question regarding tone wood, and hit

nineballsafety8

nineballsafety8

6ft 5" 285, hits 'em hard
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Hypothetical question for all the cuemakers out there. Let's say someone said they wanted your BEST hitting cue, regardless of what the hell it looked like (for arguments sake, lets say they wanted it painted black before final finish, so all wood grain, splices, points, etc are covered), what cue would you build them?

what kind of wood/woods, single piece butt, plain jain, sneaky, full splice, short splice... the sky is the limit here.
 
How has "BEST hitting cue" to be defined??? You want to focus on sound, on the ammount of vibration you feel, or what is your meassure?
 
nineballsafety8 said:
Hypothetical question for all the cuemakers out there. Let's say someone said they wanted your BEST hitting cue, regardless of what the hell it looked like (for arguments sake, lets say they wanted it painted black before final finish, so all wood grain, splices, points, etc are covered), what cue would you build them?

what kind of wood/woods, single piece butt, plain jain, sneaky, full splice, short splice... the sky is the limit here.
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I have a piece of very old Brazilian Rosewood that I'm ogling for a one-piece butt. Still thinking about joint and bumper configuration
 
i don't think there is an answer to this question.

as wood is organic and even in the same species each piece of wood is going to hit different, and each person perceives " feel or hit " different.

SO, my answer is not for everyone, just ME.

i would build a one piece butt using rosewood, OR i would build a full splice using straight grain maple into straight grain maple.

i own about 50 -60 cues and could play with a titlist or i also have a domino pattern josswest, but i choose to play with a maple into maple fullsplice, wood joint rings and wood pin into a high ring count maple shaft.
 
Straight grain Brazilian rosewood, hand picked tight straight grain maple handle and shafts.
There are so many great hitting woods of course. Bocote, pplheart, almost all rosewoods, pernambuco, ebony, blackwood....
But, the hit would still be the sum of all parts.
 
Since it's going to be stained black, i'd go for uncored grenadillo front & butt with plain maple or non-figured red/brown koa handle. Very inexpensive & ugly, perfect for staining.
 
Not a cue-maker, but as a customer I went on a fairly lenghty quest looking for the answer to this question...after much trial/error trying out cues looking for what for me was that magic hit, just the right vibration, tone and feedback/feel, I came up with full-splice Brazilian Rosewood into straight grain Maple forearm, bumperless, with a SS 5/16x14 piloted pin. I had someone build it and it came out exactly as planned (got compresson fit, didn't know about that, but glad it did) and I love it. You'll get as many opinions as cue makers and customers on here, but IMHO there's a reason rosewood is so commonly used in stringed instruments (tone) and why Balabushka insisted on using straight grain maple forearms. The bumperless part was a boon I discovered trying cues out in various pool rooms. Big difference.

Ask the older fellas what they prefer and what they're packing next time you're out...lots of wisdom out there from guys who've walked your road before and have tried everything from high end to Sears/Walmart, Asia to Wisconsin to Long Island, etc. What I've found is those that know like rosewood and straight grain maple for hit. Ebony is another favorite, with purple heart close behind.
 
Fully cored with a 1 piece maple dowel.... with a G10 3/8-10 pin............. practically any wood will hit just great...........

Kim
 
I have made cues using all kinds of wood, plastic, and phenolic.......... I fully core everything........ my customers all say they have a nice hit.......

Kim
 
It comes available now & again. Not often, but not cites red listed, either. Mason H used it a few times and it looks nice.
 
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