Got no traction in Ask the Cuemaker so i'll try here: if you don't want spend cubic$$$ and/or fade the wait, who makes a cue with a SW-style hit? I'm sure this has been asked before but a search didn't help. Thanks in advance.
Only one brand has the same taper and construction style afaik.
Blue Grass.
You can't have the same hit if you have a different taper and construction.
Anybody who claims this such and such hits like SW even though it has a much different taper is full of it.
I thought he based his cues "hit" off the old mcdermotts... Have never played with either SW or Bluegrass, so I couldn't say from personal experience. I just remember hearing that in an interview he did.
Got no traction in Ask the Cuemaker so i'll try here: if you don't want spend cubic$$$ and/or fade the wait, who makes a cue with a SW-style hit? I'm sure this has been asked before but a search didn't help. Thanks in advance.
It's fair to say that Jerry Franklin had a really good relationship with Jim McDermott, and that in the early years, McDermott was the most prevalent of the big pin, flat-faced, wood-to-wood joint. But, the "hit" goes way beyond that.
I never heard Laurie say that Jerry based his hit off of McDermott. Jerry had his own thought on how a cue should play and should be constructed.
Freddie <~~~ or so the story goes
He's talking about Richard Harris basing his hit off the old McDermotts, not Jerry. Richard says so in this interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_OECakEKA
Also, in a cuemaker bio on a distributor's site, he said Paul Mottey's cues were the first that really impressed him as far as the precision of their builds.
He's talking about Richard Harris basing his hit off the old McDermotts, not Jerry. Richard says so in this interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_OECakEKA
Also, in a cuemaker bio on a distributor's site, he said Paul Mottey's cues were the first that really impressed him as far as the precision of their builds.
Bill,
RICK HOWARD from Florida is my 1st pick...
2nd Is Mike Bender-
both of these guys build some of the best playing cues around,
AND WORKMANSHIP IS ALSO TOP QUALITY ...
I sent you a pm about a sneaky"
Bill,
RICK HOWARD from Florida is my 1st pick...
2nd Is Mike Bender-
both of these guys build some of the best playing cues around,
AND WORKMANSHIP IS ALSO TOP QUALITY ...
I sent you a pm about a sneaky"
Rick Howard -
I dont think anyone else builds a better playing cue for the money.
If you like a Southwest hit, Rick Howard is an excellent alternative.
Ken
Forgive me, but what's the "Southwest Hit"? Exceptionally firm? Soft?
Thanks.
"Hits a ton" and "plays like a monster".
Hope this helps :wink:
Gideon <----someone else can give the serious responses
So.... if Southwests hit like Bluegrass cues, and Bluegrass cues hit like Mcdermotts... I'm going out to buy a McDermott right now!
LOL
"Hits a ton" and "plays like a monster".
Hope this helps :wink:
Gideon <----someone else can give the serious responses