Shaft

[sciarco]

Excuse my ignorance but how can you tell if a shaft is low deflection or not.

 

[garczar]

Most are laminated in some way so that's one way to tell. Mezz and Meucci both make LD shafts that aren't lamin. so you really need to know make/model to be sure. What are you looking at?

 

[sciarco]

I have John Madden cue are his shafts LD.

 

[garczar]

I have John Madden cue are his shafts LD.

Nice cues. Pretty sure he uses traditional, solid maple shafts.

 

[garczar]

Nice cues. Pretty sure he uses traditional, solid maple shafts.

Found a video of him describing his cues and he says the are Vermont-sourced hard-rock and some fiddleback maple.

 

[sciarco]

Would they be LDS thanks for the info.

 

[poolguy4u]

If a shaft is not marked, the only way to tell if it is low deflection is to hit some balls using left or right side English.

Just because a shaft looks like a piece of plywood-----this does not mean it is low deflection.

There really isn't much difference from high deflection and low deflection.

Good luck!:thumbup:




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[garczar]

Would they be LDS thanks for the info.

Probably not. Not that big of difference. Your eye-hand-brain will adjust to whatever you use. I've had both and the biggest difference to me is using inside. These shots are easier(not a lot) with a LD shaft. I really like the SS360 shaft. Its fairly low in deflect. but has a crisp, solid-shaft feel. To me most LD's have a dead feeling to them. You've just got to try a few to find what you like.