Shane SVB's playing cue

shane's cuetec is off the shelf. you can order one exactly like his if you want. (p.s. - wont help you shoot better. i have proof. ;) ) his schone is tucked away in storage. i have hit with it, it plays decent. not my cup of tea, but i would hit with it. if could only aford to spend $250 max, this might be the best cue for the $$. i would also argue it can be to bad, his cuetec DID just win the us open 10 ball! ;)

As far as earl's cue when he was playing with cuetec i believe that he had custom mad shaft on them.


just my .02,

justin
 
I haven't read this whole thread but I will add that using your own pool cue (even a cuetec) gives you consistency. If you walk into a pool room and grab a house cue you will be shooting with different equipment every time you play and you lose something when you do that.

Personally I like the 'feel' of some cues vs others. The LD stuff isn't a big deal because I usually don't use a lot of side spin and when I do its mostly on shots close to the pocket:thumbup:

I will say I own a OB1, OB2, 314'2 and about 10 solid maple shafts.
 
Earl

poolplayer2093 said:
i think it's earl's tantrums that ruined his career. cuetec paid him for years to use their cues and that's the kind of stuff he spits about 'em.


Do some checking and find what he said about Brunswick and people wonder why they pulled their money out of men's pool
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softshot said:
you must sell cues
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Off and on, over the years but not as a profession, no. If that statement about cues and not being able to play were true, we'd all be playing with cuetechs and Meuccis. To me personally, that makes about as much sense as "it's not the arrow, it's the indian". On one our first trips back to NY after moving South, I ran into a good local player, not top pro speed by any means but good enough to win the NYS 9 Ball Championship twice against strong fields. If memory serves, he won the first with an Adam and the second with a Meucci. When I saw him on that trip he was playing with a Schon. He'd wanted one for years and never found the right cue/deal for him. He really liked that cue! I saw him again a year or so later and he was playing with a Pechaur. When I asked him why he said it was because he could do things with the Pechaur that he couldn't do with the Schon.
Near the end of his career Jim Rempe was asked what cue he would be playing with if he wasn't being paid to play with a Meucci. With no thought and no hesitation whatsoever, he said Southwest.
If it didn't make any difference why do we all play with different cues? Because we play with what we can pocket balls the best with and move the cue ball the best with. We play with what feels right to us, as individuals. I've played with my Dishaw for 17 years because I play better with it than the two Guyassys, a Murray Tucker, an Andy Gilbert, a Joss sneaky pete with a predator shaft and a Meucci with a black dot shaft. I played with all of these for some time and several others before them. I've made it my business to handle a LOT of cues over the years and they are not all the same and that includes a lot of production cues.
And, I can play a bit:p
 
Pushout said:
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If it didn't make any difference why do we all play with different cues? Because we play with what we can pocket balls the best with and move the cue ball the best with.
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you've been drinking the cool aid if what you are saying is true then everyone who owns a Gina would be a world champion. but they are not.. many are just rich guys who can't hit a stop shot 4 out of 5 tries

there are no short cuts you get good at this by mastering your technique PERIOD

there is no other way..

technique trumps equipment EVERY SINGLE TIME..

you have been sucked into the marketing.. I bet you think McDonalds is health food just because they show a fresh tomato in the ad.

stop buying the hype..the magic cue in the color of money was a plot device NOT the secret of pool
 
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softshot said:
you've been drinking the cool aid if what you are saying is true then everyone who owns a Gina would be a world champion. but they are not.. many are just rich guys who can't hit a stop shot 4 out of 5 tries

there are no short cuts you get good at this by mastering your technique PERIOD

there is no other way..

technique trumps equipment EVERY SINGLE TIME..

you have been sucked into the marketing.. I bet you think McDonalds is health food just because they show a fresh tomato in the ad.

stop buying the hype..the magic cue in the color of money was a plot device NOT the secret of pool
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Does a high quality cue help your game? Simple yes or no will suffice
 
I don't think anyone is talking about a magic cue but equipment does matter. Sure, a highly skilled player would probably beat me no matter what cue he or I had but if u pit two skilled player against each other, one with a good cue and one with a leather tipped broomstick I would have to say equipment matters. Some people feel different ways about different cues and if it even gives them a mental edge then the equipment still made a difference.

