Earl's new cue

gulyassy said:
I didn't say all these modern players could beat the Earl of the 80's, I said that today's Earl could give the 80's Earl the 6. Earl was sick with kidney stones for most of the last 10 years. Now he is healthy and I say line up everybody that wants to play Earl 10 ball on a Diamond, 10 ball goes last, 6 inch break box and most important, call shot with the option. This game has very little luck which is what any player that beats him will need.
Have Earl will travel.
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I have a feeling I know which 6 inches the break box wouldn't be in.......

Roll out option makes this a different animal, although I really don't think it would matter. If Shane plays Earl any kind of 10 ball right now I am afraid Earl is gonna dislike the result.
 
Ktown D said:
I have a feeling I know which 6 inches the break box wouldn't be in.......

Roll out option makes this a different animal, although I really don't think it would matter. If Shane plays Earl any kind of 10 ball right now I am afraid Earl is gonna dislike the result.
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I don't think Shane will play. Let's have a Earl vs. Shane II. I am ready and I get to pick the place and the Diamond. Let's get it on.
 
gulyassy said:
I don't think Shane will play. Let's have a Earl vs. Shane II. I am ready and I get to pick the place and the Diamond. Let's get it on.
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CHALLENGE!!!!

Earl vs SVB, 10ball race to a 100 on TAR!!!

I got my $25 ready, can't wait to try out my new 55 inch vizio for streaming!
 
gulyassy said:
I don't think Shane will play. Let's have a Earl vs. Shane II. I am ready and I get to pick the place and the Diamond. Let's get it on.
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Your choice of place, your choice of table, your choice of break location, your choice of rules.......

If you change the rules of soccer enough it eventually would become ice hockey.
 
Ktown D said:
Your choice of place, your choice of table, your choice of break location, your choice of rules.......

If you change the rules of soccer enough it eventually would become ice hockey.
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Just making it a contest of skill not luck.
 
gulyassy said:
I don't think Shane will play. Let's have a Earl vs. Shane II. I am ready and I get to pick the place and the Diamond. Let's get it on.
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Wish I had a backers bankroll :( Not implying that Earl would roll over in this match, I'm sure it'd be a great one, but I still like SVB in this match very much.
 
Earl cue by MG

Mike, I remember a few years back you said you were going to come out with an Earl series cue that had an ob1 shaft with the earl taper. What happened?
 
richiebalto said:
Earl played the best pool in the world in the 80s,what stick did he used,meucci.so like 8up says what is good for earl wont be for others,thats like trying to emulate a pro,you cant do it,you do and use what works best for you,forget what other people do and used.
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You got that right!!!!!
Anyone here got Earl's stroke? NO
So should anyone here use Earl's set up? hummmmmm, NO

Do you know how to take a 12 handycap golfer and make him/her an 18-20 handycap golfer? Give that guy/girl a set of golf clubs set up to Tiger Woods specs.
and have a good belly laugh watching them try to play.

I'll let you in on a little secret, there is no one perfect cue or cue specs.
The best you can do is find the cue and cue set up that is perfect for you.
 
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I don't know if we're looking at the right factor here...

I'm pretty sure we all know Earl playing like the Earl of the past has very little to do with cues. It is, and always has been, if Earl has his head on straight. Although I'm sure he loves his new cues and they are no doubt helping him - they won't be the reason he wins or loses if he plays Shane.

That being said, if Earl's got his stuff together mentally, I honestly believe he's got the firepower to outrun Shane. If he has a flashback, Shane could very realistically be in trouble. Just my opinion, but an Earl in dead stroke outruns Shane in dead stroke all day, even now. IMO Shane just doesn't run packs as well as Earl (when both are playing their respective bests). Shane runs out with the best of them, but Earl is on his own planet when he's "right".

I understand Mr. Gulyassy is pretty gung ho b/c Earl is loving his new cues and is playing well with them, but can he guarantee that Earl doesn't crack mentally? That has always been the question. Earl is always a big threat to win...IF he can keep it together. And that, only Earl knows.

Bottom line - great playing cues aren't going to keep Earl's head in check. But if Earl can do that, Shane's going to have his hands full.
 
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Main Event said:
You got that right!!!!!
Anyone here got Earl's stroke? NO
So should anyone here use Earl's set up? hummmmmm, NO

Do you know how to take a 12 handycap golfer and make him/her an 18-20 handycap golfer? Give that guy/girl a set of golf clubs set up to Tiger Woods specs.
and have a good belly laugh watching them try to play.

I'll let you in on a little secret, there is no one perfect cue or cue specs.
The best you can do is find the cue and cue set up that is perfect for you.
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If you haven't tried one you cannot say it won't help someones game. There has never been a shaft like this available. Of course there are shafts around that are similar but only because they were sanded by the customer. Everyone that tried Earls cue or my cue has liked the hit and especially the feel. The SPT taper has taken over all my sales. The SPT taper is 18 inches the same size, who has made this before, not even Meucci had this extreme taper.
 
I, too, would like to see Earl play SVB.

While everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, I do not think Earl is the greatest living pool player. I think the guy that has won the Master of the Table at DCC, (often) is Efren, and IMO he is the greatest living pool player. Efren plays all games, and changed the game, kicking to make a ball verses to hit the ball.

I agree that Earl is a great player. When Earl and Efren played, it was a freakin war.

I somehow cannot forget that Earl's antics at Romines years ago drove sponsorship in the ground. Maybe it was going away anyway, but an ambassador to game he is not.

Nice cue Mike and you are great friend to Earl.

I wish you (and Earl) the best of rolls.

Ken
 
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Apocalypse2012 said:
CHALLENGE!!!!

Earl vs SVB, 10ball race to a 100 on TAR!!!

I got my $25 ready, can't wait to try out my new 55 inch vizio for streaming!
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Yeah I am buying this PPV, I am not sure who actually wins this one. It would be a phenomenal match IMO between possibly the two greatest pure strokes this game has seen in the last 30 years.
 
macneilb said:
Bottom line - great playing cues aren't going to keep Earl's head in check. But if Earl can do that, Shane's going to have his hands full.
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That is what it comes down to in the end. If Earl feels "right" he is still the best rotation pool player on this planet.
 
A cue can make a HUGE difference in how a player plays.

EQUIPMENT MATTERS!

Many professional players are EXTREMELY FINICKY about their equipment, especially their pool cues, shaft and tips.

I don't doubt for a minute that Earl will continue to play well. In fact, he may actually IMPROVE as he gets used to his new cue.

You can talk about whatever you want to talk about but the bottom line is: EQUIPMENT MATTERS.

I'm tempted myself to test drive Mike Gullyassy's creation and when I visit Atlanta, that's just what I will do.

In the past I have actually used a shaft on my Bender cue that was tapered exactly like Earl's cue shafts. The long straight taper could make the cue ball dance. I haven't tried out this combination but know that all of that experimentation wasn't for naught. The HUGE RECENT WIN at The Mizerak Championship (SEMINOLE PRO TOUR) told that story WELL.

Earl beat on some YOUNG, SUPER CHAMPIONS that week and beat some of them SEVERELY.

Can he do it every week? NO. No one can win every week but I am happy to see him excelling with Gullyassy's cues.

For those of you who don't know, Mike Gullyassy is the originator of the phenolic tip break cue which is licensed and still built today. The original break cue was called the Sledgehammer if I am not mistaken.
 
JoeyA said:
A cue can make a HUGE difference in how a player plays.

EQUIPMENT MATTERS!

Many professional players are EXTREMELY FINICKY about their equipment, especially their pool cues, shaft and tips.

I don't doubt for a minute that Earl will continue to play well. In fact, he may actually IMPROVE as he gets used to his new cue.

You can talk about whatever you want to talk about but the bottom line is: EQUIPMENT MATTERS.

I'm tempted myself to test drive Mike Gullyassy's creation and when I visit Atlanta, that's just what I will do.

In the past I have actually used a shaft on my Bender cue that was tapered exactly like Earl's cue shafts. The long straight taper could make the cue ball dance. I haven't tried out this combination but know that all of that experimentation wasn't for naught. The HUGE RECENT WIN at The Mizerak Championship (SEMINOLE PRO TOUR) told that story WELL.

Earl beat on some YOUNG, SUPER CHAMPIONS that week and beat some of them SEVERELY.

Can he do it every week? NO. No one can win every week but I am happy to see him excelling with Gullyassy's cues.

For those of you who don't know, Mike Gullyassy is the originator of the phenolic tip break cue which is licensed and still built today. The original break cue was called the Sledgehammer if I am not mistaken.
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Bottom line that Earl's mental state is what's ultimately going to determine if he plays like the monster he can play like - not the cue.

His new cues may might make him play a little better, but at his level and with his stroke, he can do insane things with just about any decent cue. He was hitting full cue jumps with monster draw and making unreal stroke shots with old meucci's and cuetec's, looong before these new cues he's using.

I don't doubt for a second that he loves these new cues and as a result, they're making him more confident, but it's his mental fragility that makes or breaks him, not the cue. When he's got it together upstairs, he's a monster, plain and simple. The real question is does he have it together now. If he does, the cue he's using is going to make a relatively small difference in the results.
 
macneilb said:
Bottom line that Earl's mental state is what's ultimately going to determine if he plays like the monster he can play like - not the cue.

His new cues may might make him play a little better, but at his level and with his stroke, he can do insane things with just about any decent cue. He was hitting full cue jumps with monster draw and making unreal stroke shots with old meucci's and cuetec's, looong before these new cues he's using.

I don't doubt for a second that he loves these new cues and as a result, they're making him more confident, but it's his mental fragility that makes or breaks him, not the cue. When he's got it together upstairs, he's a monster, plain and simple. The real question is does he have it together now. If he does, the cue he's using is going to make a relatively small difference in the results.
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The first Earl and Shane match, as soon as we were asked to play it was on. Earl played where they wanted for what they wanted with their rules, we lost, we paid. I tried to get Mike Sigel into a match with a true athlete and now Shane, lot of talk but no commitments.
 
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