I went to Joel after being screwed by two American cue makers. It is beautiful and straight. It has been close to three years now. The only problem I had was the wrap sucked. For the money it was easy to repair and I am still ahead hundreds from what the cue could have cost.
Stake
Every so often and fairly regularly someone says if you take a Rambushkatierrez against a golden tomato stake everyone will pick the Rambushkatierrez. Has anyone ever tried a blind test with non and low level players(or even experienced players) to see if this is true?
Ebony and amboyna
I love mine. I have a half amboyna burl and linen grip with an amboyna burl butt. The forearm is ebony with four amboyna points with three veneers w/b/w. I play with an 11.75 shaft.
Jd
I got mine and love the look of the cue. The wrap fell off and the finish wasn't good. I had Steve Klapp refinish it. Even with the extra work it is still a deal and it is a beautiful cue. Joel was willing to refinish it and redo the wrap but I wasn't willing to bulls**t my way through...
I just got my cue back from Steve Klapp. It is perfect. He repaired a couple areas that I thought were forever. A special thanks to Steve, and a recommendation to everyone else that needs a refinish or even just thought about freshening a cue up.
Congratulations, for all of their acheivements. The time does fly by. It seems like yesterday my family was in the same stages but when I really think about it my kids have been out of college for ten years.