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Bill Yerd

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What are the differences in the playabilty & durability of the top quality $40-$50 cues compared to the top quality $100 cues?
Then top quality $100 cues compared to the top quality $150 cues.
Then those top quality $150 cues compared to top quality $200cues?
Then top quality $200 cues compared to top quality $300 cues?
Then top quality $300 cues compared to top quality $500 cues?
I've had $500 cues that I liked the playability and durabilty of more than any of the $1000 to $7000 cues I have owned, so I will stop at $500 cues for now.
 
Within your price parameters? Nothing

The difference lies with the cue builder.
 
Ok, what's the difference in playability and durability of a top quality $500 cue compared to a top quality cue over $2000?
 
Question: If a cue is made in China and sold to the American distributors for $25 then wholesaled to a retailer for $60 who sells it their customers for $129 + tax how does that compare to a $25 cue?

Answer: Same cue.

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Bill Yerd said:
Ok, what's the difference in playability and durability of a top quality $500 cue compared to a top quality cue over $2000?
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Beside the obvious the ,inlays and a cue with or without ivory will jack
up the price.One thing to remember is alot of cue makers have
different construction methods and some can make a cue that will play
20 years from now the sameway as the day you bought it.Quality is
to me ,worth every penny if its the cue you want to play with for the rest of your life.Guys that flip cues may care about Quality but not the same way somebody would if they wanted a keeper cue forever.
 
Most everyone here who has $2000 cues wouldn't be caught dead with a $50 cue.
And vice versa.

So no one here is in a position to give you an informed, objective opinion.
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Everybody here should have a $50 or $100 cue.
It's sort of like having an old t shirt you can wear to work on your car or do some yard work in.
 
Bill Yerd said:
Everybody here should have a $50 or $100 cue.
It's sort of like having an old t shirt you can wear to work on your car or do some yard work in.
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My old shirt is a Gracio sneaky.....to each their own.

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I've had the same Huebler sneaky for 36 years. It cost $80 and still hits like new. For the purpose of full disclosure, I had phenolic joint collars added when the wood needed refacing. I seriously doubt a cheap import is going to last like the Huebler did.
 
I saw new Hueblers earlier today. SP $135 and another at $130. Are the latest ones as good as the older ones?
 
The most astounding display of pool I ever saw was performed by a South American carom billiards player playing the 15 ball ghost on a 9 foot Gandy. The dude was playing with a Valley house cue.

Find an inexpensive cue with the weight, swing weight and balance that feels good. The magic is in the tip not the cue.
 
If you are talking into Today's market

I think you have to pay around 200 or so, to get a cue that plays fairly well.
(Lucasi, Dale Perry)

For the most part, your $500 cues are now selling for about $700, and you can get a player for that. Main thing to watch out for in these is the balance of it.

It was true in the past as it is today, to get a good playing cue with some inlays, you have to pay a $1,000 or more. It also has inched up to 1,200 or 1,300 now from the past.

Usually, cues from $1,500-$2,000 are pretty good cues, usually well balanced, having nice inlays, and fairly regularly 2 shafts.

I consider anything over $2,000 is just window dressing, or a monster cue with scads of inlays, usually with a lot of ivory. Southwest is an exception to this, as their, IMO, fairly plain cues bring in over $3,000 when they sell.

To me, I wouldn't want to have a cue worth $4-5,000 or more, because I play with my cue, and I would be too damn worried about it all the time.
 
Snapshot9 said:
I think you have to pay around 200 or so, to get a cue that plays fairly well.
(Lucasi, Dale Perry)



To me, I wouldn't want to have a cue worth $4-5,000 or more, because I play with my cue, and I would be too damn worried about it all the time.
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My bladder isn't big enough to have a $5000 cue!!
and i can't afford a cueguard:grin:
 
All I can tell you is nothing I've ever played with hits like my gina's:thumbup:

You're not gonna find any for under 2k though;)
 
I have a cheap sneaky made in China, commissioned by some upstart American company that has already folded. I paid $40 for it. I love the way the cue hits - just because it's stiff. and it stays straight too. You just buy a cue, play with it for a while and if you like it keep it. Then you buy another cue and play with it for a while and keep the one you like better. If it's a tie, keep the one that looks nicer. The longer you keep a cue the better your decision will be. And every cue is different too. Two cues of the same model and style and taper from the same maker could very well play completely different. When people tout a cue maker for his cues all playing the same, that to me says a ton about how good that cue maker is (he knows how to choose wood).

Fatz
 
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