If you play with a 58" cue with a balance point of approx. 19-19.5 from the butt, when you have a cue made around 60", would you move the balance point forward 2" making it 21.5" from butt? Is that the correct math on forward balance point?
Thanks in advance
Is the new cue longer because you want to hold it further back?
When I do a balance point on a cue I measure from the tip.
A persons stance and bridge will determin the balance point that they like in a cue. Someone who has their chin on the cue shooting has their arms further apart and tend to hold the cue further down the handle.
Someone who stands almost upright will hold the cue closer to the front of the wrap.
So from what I have seen, people who hold the cue towards the front of the wrap in a more upright shooting stance , prefer a more forward balance point.
But people who shoot prone or with their chin on the cue, often prefer the
balance point alot further back and the feel of all the cue weight under the swing arm.
I have my chin close to the shaft and my balance point is 42 inches from the tip.
So it depends on how you shoot.
It may well be that on the new cue you may still want the balance point at 39 inches from the tip.
Neil Lickfold