Some of my cues...

i was sure they were szambotis but didnt want to go to far out on a limb....plus the early gus pictured is CRAZY AWESOME.....exactly like what i will be looking for in the NEAR FUTURE....:thumbup:
 
msquared said:
I was over at Tommie's house and had the chance to take pictures of some of my cues....

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In my opinion this is the best cue you have shown so far. I love the looks of this cue. Is it an It's George cue by any chance?

Thanks for posting the pictures.

Kevin
 
There are many Szambotis in the San Juaquin Valley because of Barry Bettencourt. Barry's 8-point was the prettiest cue I have ever seen. From '82-'86, it was the only cue I ever saw him play. I lived in Ferroni's for those years. Barry let me hit with his 8-point. It left such a lasting impression that I finally bought my own Gus about 6 years ago. Barry was one of the nicest people I ever met. He is missed.

Beautiful cues! Thanks for sharing.



Fatboy2 said:
Yes the fancy one is a very late Gus, the first owner of it loaned it to me for 3 hours one night in Rebco Billiards in 87, that was fun. I was there when he first got it in 86. MSquared fell into it with a trade deal I was tangled up in back in 89? I cant remember the year-I just know I got the shit end of the deal and layed claim to 25% of the fancy Gus, were best friends so its all good.

The Hopie cue is a Gus that belonged to Barry Benncourt a good friend of Gus Szam, he also had the fanciest 8pt ever. The Hopie was his player, I believe its a late 70's earily 80's cue. It plays great, I was hitting balls with it 2 weeks ago, I'm way out of stroke but could tell its one hell of a cue. Both are. And Both are in the hands of MSquared (who named me Fatboy in 86) he loves cues and plays like SVB when he gets rolling. I never knew why he didnt go pro, he could have, i'm not the only one who thinks that either. Mike can hit'em good as anyone.


Me and Mike been cue collecting friends since 85, he has some great cues, some fire wood ;) and some cues with great history we share from the 80's. Itsd cool he is posting pics of some of them,
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Yes Barry B. was a good friend of mine and Fat boy (Eric P.) for years. and yes he is missed very much.

Mike M.

Sealegs50 said:
There are many Szambotis in the San Juaquin Valley because of Barry Bettencourt. Barry's 8-point was the prettiest cue I have ever seen. From '82-'86, it was the only cue I ever saw him play. I lived in Ferroni's for those years. Barry let me hit with his 8-point. It left such a lasting impression that I finally bought my own Gus about 6 years ago. Barry was one of the nicest people I ever met. He is missed.

Beautiful cues! Thanks for sharing.
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