Id rather have something that I can play with.
They are nice to look at. They tend to have bigger butt sections and deflect quite a bit. I've owned a few so called "classic" cues and in their day its all there was. You adjusted to the deflection without much thought. Not sure younger,current crop of players have much interest in them. If i was new to the game now i kinda doubt this style of cue would be high on my list. Just my $.02 here, nothing more.Just curious, and obviously don’t know much about cues, but are the Balabuska and Szamboti cues not good playing cues by today’s standards? Or are they just to valuable as a collector to risk playing with? I suspect they are still excellent performers.
Id rather have something that I can play with.
they are as good as any
tascarella cues are considered great players and his is almost exactly a balabushka
there was a time people thought meucci were technilogically superior
i know of no one who thinks that any more
perhaps they are a little bigger than some in the butt area
great cues,szamboti will soon be a thing of the pastas barry is retiring soon
mottey is gone,james white might still be the solution for young guys wanting the best at a decent price
i almost forgot Bob Owen,if i were to tell a young guy what i thought would be the best investment
beautiful and great playing cue
for $2000 a person could get a cue as fancy as anything Szamboti or Balabushka ever made
cues selling for $20,000 and more
they are as good as any
tascarella cues are considered great players and his is almost exactly a balabushka
there was a time people thought meucci were technilogically superior
i know of no one who thinks that any more
perhaps they are a little bigger than some in the butt area
great cues,szamboti will soon be a thing of the pastas barry is retiring soon
mottey is gone,james white might still be the solution for young guys wanting the best at a decent price
i almost forgot Bob Owen,if i were to tell a young guy what i thought would be the best investment
beautiful and great playing cue
for $2000 a person could get a cue as fancy as anything Szamboti or Balabushka ever made
cues selling for $20,000 and more
I have a Gus, and the amount of deflection is way too much for me, as I've been using LD shafts for 20+ years. I guess if you had a LD shaft that would fit on the Gus butt I could play with it, but I seriously doubt Barry would be interested in helping me out with that.Just curious, and obviously don’t know much about cues, but are the Balabuska and Szamboti cues not good playing cues by today’s standards? Or are they just to valuable as a collector to risk playing with? I suspect they are still excellent performers.
Id rather have something that I can play with.
I have one, and it has a real bumper too. Working on the right Szam, but I have a cue with a Gus forearm so that's close enough until I find a cue I like.
I'll lay out the spread with a Rambow and a Spain, the original old masters.
No thanks
Love my 150 dollar longoni or 400 dollar starkey plain jane 1 piece butt
And my 100 dollar truijillo