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If you could make a list in order of preference for each component, which woods, ferrules, joints, pins, tips, etc. do you feel offer the best hit in your opinion. Forget about looks. Just interested in the hit.
Also if you have a preference in a type of construction technique please share.
Thanks.
 
I had the chance to put one of my shafts onto a Joey Bautista cue. He told me that he tapered his cue different and that I should try it with my own shaft since I'm used to the deflection characteristics of my shaft and not his. To be honest, I didn't think that it would make any noticible difference to the hit at all. But even after the first hit I felt a huge difference in the feedback transfered to my grip hand. What surprised me even more was that after only playing with his cue for a little while, I could still recall the feeling of the hit days later. So from that day on...the taper of the cue was just as important as the shaft taper for me.
 
bluepepper said:
If you could make a list in order of preference for each component, which woods, ferrules, joints, pins, tips, etc. do you feel offer the best hit in your opinion. Forget about looks. Just interested in the hit.
Also if you have a preference in a type of construction technique please share.
Thanks.
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Woods: rosewood and/or bacote
ferrules: Saber-T, Ivorine 4, or any other crisp (some like soft like grice, but I like a ping) material in a very short length (I like 1/4" or shorter if I can get it)
joints: wood to wood
pins: 3/8x10 or radial
tips: sniper
shaft: old high RPI straight grain skinny shafts with a long 20"+ taper :)
construction: full splice
 
Bird's eye maple, rosewood, cocobolo, I simply can't play with ebony, though I've tried a couple of times.
Wood to wood.
Ivorine lll.
Tips are a personal choice.
These are the components of my current playing cue and have been for some time.
All a matter of personal taste, it's what you feel is best for you that matters.
 
It's tough to go wrong with a curly maple or lightly figured birdseye maple forearm/butt with a heavy wood handle like cocobolo. Phenolic collars, big joint pin into wood, melamine ferrules. It would be hard to make this hit bad.
 
qbilder said:
It's tough to go wrong with a curly maple or lightly figured birdseye maple forearm/butt with a heavy wood handle like cocobolo. Phenolic collars, big joint pin into wood, melamine ferrules. It would be hard to make this hit bad.
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I'm curious about the big joint pin. I've seen that mentioned before. Why does the length help? Or is it the width?
 
This is going to be a weird one......
BEM prong with 6 ebony points, purpleheart handle (linen wrapped), ebony buttsleeve with a delrin buttcap. SS 5/16 14 piloted joint into phenolic (ala Jacoby). 12 in taper, 13mm with a IvorX ferrule and moori medium tip.
Balance around 18.5 inches, at 19.5 oz. Nice crisp hit with a ping to it.
Chuck
 
Tip: med-hard to hard

Ferrule: less than 0.75", I like Ivorine III

Shaft: 1pc old-growth maple

Pin: 3/8x11, 3/8x10, radial, or any big pins with big teeth

Joint: flat-faced, wood to wood, linen fiber

Butt: hardwoods like purple heart, kiiroi, tulip, cocobolo, maple family, etc. I especially like the high-toned woods like purple heart & kiiroi

Butt Construction: 1pc/solid butt (no any inlays, points, wraps, etc that will dampen the feel/feedback) :)
 
for YEARS I have played with ss jointed cues like Schon etc.

Heres my new cue from Kenny Murrell. I'm curious how this one will play? It should be here this week!:D
 

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bluepepper said:
If you could make a list in order of preference for each component, which woods, ferrules, joints, pins, tips, etc. do you feel offer the best hit in your opinion. Forget about looks. Just interested in the hit.
Also if you have a preference in a type of construction technique please share.
Thanks.
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Woods: Cocobolo, Ebony and PurpleHeart
Ferrules: Ivorine-3, Ivory
Joints: Flat Faced Phenolic
Joint Pins: 3/8-10 (G-10) or Radial (G-10)
Tip: Everest by Tiger Products
Construction Techniques: Laminated Cue Shafts and Wrapless Handles
 
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