one-off Troy Downey w/std shaft & Everest tip
Rat break-jump.
Rat break-jump.
AZ Members Survey
- Thread starter Captain Dan
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Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
OMEN Custom Howitzer Hoppe w/original shafts & Sniper tips.
OMEN GREY GHOST B/J w/original shaft & Water Buffalo tip.
Other cues include;
G. Szamboti
D. Searing
A. Gilbert
OMEN GREY GHOST B/J w/original shaft & Water Buffalo tip.
Other cues include;
G. Szamboti
D. Searing
A. Gilbert
Playing cue: Phillipi with original shafts. (Not in my avatar)
Main Player: Falcon Limited Edition with a Talisman tip
Backup and breaker: Old Huebler SP
Backup and breaker: Old Huebler SP
1.Dale Perry (last one)
2.97 series meucci
3.Gasp...cuetec.(first one)
The latest two are 12mm,the CT is 13mm.
Med layered talisman on all.
2.97 series meucci
3.Gasp...cuetec.(first one)
The latest two are 12mm,the CT is 13mm.
Med layered talisman on all.
Just food for thought...but before anyone puts too much into what everyone else plays with...
I remember reading a long list of every cue that each IPT player was using. Interesting indeed but consider this for a moment. Its common knowledge that Dennis Searing makes one of the finest hitting cues in cue history...maybe even the best of all time. His cues playability is second to none. I don't believe I remember seeing one single player listing a Searing. So what I'm trying to say is, its impossible to look over a list of cues and find that magical weapon. You'd be much better served in actually learning what characteristics work best for you as an individual in a cue. Some like soft hitting...I do. Some like stiff shafts, others like thinner whippy shafts. Just figure out what works for you...then any number of cuemakers can tailor a cue that plays well for you. Believe it or not but one of my favorite hitting cues is a Meucci sneaky-pete with a red dot shaft, with an upgrade to a quality ferrule and Sniper tip of course. Before I was a cuemaker I went through way too many cues, and countless bankrolls...going from one SW to another SW to Wes Hunter, Bobby Hunter, Capone, Gilbert, Harris, Samsara, Midwest, Scruggs, Gold, Omen, Bludworth, Schon, Josey, Dishaw and many more. What I didn't realize at the time was that I personally prefered, and played my best with a flat face big pin cue with a thinner shaft and softer ferrule & tip. What I'd give, to know then what I know now. I would of saved enough to buy a new speed boat. Honestly...I now play with one of my old beat up sneakies with no wrap, and a 314 with a Grice ferrule & Sniper tip...and I've never hit one single shot & wished I had any of those old cues back.
I remember reading a long list of every cue that each IPT player was using. Interesting indeed but consider this for a moment. Its common knowledge that Dennis Searing makes one of the finest hitting cues in cue history...maybe even the best of all time. His cues playability is second to none. I don't believe I remember seeing one single player listing a Searing. So what I'm trying to say is, its impossible to look over a list of cues and find that magical weapon. You'd be much better served in actually learning what characteristics work best for you as an individual in a cue. Some like soft hitting...I do. Some like stiff shafts, others like thinner whippy shafts. Just figure out what works for you...then any number of cuemakers can tailor a cue that plays well for you. Believe it or not but one of my favorite hitting cues is a Meucci sneaky-pete with a red dot shaft, with an upgrade to a quality ferrule and Sniper tip of course. Before I was a cuemaker I went through way too many cues, and countless bankrolls...going from one SW to another SW to Wes Hunter, Bobby Hunter, Capone, Gilbert, Harris, Samsara, Midwest, Scruggs, Gold, Omen, Bludworth, Schon, Josey, Dishaw and many more. What I didn't realize at the time was that I personally prefered, and played my best with a flat face big pin cue with a thinner shaft and softer ferrule & tip. What I'd give, to know then what I know now. I would of saved enough to buy a new speed boat. Honestly...I now play with one of my old beat up sneakies with no wrap, and a 314 with a Grice ferrule & Sniper tip...and I've never hit one single shot & wished I had any of those old cues back.
Whats In The Bag
-Jacoby (kinda fancy) sneaky pete with triangle tip & stainless joint (love it)
-J&J jump/break with phenolic tip (surprisingly breaks & jumps great for a cue purchased for 40 bucks on E-bay)
-Jacoby (kinda fancy) sneaky pete with triangle tip & stainless joint (love it)
-J&J jump/break with phenolic tip (surprisingly breaks & jumps great for a cue purchased for 40 bucks on E-bay)
1- Predator SP w/30" Z-2 shaft and sniper tip
2- Joss w/ same shaft & tip
2- Joss w/ same shaft & tip
Current Playing Cue, Predator SPJ series Sneaky Pete with original 314 shaft (Sniper Tip)
Backup cue, my first cue and for some reason one that I can't let go of, Minnesota Fats (not graphite) with original shaft (however it has been re-tappered and had a new ferrule installed) (Triangle Tip) - and on another note, I can't figure out why this cue hits so good, I've shot with cues that cost 30 times as much (the cue cost me 30 bucks, so thats $900) that I didn't like as much as this cue. Maybe I'll start a thread in the near future discussing cheap cues that hit like expensive ones...
Backup cue, my first cue and for some reason one that I can't let go of, Minnesota Fats (not graphite) with original shaft (however it has been re-tappered and had a new ferrule installed) (Triangle Tip) - and on another note, I can't figure out why this cue hits so good, I've shot with cues that cost 30 times as much (the cue cost me 30 bucks, so thats $900) that I didn't like as much as this cue. Maybe I'll start a thread in the near future discussing cheap cues that hit like expensive ones...
