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  1. Cadillac J

    Best/Worst advice you have received on AZ

    BEST - "just get a Mezz"...have six of them now, love them all and are easily the best mass-market cues - "bury me with my Joss"... don't remember who had this in their signature years ago, but it made me curious, so i got a Joss 44 with traditional 13mm shaft, and it might be my favorite cue...
  2. Cadillac J

    Are diamonds on a pool table a bit of a crutch??

    We all know that diamonds on a table help to make visualizing, aligning and aiming MUCH easier as reference points, especially on banks and kicks...but does a huge 11-12 foot Snooker table have them? I've never seen before, but not sure. Makes me think...are pool players too reliant on them...
  3. Cadillac J

    Posting pics on forum -- EASY directions

    Yo everyone, I've read from others and experienced certain problems and issues myself regarding the inability to get a picture posted in a thread (whether using the forum's upload file method or using a photo hosting site and posting the code in text). The easiest and free method to me has...
  4. Cadillac J

    3 new Ariel Carmelli cues

    I just went to Seyberts and saw this on the main page...in case anyone is interested in picking one up. https://www.seyberts.com/ariel-custom-cues
  5. Cadillac J

    Dammit! Just added 2 more Mezz to my cue family

    After telling myself "no more cue purchases", I was randomly browsing the Mezz site and just had to pull the trigger. Not to mention, it felt like a 'deal' getting 2 cues for $1200 compared to the $1500 I thought about dropping on the Efren cue originally. Picked up an EC7-K & Axi-151...both...
  6. Cadillac J

    fixed Vision Center issue -- I use both eyes INDEPENDENTLY !

    Background When I was younger and played, I was Right-eye dominant and right-handed (not related, but was only 5' 5" - 5' 8" max in my mid-teens when I used to play most...back picking up the game three years ago I am 6' 3"). I started to need glasses in the 4th grade, then went to contacts...
  7. Cadillac J

    brand new Schon shaft won't fit a new Schon butt?!

    I have 2 Schons--one is a Ltd at ~$1250), the other is was an SP ~$1060...both are my most expensive cues by over $200 (next highest priced are my Mezz Axi-155 & Axi-156 w/ WX900 shafts). Right now they both have 30" aftermarket shafts: OB Pro+ and Jacoby Ultra Pro skinny. Likely purchased them...
  8. Cadillac J

    new Mezz WX-a (WX Alpha) shaft...any insights or experience?

    I was just on the Mezz US website and saw their new Ace 18 lineup of cues, which all come with a WX-a or WX-alpha shaft...has anyone got a chance to use yet? https://www.mezzusa.com/collections/new-ace-series/products/ace-180-billiard-cue The diameter is 12.8mm compared to the 12.5mm of the...
  9. Cadillac J

    the ONLY way I'd ever get a carbon shaft...

    ...is if they could make it appear as a natural wood color--there is nothing more ugly to me on a cue than a black shaft--which might be a little weird since my first decent cue my grandpa bought me back in early/mid-1990s, it was a Cuetec Earl Strickland edition all blacked out with a...
  10. Cadillac J

    Bucking the 'trend' of extensions/longer cues...meet my 54"

    I noticed many recent videos of both pros and amateurs that look to have 4" to over 8" extensions either placed between shaft/butt or onto the butt itself. The longest cue I currently have is a 60" McDermott (58" butt w/ 31" shaft) and I can see why longer cues are attractive, especially playing...
  11. Cadillac J

    Pics of your cues...let's see those collections!

    As pool became my main hobby about two years ago, I've acquired a lot of equipment over this time due to continually trying and testing new things to find what worked best for me regarding all cue parts: tip types/shapes/hardness, shaft diameters/tapers/lengths, laminated vs one-piece, LD vs...
  12. Cadillac J

    transitioning from 8- to a 9-ft table...huge adjustment or not?

    Just got back into pool about 3 years ago after a 20 year hiatus, when the condo I purchased had a finished basement with an 8-foot Brunswick (named Cimarron on bottom?, model #: QH from the early 90s. It needed some work, so purchased new rails and Simonis 860HR cloth that was installed earlier...
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