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List of pro players who stick to wood as their playing shaft

HawaiianEye
dendweller said:
I saw a piece of an interview Joe Rogan was doing with Fedor. Fedor said that in slower, humid conditions such as some of the tournaments overseas he thinks you can move the cb around better with wood. With new cloth etc. like most tournament are in the states I guess cf is fine.
That kind of surprised me.
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Humidity causes a wood shaft to flex more.

Humidity doesn't affect carbon shafts except to make them a bit sticky feeling.
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Short Rack One Pocket/Single Elimination

M
its a different game. better ways to speed up play.

what would a bowling tournament do if a few bowlers just sat in their chairs for a long time or just studied the lanes for minutes before they rolled the ball. make it a game of 5 instead of ten frames. or only put up 5 pins.

or if golfers studied their shots for minutes each time. make it a nine hole. or play from the womens tees.

answer: the t.d. would punish them after a warning. and it would stop.
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List of pro players who stick to wood as their playing shaft

HawaiianEye
Lowell said:
I highly doubt that wood will go away either for amateurs or pros. There are too many elite players using wood, including young ones like Seo Seoa (just won the women's 9 ball championship) and the Ko Brothers. And what's interesting about their cues in particular is that they appear to be old school shafts with 13mm or so tip diameter and long ferrules. Kinda shows me that the equipment stuff is very unimportant relative to skill.

As for amateurs, I'm only 30 and most of my buddies play with either wood or a hybrid shaft. On league night, maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the playing cues I see are carbon. I play with a Meucci Pro shaft and have no desire to switch to Carbon.

I am big on using a glove though, that's one of the new school habits I personally prefer.
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Taiwanese players have slowly started changing their cue preferences, as have all the newer generation of players.

However, in the past they preferred stiff hitting cues with shafts that were between 13-14mm.

The Predator 314-2 FAT shaft was created for Taiwanese players and it was 13.2mm.

Southwests were/are their custom cues of preference.
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Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

Benelli
Lowell said:
For what it's worth, I'm 30 and really appreciate the aesthetics of cues. I find the sea of plain looking Predators to be pretty boring.

That being said, the custom cues I see usually don't look more interesting than the higher end production cues from companies like Meucci, Joss, Jacoby, etc. I would still probably get one if I had the money, but I don't and likely won't for a long time.

I treated myself to one of the "budget" Meuccis and I love it, the ANW-1 in rainbow finish. My next reward to myself (maybe if/when I become an APA 6) will likely be one of the flashier Josses.
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I love Joss, have about 30, all different time periods.

If your "Treating" yourself focus on a gold label from the 80's but if you have been really good get yourself a Block Letter from the 70's.

Trust me your getting a better playing cue and something that is borderline custom!
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