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    Traditional wood shafts making comeback?

    There was a thread about trying new tips, one of the posters said he had been using the same tip for 40 years, what tip would you recommend for him? I would say the same one he's been using for 40 years, I would say the same thing for all equipment, if you love what you are using there is no...
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    Here are some pics with the Engage and the Prime II, I used a tape measure and a digital dial caliper set to inches, PRIME II 1stnow here is the Engage As you can see, the Prime II has the longer taper, both shafts are 30" long, the Prime II is 12.0mm and the Engage is 11.8 mm, both are great...
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    I'm using a 30" shaft, I'll send a pic tomorrow after work
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    I haven't tried a Whyte Carbon, MOST CF shafts are a tube with a seam that is foam filled, Becue shafts are spun and have no seam, you can get them up to 31" in length, I know they cost more but a couple of hundred bucks spread out over 10 years isn't enough to talk about, the cue I owned...
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    The Prime II shaft taper is longer than 18", way longer, Becue's shafts do not have a seam in them like most CF shafts do, they are spun as one solid shaft, I loved the Engage shaft, I love the Prime II shaft even more, to me it's has the best balance of solid CF hit and feedback like a wood...
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    I own 2 of them, it is a great shaft, Becue does things a little different than any cue company I know, instead of trying to build the "one" shaft everyone is going to love, they build shafts for different types of hit, I wouldn't get to hung up on shaft size with CF, 11.8 to 12.3 is 1/2 of 1mm...
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    Is your most often used cue and favorite cue, the same?

    A pool cue can transfer cue efficiently or it can rob power from your stroke, I'll give you it's not as complicated as a car, but there is technology that goes into building a cue that plays exceptionally.
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    Is your most often used cue and favorite cue, the same?

    There is a correlation here that my teammate noticed, the engineers at Becue were pool players before they started building cues, their intent was to bring to pool what CF brought to golf, a pool cue can't add power to your stroke but it can certainly rob power from your stroke, I remember when...
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    Is your most often used cue and favorite cue, the same?

    Pool cues are a tool for pool player as a car is a tool for a driver, my cue is the best tool for me that I have found, this of course is subjective, you could hate my cue, it doesn't mean my cue is bad, it only means it's not the right cue for you.
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    Is your most often used cue and favorite cue, the same?

    I'll put it like this, I can drive a 25mph S curve in my Sentra at 40mph, I can drive that same S curve in my friends Z28 at 60mph, same driver with a better tool.....
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    If only my shaft was 11.9 mm instead of 12.0 mm I could break and run every rack I play........
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    Is your most often used cue and favorite cue, the same?

    I agree but I love playing with my cue, it just feels like it's made for me, I did play with a house cue a couple of months ago and won 4 or 5 games with it, made me realize how good my cue is for me......
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    Is your most often used cue and favorite cue, the same?

    Becue Natural Born Naked 29" butt and Becue Prime II 12.0mm 30"shaft with a 3" extension I leave on all the time, it's my favorite cue because it's the one I play the best with, the butt,shaft and extension are all CF, their cues are engineered to transfer the power of your stroke more...
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    Why Your Skill Doesn’t Matter in Matches - Just in Practice

    I think it also matters how long you have been playing, if you have been playing at least 20 years CONTINUALLY you probably are not working on your stroke, I was away from the game for about 10 years and I am just STARTING to feel comfortable with my stroke after 4 years, It’s like night and day...
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    I find using a CF shaft that any shaft from 11.8mm to 12.5 will play very similar, taper and construction have the most effect on how they play, that's been my experience 😉
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    Why Your Skill Doesn’t Matter in Matches - Just in Practice

    Gamblers only want to play people they believe they can beat, their interest is money not becoming a great player
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    Tip Decisions... AZB Help me pick a couple to try Please. (and Thank you!)

    Been using Bulletproof Recoil tips for the last year, tried dozens of different tips, I'm sticking with these
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    Most popular Carbon fiber shaft size?

    I'm using a Becue Prime II 12.0 shaft and I don't have any reason to try another shaft, it has a super long taper, I haven't measured it but it is visibly noticeable and different than any other shaft I've seen, I have used a 12.4, 11.8 as well and to me the difference is so small in size it's...
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    Why Your Skill Doesn’t Matter in Matches - Just in Practice

    I played at Super Billiards Expo a few years ago in the amateur tourney, 2 races to 5, First set I'm up 3-0 and lose 5-3 second set I'm down 3-0 in the second set and come back to win 5-3, and then go on to win the last set, it would have been easy to give up, I have been on the other side as...
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    Why Your Skill Doesn’t Matter in Matches - Just in Practice

    I think you have the right take on the article but I would argue that preparing to face adversity during a match is a skill that can and should be learned, some people never quit and fight till they win or lose, a loss doesn't make them doubt themselves, they learn from it while others won't...
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