had this idea running through my mind that just maybe I'd buy an R360 shaft for this Cuetec that never gets played with and sits in the corner all the time. Well, giving the SST shaft away was the perfect excuse for finally buying one. Now, on to the review:
Quickly to the point: It turned my old Mahogany Series butt into a very beautiful thing. After removing the shaft from the shipping wrap, the first thing I noticed was that it wasn't constructed like the Predators and OB's that I own. Instead of multiple slivers of wood glued together, it has four pie-shaped wedges wrapped around some kind of carbon-fiber cylinder (looks like a fishing rod :smile I got this info from the website.
Anyway, I rolled it on my kitchen counter,,,,,nice and straight....less than a credit card width of rollout. Screwed it onto the butt....a tad tight, but pleasingly so....rolled it on the pool table....about the same rollout as before...GOOD!!! At the moment (brain fart) I don't remember what the ferrule material is made out of, but the ferrule is about 5/8" in length (a tannish-white color)...tipped with an Everest layered tip. Now, I start to shoot balls.
It didn't take but about 2 or 3 balls before I realized I had done a good thing in purchasing this shaft. It hits stiffer than my Preds, not unlike my OB Classic. I use an OB Classic on my custom Jacoby butt and I cannot tell any difference in the feel of the hit between the two cues. Moved the cueball around effortlessly. I have to do more shooting with it to determine the LD qualities of the shaft, but when I shot with it I used the same aim as I would have with my preds or OB's and I did well with it. At $136 (Seybert's), it is $131 cheaper than a Predator 314, and $63 cheaper than an OB. If the cue holds up to repeated play, it will make the purchase even sweeter!!! I can assure you that this cue won't be sitting over in the corner unused! I love the shaft, the weight/balance, the feel of the wood, the taper, etc. It seems to be a well-made piece of equipment. Only time will tell.
I rate it 4 1/2 out of 5 stars!!!
Maniac
Quickly to the point: It turned my old Mahogany Series butt into a very beautiful thing. After removing the shaft from the shipping wrap, the first thing I noticed was that it wasn't constructed like the Predators and OB's that I own. Instead of multiple slivers of wood glued together, it has four pie-shaped wedges wrapped around some kind of carbon-fiber cylinder (looks like a fishing rod :smile I got this info from the website.
Anyway, I rolled it on my kitchen counter,,,,,nice and straight....less than a credit card width of rollout. Screwed it onto the butt....a tad tight, but pleasingly so....rolled it on the pool table....about the same rollout as before...GOOD!!! At the moment (brain fart) I don't remember what the ferrule material is made out of, but the ferrule is about 5/8" in length (a tannish-white color)...tipped with an Everest layered tip. Now, I start to shoot balls.
It didn't take but about 2 or 3 balls before I realized I had done a good thing in purchasing this shaft. It hits stiffer than my Preds, not unlike my OB Classic. I use an OB Classic on my custom Jacoby butt and I cannot tell any difference in the feel of the hit between the two cues. Moved the cueball around effortlessly. I have to do more shooting with it to determine the LD qualities of the shaft, but when I shot with it I used the same aim as I would have with my preds or OB's and I did well with it. At $136 (Seybert's), it is $131 cheaper than a Predator 314, and $63 cheaper than an OB. If the cue holds up to repeated play, it will make the purchase even sweeter!!! I can assure you that this cue won't be sitting over in the corner unused! I love the shaft, the weight/balance, the feel of the wood, the taper, etc. It seems to be a well-made piece of equipment. Only time will tell.
I rate it 4 1/2 out of 5 stars!!!
Maniac
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