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Thank you. Lou Figueroa

Personally I think it’s important to avoid making broad generalizations. Maybe you like nice shit and need to justify your purchases but some, perhaps most of us, are not wired thataway. Lou Figueroa too much experience and money to need to do that

Well, another critical component at issue here is that unless you try a wide variety of cues you’ll never know what the right one for you is. Kinda like (dare I say it….) choosing a woman to spend the rest of your life with. Lou Figueroa go ahead “Me too” me to death

Shelby full splice : -) I believe the cue came up for sale in the Spring here and I dithered and it got bought. Then it came up for sale again later in the year and I jumped on it. Funny thing is that I was exclusively playing with one of the shafts and was loving it. Then I took out the...

In my nightmares I have often left a Gina behind or had one stolen at a tournament. Lou Figuetoa wake up in a cold sweat

oh, same here! Good to be older and wiser now ;-) Lou Figueroa

Thank you to all who have participated in this thread and offered their thoughtful opinions. One of the final thing I want to say on this topic is: over the last 50 years I have been blessed to play with a wide variety of cues, having had some very esteemed cue makers construct cues to my...

OK, so I agree to a certain extent that if you wrapped a bunch of cues from the joint on down with masking tape players might not be able to discern the method of their construction -- but I think they would find that they prefer the hit of certain cues, with similar construction, over others...

What I have learned over the years is that the human body (or at least mine) is not perfectly engineered. So, once again in my case, I have learned that a closed bridge sets me up perfectly for some shots, while various kinds of open hand bridges serve me better for others. IOWs, purely...

I think it was just a style of play employed by the best of the older era and broadly imitated. I mean, if it's good enough for Mosconi, Greenleaf, et al, who is going to argue? Later on, players evolved on their own and created a different style with longer and more often an open hand bridge...

I was talking to Gail tonight over dinner about playing with my newest cue and told her I was playing exceptionally well with it and with a high degree of overall consistency. I tried to describe the hit, feel, and... confidence I got from playing with it. Then I told her about "New Cue...

hmmmm, two years of German in high school... Hi, I was offered this Mike Bender cue and would like to ask what the current value of this piece of jewelry is! It's a 5 pointer from 2009, everything white on the cue and the tops is EB. Thank you in advance and good luck at all times. Lou Figueroa

There was one story, back in the 60's that seemed to be a fore-runner to "The Hustler" and appeared in one of the magazines my parents subscribed to, like maybe the, "Saturday Evening Post." Lou Figueroa

At the US One Pocket Open in 2000 up in Kalamazoo, when, as part of an exhibition, Nevel shot the end rail, make the ball on the side rail, and draw the CB back three rails shot, Massey was juicing the CB for him. Lou Figueroa

You need a good mentor (not an instructor) -- someone who is an accomplished player, observant and a good communicator. I have no doubt there is someone in your area that fits those qualifications whom you would trust. Break the ice and seek them out. Lou Figueroa

I have been know to sandpaper some Masters. Lou Figueroa

I saw Saygnier get, I think, eight rails during his exhibition up in Chicago. He had the CB and the other two balls in the corner. He jacked up and masse'd the shot causing the CB to repeatedly dive into the corner, almost like it was fighting to get out. Of course then, when the follow wears...

Chalking is part of my PSR. However, the manner in which I chalk drills a hole. And I suspect, from the look of most pool hall pieces of chalk, a lot of other players do too. I'll also mention that I know several other players that have taken to smoothing out their chalk via various means...

Many moons ago I had the opportunity to visit a USA Olympic training facility in CO. For the swimmers one of the things they did was harness them up and pull them through the water so they could feel what a world pace/record winning form feels like so they could modify accordingly. Lou Figueroa

IMO, it is more important to execute the PSR that results in the best setup, chalk be damned : -) Lou Figueroa drill baby, drill