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Break tips.. whats good?

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garczar said:
Either a White Diamond or one of the clear lexan tips. I like the extra ball speed a good synthetic gives you. If going leather i'd use a WB, gotta be the hardest single layer tip out there.
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Love the Bulletproof Break tip, it's Lexan, takes chalk well, easy to shape, like any other tip, if you don't like it move on, I always give any tip at least 2 months before I move on, I've found tips change over time and 2 months is enough to know if it's the right one for you, there are so many factors. Your speed of stroke, your follow through, your cue's weight and how it feels to YOU, it's the most important one, who cares if it's considered the "best" if you're not comfortable using it, you'll know the right one if you give each tip a little time, if you decide the tip is not for you ask yourself, what did you like, and what made you want to move on from that tip, put on the next one until you find the "one"
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Break tips.. whats good?

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garczar said:
Either a White Diamond or one of the clear lexan tips. I like the extra ball speed a good synthetic gives you. If going leather i'd use a WB, gotta be the hardest single layer tip out there.
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Love the Bulletproof Break tip, it's Lexan, takes chalk well, easy to shape, like any other tip, if you don't like it move on, I always give any tip at least 2 months before I move on, I've found tips change over time and 2 months is enough to know if it's the right one for you, there are so many factors. Your speed of stroke, your follow through, your cue's weight and how it feels to YOU, it's the most important one, who cares if it's considered the "best" if you're not comfortable using it, you'll know the right one if you give each tip a little time, if you decide the tip is not for you ask yourself, what did you like, and what made you want to move on from that tip, put on the next one until you find the "one"
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Steel Joint vs. non-steel Joint (Phenolic / Juma / Elforyn / Ivory) – Which Do You Prefer?

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Chris said:
How a cue feels is not the same as how a cue plays. Lots of things affect the feel. Relatively few variables affect the play.
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How a cue plays has less to do with how the cue maker constructed it
and a whole lot more to do with the player that is using the pool cue.

The bottomline is it’s the player, i.e., Indian and not the cue. i.e., arrow.
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Rosewood vs cocobolo

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jlrowe said:
Depends on what type of player you are and what hit you prefer. Maple for the player that likes a subtle feedback on contact. Straight grain maple forearm i really think has the best feedback of the maples for subtle. If you are not a feedback or vibration person and likes more of a solid dense feel when you strike the ball go with Ebony or Cocobolo. Cocobolo you can almost feel the dense oily content when you hit with it. more dead. Good for those that would prefer a carbon fiber shaft. Ebony is ok, but bocote in my opinion has a lot nicer hit, sound and feel than either of the three.
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My recent cue is a combo of bocote forearm and cocobolo handle/butt. I love the hit very much. The upcoming one is cored Bem forearm + ebony handle and bem buttsleeve.
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Of these 3 CF shafts, which do you have or would purchase?

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skor said:
Jayson Shaw run 832 balls playing 14.1 with a CF shaft.
Have you watched the European Pool Championships in the last few years?
They are actually playing 14.1 at this as one of the championship disciplines, have you seen how many players used CF shaft?

Sorry, all this CF is dead nonsense and that wood is better for finesse shots is BS, just an excuse why one is playing badly, just like why Americans sucks at the Mosconi….

CF is NOT dead, one just needs to give it enough time to learn it, learn its nuances and feedback and get used to it.
Many go for soft tips to try and control the power of the shaft and then they complain that the shaft is dead, put a hard tip and let it dance in your hand.

There are quite a few makers that claim that their CF shaft feels like wood but at the same time it produces more deflection, why pass down on one of CF major benefits just to cut down the learning curve?
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Deflection aside, one main reason why I like cf shafts. It's not warped and resistant to dents, dings, etc...
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