I don't think Ernie is still working.
If he was, a refinish and rewrap along with a new shafts would be the ticket.
Those old shafts probably aren't straight.
Who else could do the work and match the rings........?
If the butt is warped then it ain't worth much......
If you played at SMHB on the first three tables in front of the gallery 11,12 and 13 you were playing on 4 inch pockets.
Ernesto has tightened the pockets on tables all over S. Cali.
Tight pockets in one pocket is the norm in S. Cali although action is dying.
Crenshaw has very tight tables...
I am not a cue breaker but there are guys out there when you beat them, they go crazy and shatter their cues.
Looking at that cue disfigured, is hard to take.
I remember when I was a little kid and he had that show in Miami Beach and at the start of the show, the Camera would come in from the sea side, right up to the high rise hotel.
The man was a giant. Smoking, drinking and gaming.......
I am familiar with the story but without the dad she probably wouldn't have been a champion.
Her father was the ultimate tiger dad. Yes some kids buckle under the pressure.
Elon Musk hates his dad but his dad made Elon as tough as shoe leather................