skor said:

There is a sound “issue” with mine but I contribute it the tip installed (Kamui Clear Tan Hard) that gave me bad sound on another shaft as well. I need to replace the tip and see if it gets better, I’m sure it will.

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Consider putting a linen sound buffer tip pad on as well if you are going to replace the tip anyway.

garczar said:

in reality you'd probably adjust to the sound pretty quik. its just so different it kinda jarred me.

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I think it doesn't change the way we play but it does create a chuckle (for me atleast) just hearing it. besides, I don't want to be identified in the pool room as the guy with the funny sounding cue. the only times the I heard that tonk sound is whenever my cue comes loose and you know immediately that something is wrong.

garczar said:

he missed and still collected? That's not how it works. You have to decide shot by shot. If you decide to keep shooting and miss you don't win a dime. At least how they played the ones i was in.

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They pay out per ball here. The ball count if not won goes on to the next event for the remaining season.

garczar said:

Both, Ross opened in the 20's sometime. Love to go there but its out of my price range.

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Just looked at the website. I think I’d like the Ross course and the 9 holes they made from an old course. The new Dye course I’d play maybe feeling obligated to. It is probably good in its way but if I played 20 times at that resort with my choice of courses I could see winding up Ross-18, Dye-2. Maybe not. The only things that have kept me from playing a bunch of cool courses are time and money.. Although I am less interested in playing some places than I used to be.

dendweller said:

I've read that kielwood, being dried is more brittle and is not the best wood to drill out as it would be prone to cracking. That tidbit came from one of the active cue builders on this site. Drilling out is probably the most effective way of lowering mass and deflection.

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well, personally it does seem asinine. I don't think that baking the wood and then coring it out and inserting a tube would create less deflection. from my point of view, it would just contribute to less durability. I think the typical carbon fiber cored maple is the best implementation so far of reducing deflection while retaining the feel of wood.

Bob Jewett said:

I wonder what his event Fargorate performance was. I'm guessing 870 or so.

TROY Deocharran 634
Marco Cam NR
Brian Vu 644
Donny Mills 752
Jesus Atencio 797
Martin Daigle 735
Jayson Shaw 834

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Is there also a way to see what his fargo rate is right handed vs left ? He's so smooth when he's playing righty. Lefty not as smooth but I think he is winning more as a lefty

garczar said:

kinda hollow i guess. nothing like reg. maple. i'm a sound guy, same in golf too, and if the cue or club/ball don't sound right i'm out. Can't use it. Cookin the sugar out might reduce squirt but to me it ruins the sound.

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it does sound distracting. I have to do more research on kw but if those modification help significantly, I just might consider kw out of curiosity. I'll ask my builder about it and the much needed mods.

as far as lowest deflection goes, I don't bother myself about it as of the moment especially if the difference ain't that huge. not really kw related but the hybrid SMO seems to be having some good reviews on them even if a few says the difference is negligible. atleast that the closest one they said that it's very low deflection.

garczar said:

my problem with kw is the sound. i've hit a few and they all make this funky 'tonk' sound that i can't stand. rather hit maple or cf any day.

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you made it sound funny. speaking of tonk, doesn't it make it sound that it's hollow? my hired builder is suggesting it although I haven't tried a kw yet. speaking of, it might benefit to have a different ferrule like a titanium as far as sound goes? possibly using a soft tip alongside of it might help? now that you've mentioned about the sound, I might considering changing the ferrule and tip when I decide to get a kw.