I loved the old Valley Supreme house cues from the 90's. They came with very nice long tapers. I think they were thin enough in the butt end, and had a long enough taper in the shaft, that you could make a 2 piece sneaky pete out of them (without the need for building a custom shaft from a blank), and I would be happy with one, I imagine. I would not be happy with most other house cues, if they were cut in half, and a custom shaft (with a decent pro taper) were not used in the custom shaft. I tried out a conical LD shaft once (I think it was the OB2), and hated it. Even that shaft would be way better then anything that came from the shaft part of most house cues that were ever made. The Valley Supreme house cues were the only ones that I could really enjoy myself, when shooting pool. I do not know if the ones made today are as good quality as the really great ones from the 90's. The owner of my original home town pool hall cared about providing good quality, nice playing house cues.

Yeah the old Valley Supreme was so good, that's what Bob Meucci used for his original sneaky pete.

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