do you play with your expensive cues or just collect them and play with mid range cue

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oldschool2791

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I'm just curious because I use a predator sneaky pete but am looking at 700 to 1200 price range sticks and wondering if thats a normal player or do you guys just store them after a certain amount.
 
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oldschool2791 said:
I'm just curious because I use a predator sneaky pete but am looking at 700 to 1200 price range sticks and wondering if thats a normal player or do you guys just store them after a certain amount.
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My Josey ran me a little over $1,000 back in 2007. It's my main player. Dings happen, but I bought it to play with. I also have a Palmer model M...but I rarely play with it. This because the Josey is a much better playing cue.
 
pwd72s said:
My Josey ran me a little over $1,000 back in 2007. It's my main player. Dings happen, but I bought it to play with. I also have a Palmer model M...but I rarely play with it. This because the Josey is a much better playing cue.
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Play with mine too...worth over $1K.
 
It's kind of sad, but $1,000 isn't really an expensive cue these days. It will buy a nice custom player.
 
I will only buy cues I will play with. Right now I don't have a home table which means taking my cues out to the local pool room. It's a nice place but it still takes away a bit of control, I'm not one bother breaking down my cue and taking it with me when I run to the restroom and things like that. So I keep my current cues in the $400-800 range, though I could see myself going higher to the $1500-2000 range and still playing with it under my current conditions.

Now, if I had a place to play at home I could see going even higher and using those cues at home only and then having a less expensive cue to take out. I would probably still use the less expensive cue most of the time just so it's the one I'm more familiar with, but I could at least justify having some higher end cues that I could play occasionally in the safety of my own home.

This is all based of the fact that $1000 is quite a bit of money to me and not something I can easily afford to lose. If I was under different financial circumstances such that I could easily absorb a loss greater than that then I'm sure my ideas on this would change commensurately.
 
cuesblues said:
$700-$1200 is a good range for custom players
I have more expensive cues but most of the cues I play with are definitely in that range
Coincidently, I have two great playing cues priced in that price range for sale on AZ right now><:smile:

Ned Morris-down to $650 after price drop

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=361278

Ernie Martinez-$1100 after price drop

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=361278
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Good plug, that Ned Morris is criminally under-priced.
 
I don't have any expensive cues.

I have been playing with the Hoppe Szamboti I picked up about a year ago.

Before that I was playing with an old Josswest cue and a James White cue. I think I sold about 3 cues and put some cash with it to buy the Szamboti cue I play with currently.

I suppose if I had an expensive cue I probably wouldn't play with it. :cool:

Ken
 
I have a few in the lower end of that range, I use them all. I would not buy a cue that I did not plan to play with.
 
Ken,,,the crazy thing is that with all the cheap "overlay" cues out there, it's the $1,000 cue that is often the most plain looking cue in the room. My Josey is a simple looking classic...just 4 needle sharp and even veneered points....no ivory.
 
I play with my Nitti Gambler. I designed it, so why wouldn't I play with it? To me, it would seem like a waste to have it sit in my gun safe collecting dust. I switch cues fairly often, and play with them all.
 
I would never play with a really expensive cue and I have decided to stop hording cues as I only need the one I`m comfortable playing with. Sure I have several shafts for practical reasons, but as for cues i need the following:
1 playing cue
1 break cue
1 jump cue
That`s it.
Expensive cues are pretty to look at and I`m in awe of the craftmanship, but i would`nt spend more than about $1000 on a playing cue.
 
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