A friend of mine has a Mizerak cue which he really enjoys playing with . Even my first good 2 piece cue was a Jim Rempe cue which at the time I thought hit a ball rather well until I played with a higher dollar McDermott cue . I often wonder what Jim thinks of that now days or he may just laugh as he runs to the bank ?

Adams made it .

It's the economy s...

j2pac said:

Folks.
I'm hoping everything is ok with the Boss (@azhousepro). I haven't heard anything as it relates to the spot payments. As it stands, we will officially have to shoot for the upcoming drawing on 02/11/26 (Wednesday).

My sincere apologies for the delay.
Thank you all for your patience and participation.
j2

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I'm pretty sure my payment has not been received as it is not showing as a PP payment. Should I wait until or resend tonight/tomorrow?

Back in the late 1980's I bought a Meucci cue with two shafts it played rather well just not better than my McDermott but then I was kind of picky something about how the McDermott hit a ball I really liked .
It's a good cue don't get me wrong Joss cues are also !

I had always been enamored with the retro styling of the aramith continental balls but was dismayed to find out that the printing on them was raised and textured enough to cause substantial cling in play. After doing a little digging and finding a small comment thread in a YouTube video about continentals I stumbled upon these: Aramith “Economic”; they have the exact same styling as the continentals, the graphics are even still printed onto the balls. The difference here is that aramith has added a clear polymer layer on top of the printing so the graphics are 100% smooth! I know they are not everyone’s cup of tea, but I figure I should post in case there are others out there who would be interested. I have never seen them advertised anywhere and I could only find a handful of retailers that carried them. Ran me $90. Box is nothing much to look at and I will probably toss it

Apparently some pool player who wanted to look like Sonny Bono.

Oh how endless the innuendos in our chosen pursuit be!

I went to a sporting goods store the other day and found some cheap ramen wood cues- “mizerak”.

Is that how the name should be remembered?

Benelli said:

Defy shaft is junk. I tried to get McDermott to warranty the one I had, and they wanted $150 to resurface it. I declined and sold on eBay as quickly as I could.

Will never own another McDermott product again.

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Very off topic, but their older D series cues hit amazing.

Surprised they would not fix their faulty product, even for someone who was not the original owner, for example.

I just got a 2nd gen Defy, included with a used pool cue, and the thing is just horrible. I can't use the thing, even with a glove, which I was really hoping could be done. The black sludge they put over the entire shaft is super bumpy, even with a glove, lol.

garczar said:

Yep, big difference in a fake/ko and a licensed re-production.

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Licensed reproduction.

It’s like the spirit of the law vs the letter of the law.

The only frame of reference I have is, “didn’t want a bad Szamboti out there.”

That is the legacy. Should it be diluted?

epoxypop said:

I'm looking to buy a few standard male shafts with the connical taper and somewhere close to 12.8 or 13 mm. Show me what you have .

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I think you may want to change your description to "maple", unless you want some "male" shafts.

dtroup64 said:

I love his videos, but the voice and the intonation are impossible for me in large doses.

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He sounds almost exactly like Bill Clinton to me.

Lowell said:

I bought a Meucci in November and I totally love it. It's the simple ANW-1 one in Rainbow stain, but it's still nice.

I like most of their designs to be honest, but it would be cool to see some new stuff here and there. I also want to add a Joss to my collection some day, but all of their cues with even a hint of color in the points are like 800+ dollars.

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Keep your eye out for a good Joss. I’ve never had one, but the ones I have hit with have all hit nice. I saw two on PoolDawg recently that were the best I had seen in forever. The ones i
Liked had the real traditional veneer colors. But sleeve looked great. It was in the 650 range. I thought about it but it got sold while I was thinking. I’m going to watch for them. If I go real crazy I’ll finally order one. Don’t need it of course. Check out PoolDawg and look through the out of stock Joss cues.

Rusty in Montana said:

I've not looked at the latest line of cues from McDermott in all honesty my favorite is still my C-18 that I've got 3 shafts for all are 13.50 mm shafts that spoiled me . Sadly there was a mishap so it now needs to be refinished and new shafts made which will happen sometime down the road .

A friend of mine retired from playing pool and gave me his one McDermott cue which it has a issue I believe the tenon maybe cracked or the ferrele is coming loose ?

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I think the C-line was their best cues and next would be the D-line.

After the D-line series they started getting away from the traditional look and the designs became a little too quirky for me with all the animal and wildlife series, etc.

I buy 10 Ultraskin tips at a time and they cost 4.39 apiece after cost and shipping included.
I sell them to others for 10.00 each and get no complaints about price or quality.
Several friends have started using Ultraskin black rather than another popular black layered tip.

I've not looked at the latest line of cues from McDermott in all honesty my favorite is still my C-18 that I've got 3 shafts for all are 13.50 mm shafts that spoiled me . Sadly there was a mishap so it now needs to be refinished and new shafts made which will happen sometime down the road .

A friend of mine retired from playing pool and gave me his one McDermott cue which it has a issue I believe the tenon maybe cracked or the ferrele is coming loose ?

measureman said:

Balabushka Pool Cues GB-GS Gus Szamboti Era Pool Cue with Free Joint Protectors

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Who makes these now and where?