poolscholar said:

Golf pros don't even understand all the rules of golf. They have officials tell them sometimes

Not to mention 90 plus percent of amauter golfers.

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Chopdoc said:

After struggling with this question for a while, I am still struggling.

I don't have either, but I have played with examples of both. And I do have a Scruggs shaft for my Joss that is my regular playing shaft, as well as a couple of Stroud shafts.

Scruggs came out of the Joss shop. Tascarella got Balabushka's shop. Lots of history behind both. Lots of knowledge.

I think the "smart choice" is the Tasc. There has been a bit of legend and lore about the Scruggs cues, but maybe the same about Tasc? Simply put, there is a lot of value in name and reputation. The "bigger" name is Tasc.

Every time I think about it I realize the original question was posted the month before Tim's death.

Can't decide. I wouldn't go by what anybody else said or what I think going into the situation. I wouldn't pick based on the name.

If this theoretical situation actually happened, I would play with each of the two and pick the one I like based on that.

If I couldn't do that, then it would be the Tasc, but I hate deciding.

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Benelli said:

I have two steel joint Tasc's and one ivory joint Scruggs, which is also a 3/8-10 MOD, and nothing I own hits like that Scruggs. It has some of the best transmission of any of my cues, and the hit is soft, not jarring, very, very unique...

I know everyone likes to make the comparison to Tasc and Balabushka, but their cues hit very differently. My 72 Bushka is hands down the best cue I own, and if I could play with it every day, I would. Don't get me wrong the Tasc's are nice and I love that damn ping but they don't communicate hit the same way at all. They are very different cues...

I'm picking up a mid 80's Joss West this weekend, excited to compare that to the Tasc's and my late 80's/early 90's Richard Black's

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David in FL said:

He's having fun. And if he wants to call it baseball, hell nobody cares...but games have rules. If you're not playing by the rules, by definition, you're not playing the game.

Here's a secret. It's no less fun to play by the rules. Maybe even more so.

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