What is the reason behind your collection?
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No collection.
But I do prefer simplicity.
I play a black no wrap Predator P3. It's a heavy cue, and the butt is thicker... The ligest you can make it is 19.1 ounces, so I have it at 19.5 ounces....
But I'm on the fence on weight, so I have a Predator roadline Sneaky Pete that you can make very light.
Word on the street is that Predator is introducing a retro line of cues in June... At very least a retro Sneaky Pete.
This retired SP6ON would look great with a carbon shaft.
But I do prefer simplicity.
I play a black no wrap Predator P3. It's a heavy cue, and the butt is thicker... The ligest you can make it is 19.1 ounces, so I have it at 19.5 ounces....
But I'm on the fence on weight, so I have a Predator roadline Sneaky Pete that you can make very light.
Word on the street is that Predator is introducing a retro line of cues in June... At very least a retro Sneaky Pete.
This retired SP6ON would look great with a carbon shaft.
I started out with the goal of getting a full splice cue from every builder who made them (did their own splices). Another criteria was that they be all different woods (into maple, very conventional cues). Have not completed my goal, nor complied with the "all different" (I have two ebony sneakies) ... and some are not made by the splicer ... but so far I have a few (Prather, Mark Bear, Omori, Hills, Tucker, Blackcreek, Lambros, Gracio, John Davis, Willie Blade).
There are a couple of wrapped cues (Lambros and Mark Bear) plus a merry widow box cue (BHQ) in the pictures ... just because I like them
Dave
There are a couple of wrapped cues (Lambros and Mark Bear) plus a merry widow box cue (BHQ) in the pictures ... just because I like them
Dave
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Hmmm,
You look awfully familiar.
Is that cliff you're standing next to?
This is David Maddux from
Atlanta, GA.
Could you call me if you have a few minutes please??
I have a question about one of these cue posts..
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Thanks!!
That about sums it up for me too. I have a hard time letting stuff go. The same with all the CDs I own, maybe 20% I'll never listen to again but I like having them.
Many older CD's oxidize (also known as disk rot) to the point that they are no longer playable. This was mainly a problem with burned CD's, but I've had a few retail CD's also go bad over time. You should try playing them occasionally just to make sure they are still OK.
Now that you say that, I did have one look that way recently, it was about 10 years old but still played fine. I bought a replacement anyway and gave it to my coworker.
Nowadays I buy digital copies of favorite albums, just to make sure they stay good forever. It's easy enough to burn copies for old CD players.
money to burn
I started in the 80's and played with a 20oz Huebler for almost two decades. Got out for 14 years and when I got back in I bought a handful of cues (Dzuricky, more Hueblers, Ned Morris, Kelly Peterson, Joss, McDermott and a few more) and I found the exact same thing - I love a cue in that 17.5-17.7oz range. Current cue is 17.7.
I'll never go back to a heavy cue.
My "collection"... (I've sold a few but still have all the Huebler's and the Ned Morris.
My modest cue collection
Not really sure I would call it a collection as I don't really "collect" cues. My first cue was an Adams (ebony points, mother of pearl inlays) my dad had given me in 1986 that he acquired in roughly 1977. Not long after that I picked up another Adams (merry widow with a missing wrap, I broke...
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What kind of cue is that with the flame veneers? Nice collection!
Thanks.
Runde. Love that cue. Looks good with a CF shaft, although I can't play worth a crap unless it's maple.
Shoot this was a while ago. Still have all three, but I've added some. The two on the right. Ones an unknown Josswest style plain jane Birdseye maple player the other is a single piece Brazilian rosewood Adam converted to a Martin 3/8x10 joint. I don't really need these two, but they fill my cases. First three I'll never sell. These new ones are harder to justify keeping. One of them, I will be keeping at a pool hall in Seattle.I only have 3 in my collection. But here goes:
These cues are what remain from the many instruments I've bought and sold over the years. The main reason I kept them is playability. I don't keep anything that doesn't play how I like. These all have good balance or unique hit. Another reason these are keepers is that they all represent different cuemaking construction techniques; full splice sneaky, traditional construction with box inlays/old school design, solid full length no A joint. All different joint materials, different wraps, bumpers, but similar in color palette. One is production, one is full custom, and one is garage built sneaky by me. The Adam represents the first real cue I bought ( JR-9), then later sold. This one is even fancier - JR12.. The sneaky is a purple heart Dufferin from a pool hall I worked at. Humble, simple, with a southwest inspiration. The Hagan is just badass. Completely different from anything else you'll see.
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If anyone cares, here's my collection including a cue that's in process. I'll probably sell the BRW and BEM cues to fund the Teeter and just be down to 4 total. I don't really count jump cues a part of my collection.
Cases:
2x4 action
Cow hide Ron Thomas 2×4
It's George 1x2 lizard print
Porper stickered case 1x2
Whitten copy 1x2 plain black with strap
Snakeskin viking Fellini style 1×1
Jan bunce 1x1 tan leather tooled handmade
Cues:
Bill Teeter
Bocote nose with black, white, green, orange veneers
4 amboyna points and buttsleeve
Irish linen white/ green spec
White joint buttcap
White and amboyna rings a,b,d locations
Black g10 pin
2 Shafts w JPs
keilwood and maple
+ Predator 314^3
Bill Hagan
2 original shafts
Carom shaft
Short brunswick butt
Sailor shaft
Purpleheart sneaky
Phenolic butt cap with BEM ring,
leather bumper
Cueball JPs
Stonier shaft
+ Ferrule-less Starkey
Adam JR12 steel joint, delrin bumper,
black lizard wrap, box inlay
stock shaft
Predator Z2 shaft
Unknown JW STYLE BIRDSEYE
plain Jane
steel joint
1 stitch ring ivory ferrule shaft
Adam custom 3/8 Martin pin white joint Brazilian rosewood
Jump cue
Predator ice air 2
