Did everyone see the announcement?
OB Carbon Fiber - June 3rd
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so six shaft options? kinda confusing
Different collars and joint sizes...
Yep.... and is it me or the pics. They don't look like carbon. Laminate wood maybe. But hey, I'm still new to carbon. Carbon was always black in my book.
i wonder if it is a carbon core surrounded by a veneer
All on backorder already???
foam inside the carbon? makes no sense...maple will still get dings
There is no foam inside the carbon. It is a maple shaft with a carbon core. They say the shaft will be flexible as well. In my opinion that is a huge benefit. Personally I have never liked the look of the black carbon shafts so a wood outside is genius. I think the OB-1 carbon might be the way to go because the wood ferrule will take away the stiffness and give more feel comparable to a maple shaft. Needless to say I am very excited to try one of these shafts out.
They say its the stiffest shaft they've ever made. Wood ferrule is to reduce front-end mass. Putting it on a shaft this stiff will do nothing as far as flexibility. Neither will the wood over the CF core. It will affect the sound of the cue and of course how it feels in your fingers.
In case anybody's wondering whether these are contradictory, they aren't. Very stiff shafts can also be very low squirt.
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Yep. For sure. I was amazed when i hit the 12.9Revo. Very stiff and next to nil in deflection. Carbon shines in this regard. Low mass yet stiff.
If I remember correctly, Cuetech was doing carbon core shafts years before the Revo came out. What makes this new OB shaft different? And are they claiming it is on par with the Revo and Cuetech CF? And more importantly, have they remedied their QC and customer service issues?
Cuetec did fiberglass over wood iirc. Don't recall any carbon-fiber cored CT cues, at least nothing using the carbon-fiber available today. We'll just have to wait for the reviews to start. As for CS? I've only had one instance where i had a problem(ferrule related) and they took care of me PRONTO. No complaints here. I've heard the stories but my deal was taken care of well.