Hello!
Very interesting topic! I've been looking for a replacement for my beloved Meucci 88-6. Not that I'd be a die hard Meucci fan, but this particular cue just feels so good on the swing. But it is from the early 90s so I was looking for something modern to replace it as my playing cue.
I was under the impression that there can't really be too many parameters influence this, mainly weight and balance point. So I found a nice cue and trimmed it to the exact weight and balance point and was brutally disappointed the second I held the new cue in my hand. They are still 2 completely different cues, the new one doesn't feel anywhere near the meucci. And I'm only talking about how it feels on the swing, the linear motion for me feels like on autopilot, it is easy to achieve a straight linear motion. Could be muscle memory or something, but the lesson for me was that the weight distribution over the whole length must play a big role.
So to dig more into this I'm currently modifying a cheap OK Healing break cue. Originally at 19oz, I first added some weight in the thread in the back of the cue without any positive results (the meucci is arount 20.5).
So I drilled out the hole in the back from about 6 inches deep as far as I could. I don't have a laithe, so I've just ordered a bunch of brass weights I can stack into the hole with wooden spacers in between. I hope I can achieve some kind of familiar feel by adding the weights and spacers in such an order that the overall weight distribution comes closer to what I'm searching for.
Perhaps this is all irrelevant and I'd get used to other cues, too. But I don't really want to miss this kind of feedback from my playing cue.
