Dominguez is playing with a Lucasi Infuzed that is a carbon-maple mix of sorts.
Pro players still using wood shafts
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Nobody is going to bother with that snapshot that is only accurate the moment it is done.
He's sponsored by Cue-n-Case(Lucasi owner) so its no surprise he's pimping their newest shaft.
Are you talking about old school high deflection wood shafts or the newer LD wood shafts? There is a huge difference.
Old school high deflection baybeeeee!
I agree. When i see the pros pocketing balls, i tell myself this very comment when i do not
Facts:
All CF shafts are different.
All maple shafts are different.
On a CF shaft, there is nothing you can do to change the taper, tip dia, collar dia. or what its filled with, where the weight was added to make it playable. All you can do is change the tip.
On a wood or laminated wood shaft, you can do what you like and its repeatable, adjustable, predictable. You can use taper and other tecniques to control WHERE the cue bends and how that affects application of spin before getting into whippy.
What can’t you do with maple? Get enough of it to make shafts that are on mass production cues and pro’s t shirts.
All CF shafts are different.
All maple shafts are different.
On a CF shaft, there is nothing you can do to change the taper, tip dia, collar dia. or what its filled with, where the weight was added to make it playable. All you can do is change the tip.
On a wood or laminated wood shaft, you can do what you like and its repeatable, adjustable, predictable. You can use taper and other tecniques to control WHERE the cue bends and how that affects application of spin before getting into whippy.
What can’t you do with maple? Get enough of it to make shafts that are on mass production cues and pro’s t shirts.
Flakeandrun
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I've never seen anyone in person use CF on a snooker table. Only McGill and Al-Sayed on Televised matches. The Cues were more interesting than either of their games.
WilliamK
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For me never seen on TV. Only seen in local clubs by the odd member mostly C graders. Never seen in a tournament. None of the good players will use them.
Flakeandrun
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McGill isn't bad, B level pro. Al-Sayed was an American who qualified on the tour, but didn't amount to much.
I guess you are situated in America or Canada to see them in a club? I don't think anyone in the UK would use one, or has easy access to a CF snooker cue. Certainly not that I've seen. Maybe things have changed since I have been abroad.
Where you been lately maha?
WilliamK
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Australia. But only seen a few ever. But like I said... they wouldn't know the difference.
him and ko brothers are the last classic maple shaft players, and they're not doing too shabby either.
kaci went back to wood recently, 314-2.
Flakeandrun
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Are they using solid wood? Or the cored Zen shafts?
Chang Yu Lung, Wu Kun Lin, Liu Ri Teng etc Most of the Taiwanese players are using wood shafts (probably cored). With probably the exception being Chang Jun Lin.
Carlo Biado and Anton Raga use wood I believe.