Guess i need to start from the begining. When i got into playing league after a 30 year break from playing pool i bought a few mid to low level production cues.... Players....vikings ...and meuccis to be exact. Oh yea...traded one of those meuccis even for a predator blak 4.
After joining this forum i decided to see what a custom cue was all about and bought one for 2500 and after playing with it a few years sold it for the same 2500 and bought a used meucci gambler for 200.
One other note....in 2013 i qualified for vegas and was not taking that 2500 cue and bought a cheap import sneaky pete brand new for 20.00 to take out there. I played pretty dang sporty out there with it.
So i just had to get a revo shaft for that blak 4 .....mainly cause that combo looked good. Played with thst set up a while and then just had to get a meucci carbon pro to go with that 200 dollar gambler i bought when i sold that custom .
Played with that set up a while and recently went back to the black dot shaft on the gambler.
Tonight i took that old 20 dollar cue to league and played pretty darn good with it. Made a couole errors but i think its that 7 year old factory tip thats the culprit.
I played good enough i think i am going to stick with it this weekend at our regional qualifier and leave those high priced shafts in the closet. Only problem with the sneaky pete is some think its a house cue and have grabbed it a few times. One time it came up missing and i found it on the wall rack. Consequently i have to keep a sharper eye out on it than i have to with those carbon fiber cues.
Like the title says...any one else went back to a cheap cue ?
After joining this forum i decided to see what a custom cue was all about and bought one for 2500 and after playing with it a few years sold it for the same 2500 and bought a used meucci gambler for 200.
One other note....in 2013 i qualified for vegas and was not taking that 2500 cue and bought a cheap import sneaky pete brand new for 20.00 to take out there. I played pretty dang sporty out there with it.
So i just had to get a revo shaft for that blak 4 .....mainly cause that combo looked good. Played with thst set up a while and then just had to get a meucci carbon pro to go with that 200 dollar gambler i bought when i sold that custom .
Played with that set up a while and recently went back to the black dot shaft on the gambler.
Tonight i took that old 20 dollar cue to league and played pretty darn good with it. Made a couole errors but i think its that 7 year old factory tip thats the culprit.
I played good enough i think i am going to stick with it this weekend at our regional qualifier and leave those high priced shafts in the closet. Only problem with the sneaky pete is some think its a house cue and have grabbed it a few times. One time it came up missing and i found it on the wall rack. Consequently i have to keep a sharper eye out on it than i have to with those carbon fiber cues.
Like the title says...any one else went back to a cheap cue ?