I guess that if JD moved to America, and continued building cues from somewhere in the US, then maybe he might get more respect? He is from the Phillippines, right? But then his cues would cost much more, because the materials and cost of living would be a lot more, right?
Maybe, I don't even think I have seen one of his cues in person, but from what I read on here, quite a few have said that the quality was not very good.
From reputation, there are only a few cue makers from the Philippines that people say are of good quality, especially once they move climates.
If the point was to get as much fancy work for a price, that JD cue is a bargain. From a cuemaker with a strong reputation, that cue is $3,000 and up. Although that is a clear "tribute" to the Gina design. It will get one all the attention you can stand if you use that cue in a pool room and you can say it cost as much as a car easily to anyone that did not know better. I know if I saw cues that others were using and then saw that one, I'd believe it was a 5-10,000 cue without knowing the market.
The seller does say he is going to the expo, I will be there and will walk around try to find this cue if it's there so I can have a first hand opinion on the thing.
Maybe the whole JD cues quality issues are from others passing on what they heard and there is only one cue he made that was bad LOL.
