I have purchased several cues from Bill. I went to his place and he let me hit cues for at lease 2 hours, any cue I wanted to hit I hit. It was well worth the trip. I finally settled on a Wes Hunter, that was back in 2007, and it is still my playing cue. I have not found another cue I like better. I do believe it is a good idea to play with a cue for a while before you buy it, expecially if you plan on it being your main player. I think Bill is a great person to deal with. Sold a cue a while ago and it went great also. Tom