Will you be able to tell the difference between two cues

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Will you be able to tell the difference between two cues, if one is made by say SouthWest and the second cue made by a new cuemaker if all the wood,, weight shaft diameters are the same?
 
fish2 said:
Will you be able to tell the difference between two cues, if one is made by say SouthWest and the second cue made by a new cuemaker if all the wood,, weight shaft diameters are the same?
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You question is valid should be interesting replies.
 
fish2 said:
Will you be able to tell the difference between two cues, if one is made by say SouthWest and the second cue made by a new cuemaker if all the wood,, weight shaft diameters are the same?
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probably .... no 2 cues are exactly he same. if you had 2 cues that were built the same .... you would likely find 1 you favor over the other
 
If I build 2 cues from the same boards with the same dimensions I’m sure they’d play similar but probably not exactly the same. Grain direction, structure, and density may be close or vastly different.
 
fish2 said:
Will you be able to tell the difference between two cues, if one is made by say SouthWest and the second cue made by a new cuemaker if all the wood,, weight shaft diameters are the same?
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You left out balance point and dimensions of the butt where you grip
 
My bet is a descent player with good feel could absolutely tell the difference. There is much more to cuemaking than glueing boards together. As in any type of woodworking, joinery techniques and precision are critical to building a solid product repeatedly. A good cuemaker knows before he starts what the overall weight, balance point, lengths, and diameters will be on a cue design before ever turning the first piece. It's highly unlikely 2 cuemakers given the same materials would be that close, especially with overall weight and balance point, so yeah, similar looking cues from different makers would almost certainly play with a different feel output to the average or above player.
 
Easy answer is yes. Someone very sensitive to how a cue plays will be able to find subtle differences even if they are both made by the same person.
Wood cues can vary quite a bit. This might be one advantage to carbon tubes. They're probably going to be more consistent.
 
Speaking of cloning, I just realized this, if they can clone a sheep, pretty sure any decent cue maker can clone any cue with the right skills and equipment
 
Sheldon said:
Easy answer is yes. Someone very sensitive to how a cue plays will be able to find subtle differences even if they are both made by the same person.
Wood cues can vary quite a bit. This might be one advantage to carbon tubes. They're probably going to be more consistent.
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So there are differences in hit between SW cues....
 
fish2 said:
Will you be able to tell the difference between two cues, if one is made by say SouthWest and the second cue made by a new cuemaker if all the wood,, weight shaft diameters are the same?
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This seems to be an age old question.
The real answer is,
As long as there's more than one person's opinion involved in the conversation,
There is no answer.
But GOOD LUCK!
 
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fish2 said:
So there are differences in hit between SW cues....
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Yes there's a difference.
Different woods play different.
Coring????
Besides making the woods more stable, and allows for more exotic woods to be used successfully in Cue making, coring also allows balancing closer.
SW doesn't core!
 
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