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The first GC was purchased from the original owner -a pool room that closed. He said it was a 2. I don't remember enough about it to make a case. The 2nd may have been a 3. Also from a room owner, but he switched to Diamonds. He said the upgrade included the entire top of the table, aprons...

Have GCs increased in value recently? In the last 15 years I have bought a TIGHT GCII with setup and new Simonis for $1700. Sold it a couple years later to a friend for $1500. Also a GCII with a GCIV with flat top pockets for $500. (That was a steal obviously) Sold it for $1500 to a friend when...

I swear the set of Dynaspheres I bought off Amazon a couple years ago are fake. I can't hit a ball without scuffing it. At first I thought it was just the CB, but I started doing drills that shoot balls one after the other, replacing the last ball. That's when I noticed that each time I struck...

I sometimes wear them when practicing. Now that I live in the south, the music isn't in my wheelhouse. I do not use them in a match unless there are loud conversations around the table AND my opponent is also wearing them. If the room is distracting, I fight through it if my opponent does as...

I bought a used 30" maple butt with a big warp in it. I found the high point and each end of the bend. Each end of the bend was then set in the bend of a spoon sitting atop a tower speaker and a weight hung from the center of the warp. After 4-6 weeks, checking every couple days and resetting...

My answer is no, he is not. Granted, I have never met him so I am going off interviews and such for reference. The thread title suggests OP needs to be more respectful. Karl was once world-class. It's no wonder the pros no longer visit this place.

Yeah, it looks real slow. I do not like 8ball enough to watch it played on the big tables already, but this was even worse. I watched one rack. As stated above, it's cinch pool. I think I once saw a guy run 3 balls. The tables play a bit too tough to make it watchable. If I wanted to watch...

Rails and setups are everything. We have two rooms in town with 7' diamonds. They play very consistently in each place, but not at all alike from room to room. It takes a few minutes to adjust to the conditions but it becomes automatic. I have played at different rooms with rails so bouncy I...

TY Didn't see that and was trying to read the smaller print in the corner lol.

I read the flyer. What was the charity?

I play as well with the CF as I did with the maple. I now can go play at any room I wish without that constant fear of my custom cues being damaged or stolen. For me, the CF innovation has made my custom cues into collector's items or art that never leaves the house. In a sense of usefulness...

Glad your cues are ok. I've had Giuseppe, Instroke, Whitten, Acme, and Porper cases. If my case hit the road at 60+mph, I would only worry about the cues in the Instroke. Their clasps and zippers are trash and may dump my cues onto the pavement. The others would do a fine job protecting my cues...

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That's all it is worth TO ME. I can watch Earl and Efren's TCOM for free if I could find the time. I am not a retiree who will be able to watch the match in fewer than 20 sittings. At some point it will become like a job I need to finish. I take it back. I'm not even paying $10 for a copy...

Here are 3 of mine. I designed the middle cue to be plain for league play. The bottom one is 60". I have another 60" that has the built-in extension you see Bert use in some of his videos. I felt they played better than most customs back in the day. Not quite as firm as a SW, but much more firm...

Thia reminds me of my first lesson with Bert. I told him I needed to work on my 9ball break. He threw some balls on the table and asked me to run them out. After 3 failed attempts he asked why I would want to break better when I can't even run out. I will just be making it easier for my opponent...

Tiger Woods had Hank Haney as a coach for years. I don't recall Haney on the pro tour.

When Gorst signed on with Cuetec, he had the white ferrules on the Cynergy swapped out for something black. At the time, rumor was the material was carbon fiber but that may have just been speculation. I could not keep the butter-soft white ferrules clean, so I had them all replaced with...

My guess is because it is more difficult to see the contact point on a back cut than on other shots.

I took lessons from him in the 90s. I'd say his 9ball game (possibly his weakest game at the time) was around 650 Fargo. However, when he was hitting thousands of balls a day creating the 60 minute workout, I'll bet he was 100 points higher. He was a great instructor and charged accordingly...