any pros use <58" cue?

garczar said:

IIRC Balabushka was one of the first to play around with 58" cues. When i started playing in '78 most were already 58".

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interesting
here's a few things I found to add on:

"Up until somewhere in the 1960's, pool cues were 57". But overall, players were shorter back then. Standard length evolved to 58" and cue makers went to work on making them perform well. 58" is still the standard today, but we have lots of tall players now."

https://www.pooldawg.com/article/po... somewhere in the,on making them perform well.

I think the transition to 58" cues began with Jan Janes and Joss Cues.

For the first few years we were in business together Dan and I made all custom cues. Most were 57" but Dan played with a 58" cue and so did Buddy Dennis and a few other players on the East Coast.

When we split up Dan started to make limited production runs of the same model cue. He settled on a length of 58".

This was before Viking or McDermott.

I continued to make whatever the customer wanted but eventually started playing with a 58" cue.

Bill S.

(r.i.p.)

https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=402621

HawaiianEye said:

I think balance is one of the key specs.

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definitely-

S.Vaskovskyi said:

The main rule for me the cue should allow me to make a grip depending on the shot and having follow through effortless without too much work.
It simply depends on the height and wingspan i.e. that is individual like it goes to the stance.

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agree..I grew the other way, so a shortie for a shortie? :grin:

Z-Nole said:

Hopefully you like what you have.

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hopefully- but if not, change it! sounds like you can relate..