I counted between 7-8. The black veneer I can't tell is one or two.
Yes I do need more shafts. I play with every cue I've owned, the nice thing about having six shafts is I can actually keep two mint shafts for the first time in my life. I forget to mention that I was told shafts 1,2,3,4 are all cut from the same super dense board. I've owned all sorts of cues and this shaft wood is amazing, I'll try and take some micro pictures of the growth rings. Looks to be around 30 + gpi.