I think a clearer example is a jump cue. If I have a jump cue and u don't, my equipment just gave me an edge. Sure u can jump with a full cue but most likely not as close or high as someone else could with a jump cue. This is just an example of how different cues can do different things. I truly believe that I get a lot more spin with my z 2 than my 314. Is this true or is it in my head? Does it matter as long as it helps me execute?
 
softshot said:
no.. a terrible warped cue may harm it.. but almost anything else is fine
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Now this is getting silly. I don't think anyone tried to imply that a good cue will make you a good player, just that a good cue will help your game. I can tell you for a fact that I play better with a shaft with pro taper and a good tip. Get one of those cheapy $30 cues from sports authority and I it will hurt your game.

Think about this. A guitar player will pay thousands of dollars to get a guitar that sounds just a little better than the hundred dollar model. The thousand dollar guitar won't help him become a better musician but it will give him the ability to play better music. Same thing with pool.

What cue do you play with?
 
softshot said:
you've been drinking the cool aid if what you are saying is true then everyone who owns a Gina would be a world champion. but they are not.. many are just rich guys who can't hit a stop shot 4 out of 5 tries

there are no short cuts you get good at this by mastering your technique PERIOD

there is no other way..

technique trumps equipment EVERY SINGLE TIME..

you have been sucked into the marketing.. I bet you think McDonalds is health food just because they show a fresh tomato in the ad.

stop buying the hype..the magic cue in the color of money was a plot device NOT the secret of pool
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And I never said any of that. What I said is true. There are cues that do certain things better than others. I never said that cues take the place of technique. Who said owning a Gina would make you a world champion? I certainly didn't. You're the one that's being suckered. You're making these cracks but you know I'm right. You're just ticked off for some reason. Maybe you did buy into it once? I never have and I've been around pool since the early '60s. You wanna argue when you know you're wrong? I'm done.
 
softshot said:
and my ability does NOT change not even a little bit
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Now you're talking nonsense. If you aren't playing with what you're used to your game will change, sometimes more, sometimes less, but it will and does change.
 
Pushout said:
Now you're talking nonsense. If you aren't playing with what you're used to your game will change, sometimes more, sometimes less, but it will and does change.
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At this point I don't think its worth it to respond to that guy. Its painfully obvious that some pool equipment does things better than others and to turn a blind eye is ignorant.
 
I can tell you this, I have played with a OB-1 for some time now. I recently picked up a custom cue from a very well respected cue maker and it came with two pro tapered shafts, irory furrels and morri med tips. Cue plays lights out but my ball making percentage dropped quite a bit. My nephew has a OB-1 with the same joint (radial) as my new cue so I put his shaft on and everything is dropping again.

We get tuned into our equipment, regardless if it's a $100 or $10,000 cue, that is simple matter of fact. I'm talking about rattling a shot vs it dropping. I'm sure I can tune into whatever I spend time with but at this point, I'm not willing to break what's working...
 
TheNewSharkster said:
At this point I don't think its worth it to respond to that guy. Its painfully obvious that some pool equipment does things better than others and to turn a blind eye is ignorant.
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what is going on between your ears is 10 times as important as what is sliding through your fingers..

the only ignorance here is thinking that someTHING can improve your technique... truth is only someONE can do that .. and that someone is you

it's like all the bangers who claim $25 chalk will make you miscue less...

realistically bad strokes cause 10,000% more miscues than "bad" chalk

in fact I have never seen a miscue caused by inferior chalk... ever..

there are TONS of reasons for buying cues.. status.. just to be different... feel preferences.. to flip them for a buck....

but they cannot improve your control of your bicep... EVER...

they cannot improve your shot visualization EVER..

They cannot replace practice.. EVER

all the bangers who attribute mystical playing properties to "special" cues can have the lemonade crush and the breaks..

unless you can prove a cue can auto correct from a bad line to a good one it's just hype and hustler BS

and the reason I am saying this is simple... I DON'T SELL CUES
 
Is a cuetech better than a Balabuska?

is a Kia better than a Model A?

Rambow and Bushka pioneered the cuemaking craft...like Ford Pioneered car making

but EVERYONE builds better cues than they did because they stood on the shoulders of giants...

the only reason they are worth so much money is #1 they are rare.. and #2 if it was going to warp it would have done it decades ago...

do they play better than modern cues??? no

do they play worse than modern cues??? no

they are just wood nothing more nothing less..

and your ability to afford one has nothing to do with your skill at the game
 
softshot said:
I made this just for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFrQ8iSwZbU

an absolute piece of junk will make you play worse.. but nothing except practice can make you play better
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A good selection of cues.
I noticed your house cue could not perform.
But how do you correct for that cue?

It is amazing how changing a tip can have a big impact on the way a cue plays.

Shane may be using a Cuetech cue, but whit tip does he use?
Being a professional he has to make it perform.
Afterall it is his day job.
 
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