And it also why I quit playing with an LD shaft entirely and went back to Natural Maple.
I want my squirt to be predictable, not so finite it's hard to measure it.
I play with 2 shafts and really light butt that is nothing but a piece of wood with a 3/8 x 10 pin in it.
Plays better than anything I've ever played with. Total weight 15.66 ounces. My cue ball is on a string
and much better than when I played with 19 or 18 ounce cues. Everyone should give this a go and
see for themselves. The cloth we play on today is fine and cue ball rolls forever. No reason not to go lighter.
What a coincidence 336Robin, I've been playing with several Elite Break cues, where I've taken all of the weight out of them, then added back to get to the 16.3 oz. range which give me a balance point of 20.2 inches. The light cue plays better IMHO, and with the predominantly forward weight bias, you don't notice as much that the cue is so light; it still feels good.
These cues have the 1/2-10 wooden joint pins as well, which attracted me to them to get better feedback (in theory).
I have one I'm working on now where I've drilled through the bottom of the female joint (into the butt), so that I can add weight there. Then, I can add a small amount of weight to the bottom of the butt to shift the balance location.
This all started with my purchase of an Elite Banned Break Cue (27 oz.) and my taking more and more weight out of it. For a break cue, I've settled on 20 oz. for now, but may revisit that and go a little lighter.
