my current custom is 3/8's 10 wood, and love that connection, a good solid connection with no ping. with a few others i tired , had a bit of ping,
i have earlier post for identifying a custom i had, which is believed a david barber but also well made by freddie yates when they were together.

GoldCrown said:

I have a few Schmelkes..... very well made. Nice to play with. Only nit pick is if using an aftermarket shaft (REVO, 312, etc,) there is a slight lip at the joint ...but not a deal breaker. My buddy has a Schmelke Bocote sneaky and it's a beautifully figured piece of wood.

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oh that is great to know, alot for what i need to know. ill have you know for me for a cue is break and play, since at this time i dont want a decated break que, im more a player just rather not have wrap. so the ones i am looking at are maple shaft.

trob said:

I don’t know what you mean by race numbers but the second you said you were going to get a lawyer involved I would done the same thing they did. In today’s world of everyone wants to sue as soon as they don’t get their way you would have been banned from me as well.

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So your answer to persons question is to totally ignore them repeatedly for over 8 months of legit questioning? Got it! Wouldn’t do business with you either

wrthog78 said:

thank you, just not sure, since i havent tried either, and well not sure if i can for my area, even with over 30 years playing, i dont think i have tried these brands

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I have a few Schmelkes..... very well made. Nice to play with. Only nit pick is if using an aftermarket shaft (REVO, 312, etc,) there is a slight lip at the joint ...but not a deal breaker. My buddy has a Schmelke Bocote sneaky and it's a beautifully figured piece of wood.

I have some Josey's in that price range if interested

Logandgriff said:

McDermott GS cues have a 3/8x10 wood-to-wood joint and a solid maple shaft with a long traditional ferrule. This joint, shaft and ferrule combination is found on quite a lot of custom cues today

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Logandgriff said:

I've played with one and it feels much like a lot of the custom cues I've played with. So I wonder why these aren't wildly popular.

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McDermott needs to say something like your comments in its GS cue description:

GoldCrown said:

Two totally different cues.You would have to try both to get a feel. Nothing wrong with either ...it's what feels good to you.

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thank you, just not sure, since i havent tried either, and well not sure if i can for my area, even with over 30 years playing, i dont think i have tried these brands

This will be help.

It is definitely an outsourced Brunswick cue.
Like I said they are a little bit different than the ones made by Brunswick from the early 40's through the middle 60's. I believe there were 7 different iterations.
All had different labels, handy for telling the timeline.
The Japan cues had bright veneers and nice Rosewood, and the finish was a higher standard than the earlier versions with a better fitting leather wrap, and a longer pin.
I have many Hoppes in my collection but I don't have a green/white label.
Or a black label or a Adam Hoppe. I need to do better

wrthog78 said:

So i am looking at a few cues, one is joss jossp01 and also looking at some Schmelke cues.

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Two totally different cues.You would have to try both to get a feel. Nothing wrong with either ...it's what feels good to you.