I am not very good but it seems that I shoot better with the Black. Also the Cuetec has this boink sound sometimes. So I would say the Jacoby is less noisy . It is the older version
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I feel like the CF journey is twofold. One is chasing the least deflection possible in which the Revo wins between the two. The other is which gives a softer feel (like a big ferrule, soft tip, or wood shaft might) in which the Cuetec shaft easily wins. The difference might just simply be a vault plate versus a short plastic ferrule. But it’s a real difference.
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I’ve had many custom cues over the years, favorites were probably my Lambros coco 4-pointer and my TS sneaky pete, and also played a lot with OB and Predator wood LD shafts.
But I recently made the jump to CF and went with an all-Cuetec lineup from Seyberts: the Truewood Ebony wrapless with forearm engraving option, Cynergy CF shaft in 12.5mm with Kamui Clear Black Soft, the Duo 2-piece extension, and the Cynergy Ghost Edition CF break cue with Taom 2.0 break tip and engraving to match. Kept only my old Pechauer jump cue since nothing has worked better for me there, not even the custom Lomax I had built.
Couldn’t be happier with the setup. Reasons I like the Cuetec:
1. Shafts have a short white ferrule, which is a nice visual cue on a dark shaft.
2. Shafts are smooth and slick as can be, durable, and won’t wear down to a smaller diameter over time like maple. If I ever want to buy backups or replacements, they will probably play exactly the same. Plan to order a backup playing shaft soon in case I pop a tip during a tournament.
3. Playing shaft has the perfect amount of deflection for my bridge length for when I want to crank on a shot with BHE (13” pivot point, just over 1 diamond on a 9’ table). The Predator Revo has lower deflection with a 19” pivot like their Z2-3 shafts, which is just too long for my tastes.
4. Break shaft has slightly more deflection and a slightly shorter pivot point, which fits my breaking bridge length - which is vital imo to break accuracy as it’s pretty tough to hit the cue ball exactly where you line up when giving it 100% and swerve is a non-issue at 24 mph.
5. Really love the Duo composite extension. I’ve been leaving the 3” extension on all the time as I’m 6’3”, both it and the 6” piece are very lightweight so they don’t affect the balance of the cue too much, both have their own rubber bumper, and are very stiff and feel like they are “one” with the butt when screwed on.
6. The Truewood Ebony wrapless butt is truly beautiful and impeccably finished. Don’t miss “custom” at all.
7. The “hit” with CF feels and sounds good to me. I think it’s more about the tip than the shaft material, anyway.
8. No glove necessary now, especially since switching to Taom V10 chalk where everything stays clean.
But I recently made the jump to CF and went with an all-Cuetec lineup from Seyberts: the Truewood Ebony wrapless with forearm engraving option, Cynergy CF shaft in 12.5mm with Kamui Clear Black Soft, the Duo 2-piece extension, and the Cynergy Ghost Edition CF break cue with Taom 2.0 break tip and engraving to match. Kept only my old Pechauer jump cue since nothing has worked better for me there, not even the custom Lomax I had built.
Couldn’t be happier with the setup. Reasons I like the Cuetec:
1. Shafts have a short white ferrule, which is a nice visual cue on a dark shaft.
2. Shafts are smooth and slick as can be, durable, and won’t wear down to a smaller diameter over time like maple. If I ever want to buy backups or replacements, they will probably play exactly the same. Plan to order a backup playing shaft soon in case I pop a tip during a tournament.
3. Playing shaft has the perfect amount of deflection for my bridge length for when I want to crank on a shot with BHE (13” pivot point, just over 1 diamond on a 9’ table). The Predator Revo has lower deflection with a 19” pivot like their Z2-3 shafts, which is just too long for my tastes.
4. Break shaft has slightly more deflection and a slightly shorter pivot point, which fits my breaking bridge length - which is vital imo to break accuracy as it’s pretty tough to hit the cue ball exactly where you line up when giving it 100% and swerve is a non-issue at 24 mph.
5. Really love the Duo composite extension. I’ve been leaving the 3” extension on all the time as I’m 6’3”, both it and the 6” piece are very lightweight so they don’t affect the balance of the cue too much, both have their own rubber bumper, and are very stiff and feel like they are “one” with the butt when screwed on.
6. The Truewood Ebony wrapless butt is truly beautiful and impeccably finished. Don’t miss “custom” at all.
7. The “hit” with CF feels and sounds good to me. I think it’s more about the tip than the shaft material, anyway.
8. No glove necessary now, especially since switching to Taom V10 chalk where everything stays clean.
Jacoby Black is my favorite shaft. Primary reason is the long taper. Like playing the game of pool, it's easy to over think and over analyze most things. The carbon fiber shaft will make no one a better player but playing with the latest technology equipment takes away other excuses. Nice to have a shaft that requires very little maintenance and can arguably last the life of the cue itself. Well, until the next latest technology, lol.
SeniorTom
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How about both?
Seriously, I own the Cuetec and like it quite well, it seems to be a great shooting shaft. One aspect that others don't like about their other brand of shaft, is the lack of white ferrule for alignment purposes when shooting. The Cuetec has a nice ferrule on it.could i tell you which one to marry?
you have to get to know them!!!!!!
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I have hit most of them, and still play with my old pechauer p+ lite shaft. I'm not against the CF shafts, I just haven't hit one that makes any more balls or that I feel as in-tune with.
Hoping to try the Rogue and Becue soon. If they don't fit the bill, I'm going to resign myself the being like that old man that screams at kids to get off the lawn and refuses to switch to that new fangled carbon fiber stuff.
Zerksies
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I find it funny that they all have the roughy the same specs. 11.8, 12.4 and 12.9mm shafts.
Not all. Rhino and GoCustoms offer more sizes but those are the most common.
do any carbon fiber shafts have a short say 10 inch taper?
Just curious - why do you like a short taper?
CF shafts are stiffer in general than maple (ime), and isn't the main purpose of a short taper to stiffen up the business end of the shaft?
because i been playing with a house cue alot this year. the taper was long as hell on the last cf shaft i got and i didnt like it. so i want to try one if any have the shorter taper i want
skiergd011013
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Why no love for the pechauer rogue? I was torn between the predator and rogue, but all my research was pointing out that the predator has a metallic "ping" sound and feel. I went with a rogue and it felt great as soon as i started using it, and ive been using it for over a year now.