Who needs a Searing, when you can get a Jackpot?
Any word from Dennis Searing....
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Any reason you don't just go get your stolen property?
Unfortunately it’s halfway across the country and he told me he destroyed the cue trying to fix it. So I guess it’s in his hands now
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Dennis at least matches his ferrules up and doesn't install hollow buttsleeves on cues. He also countersinks his holes and doesn't butcher the facing or finish.
Put me on the list:grin:
The question is, could you make a cue as good as Dennis if you had 15 years?
I couldnt.
It would probably be on par with a jackpot, too. The firm who made those has been around way longer than 15 years
I agree that Dennis has a pretty comical output volume. What he does put out is perfect in every way, though
I don't need a Searing...I got a Murray Tucker.
Get on his list.
It may take you longer to get a cue from him than from Searing.
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"Searing makes terrible cues", never thought I'd read that... lol
And the funny thing is, Dennis would probably teach me and it would still take 150 years lol
This is the best post I've read in this thread.
Lets stay civil fellas
How many of you have ordered a cue from Searing,when ?
,did he keep in touch or did you ever get your cue?
I was told mine was #1 on his list about 12 years ago
He called to ask me a favor about 6 years ago.
I read him my list of grievances,I feltlike he lied to me.
He apologized profusely,talked for over an hour,promised to get me a new cue in a very few months.
I said fine,we will see
He took about 15 minutes to tell me how to get used to it when I got it
Tips like shoot about 30 easy shots about a foot from the hole before I tried a longer shot
Not to spin my ball, a series of such stuff so I would not expect too much
,how to build my
confidence as I got familiar. In other wordshe acted like he was on the job
He asked what i wanted, I said based on my experience with himI would take a plain Willie Hoppe style
He asked if I would prefer a box cue,he knew I liked box cues
I said yeah I would but I would rather get a basic cue than nothing
He said "oh you are really going to get itthis time
You see I was not some poor schmuck who got put on a list,I was promised I was next
Naturally I never heard from him,but I never thought I would
I hear stories like this all the time from well known collectors
Do you even know anyone who plays one of these cues?
Have you ever played one?
did you play better with it?
What was better?
I have heard great cue makers who hold him in awe,
to me I just don't see it myself
How many of you have ordered a cue from Searing,when ?
,did he keep in touch or did you ever get your cue?
I was told mine was #1 on his list about 12 years ago
He called to ask me a favor about 6 years ago.
I read him my list of grievances,I feltlike he lied to me.
He apologized profusely,talked for over an hour,promised to get me a new cue in a very few months.
I said fine,we will see
He took about 15 minutes to tell me how to get used to it when I got it
Tips like shoot about 30 easy shots about a foot from the hole before I tried a longer shot
Not to spin my ball, a series of such stuff so I would not expect too much
,how to build my
confidence as I got familiar. In other wordshe acted like he was on the job
He asked what i wanted, I said based on my experience with himI would take a plain Willie Hoppe style
He asked if I would prefer a box cue,he knew I liked box cues
I said yeah I would but I would rather get a basic cue than nothing
He said "oh you are really going to get itthis time
You see I was not some poor schmuck who got put on a list,I was promised I was next
Naturally I never heard from him,but I never thought I would
I hear stories like this all the time from well known collectors
Do you even know anyone who plays one of these cues?
Have you ever played one?
did you play better with it?
What was better?
I have heard great cue makers who hold him in awe,
to me I just don't see it myself
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First off... this is not over a new cue. This is not about the wait list.....This is about a repair on one of his cues.... I’ve been on Dennis’ list since before people outside of Florida knew who he was and I’ve never had the privilege of designing my own. In 99’ to 2000 me and a friend had about 9 of his cues and took them to the SBE so people could see his work and the rest is history. For that deed we were never expecting to be put on a “ short” list. I just want my property back , repaired, and to wash my hands of the whole situation
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For as much of a recluse that he seems to be about his cue making, I had no trouble contacting him about his layered tips (which are excellent, BTW). Last year, I emailed him once about availability and again a month later to place an order. Both times, I got a response from him the next day.
Kinda feel like I should print and frame the emails.
Kinda feel like I should print and frame the emails.
the lack of contact /customer service is appalling..and inexcuseable
quality of construction is excellent
at least with southwest
you may wait 15 years before your number comes up but from what i have read the cue comes close to promised time frame and laurie is available
quality of construction is excellent
at least with southwest
you may wait 15 years before your number comes up but from what i have read the cue comes close to promised time frame and laurie is available
dennis was very prompt and helpful in replying to my emails re: his tips
he even asked for my number so he could call me
we chatted for a good half an hour
and I found him to be quite a friendly, knowledgeable person
I really enjoyed the first of his tips I tried
and told him so
he replied in kind
the second one not so much..it turned rock hard after just a few days
I emailed him with the bummer news
and never heard from him again
of course this doesn't necessarily mean anything
a missed reply happens rather easily these days
but this whole thread does remind me about dealing with artists in general
I've not ever commissioned a cue to be made
but a sketch, or a painting
anyway, I've never been completely stiffed (knock on wood)
but I've had to really chase people down to get the goods
cuemaking is certainly an art
and cuemakers are certainly artists
I do detest flakiness
let alone liars, cheats and thieves
but what is cereal without milk
reputation used to go a long way
sometimes still does, I guess
with the internet, a lifetime's worth of hard-won respect
can be eviscerated in a nanosecond
but moles quickly pop up
where the old ones died
they only look the part tho
no funk, no soul
so the old moles stand out again
if only their ghosts
and we deal with them
as best we can
or not.