Best All-Around Production Cue for ~$1000 (Value, Playability, Durability, Support)?

[CajunPopeye]

do you look at your cue while you play?

Well, yeah, lol.

 

[Black-Balled]

It was $950 when I bought it, just at tick over $1k now but still a great deal for a nice cue with a carbon shaft. I've had many cues that were more expensive, but this has become my favorite player ever.

https://seyberts.com/collections/jacoby-cues/products/jacoby-heritage-collection-spalted-maple-forearm-with-ziricote-no-wrap-pool-cue?variant=44876123472070

I think they've mixed up stained and spalted!

 

[slide13]

I think they've mixed up stained and spalted!

The one they have pictured isn't very figured and does appear to have a darker/oranger stain than mine, but it is spalted maple I think. I'm sure they're not using their nicest most figured woods for what is essentially a $500 butt, but it's still pretty nice! Here is mine which has a little more black streaking on it