Benelli said:

My break cue is a EO cues BEM into ebony nose full splice.

And I had these cues made for my wife and me two years ago

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Great video.........

Bump.

Bob Jewett said:

No, it was about 20 or 25 years ago that the why of deflection started to be generally understood and the details were worked out, largely online.

Nobody was banned. The discussion was tame compared to some of today's threads, and the discussion was on a forum that didn't have a banning mechanism. It was before AZB existed.

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Bob, my post was a joke on the "poolscholar" getting deleted. I know that many posts topics are repeated, and certainly will be as long as there are new people coming into the forums--hell, it seems like about 99% of the threads go OT in like the first page of replies, and many of them devolve into the same arguments found in dedicated threads! [Although, specifically about deflection, I expect the topic to have a longer cycle than your standard, "which ball do I look at last" thread.]

Anyway, I can see it wasn't clearly readable as humor, and also apologize for these (my) posts being OT in this thread--they are off, but not meant to be hijacking.

tableroll said:

I think most pool players today realize that the cue is not what makes a player, it is the stroke. Collectors still value high priced cues. A Szamboti or a McDermott with the same weight, same shaft, same tip. Does it make a difference other than in ones mind?

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Absolutely……at least the comparison of a McDermott & Samboti cues.
Is there a difference between a top of the line BMW with a Chevy Malibu?

Quality truly does matters when it comes to some items like watches, cars,
guns, gemstones, jewelry…..the list can become rather long…..but it’s real.

Does a Citizen Quartz Chronograph costing $400 keep track of time? Sure
does so it fulfills its purpose. A Rolex Daytona also does & much higher quality.

Yes, a Mc Dermott cue fulfills its purpose and the player’s skills is always more
important than the cue he uses. Same applies to a Szamboti cue custom built.

However, the choice and quality of the materials chosen to build the cue, the time
and effort required to construct it, the exactness of the tolerances and design itself,
the weight distribution of the cue’s anatomy. Custom cues take a longer to construct.

IMO, the similarity is aligned with both cues doing the same thing which is stroking the
cue ball. In the hands of a good pool player, a house cue also works fine because of skill.

Do you need a custom made cue to meet your requirements? Gosh, not by a long shot.
What you need is a cue made to how you like it to be. The cue specs decide the outcome.

middleofnowhere said:

I think you're about to discover you have a lot of new friends. Kind of like a boat, the next best thing to owning a boat is a friend who owns a boat.

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Well, I did just buy a new pontoon boat...I've already got friends that already have us scheduled to go out once it gets warm...

middleofnowhere said:

I thought it looked smaller, looks like you got room in there to put five tables how come you got one so small? Please don't get me wrong I'm not criticizing. It's just most people who get smaller tables it's because they don't have enough room for a 9-footer but would love to have a bigger table.
I would also add
"Thank you for your service".
I hope you enjoy every minute of your new pool table I'm sure you deserve it.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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I have plenty of room for a 9' and I honestly considered getting a 9' Diamond, but every tournament I will play in and my pool league is on a bar table. But, I may add a 9' later this year. We are having a bar built and have it fully stocked so when friends come over we can play, watch tv, listen to music and just have fun. The wife is buying a nice card table for herself since she likes cards, dominoes and board games.

Just got the new Littman light installed.

PowerDraw said:

Thanks. But congrats are premature until I actually have it in my hand, and what I have in my hand is what I paid for. I paid him on Fri Dec 19 and he still hasn't shipped it yet.

The agreement was he said he would ship it Monday 12/22. He removed the post which is.. unusual (it said SOLD which is sufficient and what I have seen sellers usually do but now the post is unavailable). Doesn't matter b/c I took screenshots of everything.

Whatever, I am not going to keep playing text msg tag with him to receive excuses or no replies. If he doesn't ship it by Wednesday 12/24, I don't want it and will get a refund. Don't really feel like having my $$$ tied up over the holidays into January for PayPal case to mature, but that's the way it goes. Whatever..

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Very sorry to hear that! Hope everything works out, have a Merry Christmas!

Has anyone heard anything about the new Brunswick barbox? NOT the GCcoin that was in Archer's room about 5 years ago.

Benelli said:

Shot the shit with the owner, he really liked white over the grey so it was an easy choice for him.

Bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off...

I can't believe there not doing a black that matches the 7ft pro mode.

I also can't believe there not doing a wood veneer for classy home players that don't want this look making their house feel like a bottle service club in Houstons third ward...

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I love the white. That's what I'd get. I actually am super thinking about painting my GC4 base and skirts white.

garczar said:

This table is just like every other GC in it has a frame resting on legs. ProAm is basically a big barbox: you have a box for the frame with legs attached at the corners. The Pro is like a GC with a frame sitting on the legs. You did look at your own pictures, right? Pretty easy to see how this thing is made.

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Yes, I'm well aware of the construction of the Diamond Pro-Am, Professional, and GC1-6. The "pictures only" of the GC7.

Yet to be publicly revealed on the GC7 is how the 1 piece slate models will be delivered and installed. What will and what won't be assembled from the factory. How they will be transported in a truck. How they will be transported from the truck to the install site. How the unassembled factory pieces will be packaged. Are there any design differences between the 1 and 3 piece slate tables to facilitate any of this.

It's just guessing at this point (by us here anyway).

I've enjoyed playing pool with my first very nice cue which was a C-18 McDermott which was much nicer than the Adams cue I first bought .
Now my main player cue in a Mike Gulyassy very plan cue compared to many but to me it shoots the lights out and I've got confidence enough to try shots that in the past I'd be hesitant to try .
My point to my rambling is to find our happy place while playing pool , yes I'd still want to shoot with a Tascarella cue with ivory all over it but if it doesn't happen I'll be ok then I'll just have to start saving up to own it .

jax_joe said:

How many clicked thinking this was an update from the Protege dude?

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nah, we still got 6 months more agony with him.

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This looks so much like Ozzy that's it's not even funny ..... But yet it still is ! I even worked a Ozzy concert years ago .