Who builds the Becue, full pool cues, and are they popular?

Mensabum · 2025-12-03T15:24:23-0700

garczar said:
They're made by elves in a fkng cave. wtf, where do you think they're made. their shop is in this indust. park somewhere. https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9601852,12.8634229,3a,75y,189.61h,76.21t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWyfZx2L_VQeQ1Hj9mOSh7Q!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?cb_client=maps_sv.tactile&w=900&h=600&pitch=13.793250226904206&panoid=WyfZx2L_VQeQ1Hj9mOSh7Q&yaw=189.60969468252807!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw== I've only hit their original shaft and i wasn't impressed. i'm sure they're way better now. imo they are extremely pricey. their cheapest cue with their extension is over 1400bux. For comparison a Raven cf cue with extension is around 400ish. I seriously doubt the BeCue does anything playing-wise that would warrant the thousand dollar difference. A lot of tech in them that really is just for tech sake.

Shucks. There goes my magic wand.

WildWing · 2025-12-03T16:30:26-0700

vintagecollectibles831 said:
I understand that the Becue pool cues, and shafts are made in Italy, but I am curious who makes them.

Are they made in a factory, like maybe Longoni? I understand that some brands have a a factory, like Joss for example, build them a line of cues, so I am not sure if Becue is just a small custom shop, or if they are built in a large production cue factory.

Are they very popular? Maybe in Europe, if not in the USA? I see that Dennis Hatch plays with a Becue, and I wonder how he likes it. I assume he likes it a lot, if he is playing good with it.

The reason I ask is because I do not see them up for sale on ebay, for example. Is there any market for them, if one might need to sell one?

Does anyone here play with a full Becue? That is another issue. I have found very few reviews, from players, who have tried one.

I recall Becue being the 1st company who ever tried to market Carbon fiber cues, and it seems like they are still the only company who builds a full Carbon Fiber cue(?). I wonder why that is.

Anyways, thanks a lot for any thoughts about Becue, and their full cues, if you have ever had the opportunity to try one.

Any experience with the Engage 11.8mm shaft? Does the full Carbon Fiber butt feel / hit very good with one of their shafts, in your opinion?

Thank you very much for any thoughts.

Justin, how about you look it all up for yourself.

Paul_#_ · 2025-12-03T17:34:46-0700

Maybe AZer SSP can help this discussion. Here are some opinions from AZers

FROM:

S

Thread 'becue Cues....Very few reviews'

Apr 18, 2023

I have only found a handful of reviews on these cues, the ones I do find give a glowing review of these cues, so....., are owner's of these cues not doing reviews or are they not selling very many of them? I now own the "naked break cue" and the "natural born naked" cue, these cues are made in Italy, they are total CF, even the butt, their website can explain all the tech that goes into the cues better than I can, you can get airbrush art work on your cue if you desire, I was only interested in getting the best playing cue I could find, in researching this I ran across an article about...

SSP said:
I own the Engage shafts but I will try a prime shaft down the road, Becue states the prime shaft has a "softer " hit, I wouldn't say that is a bad thing, just different, I will say I got the 11.8 shaft 1st but have been using the 12.3 as my main shaft, on a barbox table the 11.8 gives a little more action, I love the consistency, I don't see buying another cue in my lifetime.

seed1time said:
I bought the Becue that was on ebay and it plays good, I have had all types of cues and carbon shafts. This is by far my favorite its a supersoft hit,

FROM: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/becue-leonardo-balance-system.576692/page-2

SSP said:
, Becue is the best playing cue I have ever owned and they have never failed to respond to any question I had.

Agent 99 said:
I have been with Becue since the kick-starter days, and have been playing their cues ever since. The bent shafts that I am aware of were in the early days, I think all of them were white in color? I can remember Allessandro telling me that they had a problem with a company they contracted to make those shafts. I have owned both Engage and Prime shafts for my Becue, and jointed in 3/8x10 for other butts I own and use only because I think they are beautiful. I have not experienced any problems with any of the black shafts I have bought in the last several years, in fact they are fantastic in every way!

