Cues - New Tech vs Old

[TheCutShot]

It seems that all of the Cue Manufacturers have gotten on the band wagon and are all now producing High Tech Cues & Shafts.

It is important to remember that the Legends of yesterday like Willie Mosconi & Irving Crane etc... did not have this new technology available to them, yet were able to achieve extremely high levels of play anyway. I'm sure they had the best cues money could buy for the time, but nothing compared to what is available now.

That being said, there is no reason not to have the best Quality Cue with the Best Technology in it, that you can afford to buy, ]ust don't expect the Technology to do all of the work for you!

 

[bbb]

It seems that all of the Cue Manufacturers have gotten on the band wagon and are all now producing High Tech Cues & Shafts.

It is important to remember that the Legends of yesterday like Willie Mosconi & Irving Crane etc... did not have this new technology available to them, yet were able to achieve extremely high levels of play anyway. I'm sure they had the best cues money could buy for the time, but nothing compared to what is available now.

That being said, there is no reason not to have the best Quality Cue with the Best Technology in it, that you can afford to buy, ]ust don't expect the Technology to do all of the work for you!

its the indian not the arrow:grin:

 

[scsuxci]

its the indian not the arrow:grin:

Not all indians used the same arrow,alot would make there own to there liking as there were different ways to shoot them.A good arrow never hurt,unless you were the guy recieving it I guess

 

[TheCutShot]

Exactly what I was trying to say. It's not the arrow, it's the Indian. Not the Gun, but the finger pulling the trigger.

I see so many Ads for these new cues and shafts with all the new Technology in them, and the Ads try to make people believe that if you have their product then you will be able to play like this or that Pro. Well not unless you can already play like a Pro anyway!

 

[scsuxci]

Exactly what I was trying to say. It's not the arrow, it's the Indian. Not the Gun, but the finger pulling the trigger.

I see so many Ads for these new cues and shafts with all the new Technology in them, and the Ads try to make people believe that if you have their product then you will be able to play like this or that Pro. Well not unless you can already play like a Pro anyway!

trust me better equipment can't hurt and the arrow does matter.I agree some players can play great with anything but these guys or gals are in a small percentage group.Look at a sport like Tennis,if Rodger Federer used a wooden racket he might not ever win another game forget a tournament.For most players equipment means alot and to know what your weapon does will make you more dangerous in the long run.Pool cues are no exception,one day you will hit with that one cue that will make you think "shit I never thought a cue could hit so good".When this happens don't sell it, to many guys have regret getting rid of that one special cue.Goodluck Scott

 

[acousticsguru]

I don't quite agree on the premise here. Had the opportunity to play with Joe Balsis's Balabushka for an hour or two, plus more Bushkas, (Gus) Szambotis, Palmers etc. Great titlists as well as conversions partly by makers I don't know nor remember. Not all of them, but a handful hit like gold. The shaft wood alone of some of those cues, wondering sometimes if one can still buy wood of the quality. And not all of those old-timey deflect like hell either, even if admittedly, on the woolier cloths deflection per se wasn't nearly as much of a problem to begin with, so it wasn't even a priority in anyone's mind. Just saying: it's not that cues have become "better" (even if on average they may have), but that the playing equipment changed.

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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