Balabushka / Burton Spain

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Quick question to you Balabushka experts, would the cue below be representative of his work using Burton Spain blanks or otherwise? For the avoidance of doubt I know this is reproduction cue.

Thank you.

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middleofnowhere said:
The worst part of those cues is that ridiculous giant signature. I'd like to just see a very nice small engraving in the butt cap something like Balabushka tribute cue.
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Yes that would be better considering George never signed his cues.
I have heard that they are pretty good cues.
I know they moved production from Japan to China and kept the price the same.
 
measureman said:
Yes that would be better considering George never signed his cues.
I have heard that they are pretty good cues.
I know they moved production from Japan to China and kept the price the same.
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Adam made some serious ebony to maple full-splice cues.
Way to expensive to manufacture now .
And they were a little prone to warping .
 
I think that the signature ruins the entire look of the cue. Those cues should never have been signed like that IMO. Especially way at the top of the forearm - a very small engraving on the butt cap would have been just enough to identify the cue, perhaps just a GB, with a production number added under the bumper.
 
These actually play really nice. Price might be a tad high but if you like the old-school firm steel-joint cues you'll like these. I got to hit one of these and a made-in-Japan ADAM and to be honest there isn't much difference in the hit.
 
pk249 said:
Quick question to you Balabushka experts, would the cue below be representative of his work using Burton Spain blanks or otherwise? For the avoidance of doubt I know this is reproduction cue.

Thank you.

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I hope you got your answer! Lol!

I don’t think the points are trying to be representative of Spain. The color scheme suggest a Titliest inspiration. But that’s it. Color inspiration.

I think these are great cues. My 2003 GB-9 is one of my favorite hitting cues.
 
Here is one Spain color pattern. I think they are going for a Spain blank look. If your two center colors were reversed it would match my Spain blank spot on.
 

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mikemosconi said:
I think that the signature ruins the entire look of the cue. Those cues should never have been signed like that IMO. Especially way at the top of the forearm - a very small engraving on the butt cap would have been just enough to identify the cue, perhaps just a GB, with a production number added under the bumper.
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The Hall of Fame models made by Adam do not have the signatures and look much better without them.

I have one from the Adam Japan factory.

Second cue down.

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mikemosconi said:
I think that the signature ruins the entire look of the cue. Those cues should never have been signed like that IMO. Especially way at the top of the forearm - a very small engraving on the butt cap would have been just enough to identify the cue, perhaps just a GB, with a production number added under the bumper.
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While you certainly have a point when considering the appearance of the cue that great large signature makes it very hard to mistake one of these for an original. A very small engraving can disappear and so can hidden production numbers. I like that people can see at a glance that these cues are fake.

Hu
 
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