Can inexpensive cues become great hitting cues?

I do not care the price of a Cue, if you love the hit it has value to you as a player. If it

cost $10,000.00 and you hate the hit it has little value to you as a player.
 
funny that Harvard cues were mentioned. Back in the day I got one for like 25 bucks and did a few tip changes and I had people that would tease me about shooting with department store cue but put it in there hand and have them going nuts about how good this 25 dollar cue hits. Some of which owned very expensive cues. Sometimes you just get lucky. Now on the other hand, I have had expensive production cues that have hit like crap. One just never knows these days.
 
Guy offered to sell me a modified Players cue real cheap, so I'm banging balls with it when Tommy Kennedy comes in. I was taking a break with the cue on the table so Tommy started hitting em around. He kept saying how he loved the way the cue hit, ran 63 balls playing straights, got bored & quit. Anybody who knows Tommy knows how fastidious he is about cues, so I was kinda impressed. Needless to say I bought the cue and still have it. I've had a fair amount of cues over the years and my all-time favorite was a Harvey Martin I bought for $50 in 1971 at Bucktooth's room in Castro Valley, Ca. I would only buy an expensive cue as an investment, and I'm not so sure about that - this year's "hot" cue is next years "ho-hum" a lot of times. Lucasi is pretty hard to beat for someone who wants a nice-looking, nice-hitting inexpensive cue.
 
Donovan said:
If an inexpensive cue has been made well and is straight, I pose this question:
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I have a cue sold under the name ELIMINATOR .Cost $ 37. 00 + Tax.
It eliminates Squirt
It eliminates my opponents
wanna play?:cool:
 
NineBallNut said:
funny that Harvard cues were mentioned. Back in the day I got one for like 25 bucks and did a few tip changes and I had people that would tease me about shooting with department store cue but put it in there hand and have them going nuts about how good this 25 dollar cue hits. Some of which owned very expensive cues. Sometimes you just get lucky. Now on the other hand, I have had expensive production cues that have hit like crap. One just never knows these days.
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My first cue was a "Miz collection" I paid $40 I think. I found out that they were made by harvard... I loved this cue and if it wasn't for my soft case and warping I would have stuck with it. It has a pretty good hit and decent shaft flex. It also uses a the same thread as meucci so getting a new shaft is pretty easy. I'd recommend it as a starter cue because with a new tip or a new shaft it hits like a $200 cue.
 
I am suprised nobody mentioned a Action cue. I always liked the Ring series from Action cues, and they have a good quality shaft.

I have a Action Sneaky pete that i use for breaking and it works nice. Good stiff hit and can double as a playing cue also. Plus it comes with a nice layer'd tip too.


dave
 
Absolutely, but it not a sure thing. Let's face it, a whole lot of custom sneaky petes start life as either Valley or Dufferin house/bar cues. The cuemakers take the blanks down to their specs, either do some work on the shaft or replace it with theirs, add butt cap, logo, signature, etc, a good finish, and there it is. But a lot of work went into "tuning up" that cue. You can do the same, but to a much more limited point, by taking a DECENT production cue and fine tuning it to your particular hit. You don't have to play with a $1000 cue to play like a million......
 
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