Meucci trivia game
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Looks to me that the shaft is thinner in the middle.
Yes indeed! Bob Meucci experimented with screwing balance weights in under the wrap to get the balance point he wanted, then smoothed them over with bondo. It's been a while since I've seen one.
It's actually not, but you're right it sure looks that way in the picture.
I had several old brunswick cues that were done that way only I don't recall the bondo.
That’s because they installed them through the rear and plugged them instead of the sides.....which is Hackery
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Not sure what you mean by the rear. The ones I am talking about are under the wrap.
Interesting post.
The way you put it, whatever it is must be grossly obvious.
I have looked at that cue several times and nothing jumps out. It all looks like standard Meucci to me.
Cue maker?
Something that might have needed repaired?
I don't know. :frown:
The way you put it, whatever it is must be grossly obvious.
I have looked at that cue several times and nothing jumps out. It all looks like standard Meucci to me.
Cue maker?
Something that might have needed repaired?
I don't know. :frown:
Nope, no groove, just a standard issue Meuccie.
Interesting post.
The way you put it, whatever it is must be grossly obvious.
I have looked at that cue several times and nothing jumps out. It all looks like standard Meucci to me.
Cue maker?
Something that might have needed repaired?
I don't know. :frown:
It's very subtle it is just as it was when it was made.In fact this one was hardly ever used so it in fantastic original condition. Bob was or is always thinking and trying new ideas.This one represents one of his methods that he used briefly to find the perfect balance point for his cues. most people who have them probably have no idea that is was made this way. If you have re wrapped an earlier M.O. you may have seen it before. there aren't that many of them around so it's kind of fun to spot one.
Instead of just screwing in a bolt into the back, He picked certain points oblong the grip area where he wanted a bit of weight then threaded in a small weight in just the spot he felt would be best coming in from the side across the handle area, then covered the weight with a tiny bit of filler (bondo) so as to move the balance some what more to the front than just a rear bolt while maintaining the proper over all weight of the cue.
the butt rolls perfectly straight since the weights were counter sunk and smoothed over.
Why do you think they started clear coating over the wraps?
Again This is hackery....always was known as such, and they continued to do that in later cues as well past the “original” timeframe.
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OK.
But that was already guessed and I thought you said it was something else.
That's why I was still scratching my head.
We know about that, it's pretty well known. Sometimes you can see it through the wrap and finish. I thought it was something we could spot in the picture? In this case I can't see it.
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