No I haven't, I went straight to this guy because I'd been following his work on FB for a while... I really wouldn't know where to start on finding a good builder in the PI
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Mike i have been collecting,flipping cues for alot of years.you are never guranteed your money(or even a specific percentage of your money back on custom cues) the truth of the matter is though that,depending on how well you take care of it of course,you will always be able to get 50-75 percent of your purchase price .of course this is where buying from a established builder comes into play. If you buy from? Say, ernie guittierrez(ginacue) you would spend 2-3 times your budget on a cue similar to what you,re looking for...BUT...when you go to resale(IF you actually want or need to resale) you can expect almost ALL of your money back on a "fancy" cue like this....no offense to the phillipino builders. But their cues lose more on resale than any builders i can think of...ALSO the top builders also build cues that PLAY ssooo good that hopefully you don,t ever want to sell it . Whatever you do ,try out(actually hitting balls with specific cuemakers to find which ones play like you like. If you want a cue as fancy as your design,you are gonna have to go with guys who
Se cues usually depreciate considerably on the second hand market( you will lose on selling it)... If i were you i would 1) find the cuemaker whose cues"hit" the way i like it to...2) i would have him build me a cue with a simple,classic design that is never going out of style...3) i would then have it made with beatiful woods( burls,gaboon ebony,spalted maple,etc...) because people will ALWAYS want pretty ,simple cues made of great woods by great ,reputable cuemakers...THEY never go out of style. Also remember,you might want to try to KEEP your first custom cue... I highly encourage you to go into this looking for the best"playing" cue you have ever owned because isn,t that the reason to buy a cue anyway??? I have owned many plain janes,merry widow cues that typically have a certain wood for the forearm a d another (differnt wood) for the handle section...i love gaboon ebony foreams and buttsleeves with an exotic or pretty wood section for the handle(burls,permanbuco,etc... And it will lookgrat,PLAY even better,and will always be sought after on the second hand market. Go for as pretty a rings as you can afford and whatever you do,DO NOT have your name or anything else thet"personalizes" the cue to you...this will make it almost impossible to resale if you ever do want to flip it. Good luck.enjoy ordering and designing your first custom cue and more importantly,PLAYING with it!!! If you are actually (or was) a marine..thank you for your service buddy,seriously.God Bless too