Zerksies
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I had an Earl Strickland about 20 years ago. It was a nice cue and i hate the signature on the forearm.
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tomatoshooter
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It seems like a lot of custom cue makers like to sign their cues on the forearm. I usually see it between the points, near the base. I agree, signing near the butt cap seems more appropriate.
Flakeandrun
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There's something very different about a cue maker's signature, and the name of a pro player. Let's attribute it to some kind of aesthetic psychology. Both interpreted different ways. To me at least anyway. Is it just me?
tomatoshooter
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Well, I guess the cue makers signature is done by hand instead of being a decal or screened, so one is vision the other, production.
Flakeandrun
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I can't imagine playing with a cue with a players name tattooed on it. But a cue maker, I have no problem. I have often considered the psychology behind that.
Does Porsche put the name of a race driver on their street cars? Kind of how I look at it. A cue maker's signature is his brand, so to speak..
Oh man miyagikyo is awesome.
tomatoshooter
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It's like admitting he's better than you.
Lamborghini put their test driver's name on one.
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The 'label up' deal is really a long-held myth. Most wood bats get broken from hitting balls towards the handle end.
If Porsche put the name of a race driver on one of their street cars and called it a special edition, they couldn't sell them fast enough. Auto makers are no stranger to gimmick marketing, they're pioneers of that game.
Putting people names on cars is waaaaaay to un-German for the Porsche crew. They have named cars after famous races they won such as the Carerra(CarerraPanamerica in Mexico) and the Targa(TargaFlorio in Sicily) but someone's name would be way outside-the-box for them.
Flakeandrun
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Didn't make it. Probably had little to do with it besides being told to use it, and subject to whatever tech jargon the marketing team thinks up next. Not to mention, I'm no longer a ten year old who thinks it'll make me do it like they do lol
I don't like the size and prominence of SVB's signature on his cue. I wouldn't like a cue maker's signature, either, but they tend to be small and unobtrusive.
That said, I don't like prominent brand marks on anything I use or wear. Sometimes you can get around it (clothes), sometimes you can't (tools).
Heck, you'll never even find me wearing a shirt of my favorite Boston sports team.
smiling_Hans
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I was buying my first ever production cue. LOL
McDermott was one of the choices because they had a lot of different models. It came down to them, Mezz and Predator. I went with the Mezz.
I'm still fascinated by this PFD line.
McDermott was one of the choices because they had a lot of different models. It came down to them, Mezz and Predator. I went with the Mezz.
I'm still fascinated by this PFD line.
Having a player's name kind of cheapens it to me. The maker is fine.
That's wise of you.. A real 550 Spyder would cost you 7 figures...It's like admitting he's better than you.
Lamborghini put their test driver's name on one.
I'm steering clear of the James Dean model Porsche.Lamborghini Gallardo Valentino Balboni - Technical Specifications, Pictures
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That's what always killed me about amelia earhart brand luggage. wtf??? what, does it never come back??It's like admitting he's better than you.
Lamborghini put their test driver's name on one.
I'm steering clear of the James Dean model Porsche.Lamborghini Gallardo Valentino Balboni - Technical Specifications, Pictures
Technical specifications for the Lamborghini Veneno including performance, engine information, interior and exterior pictures of the Lamborghini Gallardo Valentino Balboni
I laughed out loud at this one. Garczar is a crank at times, but a funny one!That's what always killed me about amelia earhart brand luggage. wtf??? what, does it never come back??
Not just you. Carom cues seem to have more of it for some reason. Look at Longoni’s signature cues. Feijens pool cue by them may have it too. I have a Schuler Richard Bitalis model. Same idea. I never forked over the money for a Longoni but kind of wondered about spending a fair amount with a pro player’s name prominently displayed on it. I guess it didn’t bother me to the point of not buying the Schuler, but it bothers me a little and isn’t my favorite thing. I sort of don’t get why people like it.
It also seems different to me on baseball bats, I don’t know why it doesn’t bother me on a wood bat but does on a cue. Maybe the old Joe Morgan model I had as a kid. Golf clubs seemed to have player’s names on lower end stuff back in the day. With some notable exceptions. Like Tommy Armour Silver Scott and a few others. Hogan doesn’t count because he started his own company. And like the old story goes when Gary Player called Hogan at an odd hour for swing advice and Hogan asked what clubs he played. Player said Dunlop. Hogan said call Mr. Dunlop.
Anyway, there is a difference between the maker’s signature and a pro’s.