Chris said:

The cueball is already gone by the time any vibrational waves travel back from the butt to the tip. The cueball doesn't "know" anything about the construction of the butt, whether it's made from cocobolo, bacote, purpleheart, or a broom handle. The butt has a large effect on the feel for the player, but it has zero effect on cueball movement. To credibly claim otherwise, one would need to explain how information about the butt made it back to the cueball during the hit.

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july9x said:

Hello APA players and Fargo 600+,

I have a GC3 pool table, but I only play about 1 - 2 hours per week, yes that's right!

The new cloth and rails (new rubber/cushion) were installed two years ago, and they still look and feel practically brand new. I keep the table covered all the time.

The balls slide really fast, and the rails don't seem to grab English as well as the tables at my local pool hall with well-worn cloth.

Is there anything I can do to make my table play more like a well-used pool hall table? Any tricks to wear the cloth out without actually playing on it? LOL.

I swear, next time I change my cloth, or when a pool hall replaces theirs, I'm going to ask if I can take their worn cloth and pay for new cloth for them.

I'm looking for ways to slow the balls down a little and get better action off the rails. Any suggestions?

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Chris said:

I like wrapless. I grew up using the house cues that came with our table, so a wrapless cue just feels right to me.

To be fair, the only wrapped cue I've ever owned was a cheap $20-ish two piece with a synthetic thread wrap of some sort, purchased from Kmart or Walmart in the late-80s, when I was a teenager. I could tighten the wrap just by twisting it in my hand. It sucked in both workmanship and feel, even though it was still the best cue I had available.

Years later, when I owned and played with a Bob Frey sneaky Pete, I test-shot with various friends' cues with pressed linen wraps, and they were much better than the POS I owned as a teenager. I still preferred the feel of wrapless, though.

Aesthetically, a nicely figured hardwood handle is much more appealing than any linen or leather wrap, IMO.

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