I know, there may have never even been a time, that you can remember, when you did not have your own cue, but I assume maybe some people out there, who enjoy playing, do not have their own cue, and use whatever house cues their local pool hall has to offer.
Well, in my experience, I can only recall one pool hall that I ever visited, that offered decent house cues, and that was my home town pool hall, from back in the 90's.
He offered Valley Supreme house cues, and they had a thin handle, with a nice long taper. He also never used slip on tips, and installed LePro tips on all of his house cues. He had this manual machine, that he would use to do the tip replacements.
They probably do not even made them like that anymore. The ones of today probably have fat handles, and very short tapers, if you know what I mean.
Anyways, curious if you have visited any pool halls in recent times where you felt the house cues were decent? Decent tips on them, with a decent taper, and straight? I know, probably not.
The only players who would ever even check out the house cues are probably just Bangers, for the most part, and would not care anyways. They might roll the cue on the table, to see how straight it is, but that is all.
I personally never liked the idea of going to a pool room, or a bar, if I did not have my own cue. The thought of doing that just makes me sad.
Still just curious what the odds would be of finding a decent house cue at a bar, or pool hall.
Thanks for any thoughts about this.
