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jazznpool said:

I will also comment that their butt geometry, patterned on Balabushka, is not slim. If the modern standard is 1.25” at the buttcap, they (along with others) are a tad more than that. I think the Tascarella’s have a wait list approaching 2 or more years.

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Several years ago, I had some pictures from a seller of a Tasc, which I really liked the looks of, but it was bumper-less and the specs were not to my liking. About six months later, I decided to order a Tasc, and I sent Tascarella the pictures of the cue I liked via email, and I asked if I could have that cue built with a 1.29" butt along with a bumper, and whoever I corresponded with blew a gasket. I was told I had to send them a letter with every detail of the cue construction. I'm not a cue maker, and I don't know how to build a cue, I just wanted a cue with a fat butt. I'm not sure why the sharp pictures and the request for a 1.29" butt and a bumper weren't enough detail from a non cue building customer. I was expecting them to say something like, "The pictures will make it easy to know exactly what you want, please send us $X deposit and we'll put you on the list." Because I didn't know what to write in the letter (describe the pictures?), I ended up not ordering a cue from them.

iusedtoberich said:

I'm surprised he didn't say "get rid of the nit rules that a player can lose the game by taking the balls out of the drop-pockets, after the 9 has been pocketed, but before the CB has stopped"

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Politically I very much doubt he could say that. The Predator tournaments of which he is the head referee have adopted that rule (not present in any other event that isn’t Predator or EPBF) so clearly either he likes it or someone above him does.

Kris_b1104 said:

Lastly, since when did we start calling every single WNT tournament a Major?

Kinda defeats the title and prestige.

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yea i kind of agree. it's a big ranking tournament. but then again where's the limit, and is it monetary? if so, qatar open is a major

Cohen cue

Bump

DeeDeeCues said:

I'm so happy I didn't have to ask that...

A quote I heard recently: AI is only for when you don't care enough to research for yourself, or when you don't believe you are capable of researching for yourself.

As an aside, there may already be evidence that AI is getting worse since it 'answers' with a sort of 'average of information', and now it is taking into account much of the information it (wrongly) reported on in the past.

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I already knew the answer....I assume you didn't, otherwise you would have provided the same info based on (obviously large amount of knowledge) your own expertise.

epoxypop said:

Why would you post something from AI and not your knowledge we all have Google

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Okay, how much experience do you have building cues, especially masse cues? I have 28-30 yrs of building cues, and have only built one masse, BUT I followed Dennis Diekman's writings about them I did my research.....(yes I have copies of his writings about masse cues and NO I will not share) He was pretty much an expert but you may not of heard of him, so quoting him would not have any effect on you. I used AI simply because we do not know who the fk you are except you suddenly show up here acting like an expert but no background....sorta like DeeDee.... so I used an "accepted" source (in today's world) to relay the correct info.
So going forward, Lighter on a TRUE masse cue is NOT the norm .....as I showed....a simple google search shows that much. AGAIN With all due respect, I ask What experience do you bring to the table?