FROM: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/rhino-must.582043/

SSP said:
wouldn't put Becue with any other CF shaft builder, they position the direction of the fibers in different parts of the shaft and use different bonding agents in different parts as well, they have a patented technology called the Aurora front end to reduce front end mass, great shafts and cues, their Prime II 12.0 shaft is the best shaft I have ever owned

FROM: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/predator-fanboys.582131/page-2#post-8303144

SSP said:
really didn't have to contact Becue but I wanted talk to someone there, I wanted to see how they treated a potential customer, Alessandro was passionate about the sport and bringing the advantages of CF to it, I stopped playing about 2012, I owned first a Meucci, then a Predator, and finally a David Tice custom cue, it took David about 8 months to complete the cue and it was a head turner and played great so when I decided to play again I went with a McDermott Bocote no points but beautiful wood cue with a linen wrap, not too flashy great playability, the shaft was a G Core, not bad but nothing special, the Defy CF shaft was pretty new in the market and had a great deal on one so I gave it a shot, thought it played great, there were some better reviews on other CF shafts so I started researching what was out there and ran across Becue, the first cue manufacturer of an all CF cue, read a review about micro cracks in CF in a CF bicycle in a garage at -65 degrees F, a NASA scientist chimed in, he said the reason they use CF on the space shuttle is because it can go from absolute zero in space (-476 F) to 2000 F on re-entry without damage, the paint burns off but the CF is not damaged so he said I don't think you will have any problems, at least here on earth.... this intrigued me, Becue was a company of engineers who specialize in CF who were passionate about billiards and wanted to bring that to the game, they spent 3 years in research and development before making their first cue, they clearly weren't filling CF tubes with foam for a quick buck, Hawaiian Eye was a big influence as well, I played with the Engage 11.8 shaft for 2 years and have been using the Prime II 12.0 for the last year, best shaft I have ever owned, bar none, well thats my story and I'm sticking to it

SEE YouTube video with a watcher's comment about the sound from the video of the Prime II shaft's hit:

The sound would drive me crazy sounds like you're hitting with a bamboo shaft. I'm glad I watch this before I bought one, I will not be buying it based off your video.

SSP · 2025-12-03T19:29:50-0700

Paul_#_ said:
Maybe AZer SSP can help this discussion. Here are some opinions from AZers

FROM:

S

Thread 'becue Cues....Very few reviews'

Apr 18, 2023

I have only found a handful of reviews on these cues, the ones I do find give a glowing review of these cues, so....., are owner's of these cues not doing reviews or are they not selling very many of them? I now own the "naked break cue" and the "natural born naked" cue, these cues are made in Italy, they are total CF, even the butt, their website can explain all the tech that goes into the cues better than I can, you can get airbrush art work on your cue if you desire, I was only interested in getting the best playing cue I could find, in researching this I ran across an article about...

SSP

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Forum: Cue Reviews

FROM: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/becue-leonardo-balance-system.576692/page-2

FROM: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/rhino-must.582043/

FROM: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/predator-fanboys.582131/page-2#post-8303144

SEE YouTube video with a watcher's comment about the sound from the video of the Prime II shaft's hit:

The sound would drive me crazy sounds like you're hitting with a bamboo shaft. I'm glad I watch this before I bought one, I will not be buying it based off your video.

My David Tice custom cue with wooden shafts had a very similar sound to my Becue with the Prime II 12.0 shaft but everyone is different, I wouldn't care if it sounded like a wet fart every time I hit a ball if I never missed a shot.....

BobPA · 2025-12-03T19:50:34-0700

Seyberts have a few of the Becue cues on sale for about half price ($795). My friends and were talking about pulling the trigger to try one tonight...I just can't justify it. The resale value will be non existent.

HawaiianEye · 2025-12-03T20:12:14-0700

BobPA said:
Seyberts have a few of the Becue cues on sale for about half price ($795). My friends and were talking about pulling the trigger to try one tonight...I just can't justify it. The resale value will be non existent.

Why would you resell a good playing cue?

Are you a flipper?

The Becue may not be for everyone, but they play as well as any cue.

I have one.

SSP · 2025-12-03T20:12:48-0700

BobPA said:
Seyberts have a few of the Becue cues on sale for about half price ($795). My friends and were talking about pulling the trigger to try one tonight...I just can't justify it. The resale value will be non existent.

Very true, but unless you have collector's type cues resale value is not really good on any of them, when I got back into playing pool after a more than 10 year hiatus my main concern was finding a great playing cue, what I've found with Becue cues is their shafts are super consistent, just picked up a 2nd Prime II 12.0 shaft for a spare, put my favorite tip on it and it plays just like my other one, I find great value in that, If a tip pops off or I can't get the tip replaced right away I can just use the other shaft and not have to make any adjustments.

BobPA · 2025-12-03T20:31:19-0700

HawaiianEye said:
Why would you resell a good playing cue?

Are you a flipper?

The Becue may not be for everyone, but they play as well as any cue.

I have one.

Because what if I find it to be a bad playing cue? "Good playing" is relative to the player, not to the cue. Sorry I hit a nerve about your precious Becue.

SSP · 2025-12-03T20:43:48-0700

BobPA said:
Because what if I find it to be a bad playing cue? "Good playing" is relative to the player, not to the cue. Sorry I hit a nerve about your precious Becue.

There is a difference between a "bad playing" cue and a cue that you "don't like the hit" of, I would never invest in any product hoping to be able to sell it if I don't like it, you always lose when selling used unless it is a collector's item that someone else just has to have.

BobPA · 2025-12-03T21:08:03-0700

SSP said:
There is a difference between a "bad playing" cue and a cue that you "don't like the hit" of, I would never invest in any product hoping to be able to sell it if I don't like it, you always lose when selling used unless it is a collector's item that someone else just has to have.

Why are you making this about your opinions? I merely posted an example of why I would not pull the trigger on a relatively unknown, expensive cue. It as nothing to do with YOUR purchasing habits. Some people care about resale, others do not......So what?

Predator, Schon, J Flowers, Cuetec, Meucci all make for easy and quick sales in the used market. Predators and Schons hold their value quite well.

HawaiianEye · 2025-12-03T21:09:30-0700

BobPA said:
Because what if I find it to be a bad playing cue? "Good playing" is relative to the player, not to the cue. Sorry I hit a nerve about your precious Becue.

You didn't hit a nerve with me.

I bought mine from a friend and I actually tried it before I bought it.

I had tried a few carbon fiber shafts before I bought it and never thought I would own one, but after hitting the Becue I wound up buying it.

I think it may play better than the others I tried is because the butt is carbon fiber as well as the shaft. It plays different than the on a wooden butt.

7stud · 2025-12-03T23:27:07-0700

The reason I ask is because I do not see them up for sale on ebay, for example. Is there any market for them, if one might need to sell one?

They occasionally come up for sale on azbilliards--and for much lower prices than new.

Does anyone here play with a full Becue? That is another issue. I have found very few reviews, from players, who have tried one.

I bought one a few years ago in the For Sale forum. The shaft was warped, and the hit felt dead to me, so it just sits in a case. The Becue butts are super skinny as well, maybe the skinniest butts made.

If I ever decided to order to specs I would not do the B Lock joint like mine has, and go radial, and I think I would like a leather wrap.
Is it the best hitting cue I've ever played with? Probably not, but it does play nicely. Best looking? Nope, not even close.

You can get the leather wrap, but you can't get a radial joint on the butt. The only specs you can choose for the butt are the length and the overall cue weight.

An interesting tidbit about Becue...
Becue makes a mid cue extension as well as a rear extension. Presumably, the whole reason you would buy a Becue is to experience the hit of a 100% carbon cue. The rear extension is carbon, so when you attach the rear extension to the cue, you still have a 100% carbon cue, but the mid cue extension is made out of plastic. What the?? Doesn't that belie the whole sales pitch about how a full carbon cue hits better? Apparently, you can insert a 4" chunk of plastic in the middle of the cue and it won't affect the hit.

SSP · 2025-12-04T05:30:38-0700

BobPA said:
Why are you making this about your opinions? I merely posted an example of why I would not pull the trigger on a relatively unknown, expensive cue. It as nothing to do with YOUR purchasing habits. Some people care about resale, others do not......So what?

Predator, Schon, J Flowers, Cuetec, Meucci all make for easy and quick sales in the used market. Predators and Schons hold their value quite well.

You posted what if it is a "bad playing" cue, that is an opinion, you should spend your money on what you think is best for you, if I didn't love my Becue I would sell it at a loss and move on, I posted the pictures of my David Tice custom cue so you would know it's not about the money, that cue was far more expensive, there are many great playing cues out there, I owned a Predator cue, it played very well, no cue I have ever owned has played as consistently as my Becues, cue to cue and shaft to shaft, the sound of my Becue is a lot like the sound of my David Tice cue, if you don't like that sound you shouldn't buy one, it's just not the cue for you, good luck in finding one that is perfect for you

SSP · 2025-12-04T05:50:55-0700

7stud said:
They occasionally come up for sale on azbilliards--and for much lower prices than new.

I bought one a few years ago in the For Sale forum. The shaft was warped, and the hit felt dead to me, so it just sits in a case. The Becue butts are super skinny as well, maybe the skinniest butts made.

You can get the leather wrap, but you can't get a radial joint on the butt. The only specs you can choose for the butt are the length and the overall cue weight.

An interesting tidbit about Becue...
Becue makes a mid cue extension as well as a rear extension. Presumably, the whole reason you would buy a Becue is to experience the hit of a 100% carbon cue. The rear extension is carbon, so when you attach the rear extension to the cue, you still have a 100% carbon cue, but the mid cue extension is made out of plastic. What the?? Doesn't that belie the whole sales pitch about how a full carbon cue hits better? Apparently, you can insert a 4" chunk of plastic in the middle of the cue and it won't affect the hit.

Technical specifications:

Short Module: 3 inch / 7,5 cm; Weight 1.5 oz / 42,5 g
Long Module: 4 inch / 10 cm; Weight 1.9 oz / 54,5 g
Custom Module: you decide according to your needs;
Made with special plastic reinforced with glass fiber

Paul_#_ · 2025-12-04T06:43:23-0700

Many positive reviews of Becue at AZ post below from 2017.

SSP said:
My David Tice custom cue with wooden shafts had a very similar sound to my Becue with the Prime II 12.0 shaft

As far as the sound of the hit, YouTuber mentioned in post#23 above that the Becue hit with a sound like hitting ball with bamboo (?). Listen yourself at video at 3 minutes 15 seconds linked in post #23 for the sound. Sounds more like a tonking sound to me. The YouTuber presenter thought Becue's white ferrule produced a crispy sound while the clear ferrule made for a tonking sound.

BobPA · 2025-12-04T10:04:44-0700

SSP said:
You posted what if it is a "bad playing" cue, that is an opinion, you should spend your money on what you think is best for you, if I didn't love my Becue I would sell it at a loss and move on, I posted the pictures of my David Tice custom cue so you would know it's not about the money, that cue was far more expensive, there are many great playing cues out there, I owned a Predator cue, it played very well, no cue I have ever owned has played as consistently as my Becues, cue to cue and shaft to shaft, the sound of my Becue is a lot like the sound of my David Tice cue, if you don't like that sound you shouldn't buy one, it's just not the cue for you, good luck in finding one that is perfect for you

I am not even sure what you are talking about anymore...Better post another random cue picture.

Who builds the Becue, full pool cues, and are they popular?

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