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R2PQZ · Friday at 3:47 PM

R2PQZ said:
You are the Muhammad Ali of cue building.
Definitely the undisputed champion!

Ali was the greatest boxer. Bob, you are the greatest box-er.

iusedtoberich · Friday at 3:39 PM

Kenny dogged the shot plain and simple. Was not his stroke (his arm goes sideways about every other shot with spin). Was not the ref (Kenny is used to people walking all around the room anytime he plays). He flat out dogged it. Nothing to see here.

MmmSharp · Friday at 3:30 PM

Baron said:
Ed Prewitt is a super nice guy
Rick Howard is cool
The Petes are no bullshit but very friendly
The Diveneys are great
Richard Harris is a nice guy though he has zero issues telling you what he won't do, lol. But that's his prerogative as the builder, and he's just particular about what he'll build.
Laurie Franklin is very kind, if she counts
Dave Barrenbrugge and I have had very friendly email exchanges though we've never gotten anything done

Honestly, most cuemakers I've interacted with are pretty cool. I haven't had a lot of bad experiences - the worst I've had are guys who are still very friendly, but tell you they can't build you a cue. Those are guys like Ed Prewitt and Richard Harris, and it's not their fault they're booked up. I'd rather they tell me no than take a deposit and hopefully something shows up years later.

I'll also say Mike Lambros is perfectly fine over the phone and told me he'd build me a cue and that it was part of a batch that would be done in a matter of months, took down all my information, and never called me again. This was 3-4 years ago. I've heard this is a thing with him - tells you he'll build you something and then sells it to one of his dealers. Guy builds a monster cue, but pretty chickenshit behavior IMO.

I had Mike build me a cue, and it was a great experience. Simple merry widow with extremely top quality wood. Every time i order a cue from a builder, I set a date like 6 months out, to call and check in. These guys are so busy, and usually getting yelled at by other people. If you don’t check in,busy one man shops may never get to your order. Forgotten in a corner.

cue fix · Friday at 3:28 PM

I wonder if it is Scott Gilmore??

vintagecollectibles831 · Friday at 3:27 PM

Frosty said:
Perhaps you dislike the term because in your heart of hearts, you know that it’s true. Sure, there might be a day that the stars align correctly and you’re at peak form and a more seasoned and experienced opponent is off his form and you get an upset victory over them, but mostly that’s a freak occurrence.

Many players desire to compete against elite competition and that’s admirable. It just seems to be the Achilles heel of a lot of pool players that they are not realistic about what their true skill level is as compared to their opponents. If you don’t like the term donating, perhaps the term dead money is more preferable?

Okay, I will put it another way, so that maybe you will understand my point. When you pay for a pool lesson, do you consider that Donating? I would not. I would think of playing in a Pro event innthe same way that I would think of taking a lesson from a pro, but (abd this is a big but), I might enjoy the experience far more, depending on who I got to play, innthe Pro event.

Hope you understand my point. Not Donating. Paying for the Experience. Dead Money is also a really dumb term to use for the possibly great experience, of maybe getting to play a top pro.

Hope I put my point across better, and you understand now.

MmmSharp · Friday at 3:18 PM

i posted this before a few years back in a similar thread, but at this point i think we all repeat ourselves here.

My introduction was visiting my uncle in the 80s. He had a table in his basement and i was allowed to bang balls around at a 8-9-10 years old. I knew nothing, couldn’t shoot, no rules. But something about making the balls do what i wanted was fun.

40+ years later i love the game still, i play around a 480-500 fargo with the occasional night above my rating. And I still think fondly on those memories of not knowing anything but enjoying hours playing in my uncle’s basement.

When i retire or get a bigger place i will have a table and let my nephews and nieces play on it.

vintagecollectibles831 · Friday at 3:18 PM

Maniac said:
It was a tongue-in-cheek post. Not meant to be taken seriously.

My reply was also not meant to be taken seriously, lol.

vintagecollectibles831 · Friday at 3:16 PM

EDIT: It seems that I have a Scott Grossman cue, and that the cue maker is from, Pinedale, Wyoming.

I always love to learn any info possible about cues that I get, so I am just curious if anyone here has any thoughts about this cue maker?

I really love the looks of this cue.

Please correct me if I am wrong, but the cue is an 8 point cue, with Recuts (in the points), correct? Some sort of Burl wood, into what appears to be Ebony. And, then again, some sort of Burl wood in the butt sleeve.

And, I believe that the joint pin is a 3/8x11, just going by the looks of it.

I seem to make myself look like a fool at times, so please take it easy on me, if I am wrong about anything that I said.

Just curious to learn some info about the cue, and the cue maker, if possible.

I really love the look of the points in this cue though.

Sadly, it was clearly abused really bad, but the good news is, that it is still very straight. So, I assume that it was a very well made cue.

Thanks a lot for any thoughts, or info, about the cue maker.

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