At the beginning of my journey into pool almost 2 years ago, my friend and I purchased cues. I went with a meucci PPAC 3 from budget cues, and he purchased a cuetec from The Sports Authority.
Both are pictured here (with a huebler and my CM98 sneaky at the time):
There were a bunch of things that happened, and long story short, I traded a McDermott for this Cuetec and some cash. I wanted a break cue, and I figured the cuetec would fit the bill. Boy did this thing fail. The soft cheap ferrule and the crappy tip made it hard to transfer power unless your form was perfect.
I threw this in the case for a while, until one day I had the itch to make it useful again. After researching tips, i realize the ferrule would still be an issue, so I asked Mr. Gil Castillo (Castillo Leather Goods aka our resident cue doctor) to add a phenolic tip ferrule combo to the cuetec (got the idea from someone on google). Would've been sweet if he had it in black, but this works too:
This thing hits a TON. An effortless normal stroke is all it takes to kill a rack. Out of all the break cues I've tried (J&J, Players, Billiard Warehouse, Predator BK2), this is by far the best. The transfer of power is almost instant (think of the power piston technology except into the shaft as well). There is ZERO feedback into the hand if that's important. But geez and I happy with this. I wasn't sure if it was going to fail or not, and it sure didn't.
Now when i was messing around and shooting with it, I was able to jump balls with ease. This is not a break jump, it was a normal full length playing cue, so it cannot be taken apart. I did a full table jump on a 9 footer, and also did a mini jump (4.5 ft) with the full cue. It didn't take much effort like it did with the players jump or the predator air. Can't say it's perfect everytime, but sure seemed easy. I'm not really a jumper either (APA 4 in 9 ball), but I felt it was easier to get the ball in the air with this.
I also used this as a playing cue and hit dead center, and I was able to combo balls. Of course this is just horsing around, in a real game this would have no chance.
In conclusion, this was the best $ I've ever spent, and now I have an amazing break cue that is under $100
So if you have a cuetec lying around and a phenolic tip/ferrule combo, it wouldn't hurt to give this a try.
once my Dufferin returns from getting the visual additions, I will write something about that too.
Thanks for taking the time to read my novel post again.
Specs (probably why I like it as a break):
19 oz
58"
12.75mm
Gooey yucky fiberglass bonded over wood.
Both are pictured here (with a huebler and my CM98 sneaky at the time):
There were a bunch of things that happened, and long story short, I traded a McDermott for this Cuetec and some cash. I wanted a break cue, and I figured the cuetec would fit the bill. Boy did this thing fail. The soft cheap ferrule and the crappy tip made it hard to transfer power unless your form was perfect.
I threw this in the case for a while, until one day I had the itch to make it useful again. After researching tips, i realize the ferrule would still be an issue, so I asked Mr. Gil Castillo (Castillo Leather Goods aka our resident cue doctor) to add a phenolic tip ferrule combo to the cuetec (got the idea from someone on google). Would've been sweet if he had it in black, but this works too:
This thing hits a TON. An effortless normal stroke is all it takes to kill a rack. Out of all the break cues I've tried (J&J, Players, Billiard Warehouse, Predator BK2), this is by far the best. The transfer of power is almost instant (think of the power piston technology except into the shaft as well). There is ZERO feedback into the hand if that's important. But geez and I happy with this. I wasn't sure if it was going to fail or not, and it sure didn't.
Now when i was messing around and shooting with it, I was able to jump balls with ease. This is not a break jump, it was a normal full length playing cue, so it cannot be taken apart. I did a full table jump on a 9 footer, and also did a mini jump (4.5 ft) with the full cue. It didn't take much effort like it did with the players jump or the predator air. Can't say it's perfect everytime, but sure seemed easy. I'm not really a jumper either (APA 4 in 9 ball), but I felt it was easier to get the ball in the air with this.
I also used this as a playing cue and hit dead center, and I was able to combo balls. Of course this is just horsing around, in a real game this would have no chance.
In conclusion, this was the best $ I've ever spent, and now I have an amazing break cue that is under $100
So if you have a cuetec lying around and a phenolic tip/ferrule combo, it wouldn't hurt to give this a try.once my Dufferin returns from getting the visual additions, I will write something about that too.
Thanks for taking the time to read my novel post again.
Specs (probably why I like it as a break):
19 oz
58"
12.75mm
Gooey yucky fiberglass bonded over wood.
