True Cost of a Southwest?

animatedvmaker · Mar 7, 2020

trinacria said:
don't listen to cue flippers, all cues play great for them. and I agree that SWs play like shit, they feel like a log as someone just used that term, as in dead feeling. you get minimal feedback from them and the design is boring and lame. especially the butt end, they look like a mistake was fixed and they ran out of the same color wood.

That is just your opinion. If they hit so poorly, then why have so many pros chose a SW as their choice of cue, out of any other cue in the world? And remember that SW did not build them the cue for free. They paid full price for it, I assume. Ask Dennis Orcollo how his SW played.

I would love to try out a SW cue someday. I do not see how they obtained such a great rep over the last 30(?) years, if their cues really hit as bad as you say they do.

I personally think that many that I have seen look really nice, and made with really beautiful woods.

Black-Balled · Mar 7, 2020

trinacria said:
broke down in 2.:rotflmao:

worth every penny

I am a big bimmer fan...but I will never own one.

Wife had a 3 series convertible when we were young an pretty, and it drove like a dream.

Maxx · Mar 7, 2020

RiverCity said:
What can happen sometimes as well, is that people convince themselves that brand X is the best. And they pay an inflated price to buy brand X, then tell themselves that it really is the best. It is a bias that exists in many ways over many different mediums. .........

Sounds like the low deflection bandwagon.

CocoboloCowboy · Mar 7, 2020

Maxx said:
Sounds like the low deflection bandwagon.

I still playing old school, have not jumped on many new, greatest, have to have bandwagons like Chalk made of Mermaids Fin.

Black-Balled · Mar 7, 2020

animatedvmaker said:
I think that I read a thread on here where Deano (or maybe someone else) said that the Jackpot cues are made by Jack Potter of Libra cues.

https://www.proficientbilliards.com/cuerepair/index.php?/category/239

Depends on what the definition of 'made' is.

There are extensive discussions about the crakjackpots on the azb, but suffice to say, jack has no lathe.

Thecoats · Mar 7, 2020

animatedvmaker said:
I think that I read a thread on here where Deano (or maybe someone else) said that the Jackpot cues are made by Jack Potter of Libra cues.

https://www.proficientbilliards.com/cuerepair/index.php?/category/239

That American Flag Libra has always been one of my favorite cues. So simple and so cool at the same time. I bet it hits a ton too.

I had a couple of Libra's and they were great cues.

-don

Ratamon · Mar 16, 2020

trinacria said:
don't listen to cue flippers, all cues play great for them. and I agree that SWs play like shit, they feel like a log as someone just used that term, as in dead feeling. you get minimal feedback from them and the design is boring and lame. especially the butt end, they look like a mistake was fixed and they ran out of the same color wood.

What is it so boring about these South Wests? The answer is nothing!

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JoeyInCali · Mar 16, 2020

Ratamon said:
What is it so boring about these South Wests?

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Damn!
SW's beauty is in her simplistic elegance .

One of the best hitting cues I've ever tried was a SW maple satin cue .

pwd72s · Mar 16, 2020

Black-Balled said:
I am a big bimmer fan...but I will never own one.

Wife had a 3 series convertible when we were young an pretty, and it drove like a dream.

I used to lust for a BMW

Today, I settle for a good BM

HQueen · Mar 16, 2020

Southwest’s design is so boring...

Tell me again how many cuemakers have copied it?

I love their simple design. I could build myself a cue to look exactly like it. But I haven’t and I won’t. Respect.

True Cost of a Southwest?

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