Just received my new BeCue carbon fiber cue. My cue is the style they call a "Sneaky Pete," presumably because it has colored points in the butt. The basic cue, which they call a "Bare Naked," is an all black carbon fiber butt. The shaft on all their cues is carbon fiber with a flat finish white paint coating.
The list price for the Bare Naked cue is $850 and the list for all of the Sneaky Pete versions is $1,000. You may also want to buy a set of joint protectors ($30 list) because BeCue uses a proprietary all-metal joint in their cues.
There are no American distributors at this point so you have to purchase the cues directly from the Italian factory. This means extra shipping and import fees. My cue cost $51 to ship and I had to pay $45 in import fees to retrieve the cue from DHL.
Their website (BeCue.com) does not, as of this writing, have an online store so you have to contact them via them email and arrange the purchase. Alternatively, you can contact "wrickyb" here on AZBilliards and he can act as a go-between for the sale.
This cue is, in my opinion, clearly a competitor to Predator's Revo cue. Unlike the Revo, you cannot just buy the carbon fiber shaft. The whole cue is carbon fiber so it comes as a package.
As to the cue itself, it is a thing of beauty. The craftsmanship is excellent and the cue exhibits the famed Italian sense of style and design.
The tip is 11.8 mm (the only size at this time) and the shaft is a conical taper. If you have been playing with a pro taper the shaft will seem a little fat at first, despite the tip size. I play with an OB Pro+ shaft so I do notice a difference in the shaft thickness, even though the OB tip is the same size (11.75mm).
The shaft is painted white (flat finish) and has a smooth but not slick feel.
The cue hits very nicely. It is solid without feeling either heavy or too light. It took me about half a rack of balls to start liking the hit. I am still noticing that the shaft seems fat, but I expect I will adapt to the look and feel quickly.
As I say, the cue is simply beautiful. The only "flaw" I can find is that the points in the butt are not totally flush with the surface of the cue, as they are in butts with inlays. The points are not inlays. They are either painted on or are decals (painted I think) so I can feel a very slight ridge on the edges of the points. Very slight, but I noticed it. Presumably the Bare Naked version does not have this issue.
So far, I am liking the cue very much. I will try to offer some more impressions after I play with it for a while.
The list price for the Bare Naked cue is $850 and the list for all of the Sneaky Pete versions is $1,000. You may also want to buy a set of joint protectors ($30 list) because BeCue uses a proprietary all-metal joint in their cues.
There are no American distributors at this point so you have to purchase the cues directly from the Italian factory. This means extra shipping and import fees. My cue cost $51 to ship and I had to pay $45 in import fees to retrieve the cue from DHL.
Their website (BeCue.com) does not, as of this writing, have an online store so you have to contact them via them email and arrange the purchase. Alternatively, you can contact "wrickyb" here on AZBilliards and he can act as a go-between for the sale.
This cue is, in my opinion, clearly a competitor to Predator's Revo cue. Unlike the Revo, you cannot just buy the carbon fiber shaft. The whole cue is carbon fiber so it comes as a package.
As to the cue itself, it is a thing of beauty. The craftsmanship is excellent and the cue exhibits the famed Italian sense of style and design.
The tip is 11.8 mm (the only size at this time) and the shaft is a conical taper. If you have been playing with a pro taper the shaft will seem a little fat at first, despite the tip size. I play with an OB Pro+ shaft so I do notice a difference in the shaft thickness, even though the OB tip is the same size (11.75mm).
The shaft is painted white (flat finish) and has a smooth but not slick feel.
The cue hits very nicely. It is solid without feeling either heavy or too light. It took me about half a rack of balls to start liking the hit. I am still noticing that the shaft seems fat, but I expect I will adapt to the look and feel quickly.
As I say, the cue is simply beautiful. The only "flaw" I can find is that the points in the butt are not totally flush with the surface of the cue, as they are in butts with inlays. The points are not inlays. They are either painted on or are decals (painted I think) so I can feel a very slight ridge on the edges of the points. Very slight, but I noticed it. Presumably the Bare Naked version does not have this issue.
So far, I am liking the cue very much. I will try to offer some more impressions after I play with it for a while.
