Southwest-like cues
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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.
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.
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"
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.
{edit: I misread to think you were talking about Jerry, not Richard}
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
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Southwest Hit
The one original I hit with I really didn't like. There are copies out there that use the same pin that would probably do fine. Kaiser is one I remember but never played with that one. They look nice.
The one original I hit with I really didn't like. There are copies out there that use the same pin that would probably do fine. Kaiser is one I remember but never played with that one. They look nice.
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.
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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
"Hits a ton" and "plays like a monster".
Hope this helps :wink:
Gideon <----someone else can give the serious responses
You forgot "Lights Out", that's a very important quality.
So.... if Southwests hit like Bluegrass cues, and Bluegrass cues hit like Mcdermotts... I'm going out to buy a McDermott right now!
LOL
" just my opinion,
BUT THERE IS NO COMPARISON WHATSOEVER OF A BLUEGRASS CUE AND A MCDERMOTT CUE-
I really wish I knew why Richard made that statement when tar was interviewing him
"His cues definitely favor Southwest and Kersonbrock .
Brass pin 3/8 11 , compound taper and Micarta ferrule...
I've NEVER seen an ORIGINAL McDermott with ANY of these characteristics"
just saying"
I am basing my contribution on what I have read in the for sale section so it must be true :thumbup:
Runs many racks.
Draws the CB a mile.
Makes banks with ease.
Can feel from the feed back exactly where you hit the CB.
