Recent content by Lowell

I wonder why it looks so McDermott-y. Don't they have their own custom cues (but without this tool available)?

I've been wanting something like this also. In theory, it should be totally doable if you're choosing from materials and inlays that they already use on their production cues.

If there were a reasonably priced online "build a cue" from a quality company with an actual high level of customization (especially for a reasonable price), I would totally be into it.

Congrats! I dream of having a Diamond table in my house someday. Right now I'd be lucky just to get a beat up Valley!

I bought a super plain looking cue as my first and didn't care about aesthetics at all, but for some reason I really grew to appreciate cues as art this year. Of course it won't make me play better, but I'm a nerd for this stuff and I appreciate the aesthetics.

I highly doubt that wood will go away either for amateurs or pros. There are too many elite players using wood, including young ones like Seo Seoa (just won the women's 9 ball championship) and the Ko Brothers. And what's interesting about their cues in particular is that they appear to be old...

I am critical of Predator's ostentacious logo being all over the place, but I will say that I actually like their match formats. It's personally more exciting to me than the standard race to 9 or whatever.

For what it's worth, I'm 30 and really appreciate the aesthetics of cues. I find the sea of plain looking Predators to be pretty boring. That being said, the custom cues I see usually don't look more interesting than the higher end production cues from companies like Meucci, Joss, Jacoby, etc...