A few Thoughts about the tip

greeneyes_ocean

greeneyes_ocean

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The Very Long Story Short. I have a cue I really liked the way it looked but the hit was not even close to what I like.

I tried many different things like changing the shaft including tried a predator which felt so strange to me.

It was better but nothing like a big difference unless I decided to change the tip on the original shaft.
Well- you'd say you didn't discover anything new but I was amazed by the huge difference it made.
So Huge I decided to keep it and play with it.

Thank you for your time to read this and Marry Christmas to All th AZers.

Vass
 
I had a lot of cues, mostly high end. What makes a bad or weak hitting cue is sometimes a weaker joint and a hard tip. When you hit the cue ball the joint feels like it pushes out. That causes a lot of deflection. If you change to a soft or medium tip, the cue doesn't look like fire wood any more. Merry Holidays. poolrod.
 
I think once you have a cue with a given joint and forearm material and want to tweak the hit, I think the tip is the biggest change you can make. I also think the ferrule makes a large difference, espeically if you're used to something softer like ivory, and the cue has something hard like Titan. Man, do I hate Titan ferrules... the stuff is like a rock.
 
I bought a Brunswick Billiards cue made by Joss from Guru this week and played with it for awhile and I think it was a Lepro factory tip, I put a med/soft kamui tip on yesterday and slicked the shaft up and this cue hits great now. Hard to beleive the change in cue ball control and easy spin shots, I play with medium Tallisman Pro tips and the Kamui may change my mind if it dosen't get to feeling real hard real soon.--Leonard
 
Nice tip

super-pro tip, I played with one last night and it is a very crisp, responsive and chalk holding, dime retaining tip
 
Nothing is more important, in my opinion, than the ferrule/tip. Once you have a basic cue that you are satisfied with as far as the design, balance, etc, and the hit feels pretty close, then fine tuning the tip (and even the ferrule) is what will make the cue into your player. I have gone through dozens of tips to find the one that I like best. Even with the tip that I prefer, sometimes you get one that isn't quite right. If I do, I cut it off and put another one on. Of course, I install my own tips, but that is the easiest, fastest, least expensive change that you can make to a cue, and it makes the most difference.
Joe
 
greeneyes_ocean said:
i just heard about titan but never tried it.

i should be giving it a try
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I USED TITAN FOR A WHILE ON MY CUES AND ALOT OF MY REPAIRS. I LIKE IT ALOT. HARD AND STAYS CLEAN
 
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