Recent content by jlrowe

CJ is definitely right on the stance. I had a older guy when i was in my mid 20's that tried to show me this and he was a jam up player and had a helluva stroke. I tried it for like 2 days and it just felt weird to me and i went back to my old way of lining up the shot with my right hip and...

I think that a commentary should be done like Earl the Pearl does it. Only one person doing it to start. When you have 2 people in the box they are telling stories, cutting up etc. Earl gives you insight on every shot of how he would play the shot and give other options also, Its like you are...

Focus on position and stay down and watch what the cue ball does after contact. This lets you know everything, the tangent line how that ball reacted after hitting a rail. When i was in my 20's and 30's all i focused on was making the balls. I believed if i could pocket balls good enough if...

Triangle tip

Thanks Glenn, yeah i used the same stretch on both ends...2.75" at the head and 2.75" at the foot this is after backing off 3/4" from the max from each end. You inspire me to keep improving.

Looks like these are sold by the same person. The shipping costs are the same and pretty steep at that. Yeah its true that these were going around 150 to 180 at one time. But with the inflated prices of cues these days they would be a bargain for around 450 today.

Ok, I have installed Simonis, CPBA and few cheap cloths on my own tables.I have never installed anything faster than 860. I know that on a 9ft table with Simonis the stretch is around 1.8. I just installed Gorina Tournament 2000 and what I came up with as the stretch index of 2.7. basically 3.5"...

Im in the same boat...im 58 now and when i was in my 20's I could do the same but yeah now my back and shoulder is shot. I'm lucky to do 3 hours. But i think i shoot as good as when i was in my 20's maybe even better. I still have the determination but just dont have that drive or killer...

I play regular with a friend of mine Clint Parker he is 85 years old and shoots jam up. Helluva straight stroke and steady as a rock. Also, had another friend Bob Fannin that was 72 unfortunately passed away now since its been over 20 years that beat Cory Duel at DCC one year.

The original Rhino 11.8 doesnt have the longer taper either. The 12.2, 12.4 and 12.5 does have a pro taper. On the 11.8 which i dont consider pro taper but they advertise as pro taper but actually modified Euro. It is at 12mm only 1.5" back and increases to 13mm at 13.25 back. I have a long...

Here it is...Rhino, Raven and custom woood shaft. Higher frequency definitely Rhino and that is with a Medium tip. Good quality wood shaft with Talisman hard has a higher frequency than the Raven which the sound is slightly dampened no ping from the foam fill. Here is an overlay chart of the...

I definitely agree. I was thinking myself when i bought the Rhino WTH is wrong with this shaft. i could fire balls in at times then at other times the deflection was like a front heavy cue with a Ivory ferrule times 2. I changed the tip to a ultraskin fire medium and it made a big difference...

A smart word of advice...If he is a big biker looking dude. Don't say "Better luck next time bud don't quit your day job." :LOL:

I like my tips on viagra. I like them so hard it sounds like phenolic when you hit with them. But of course they got to hold chalk well. So i use Talisman Hard. The extra hard dont seem to hold chalk as well but when the hard gets down below half sounds like you are hitting with the ferrule and...

I have an old Brunswick house cue stamped 21oz in the wood that we use to break with in my pool room. Still pretty straight no lift at joint and no lift at ferrule just flutter in the middle. It has a huge butt at 1.433 or 36.40 mm. Hits good I have played with it a few times. Have a Talisman...