Best Playing Cue You Have Owned

[DJKeys]

Efren's $15 cue.
A Hagan laminated bubinga cue.
A Petersen and a Gus.
All great but not as good as an olivewood player's and a bocote sneaky I made.:wink::grin-square:

I hit some balls with that Olivewood cue, unbelievable hit:grin-square::grin:

 

[atthecat]

I agree on the A-E Titlist conversion
I have a purpleheart Titlist from A-E and it is a great playing cue.
Jeff Fugal does a remarkable job on Titlist conversions.

Can you post some pics?

 

[bnall]

Can you post some pics?

No. His pics sucks.

 

[Roadkill]

A 19.4 ounce Szamboti window cue with custom Tascaralla shaft. Someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse and I sold it. Then about a month later I tried to buy it back and he said "no way, it's not for sale".

 

[measureman]

Terrific list, I currently own 14 of them including "other"
I haven't voted yet, but I'm thinking Kersenbrock.
The list is a well thought out group of great playing cues.
"Other" would be Ernie Martinez, which is what I am currently playing with.
Ernie fits nicely into the group

Is that the Ernie that looks like a McFadden?

My vote would be for a Runde era Schon I once had.

 

[ChrisOnline]

i had to vote other... the best cue i ever played with is a Tascarella.. followed by a Mottey...

chris

 

[RADAR]

As others have said, the list is too narrow to represent anything but a nice poll of these 25 cue makers. Notable missings are:
Showman
Searing
Tascarella
Jensen
Joss West
Rauenzahn

All are know for the way they play, not just how they look. The missing list may be long enough for another survey.

Did Paul Motley retire so he could go on tour again?

Greg

you have to add mobley to the list!!

 

[measureman]

Lucasi not on the list! This is an outrage. I will take this oversight to the highest court in the land. Someone will get a severe time out.

 

[Sealegs50]

you have to add mobley to the list!!

Sorry. I didn't mean to imply the list was only short by six cue makers. The number of missing cue makers was too long to attempt rectifying. Of course, Randy Mobley should be on the list and so should a lot of other great cue makers.

Greg

 

[DrOnePocket]

McDaniel and Bluegrass getting very few votes. that's surprising

 

[jrt30004]

the best playing cue i have owned is the dick neighbors i currently use. i have also hit with searing, scruggs, james white, richard black, steve lomax and a tascarella. i haven't owned these but played enough to know i like them. i'll also through in i still own the first cue i ever bought, a meucci original that i really like the hit and feel of.
some of the cues i have owned and / or hit with that i didn't care for were joss and schon.

 

[cuesblues]

Can you post some pics?

Here are some old pics
Wait till Brian see's pics from my new camera, once I figure out how to use it.

3rd cue from the left

A-E forearms

 

[Pangit]

It's a useless question...everyone is going to say whatever Cue they play with. It's human nature.

At the end of the day, the tip is far more important than who made the cue...assuming the cue is nearly straight.

 

[The Kiss]

I have to vote for Mike Webb he built my Purple heart/ ebony 6 pointer on birdseye player almost 12 years ago and it hits great.

His craftsmanship have only improved over the years. Service is excellent any time I need a tip or refinishing he is just a call away

 

[DrOnePocket]

It's a useless question...everyone is going to say whatever Cue they play with. It's human nature.

At the end of the day, the tip is far more important than who made the cue...assuming the cue is nearly straight.

That's not true! Many of us have owned enough cues to know.

 

[ThePoolkillers]

No offense to anyone, but I honestly couldn't care less about the designer. A simple bar cue is enough to make me more than happy. I only require the following characteristics:
- lenght: it definitely has to be a longer one
- shape: completely straight, with no additions to the handle, and it needs to be balanced the way I like
- weight: medium-heavy, light enough to allow high mobility, but still heavy enough to perform the most powerful shots without making too much mistakes
- tip: a softer one, in good condition, with chances of the white skidding on impact as low as possible

 

[XPLAYHARDX]

Easy

Hands down every tascarella i've played with simply put outplays the rest imho

 

[bnall]

Here are some old pics
Wait till Brian see's pics from my new camera, once I figure out how to use it.

3rd cue from the left

A-E forearms

Its Bryan not Brian. :grin:

 

[cubswin]

Mason Houghland cue, maple and cocobolo, 57.5 inches. I miss that cue

 

[thelmstetter]

Other cues list

I went through the forum and made a list of the other cues that people have mentioned as their favorite. If you like a cue not listed... Copy this list and update with your selection.

Tascarella 4
Mobley 2
Lucasi 1
Dick Neighbors 1
Mike Webb 1
Mason Houghland 1
A-E titlist conversion 2
Jenson 2
Snowman 1
Searing 1
Joss West 1
Rauenzahn 1
Omen 3
Lambros 1
Rick Howard 1
Meucci 3
Mark Moore 1
Josey 2
Bobby Hunter 1
Sugar tree 2
Tiger 1
Predator 2
Ron Haley 1
Cognoscenti 1

Feel free to add any cues not listed