Statistics For Survey
Just finished the 1st page, and thought I'd better start the statistics post. As with the 1st post, I'll upgrade this as info comes in. Thanks for all the replies, I'll try to do a couple of pages a day, updating as I go.
Daniel
Cues % of Total
Arthur 0.61
Balabushka 0.61
Barringer 0.61
BCM 1.21
Bender 0.61
Black Boar 1.82
BHQ 0.61
Bluegrass 1.21
Bob Frey 1.82
Bobby Hunter 0.61
Buss 1.21
Capone 1.21
Carmelli 1.21
Cognoscenti 0.61
Coker 2.42
Cuetec 0.61
Dale Perry 0.61
Dan Dishaw 0.61
Dave Jones 0.61
Dieckman 0.61
Diveney 0.61
Dominiak 1.21
Dufferin 0.61
Espiritu 0.61
Falcon 0.61
Frey 0.61
Gina 1.21
Huebler 1.21
Kersenbrock 0.61
Kilby 0.61
Jacoby 4.24
Jackson 0.61
Jensen 1.21
Jerry Oliver 0.61
Jian Ying 0.61
Josey 0.61
Joe Davis 0.61
Joss 1.82
JossWest 0.61
Judd 0.61
Kikel 1.21
Lambros 0.61
Lucasi 1.82
Mali 0.61
Martinez 1.21
McDermott 3.03
Mezz 0.61
Minnessota Fats 1.21
Mottey 1.21
Muecci 3.03
Murray Tucker 0.61
Olney 1.82
Omen 1.21
Q-werks 0.61
Paul Drexler 0.61
Pechauer 0.61
Phillipi 1.21
Players 0.61
PFD 2.42
Predator 7.88
Rauenzahn 0.61
Richard Black 0.61
Romero 0.61
Russ espirtu 0.61
Sailor 0.61
Searing 0.61
Schon 6.67
Schmelke 0.61
Schuler 0.61
Scruggs 3.03
Sherm 0.61
Shurtz 1.21
Showcase 0.61
Skip Weston 0.61
SouthWest 3.03
Sowder 0.61
Stanley West 1.21
Sugartree 2.42
Szamboti 0.61
Troy Downey 0.61
Viking 2.42
Willeecue 0.61
Total Cues 165
Shafts
Capone Jnr 0.57
Kikel 0.57
Gina 0.57
OB-1 2.89
Original 73.41
Predator 314 13.29
Predator Z 6.35
Other Not Original 0.57
Schon 0.57
Universal Smart Shaft 0.57
Webb Custom 0.57
Total Shafts 173
Tips
Elk Master 2.84
Everest 2.84
Kamui 2.84
Hercules 2.84
Le Pro 2.13
Molavia 0.71
Moori 36.17
Sniper 12.06
Sumo 2.13
Talisman 14.89
Triangle 18.44
WB 2.13
Total Tips 141
Just finished the 1st page, and thought I'd better start the statistics post. As with the 1st post, I'll upgrade this as info comes in. Thanks for all the replies, I'll try to do a couple of pages a day, updating as I go.
Daniel
Cues % of Total
Arthur 0.61
Balabushka 0.61
Barringer 0.61
BCM 1.21
Bender 0.61
Black Boar 1.82
BHQ 0.61
Bluegrass 1.21
Bob Frey 1.82
Bobby Hunter 0.61
Buss 1.21
Capone 1.21
Carmelli 1.21
Cognoscenti 0.61
Coker 2.42
Cuetec 0.61
Dale Perry 0.61
Dan Dishaw 0.61
Dave Jones 0.61
Dieckman 0.61
Diveney 0.61
Dominiak 1.21
Dufferin 0.61
Espiritu 0.61
Falcon 0.61
Frey 0.61
Gina 1.21
Huebler 1.21
Kersenbrock 0.61
Kilby 0.61
Jacoby 4.24
Jackson 0.61
Jensen 1.21
Jerry Oliver 0.61
Jian Ying 0.61
Josey 0.61
Joe Davis 0.61
Joss 1.82
JossWest 0.61
Judd 0.61
Kikel 1.21
Lambros 0.61
Lucasi 1.82
Mali 0.61
Martinez 1.21
McDermott 3.03
Mezz 0.61
Minnessota Fats 1.21
Mottey 1.21
Muecci 3.03
Murray Tucker 0.61
Olney 1.82
Omen 1.21
Q-werks 0.61
Paul Drexler 0.61
Pechauer 0.61
Phillipi 1.21
Players 0.61
PFD 2.42
Predator 7.88
Rauenzahn 0.61
Richard Black 0.61
Romero 0.61
Russ espirtu 0.61
Sailor 0.61
Searing 0.61
Schon 6.67
Schmelke 0.61
Schuler 0.61
Scruggs 3.03
Sherm 0.61
Shurtz 1.21
Showcase 0.61
Skip Weston 0.61
SouthWest 3.03
Sowder 0.61
Stanley West 1.21
Sugartree 2.42
Szamboti 0.61
Troy Downey 0.61
Viking 2.42
Willeecue 0.61
Total Cues 165
Shafts
Capone Jnr 0.57
Kikel 0.57
Gina 0.57
OB-1 2.89
Original 73.41
Predator 314 13.29
Predator Z 6.35
Other Not Original 0.57
Schon 0.57
Universal Smart Shaft 0.57
Webb Custom 0.57
Total Shafts 173
Tips
Elk Master 2.84
Everest 2.84
Kamui 2.84
Hercules 2.84
Le Pro 2.13
Molavia 0.71
Moori 36.17
Sniper 12.06
Sumo 2.13
Talisman 14.89
Triangle 18.44
WB 2.13
Total Tips 141
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