Change Shafts Like There Throw Aways
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I am somewhere in the middle. A few years ago I bought a new shaft for my regular shooting cue. I wanted it because it was supposed to be better and I thought maybe it could help me be a little better. Three years later and that shaft still sits in my home case. Played a few times with it but I cant manage to replace my main or spare shaft that I have. At this point I am definitely good with the shafts that I have and have no desire to switch.
"Change Shafts Like _THEY'RE_ _THROWAWAYS_"
"Most kept _THEIR_ old playing shafts until the last minute. (Now) today people (on here) buy (just) about every _NEW_ shaft that comes out."
I doubt it.
What player ever needed to change or get a new shaft other than breaking it?
I stay with the same shaft unless it's mandatory
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You're so cool, you went to school. Well I got pulled out at 14 to help run the family businesses. I did fine though; Out of the house by 16 and by 17 I had a car, a boat, a motorcycle, and an apartment on the boardwalk in Long Beach...with a doorman. Johnnyt
They wear out over time. If you'd keep one over a few months you'd know that. Johnnyt
Hasn't the new REVO shaft been made mandatory? From reading all the hype, I kind of thought it was.
Slim Limpy
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I guess you really don't know how ridiculous this sounds. What the hell are you doing to your shafts? 200 grit? Maybe that's what you remember.
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There are several threads in here that were made that covers how to clean and maintain ones shaft without using any abrasives...
There are several threads in here that were made that covers how to clean and maintain ones shaft without using any abrasives...
One player and one break shaft is all that is needed...and maybe a spare shaft that never gets used. Strange yes...but it alleviates boredom. Buy for the fun of it and to experiment.
But then JohnnyT couldnt start a thread to complain about what other people spend their money on...... :thumbup:
Johnny,
Play with the same Schon shaft that came with the cue I purchased in 1993. Once a year, have Jude Hammond of Shaftmaster work his magic at SBE. A great shaft can last forever if well maintained. Feel sorry for those players who constantly need a new shaft or tip in search of the "holy grail". Other than for a new sponsor, bet the "pros" wouldn't change either. Then again, where would the BUSINESS side of pool be without constant change! As I've said before on AZ, how did the Deacon, Miz, Wimpy and all the other legends of pool ever make a ball with such low technology equipment?
Lyn
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I agree that the shaft is the more important portion of the cue, along with the tip. I change tips about every 4-6 months on my main playing shaft. In doing so, I have to burn that new tip in for a few days before its gets close to where I like it. I look at shafts as a whole, the same way.
I shoot everything from a 1984 hard rock maple shaft to a predator Z-2 and everything in between. I have a catalog of shafts. I mainly play one, but I like to maintain a familiarity with all of them because they have so much to offer. I can literally pick a shaft to suit my mood. Some days I am just not that engaged and want to slow roll everything.... time to whip out my 13.5mm Adams with a giant pillow of a Triumph tip. Other days I am The Wolverine and must destroy everything in my path... Hello Z-2 with a granite pebble duct taped to the ferrule.
Shafts are shafts... life is life. Live a little.
Lesh
I shoot everything from a 1984 hard rock maple shaft to a predator Z-2 and everything in between. I have a catalog of shafts. I mainly play one, but I like to maintain a familiarity with all of them because they have so much to offer. I can literally pick a shaft to suit my mood. Some days I am just not that engaged and want to slow roll everything.... time to whip out my 13.5mm Adams with a giant pillow of a Triumph tip. Other days I am The Wolverine and must destroy everything in my path... Hello Z-2 with a granite pebble duct taped to the ferrule.
Shafts are shafts... life is life. Live a little.
Lesh
Not me. I'm still playing with a 314/2. I like to keep things the same
I don't think people realize making silly grammar correction posts make them look like the idiot. It's a pool forum ...not a work email. Normal people don't give a shit if you use the wrong their , there or they're lol
The Ultra-skin Hard on a Z-2 is pretty damn sweet my friend. its like that one weird milk dud in the box that once you bite into it, it wants to rip your tooth out by the root. Hard enough to make that "man that dude has a hard tip" sound. I'm just now fully appreciating the whole hard tip experience with my giant, sweaty, man-sized stroke.
I got my hands on a well-preserved ancient example of the old Champion tips they used in days of yore when they had to shape those things with a brick. Now that is a hard tip. Back then I had a stroke, but no clue how to use any part of it.... so the tip was wasted on me.
Lesh
Heck, I don't even clean my shaft but maybe once a year, with a dry microfiber towel and denatured alcohol. Every time I get a tip change I have to stand over the repair guy and remind him NOT to touch the shaft...just the tip and ferule.
The only shaft I've ever replaced was a Joss shaft that I cracked the collar on breaking with it Mike Sigel style for almost 15 years. My oldest cue (a GEM) has two shafts that need repair or replacement, only because of abuse and neglect on my part. My 25 year old Schon shafts actually play better now than when new.
So to answer the OPs question, I think folks swap shafts out of curiosity/interest, much the way folks went/go through cues in the beginning of their love affair with the game. When I started playing, after-market shafts were unheard of, you got what you got when you bought a cue. The only reason for a second shaft is if you throw a tip in the middle of a match...If you don't like a shaft, chances are you'll love it if you just stick with it.
The only shaft I've ever replaced was a Joss shaft that I cracked the collar on breaking with it Mike Sigel style for almost 15 years. My oldest cue (a GEM) has two shafts that need repair or replacement, only because of abuse and neglect on my part. My 25 year old Schon shafts actually play better now than when new.
So to answer the OPs question, I think folks swap shafts out of curiosity/interest, much the way folks went/go through cues in the beginning of their love affair with the game. When I started playing, after-market shafts were unheard of, you got what you got when you bought a cue. The only reason for a second shaft is if you throw a tip in the middle of a match...If you don't like a shaft, chances are you'll love it if you just stick with it.