When the Aramith TV-Pro set first came out I was one of the first to buy it. This was the future and many enthusiasts at the club also brought measle cueballs with them in their case to the pool hall. It's been the standard ballset at most pool halls for many years now.
First impressions was that the cueball played "heavy", but that was to be expected, since most cueballs at pool halls have been worn down and therefore are lighter. Also I hated the colours but I thought I would get used to them over time and I have, but I dont like them. Even though I have played with these pool balls exclusively for many years now, I still feel that the cueball is not behaving "right". It's like a carom ball, no matter what you do to it, it wants to roll forward. It's not that I can't draw or anything like that, but the draw feels all wrong, and the stun shots especially feel wrong to me.
A couple of days ago a friend of mine invited me to play a game with a Brunswick Centennial set he purchased from the closed down pool hall where I used to play, and wow the good feeling was back, after all these years. It's strange that my mind could retain the feeling after all these years, but these were the pool balls I learned to play with. The cueball was plain white. It was not smaller or lighter it just behaved differently. Strangely when I look at a plain white cueball now, it looks smaller. It's some sort of optical illusion I think because I measured with the rack and it really isn't smaller.
I heard the new top of the line Aramith cueball is playing even "heavier" than the measle ball, I sure hope that is not the case. At the moment I'm practising with an old Joe Tucker aiming by the numbers cue ball, which acts closer to the Brunswick centennial balls than the measle one. And tomorrow I'm buying an Aramith plain white replacement cueball.
Anyone else feel the same way?
First impressions was that the cueball played "heavy", but that was to be expected, since most cueballs at pool halls have been worn down and therefore are lighter. Also I hated the colours but I thought I would get used to them over time and I have, but I dont like them. Even though I have played with these pool balls exclusively for many years now, I still feel that the cueball is not behaving "right". It's like a carom ball, no matter what you do to it, it wants to roll forward. It's not that I can't draw or anything like that, but the draw feels all wrong, and the stun shots especially feel wrong to me.
A couple of days ago a friend of mine invited me to play a game with a Brunswick Centennial set he purchased from the closed down pool hall where I used to play, and wow the good feeling was back, after all these years. It's strange that my mind could retain the feeling after all these years, but these were the pool balls I learned to play with. The cueball was plain white. It was not smaller or lighter it just behaved differently. Strangely when I look at a plain white cueball now, it looks smaller. It's some sort of optical illusion I think because I measured with the rack and it really isn't smaller.
I heard the new top of the line Aramith cueball is playing even "heavier" than the measle ball, I sure hope that is not the case. At the moment I'm practising with an old Joe Tucker aiming by the numbers cue ball, which acts closer to the Brunswick centennial balls than the measle one. And tomorrow I'm buying an Aramith plain white replacement cueball.
Anyone else feel the same way?
