Are we seeing the end of wood cues?

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thenaturalpoolplayer

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I personally was the first to jump onto the carbon fiber cues well before any of the pros started adopting them. I found this weird because carbon fiber cues are superior in every way imo, but pros seem so attached to their cues they were reluctant to switch over. I can go from deflection to no deflection, from cue to cue etc without much affect on my overall game...but obviously I prefer to play with just one type which is the REVO btw. I prefer the butt and shaft be carbon fiber not just the shaft.

I never understood all the emphasis put on the inlays and wraps and stuff with pool cues either? What's the point? Carbon fiber, no wrap is the way to go. Anyway, I see the pros are finally catching up to technology.
 
All black is boring, When they come out the oven looking like this:

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I'll reconsider.
 
straightline said:
All black is boring, When they come out the oven looking like this:

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I'll reconsider.
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I don't want paint, designs, inlays etc messing up with the perfect balance of the cue...even your long joint screw...I gotta wait half an hour while you put your cue together? Was everything measured to the micro millimeter, and weighted to the micro milligrams? Are they massed produced to play exactly the same?
 
thenaturalpoolplayer said:
I personally was the first to jump onto the carbon fiber cues well before any of the pros started adopting them. I found this weird because carbon fiber cues are superior in every way imo, but pros seem so attached to their cues they were reluctant to switch over. I can go from deflection to no deflection, from cue to cue etc without much affect on my overall game...but obviously I prefer to play with just one type which is the REVO btw. I prefer the butt and shaft be carbon fiber not just the shaft.

I never understood all the emphasis put on the inlays and wraps and stuff with pool cues either? What's the point? Carbon fiber, no wrap is the way to go. Anyway, I see the pros are finally catching up to technology.
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Wood feels better. Also, I'm not a huge fan of this new LD craze with hollowed out shafts. But I do think CF could be done without that. We shall see.
 
thenaturalpoolplayer said:
I don't want paint, designs, inlays etc messing up with the perfect balance of the cue...even your long joint screw...I gotta wait half an hour while you put your cue together? Was everything measured to the micro millimeter, and weighted to the micro milligrams? Are they massed produced to play exactly the same?
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yeah jr you have to wait and learn to sit still.
horror story for someone like you we know
 
Just the natural progression. Tennis transitioned away from wood back in the 70s, so really the pool world, MLB and a few others are kinda behind the times. Having said that, I still prefer a wood cue.
 
Modern plastics have been a part of our lives for just over a century. Wood has been used since we developed opposable thumbs.

Wood has a warmth to it that will never be replaced. I am fan of all materials when they are used to make an improvement.

I'll never have a cf cue. I'll ride on a jet with cf.

By the by, if you are into the whole environmental thing, cf is pretty horrible.
 
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