Cleveland_Rocks said:

You are the man, Greg! Be the shotmaker. My comment earlier about inconsistencies that you were exuding was made in jest and was only meant to help you. May you run tables and may blessings continue for you.

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Well inconsistent on the table is symptom that I have been searching for a cure for.
My experience is that a good way to get me to focus is, piss me off.
I'm definitely not alone in that regard. When I asked my wife, "Did you hear what Lavern said?" Proofed the piss me off factor. She made 3 nine balls in 4 shots and I had to intercept her from confronting Lavern as I had made it up. My confession did earn her redirected anger and it was hot.
Of course The fear factor can have the same effect. The Fight or Flight decision is stimulating
I tend to favor the go down swinging method. The duck and hide always gets the mathematical consideration however.

I recall playing snooker on a 10 foot snooker table, actually may have been 12 foot table, the red balls were smaller than the rest and they’d bounce off the pocket like a rubber ball if you didn’t pocket cleanly. I loved playing 9 ball on that table.

cueball2010 said:

At first I thought feedback might just be unnecessary noise in the palm. But now I'm starting to think it is brain trigger.

Carbon is good for beginners but I see most newbies shooting with wood, and I've never seen one bring a measle ball to the hall. I don't even think beginners know what the point of a measle ball is.

Anyway, I actually think Pia is full of shat, but how can the worlds best couple shooters be ill advised. No doubt they are adjusting to a soft hit on rainy days or whatever the difference in humidity is in China. But somewhere along the way they said fk it. I don't have to adapt with Carbon Fiber.

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CF is better in 2 things compared to wood and 1 of them could be equal, CF shafts play more consistent than wood for one simple reason, you will never get 2 pieces of wood exactly alike, as the wood wears it will change, it may take years for it to happen but it will happen, Not all CF shafts are created equal, some are foam filled tubes some are spun with different thicknesses to create a repeatable consistent hit, the Becue Prime II shaft has the perfect blend of feedback and transfer of power to me, MOST CF shafts transfer the power of your stroke more efficiently, there are wood shafts that equal a CF shaft in transfer of power but are fewer in number and can't be manufactured to do so, I have 2 of these shafts with the same tip and they play exactly alike, if a tip came off in the middle a tournament or money match knowing you can screw on your other shaft and not have to make adjustments helps keep you focused on your match, if you are a player that has been playing with the same wood cue for 20 or 30 years and you play at a high level with your cue then I wouldn't change to any other cue, CF or wood, I'm using Bulletproof Recoil tips too, they are synthetic, I know a guy who has been using LePro tips over 30 years, if it's been working for you for that long why change......

sjm said:

All good by me. I'm glad that, for the top guys, they can earn a living without having to play in every major. Of course, he'll be missed at the Florida Open, but I'm sure we'll see him in Frisco later this month.

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Fedor surely can do as he wishes but I believe decisions like this is why he hasn’t been as competitive lately. Kind of disappointing in my opinion to miss a major tournament for this.

Bava, in theory and logic your position is unfallible. Unfortunately, a lot of us pool players are idiots. I’ve never had a cue stolen, left one at a pool hall I worked at, it closed and someone who bought out the remnants ended up with my original cue, I paid to get it back, it was my error in the first place. My best friend had a custom set, playing, jump and break that is 1 of 1 that would be impossible to sell on the open market ripped off out of his car a few years ago.

tim913 said:

I would just sit quietly, look pretty and play hard to get

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I don't play hard to get, I play hard to want

I’d like to think and believe that if Owner 1 went so far to establish and document ownership of the cue,
they’d inform the buyer of it and cooperate with whatever process is establish for re-registering the new
ownership of the cue. If you bother to participate or pay for registering your cue(s), you realize failure to
not get the cue registered in the new buyer’s name can only lead to questions or problems for someone
at some future point in time.

And seller (Owner 1), you’d want to be kept out of future involvement with this cue you’re now selling. So
Owner 1, or any future subsequent sellers of the cue, can directly apprise the Registry, or DataBank, with
a copy of a Bill of Sale I referred to in a prior post. I think there are better minds than myself to engineer this.

Any pictures of the butt?
Thanks

Regardless, I’m not looking to bash any builder. Just curious how many of us got a dud! It’s not a reflection on a career.

Oh, Eric

Scrunge19 said:

Fedor is going to the APA nationals to do challenge matches, sign autographs, and promote his brand. View attachment 921494

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All good by me. I'm glad that, for the top guys, they can earn a living without having to play in every major. Of course, he'll be missed at the Florida Open, but I'm sure we'll see him in Frisco later this month.

I talked to Dave today and he sent me pictures of a Red heart cue and I ordered it.
He will ship it out for me tomorrow for 147.70 and he will cover shipping.
We are both from Wisconsin but he is about 100 miles from me.

Poolhall60561 said:

What ?
Who?

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What’s the question? Sorry my memory isn’t the best. Eric at Sugartree. I’ve conversed w a lot of esteemed cue builders over the years and Eric seemed more like a scientist when it came to wood species. Not saying others don’t, but he dug in the dirt for burl.