OB Cues?

Bigkahuna

Bigkahuna

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I have an OB cue and shaft with the short regular looking ferrule. I think I bought it maybe 10 or 15 years ago at APA Nationals in Las Vegas. I met the owner, Royce I think it was. I know he passed and the company is gone. The cue was not particularly expensive but I like how it played compared to my Falcon with non cat Predator shaft. How are these cues regarded these days?
 
Bigkahuna said:
I have an OB cue and shaft with the short regular looking ferrule. I think I bought it maybe 10 or 15 years ago at APA Nationals in Las Vegas. I met the owner, Royce I think it was. I know he passed and the company is gone. The cue was not particularly expensive but I like how it played compared to my Falcon with non cat Predator shaft. How are these cues regarded these days?
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I don't know how they are regarded by "actual" pool players, as I myself am a C player on a good day. I have a 30" OB Classic shaft that I use on a 30" Larry Vigus butt and it's my favorite cue of all that I have.
 
I Have one too, a custom, one of the very last ones made before they closed. I have a very skilled custom cuemaker friend in NY that does my tips. He looked it over, and was impressed. He said the finish on my cue is one of the best he has ever seen. So they were putting out quality cues, at least in the final years, under jeremy and amy jones' leadership.
 
From what I've heard they are quality and people really like them but they are a dead brand so they don't come up in conversation much around my area.

You can't just go order one so people don't recommend them much but if you saw a used one or something you would be getting a good cue.
 
J&J still has some shafts and blanks. Just have to check their site. IMO the Classic+ was one of the best lo-def. shafts out there. I liked it better than a 314.
 
I switched from a Z2 to an OB2+ and it was similar, a tiny bit less whippy. I then went to a Revo 11.8, then switched games and now use a Revo 3C-U with a BK Rush butt (per recommendation of poolmanis). I also have a custom made 11.3 PDB OB Cues carom shaft.

These are the only cues I have ever really used as main playing cues and they are both very good.

OB has a good reputation among players.
 
I was at the super billiards getting ready to pull the trigger on my first predator when my friend said why don’t you try ob . It was the first year it was there. I hit one ball and knew it was the one for me lol wish I still had it
 
Bigkahuna said:
I have an OB cue and shaft with the short regular looking ferrule. I think I bought it maybe 10 or 15 years ago at APA Nationals in Las Vegas. I met the owner, Royce I think it was. I know he passed and the company is gone. The cue was not particularly expensive but I like how it played compared to my Falcon with non cat Predator shaft. How are these cues regarded these days?
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IIRC, Shane promoted or was using them when they were new in the pool scene. Got curious on how they were making the cue shafts. I remember it when I was debating on getting a 314 or an OB1 back in 2009. Heard some great things about it but couldn't get the OB1 back then. Settled for the old 314.
 
Hail Mary Shot said:
IIRC, Shane promoted or was using them when they were new in the pool scene. Got curious on how they were making the cue shafts. I remember it when I was debating on getting a 314 or an OB1 back in 2009. Heard some great things about it but couldn't get the OB1 back then. Settled for the old 314.
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The OB's with the short white ferrule rocked. The Classic had laminated strips bundled together, the Classic+ had solid strips bundled together. That shaft played/hit/felt great. J&J still has some partials.
 
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