Recently I was PM'd by Bob Danielson about trying out one of his cues with the SS360 shaft. He did this after I was posting looking for a cue builder that would be willing to make me a cue and match up some OB Classic shafts to it, not sure if it was correlated. I was taken back by the offer because nothing like this has ever happened to me, but I stepped up to the plate and said I will give it unbiased try, I have been an OB and standard maple shaft user for quite some time. This is what he sent me:
This cue is beautiful in its own unique way. The butt is his 6 piece set up which looked to be alternating cocobolo and bocote, this created a very unique contrast. The wrap on the cue is black linen with green specs that felt nice in the hands, this says a lot coming from a wrapless cue shooter. The only thing that upset me about the look of the butt was the fact that the butt cap and the joint colors didn't match, but that is me being OCD lol.
On to the playing points of the cue, specs are as follows:
Butt weight: 15.18 oz
Shaft weight: 3.69 oz
Tip Diameter: 12.88mm
Tip: I believe it was a Kamui Brown Medium but I am sure Bob will chime in on that.
Pin: 3/8-10 G10
This cue was very spunky as far as playing, it would make whitey do whatever I told it to and consistently! The feel was great with no noticed vibration that you would get from a standard shaft but yet it had that same solid feel. The only way I can describe it is this, it has the feel and hit of a one piece with the accuracy and playability of LD. When he sent me this cue it was a super easy transition from my Frey with an OB Classic to this cue.
The fit and finish of Bob's cues are amazing and well thought out and he has one heck of a product for the money. I recommend that you check him out if you are in the market for a new cue or LD shaft give BDCues/ss360 a try you wont be disappointed by the options available for cues and shaft dimensions.
www.bdcuesandcomix.com
And I would like to thank Bob again for this opportunity!
This cue is beautiful in its own unique way. The butt is his 6 piece set up which looked to be alternating cocobolo and bocote, this created a very unique contrast. The wrap on the cue is black linen with green specs that felt nice in the hands, this says a lot coming from a wrapless cue shooter. The only thing that upset me about the look of the butt was the fact that the butt cap and the joint colors didn't match, but that is me being OCD lol.
On to the playing points of the cue, specs are as follows:
Butt weight: 15.18 oz
Shaft weight: 3.69 oz
Tip Diameter: 12.88mm
Tip: I believe it was a Kamui Brown Medium but I am sure Bob will chime in on that.
Pin: 3/8-10 G10
This cue was very spunky as far as playing, it would make whitey do whatever I told it to and consistently! The feel was great with no noticed vibration that you would get from a standard shaft but yet it had that same solid feel. The only way I can describe it is this, it has the feel and hit of a one piece with the accuracy and playability of LD. When he sent me this cue it was a super easy transition from my Frey with an OB Classic to this cue.
The fit and finish of Bob's cues are amazing and well thought out and he has one heck of a product for the money. I recommend that you check him out if you are in the market for a new cue or LD shaft give BDCues/ss360 a try you wont be disappointed by the options available for cues and shaft dimensions.
www.bdcuesandcomix.com
And I would like to thank Bob again for this opportunity!