Most tips have found have draw backs. For instance they may not mushroom or mushroom as much. Then again the grab and play well. They also dull the feedback of the cue. There is no perfect tip. At least not one I have come across. Triangles if you can select the correct one is the ticket. You have to hammer them into shape and then not get aggressive on shaping them. Once you get there don’t mess with them. Multi layer tips and I mean all I have tried turn the cue into a full instrument.. With only a very few exceptions. The only exception have found are the ORIGINAL Moori hard tips. Good lock with those. Maybe today’s pigs eat a different diet. I have no idea why. All I know is the common today tips do absolutely nothing for the cue. Unless you are one of those slow rolling players that roll balls in a pocket in which case the tip will matter way less than you think. But,, when you have to draw a ball a table and a half length (9 footer referenced ) and you have you got those shots on a regular, then you are going to have a hard time finding a tip that instills that level of confidence. When you hit that shot consistently then that’s your tip. There is no magic answer.
You all know the shots. If you don’t then no tip will help you.
It’s the one 3 inches from the long rail drawing back 3 rails from the second diamond to get the one and only angle that makes shape.
So stop asking silly questions. If that tip existed then every player would be playing it. It a trial by error process.
One thing I will tell you is when you have that tip and that cue you will know for sure. Nobody’s can or will tell you different.
The only words that will come out of people’s mouth is “wow”. Providing you can stroke that shot to begin with.
I cue, a tip a ferrule is a marriage between that combination and the player.
Ever watch the movie arbiter? It’s like that.! The combination of elements. A tip by itself doesn’t do a damn thing. You select a cue based on you playing style. And once that Union happens you gain confidence in the cue and you know what it can and can’t do.
For some people that never find that cue. Or the tip. Reason being it’s a union. I found it early on. My original TAD-1 from 2992 is that cue. The only cue that comes remotely close is a Gina cue I recently shot. Didn’t even ask what tip was not it. The feedback and balance made me feel right at home.
So I short there is not tip. There is no cue. It’s about the perfect union. When you find it...don’t let it go for the world. There is not cue or tip or price that will ever depart me from my original TAD. not going to happen while I am alive.
Me and my TAD chose each other.
Anyone who knows, knows.
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