Poolmanis said:

it is Finnish(funny) cover. They have double minded lyrics.
"muna" = egg
"muna" = also d*ck
so "kolmen minuutin muna can be translated as "3 minute d*ck" or "3 minute egg"

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thanks, i'm glad i didn't ask my niece in helsinki what it meant haha. as a sweden-swede my finnish is below rudimentary

fun trivia about the original; bachmann's brother gary had a stutter so he wrote the song to poke fun at him (b-b-baby you aint seen nothing yet). they were one track short on the album and bachmann reluctantly included it. turned out to be a good idea!

I have 6 currently at Meucci and they have done 5 in the last year.
They are doing phenomenal work currently and none of the old issues seem to be present. Darren is the one I always speak with. Great advice and easy to work with.

I have had cues refinished a proficient as well and they are outstanding.

Meucci is definitely the cheaper of the two.

McDermott does great work but in my opinion are too expensive unless I need a D, C or B series butt cap I would never have them refinish a cue and I have had them do several.
Shane

Nogbert said:

Skyline Billiards in Brooklyn NY recently upgraded all their house cues to some carbon fiber ones that felt great to me.

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Oh, very cool.

alphadog said:

Clicks used to have all top notch house cues and decent tables. The owners said if the equipment is good the customers will stay longer and return more often.


I went into a old small pool hall in a small college town. Amongst the many poor cues I found 2 very nice 59" 4 point one piece cues with rosewood butts. I offered the owner 300.00 for both. He said no those are cues the old guys playing snooker use. Well less then a month later the bar shut down and liquidated. Those cues were not in the auction.

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Interesting story.

billiards_watch said:

Our standards have dropped lol. I consider Duffs nice while everyone have great stories.

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My 1st cue was a Dufferin sneaky pete, that I paid $60 for, back in around 94.

Island Drive said:

I was out in the burbs.

The original 1960s Gold Crown I ''house cue'' wall racks held 16 cues.
The first supplier/mfg of house cues that Brunswick used, created the first generation of Sneaky Pete's.

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That sounds really interesting. Any pictures out there of one of those house cues?

Bavafongoul said:

Back in the late 60’s, there were house cues still in pretty good condition. I remember because when you found a cue
you really liked, you’d try storing it in some obscure location in the pool hall always hoping that no one would find it.

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I lived in Evansville IN for a few years, and would go to this weekly bar tournament. There was a pretty good player who played with the same house cue every week, he said. He loved that cue. Some drunk idiot drove his car into the bar late one night, and that building was condemned, by the city. Seen that same guy at a different tournament, and he was so sad that he lost the use of that house cue. He wanted to get ahold of the owner, to somehow get it, lol. No idea if he was ever able to though. The guy played really good with it too. Must have been a really good house cue.

ribdoner said:

i travelled to charlotte for a couple days a mo on biz between 79 and 96

pool room called Dillworth Billiards in an upscale area that had 20+- Richard Black cues which frequent customers could use

iirc the most embellished was a "bushka" model

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Wow, that is amazing.

mjantti said:

I would add former snooker pro Dave Harold. Highest world ranking 11 and was many years near or in top16. Also won one ranking event in the 90s. Very unusual lack of practice strokes and a very short final/only backswing.
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Wow, are his strokes so short, that they can't even be noticed? That is amazing. I am really impressed, lol.

jalapus logan said:

The best tip is to work on technique, not equipment.

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With tips, I get the impression people buy shit and are expecting it to nail a very narrow zone. Failing that, move on.

Brother Ron said:

A member here recently sent me some hard tips to try out and I installed one on my break cue yesterday.
It was dark brown in color but turned light blue when shaped and sanded... might have been a water buffalo tip ??

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Sounds like Triangle tips.

why not chalk before the every break?
you should chalk before every shot you make, especially if applying spin, so definitely on a break shot.

Recently I've tested my break speed with the Predator Break Speed app, using my BK2 with a CF Raven shaft with a Phenolic tip and with my Players J/B cue that have a Samsara tip.
Both cues weigh about the same. I got the about same max resaults with both.
It is more about the speed you can move the cue than the hardness of the tips at these hardness levels (of course, there will be a difference compared to a softer tip) . the Samsara is obviously easier to chalk and control with side spin.

hang-the-9 said:

I have seen a couple of pool halls now in New York that are using the Rhino carbon fiber house cues. They're pretty good, but definitely require a decent investment since they're about double the cost or more of the wood ones.

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they will last longer so that's a good investment.

cueball2010 said:

Does the Uniloc version fit on Predator butt diameter flush? Or does the Uniloc version of the Black Ice Peachauer fit flush on Predator butts?

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it should be, it says on thee website that the uni-loc shaft is .840″, you can messure your cue at the joint to be sure.
The raven break shaft is also .840" and it fits flush on my BK2

I also have some Meucci originals. We’ll try to get something together for you in the next hour.