Personal preference
I like 12.80mm tip and 14-16 pro taper. Thats what I like to play with. I play well with 13mm short taper and like the feel but when I start spinning the cue ball a lot I do much better with the longer taper and thinner shaft.
There is a big difference in the cue ball squirt between the two.
I like 12.80mm tip and 14-16 pro taper. Thats what I like to play with. I play well with 13mm short taper and like the feel but when I start spinning the cue ball a lot I do much better with the longer taper and thinner shaft.
There is a big difference in the cue ball squirt between the two.
I know the differences in the different types of tapers, but I have a question that I am struggling to find an answer for, so want to stick to "pro tapers". I did a pretty extensive search and never really saw a direct answer.
What I am looking for are what are the playing differences that occur when a pro taper is lengthened?
Say you go from a 12" to 14" pro or even to a 20" like Earl.
I would think that a 14" pro taper is whippier than a 12" taper and a 20" pro tape is whippier than a 14".
Using a golf flag pole as an example, the taller it is the more the top of the flag pole will flex side to side in the wind, so I would think the flex from side to side would increase dramatically as the taper increases, which would make it whippier.
So it would seem the longer the taper, the more it deviates from a conical, European or SW style taper.
Is this true? Seems like it could be pretty complicated and it never seems to really be discussed. It always winds up a discussion of conical vs. pro, but I am very interested to hear thoughts on effects of the length of the pro taper itself.