I have a carbon fiber shaft i just got and the first shot directly after the break shot it is a horrible ting sound and partial miscue where it all feels dead. Then after every shot is fine. What could be the problem. Btw i already replaced the tip trying that and it is the same
Carbon fiber question
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What brand of shaft?
I it a ting or a click?
With no foam, it will have a high pitch ting coming from the resonance of the carbon tube.
A click is something loose somewhere.
An intermittent click is still something loose and is very hard to trace what the cause it.
Sometimes you can hear a click from the tip end, but it may in fact be loose at the joint insert end. It could be an air pocket under the tip, or a not so well bonded tip pad or ferrule.
All these will make a click.
Easy solution...break with a different cue! 
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Has your mother told you it is time for you to go to bed yet?
Is it?
I thought people were using high end CF shafts these days because of the low deflection properties and consistency of them as well.
I use a separate cue for breaking for a different tip hardness and to keep my playing tip in decent shape...
But what do I know...
See my disclaimer...
Mom's dead, I'm 66 years old and say exactly what I think and when I want to say it.
I think two things can be in play here. 1) if you have a Uniloc joint, it could be loose. 2) you probably are miscuing. Many of us either don’t chalk as often as we should and many of us don’t always precisely strike the cueball where we sighted it up. If the tip makes solid contact, there is no ting. If your shaft makes contact, there is a ting. It’s about that simple.
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Tests have shown energy transfer is first and foremost in the tip hardness. The hardness for best break efficiency is likely bad for spinning whitey. The tip softness best for spinning whitey will likely mushroom and/or harden for breaking often. Two cues is mostly about saving constant tip maintenance.
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It sounds to me that there is a problem with the joint insert somewhere.
Get it rebored and inserted and threaded again for your pin type.
It was the same noise whether breaking or simply dropping it, but did the noise come from the same place?
If the joint is guided, I am guessing you are hearing the shaft seeding.
If the joint is guided, I am guessing you are hearing the shaft seeding.
Watched Alex Pag break with a CF and play with a woody at Griff's last wknd lol
Has anyone seen this one? I just backed it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackmagicshafts/black-magic-carbon-fiber-cue-shafts
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackmagicshafts/black-magic-carbon-fiber-cue-shafts