Wrap color question

[measureman]

I have a plain jane Birdseye maple cue that came with a black and white speckled linen wrap. All the cues I see from production to custom seem to have this same color. Now the wood is tan in color so why not have a brown speckled wrap?Why do they are seem to come with black?

 

[thommy]

Maybe because of lack of creativity?:grin:
Or, to give the benefit of the doubt, because it provides more contrast?

 

[patrickcues]

I have a plain jane Birdseye maple cue that came with a black and white speckled linen wrap. All the cues I see from production to custom seem to have this same color. Now the wood is tan in color so why not have a brown speckled wrap?Why do they are seem to come with black?

because it is cheaper for them to just the one linen wrap. Rather than have sever different colors. Not to mention it takes time to set up several machines with other colors.

 

[poolguy4u]

I have a plain jane Birdseye maple cue that came with a black and white speckled linen wrap. All the cues I see from production to custom seem to have this same color. Now the wood is tan in color so why not have a brown speckled wrap?Why do they are seem to come with black?

Tough to see a dirty wrap when it is black.

 

[Chopdoc]

because it is cheaper for them to just the one linen wrap. Rather than have sever different colors. Not to mention it takes time to set up several machines with other colors.

That partly answers it I think.

But the poster seems to be asking more about why they have so often settled on that color rather than another.


I would suggest it's because it simply sells the best, if you have to settle on a single color to keep costs down, that would be the main criteria.


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[AtLarge]

Does your cue have a butt cap and a joint collar? If so, what color are they? An all-black or black-with-white-specks wrap coordinates nicely if the joint collar and butt cap are black.

 

[measureman]

I would think the Birdseye cue would look better with the brown wrap.

 

[pdcue]

I would think the Birdseye cue would look better with the brown wrap.

Your Humble opinion - but the cue buying public , even the cue
re-wraping public overwhelmingly prefers Black with White spot.

More than all other colors combined.

Dale

 

[ratcues]

Your Humble opinion - but the cue buying public , even the cue
re-wraping public overwhelmingly prefers Black with White spot.

More than all other colors combined.

Dale

^^^this^^^

 

[Lexicologist71]

Black with white specks looks good on almost everything and it looks cleaner longer than almost anything else.

 

[Paul Dayton]

The browns that have been available in the last 25 years were didn't look good most of the time. None went well with cocobolo or rosewoods. It doesn't take very long to figure out what to do after a few people mention that they like your cue but not the wrap and they buy a cue from someone else.