Chess Cue
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Yup, about the nicest one I've ever seen. Most have dark forearms (that don't match the brochure scan) and cracked checkerboard inlays. Nice cue!
justinb386
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Yeah, it looks really good for a 40+ year old cue.
If he is at SBE next year I will ask him and then post his response.
I'm a real buyer for it.
Puguglies1
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Very cool!!
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Beautiful .
Thank You Jim
When he first started didn't he work with Paul Huebler? Huebler made a lot of Chess Cues, maybe one inspired the other.
Yes. He did.
In fact very early Meucci cues have a nylon shaft insert just like a Huebler.
I would say Huebler is a likely inspiration. Just a guess.
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Bob has been building cues since the early sixty's, B.M.C mid sixty's, National chalk 1968 where he made
the wico blanks which nobody else could do, worked for Huebler 1974 - 1975 when he started Meucci originals.
Dates might not be perfect but they are close. I think Bob made the chess cue first, Hueblers chess cue sold
for 800.00 bucks according to the blue book. Bob's was 190.00
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Indeed he was working on and building cues long before he worked with Huebler. But it was right about at that time you specify that he started his own cue company.
Not sure who made the first chess cue between the two of them. Seems close.
But the first Meucci branded cues were very much like Huebler cues. I believe he started making and selling them before he left Huebler's shop. Maybe even made them in Huebler's shop.
After that mid-seventies time they seemed to go in very different directions as far as both design and construction. Huebler-wood. Meucci-plastics. But they both seemed to have stayed primarily with the 18 thread pin.
Others will know better.
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But the first Meucci branded cues were very much like Huebler cues. I believe he started making and selling them before he left Huebler's shop. Maybe even made them in Huebler's shop.
I agree with you, the forearm on my chess cue looks similar to some Huebler forearm's.
Before he started Meucci originals I have thought he was working out of Pauls shop to start
his own line. I could be wrong but the cues look to have some of the same characteristics.
I agree with you, the forearm on my chess cue looks similar to some Huebler forearm's.
Before he started Meucci originals I have thought he was working out of Pauls shop to start
his own line. I could be wrong but the cues look to have some of the same characteristics.
In this thread poolcrazy has pictures and a brief explanation of the early Meucci cues that were made in the Huebler shop.
It is the Meucii QB series and had a sticker.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=221465&highlight=Huebler
It is the Meucii QB series and had a sticker.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=221465&highlight=Huebler
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Very nice.
The early Hueblers had the "Pill" bumper like the early Meucci cues as well, later Huebler had the reddish brown bumpers that we all now know.
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