TheCueHunter
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Friends, This is a Gus that I just received today after a few weeks of making it happen.. Thanks to Anthony (tonyboy59 here on AZ) for contacting me, and being great to work with throughout the whole deal.
Thanks to Dennis Searing for the "record" lol time on the shaft. Dennis will be sending me a another package soon with a letter of authenticity that I will post up as soon as it comes.
I am the third owner to this cue, that was ordered in 1978. The original owner and Anthony both kept this cue all original. And let me tell you why.
This was sent to Barry for authentication when the original owner sold it. Barry authenticated it and said it was in great shape!!! Barry stated that he would not refinish it and that it was one of the BEST all original Gus cues that he had seen in quite some time. Oh yeah, it has the original Fellini case with it as well.
The cue has 2 original shafts at 13.5mm
, One with played with about 50 times per original owner, and one that literally looks unhit, but the original owner said he hit less than 10 balls with it. Ivory ferrules, and THE ORIGINAL CHAMPION TIPS:thumbup:
This is an unreal cue, and obviously very rare, as not many still look new, and have the original tips on them from 1978.
The butt of the cue is 100% DEAD NUTS STRAIGHT, and both shafts are near perfection. The butt and shafts were spun by Dennis and as he told me the butt is 100% straight. Both shafts when rolled, are the straightest shafts of any cue I own.
Now, I didn't want to mess with the original shafts so the deal was sort of "handled" by Dennis Searing who I asked to make me a shaft that I could play with, and low and behold....What did I get, but the most unreal shaft taken from a group of shafts that he was saving for himself, that could quite possibly be 40 years old or so. The shaft literally matches the cue as well as its physically possible.
This cue is absolutely phenomenal, for the age and originality. Of, course this Gus has a blemish or two, chalk that up to the patina and aging process, but when 2 top cue makers tell you that you have something special, and that is is unbelievable that the cue has never been refinished and looks like this, I know I am a lucky guy:thumbup:
Thanks Anthony and Dennis for the job and deal on this cue. I hope Dennis doesn't mind me posting up some of this, and I am sure he will call me by the end of the day to see how I like the shaft. Sorry for the length of the post but here are the pics............
The cue is 58.5 inches so I had Dennis make the 3rd shaft at 29 so it would be 58" with his shaft so that's why its a little shorter..
I have many many more pics, and some better I will post up if anyone is interested:thumbup:
Thanks to Dennis Searing for the "record" lol time on the shaft. Dennis will be sending me a another package soon with a letter of authenticity that I will post up as soon as it comes.
I am the third owner to this cue, that was ordered in 1978. The original owner and Anthony both kept this cue all original. And let me tell you why.
This was sent to Barry for authentication when the original owner sold it. Barry authenticated it and said it was in great shape!!! Barry stated that he would not refinish it and that it was one of the BEST all original Gus cues that he had seen in quite some time. Oh yeah, it has the original Fellini case with it as well.
The cue has 2 original shafts at 13.5mm
, One with played with about 50 times per original owner, and one that literally looks unhit, but the original owner said he hit less than 10 balls with it. Ivory ferrules, and THE ORIGINAL CHAMPION TIPS:thumbup:This is an unreal cue, and obviously very rare, as not many still look new, and have the original tips on them from 1978.
The butt of the cue is 100% DEAD NUTS STRAIGHT, and both shafts are near perfection. The butt and shafts were spun by Dennis and as he told me the butt is 100% straight. Both shafts when rolled, are the straightest shafts of any cue I own.
Now, I didn't want to mess with the original shafts so the deal was sort of "handled" by Dennis Searing who I asked to make me a shaft that I could play with, and low and behold....What did I get, but the most unreal shaft taken from a group of shafts that he was saving for himself, that could quite possibly be 40 years old or so. The shaft literally matches the cue as well as its physically possible.
This cue is absolutely phenomenal, for the age and originality. Of, course this Gus has a blemish or two, chalk that up to the patina and aging process, but when 2 top cue makers tell you that you have something special, and that is is unbelievable that the cue has never been refinished and looks like this, I know I am a lucky guy:thumbup:
Thanks Anthony and Dennis for the job and deal on this cue. I hope Dennis doesn't mind me posting up some of this, and I am sure he will call me by the end of the day to see how I like the shaft. Sorry for the length of the post but here are the pics............
The cue is 58.5 inches so I had Dennis make the 3rd shaft at 29 so it would be 58" with his shaft so that's why its a little shorter..
I have many many more pics, and some better I will post up if anyone is interested:thumbup:
