List of pro players who stick to wood as their playing shaft
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my point is pretty clear: anyone that buys a cue/golf club/bowling ball/darts/whatever the fk based on what some pro uses is an idiot. this topic comes up almost weekly: what does so-n-so use for their tip/cue/wrap/chalk/scuffer. pick your equipment based on your game/stroke/ability/budget/etc and don't worry about what some pro does. Folks these players could WAIL on every member of AZ with a pos house cue. Book it.
names only? i’d rather curse you and question you and ridicule you and second guess you and talk intelligently about my personal main character syndrome that makes everything about meWe are in the same boat, but let's keep to business in this thread.
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Yes, your point was pretty clear and I agree with you: it's absurd to use a piece of equipment because some pro uses it. Unfortunately, that's not what the thread is about: the OP went nowhere near discussing that or recommending anything like that. It raised a question about the numbers related to the CF vs wood trend among professional players. Quite a few forum members, none of them idiots as far as I can tell, found it interesting and worth commenting on. You don't approve of the discussion? Okay.
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ok fine you can call these people idiots
but the nature of sponsorship and endorsements is based on star-power
why would shoe companies and clothing companies pay billions and billions, and millions and millions of dollars to star athletes if it didn’t work?
You are right, it does work, it works for Cuetec and SVB, what about John Q League player? Does it work for him? Or does it cost him a lot more money for the cue he just purchased? I know one thing for sure, that cost is being passed on to somebody......
Your right about that, they are everywhere now. These player endorsements definitely make the average player, believe that they need this or that shaft.
You would think by now that CF, with would have taken over. But there are still pros, who do there own thing.
I would guess that the list will, get shorter as the years go on.
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Golf clubs,tennis racquets,and pool cues were once made of wood, why did they change? Advancement in materials, and it happens to every industry and sports, no one complains about the better materials in pool balls or golf balls, the list goes on.....wood is fun, caring for it - not so much
As you do not lose anything with CF, but rather gain - lower deflection, more power, better durability and care free. And feel is something that you get used to, wood is really obsolete, just a matter of time before people would forget that cues and shafts used to be made of wood.
Maybe CF will not be the future, but definitely some sort of a composite material.
If you wish to use wood shaft, go ahead, why not? as long as you can get them, enjoy them.
I have many wooden shafts for my cues, I use them as well, but if I ever needed a new shaft, it probably won't be wood (and yes, I do have a hybrid shaft of Kielwood and carbon coming, but I don't need it, I just wanted it)
Becue has been making CF butts for 10 years, a complete CF cue, best hitting cue I have ever owned