best cues or cue makers
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Hi mark been using Cognescenti last 1o years most are 19-20 oz 57-58in firm hit, moori tips with weight spread throughout. I HIT BALLS WITH 100S of cues these are best! would not sell this cue for 10000 and i'm a little short! Wait i think i seen one on thi cue forum.
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
mark tadd said:
First. congrats on taking a spot in the IPT, good luck in Vegas come July. Secondly...depends what your looking for, for me its OMEN. Fairly easy to get one, PM me if your interested. Everyone will say something different, good luck in your search.
Hi Mark,mark tadd said:
I dont know if you'll remember me but we met at Lion's Den in Vegas back in '96 during a McDermott tourstop where you finished 2nd to Parica. I was the one one who put on your tip that we were both pounding with a hammer to get it to the hardness you wanted.LOL What an unforgettable experience.
We have a lot of cuemaker members here and you can view their products and customer feedbacks in the forums. Give Mike Webb a try.
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Hit is a relative subject. I like my Scruggs' hit the most, though my experience in custom cue is quite limited. I like Capone's hit also, but they are a little bit too stiff for my taste. I'd love to try out Szamboti, Balabushka, Omega, Southwest, Hercek, Bender etc... 
Oh, honorable mention to Bandido, my friend has a couple of his cues and they hit extremely well. One of my friends shafts is thinner than 12mm and still hits very solidly.
Oh, honorable mention to Bandido, my friend has a couple of his cues and they hit extremely well. One of my friends shafts is thinner than 12mm and still hits very solidly.
mark tadd said:
Whatever you used to win that IPT qualifier. No...a black on black cuetec...I saw you running out with one of those against Sigel.
I think you get the most bang for your buck with a Schon cue plus Predator shaft. Have you tried the Predator Mark?
Hi Mark. congrats on your IPT spot. What do you shot with now to get an idea of what kind of hit you like, then go from there. IMO there's 4 cues that play great and they are, Capone, Cognoscenti, Bender and BlueGrass cues. These are good playing cues in my opinoin, well balanced & feel good in the hand. Good luck Mark!!
Leil gay said:
yes i heard Cognescenti is one of the best 15 years ago but to expensive for me though. ive always had a problem paying for a cue ive never seen or played with. so thats why i never played with a cue no more expensive than a cue tech for the most part. but ive ran across a few cues that i hit with that were incredible but someone elses and not for sale.
and i could play much better with them. so i never owned a good hitting cue and thats the reason i used to experiment and practice so much because it didnt always do what it was supposed to do and i thought it was me . but i realy like the feel of a longer cue like 60 inches but not sure what wieght would make it hit well. well thanks voodoo im just glad i made it in the first week . guess i better start practicing and see what happens.
just put a little well placed patch on your shirt with their name and bingo...free cue.yea i remember being there but not the hammer and tip. but i know it happened cause i used to see if i could get the tip as hard as i can to see if it would hold its shape. it worked but the problem was it got to hard and unscufable and i would miscue alot. but i keep experimenting on cues that dont hit well in the first place so im not sure what the results are in reality.bandido said:
There are many, many high quality cue makers. It all depends what you are looking for in a cue.
Here is the American Cuemakers Association membership roster for the names and contact information for a lot of great cue makers.
http://www.cuemakers.org/aca-rstr.htm
Here is another list from the International Cuemakers Association.
http://www.internationalcuemakers.com/index.php?page=members
Some makers I would highly recommend are:
Tim Scruggs Custom Cues http://www.timscruggs.com/
Mike Capone Custom Cues http://www.caponecues.com/
Mike Lambros Cues http://www.lambroscues.com/
Omen Custom Cues http://www.omencues.com/
I would also recommend Murray Tucker, but I don't know if he is making any cues right now and his web site is down.
These men all make very fine cues, but as I said, it all depends what you are looking for.
Here is the American Cuemakers Association membership roster for the names and contact information for a lot of great cue makers.
http://www.cuemakers.org/aca-rstr.htm
Here is another list from the International Cuemakers Association.
http://www.internationalcuemakers.com/index.php?page=members
Some makers I would highly recommend are:
Tim Scruggs Custom Cues http://www.timscruggs.com/
Mike Capone Custom Cues http://www.caponecues.com/
Mike Lambros Cues http://www.lambroscues.com/
Omen Custom Cues http://www.omencues.com/
I would also recommend Murray Tucker, but I don't know if he is making any cues right now and his web site is down.
These men all make very fine cues, but as I said, it all depends what you are looking for.
well the cue i play with is a lucasi sneaky pete. i dont play very well with it and have to really concentrate and watch out for deflection cause i use side english most of the time . so if i have a cue that doesnt give the inconsistant of the amount of side english i apply my cue ball wont be where its supposed to be or i will miss the shot or both so i really need to fix this problem.Matt_24 said:
also whats disturbing is i went to boise idaho about a little over a month ago to play in the pechauer stop at backstreet. not playing much but i felt i might be ok. so i lose my second match and am in the loosers . now ive been trying to do all i know to do when i havent been playing much usualy practice the whole time there. so im struggling wondering why my cue ball is so inconsistant when i know that im aiming right much of the time. so a friend of mine was out and said mark you want to use my south west cause i was mentioning that i was putting alot of time and effort on every shot and my stick doesnt seem to react correctly. so i had to win the three matches to win the tourney and i took a few shots and the cue ball did what it was supposed to.
i hardly missed a ball and beat everyone easly. so when i came back home i said i aint playing no more till i get a good cue . cause here i thought i wasnt playing very well when actualy i wasnt playing really bad at all. so a friend said lets play in the ipt and i said ok practiced 3 days and my same cue i struggle with held up so im glad but now i need a better cue if im going to start playing again so we shall see
mark tadd said:
i'm quite surprised that a player as great as you, who has explored his game for all these years, hasn't finally settled on a cue configuration to your liking.
beyond that, all you need is trust in the integrity of a cuemaker, tell him what you like, and the hit you prefer, maybe even work together in the selection of woods and materials. in other words, get more involved in the building of the cue yourself. and you don't need to find an expensive cuemaker to do it.
i mean,,,you think you'd like a 60" cue, but you don't know what weight you'd like??? every great artist knows his materials!
well i dont know what i want till i feel it. cause i tried cues that felt great that hit very inconsistant. so i guess im leaning more toward a longer cue cause ive tried other peoples and the balance seems better and seems to be a more solid cue that 58 inch. i find myself running out of stick alot to.Jeffrey Gayle said:
bruin70 said:
well when i used to play i didnt have much money so i got what i could. and there were times in my pool life that i could afford it but that was because i played poker and would make good scores. but when i played poker i didnt play pool so it didnt matter to . then i would lose come back to pool and have to get cheap stick or use old one so i made them work.
but i never really thought much about it till after i quit . but now that im back i really just want a really good hitting cue cause i would like to see the difference in my game
Rich R. said:
thanks rich
now i keep hearing people it depends what you want. not sure they know what im saying .well im saying that i want a cue that when i hit my cue ball the exact same way every time that it will do what am trying to do every single time especially with side english. i know people have there preferences but a good cue is going to hit great for everyone preferences or not right? thats the cue i want