I played for 12 hours straight today with the Meucci Carbon Pro and this shaft plays extremely well. Maybe it was how the stars aligned today or maybe it was because I was seeing the balls well today, which is getting harder and harder to do with my cataracts needing surgery.
From the moment I hit the first ball today, I was playing better than I have been in quite a while. I struggle with my contacts and today they seemed to be focusing quite well and I was able to see the edges of the balls pretty clear.
I was cutting the balls down the long rails and firing them in and seldom missing. I was even setting an object ball on the rail in the center of the head rail and putting the cue ball on the foot spot and cutting the ball into the left and right corners on the head rail, over and over. I was trying to measure the deflection and swerve of the shaft and it has very little.
I don't mind a little deflection...I actually think it comes in handy in a lot of situations.
This shaft hits super solid and I was getting used to the tip and its reaction after a short while. The first time I played with it, I wasn't sure about it. I think it may be an Ivory Ultraskin soft. It matches up with with the shaft.
I had a regular Meucci Pro wood shaft a while back, but I sold it with a custom cue butt that I had made for it. I was downsizing. The carbon Pro plays a lot better than the wood one. It has more "spine" and I think it hits more "solid" and "consistent".
The long taper feels good and it allows you to stay "way back" on your bridge and use a short back swing to shoot very long shots when your main focus is to just cinch the ball at hand. I was hitting lots and lots of table length shots where the cue ball and the object ball were eight feet apart and where the cue ball was almost on the rail.
The reason I played for so long was that I was having fun with this shaft. I was finding it hard to miss and my cue ball control was amazingly consistent. Several people came over to ask what kind of shaft and cue I was using.
I had it paired up with a full-spliced custom Titlist conversion and it was a good match. It balanced with the cue really well and it became a ball-making machine.
I want to set up some test shots with it and my Becue when I get my Prime shaft back from Italy. I want to set up some of the shots that I usually practice and see which shaft performs "better" for me.
FWIW, I think the Meucci may hit a bit "stiffer" than my Becue Prime shaft. I think the Becue may have a bit more "flex".