It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Ping . . .

over the decades i had many titlest converted. all the best ones had nothing done but a plain black brass or stainless joint and shaft and wrapped. no work otherwise.no drilling and no weight bolt. unless necessary because it was way to light.
or in some cases two rambo rings at the butt end. that didnt affect anything as i had that done later on some and found it didnt hurt.

try that with yours before you get fancy with it. you can always do it later
 
Don’t like the ping. Sounds like all the different colored $25 aluminum cues when they came out. I like the softer sound kind of like a wad of cash hitting the cloth
 
I had a tree trunk shaft with the perfect lepro that sounded like chopping wood on hit.


I have a 11.8 with a tiger everest that makes a nice noise upon hit.

It's what I want
 
Gosh…..can’t believe how long ago I posted (#7) on this thread approaching a decade.
IMO, the most exquisite sound is produced by a medium- hard tip on a 1” ivory ferrule.
The ping is almost musical in its sound & unmistakable in comparison with other cues.
 
Kielwood with a Zan GripHard. Music to my ears. I've never seen this thread before but @Kickin' Chicken I agree fully! The ping is like a well tuned sports car. Gotta let 'er eat.
 
I have a Rick Howard, 2001, with 2 shafts, exactly the same dimensions.
One has an ivory ferrule and a LePro tip.
2nd shaft has an old Westinghouse micarta ferrule and a Chandivert Champion tip.
Guess which has the ping and also guess which plays the best?
Also, which would you choose to play with and why?
 
I had a Heubler that made a ping. Didn’t like the shaft taper so I sold it here on AZB and I made another AZBer happy.

I didn’t like the ping, either. Personal preference.
 
Here is where cue selection as per playing style becomes interesting. For me, one of my challenges in the game is that I pull up on my stroke more often than I should be doing. I have found over the years that the "ping" in certain cues is actually a hindrance to my correction of this stroke flaw. The sound becomes a further distraction to my less than smooth stroke delivery. So, softer hitting cues such as McDermott, or non SS jointed Capone or Nitti cues fit my needs a bit more from that perspective. I sold both my Scruggs cues for this reason.

I think, in choosing a custom cue build, one may want to first understand the sounds and feedbacks from various cue makers' or production cue brands as per the various woods and joints used in those builds. From the platform of the "hit" sound and feedback - you then build the cue to your liking in terms of balance, cue weight, shaft preference, taper, diameter, ferrule, and cue tip.

My point is, start evaluating cues based on harmonics of the brand or cue maker as per their reputation, then add on all the particulars of specs .
 
I guess I have a hearing deficit, all I hear are the sounds of the balls hitting each other. I do hear my break and jump tip interaction and miscue hits. That's all I ever listened for. My current playing cue has a tendency to loosen slightly and I don't usually discover that until I'm puttin' it away. I'm not a fan of "pingy" cues anyway.
 
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