I had a chance to speak with Corey Deuel and Mika Immonen at Fiddlestix and here is the skinny on their new hardware.
Tonight while I was at the poolroom a FedEx box showed up with Corey Deuel's new cues. Up to now he had been shooting with a Predator 2 in lew of his retired 5280. The cues were a matching set of Jacobys. One was maple with dark (bubinga? purpleheart?) inlays, ivory small inlays and no wrap. The other one was a similar break cue, except the shaft of the cue was purpleheart instead of maple. Everyone was curious to try out the breakcue, and the word was that it breaks pretty well. He was using a predator 314 shaft on the playing cue since the regular shaft had tip that was too soft.
As far as Mika Immonen, he is no longer sponsored by Capone Cues. Instead he is using a Mezz (www.miki-mezz.com), the same cue he just won the tour in Florida with. It looks sharp, and the shaft is a maple outside with a composite-reinforced core. The cue was off-the-shelf, and Mika seemed very enthusiastic about it. He mentioned that the Capones were great cues, but he sees a brighter future with a production company. Besides that he genuinely seemed to like the cue.
Tonight while I was at the poolroom a FedEx box showed up with Corey Deuel's new cues. Up to now he had been shooting with a Predator 2 in lew of his retired 5280. The cues were a matching set of Jacobys. One was maple with dark (bubinga? purpleheart?) inlays, ivory small inlays and no wrap. The other one was a similar break cue, except the shaft of the cue was purpleheart instead of maple. Everyone was curious to try out the breakcue, and the word was that it breaks pretty well. He was using a predator 314 shaft on the playing cue since the regular shaft had tip that was too soft.
As far as Mika Immonen, he is no longer sponsored by Capone Cues. Instead he is using a Mezz (www.miki-mezz.com), the same cue he just won the tour in Florida with. It looks sharp, and the shaft is a maple outside with a composite-reinforced core. The cue was off-the-shelf, and Mika seemed very enthusiastic about it. He mentioned that the Capones were great cues, but he sees a brighter future with a production company. Besides that he genuinely seemed to like the cue.