Corey Deuel with Meucci cues now

Baxter said:
Corey also posted that Bob was great at taking the time to get his cue to his exact specs. When you're having a cue built to your exact specs like that, I'm not sure it matters who made the cue as long as it's to the specs desired.
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This is probably the most insightful post in this thread.

In reality the cue looks like the production model but in no way is it even remotely the same.

The truth is that a top player will play a cue with anyone's name on it, as long as it is made to the players desired specs, which have nothing to do with the cheap production models that may look exactly like the pro players cue.

I wonder if a pro player has ever sent 'his' cue to the production sponsor to have him give it a cosmetic make over...

Think about it.
 
terryhanna said:
Have you tried their new low deflection shafts ?
I have not got a chance to try one out yet
But i heard they play very good from more than one person.
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No I haven't.
But since I hate all low deflection shafts I'm not going out of my way to try any of them.
Just can't stand LDs in general.
 
So let's see.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say (with the exception of Mr. Brumback who himself is champion) that EVERYONE in this thread using whatever cue they wanted, will NEVER EVER play at the level that Corey Deuel or Jayson Shaw can play while using their Meucci cues.

So what difference does it make what you guys think about meucci? LOL

Clearly, if people can run 100's of balls with a meucci, that can't be ALL that bad.
:D
 
All I know is that a) Shane doesn't play with a Cuetec because of the quality! b) I don't want stickers or plastics in my cues.
 
Meucci

SUPERSTAR said:
So let's see.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say (with the exception of Mr. Brumback who himself is champion) that EVERYONE in this thread using whatever cue they wanted, will NEVER EVER play at the level that Corey Deuel or Jayson Shaw can play while using their Meucci cues.

So what difference does it make what you guys think about meucci? LOL

Clearly, if people can run 100's of balls with a meucci, that can't be ALL that bad.
:D
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Bob gives the pros a free meucci, us non pros are buying the cues, and personally all of my other cues have held up for a decade or two.
But all the black dot meucci that I got fell apart in 6 months and the warranty was denied.

As a Cue buyer I want a cue that is going to hold together. not one that has the life spand of a bic lighter...
 
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i'd be a little concerned with the quality of an alleged custom cue that was built for me in a couple weeks. from the sounds of it, corey's was built in very little time. when every other custom cue builder takes months to years to turn a proper custom cue down that would worry me a bit.

that said...more legit american made competition is good for the industry. i don't mind seeing them making a little resurgence as long as the product is as good as it claims.
 
People keep talking about the potentially quality of the cues now.

Does it even matter whether or not they have "come around" after the long history of crappy quality and service?

It wouldn't take much effort to come up with a list of 30 other cuemakers who have a longstanding history of quality cues + quality service.

It's pretty bad when the guy's own son has to come on here and defend the fact that the quality was crap, he fought hard to improve it, and was met with resistance at every turn until he finally had no choice but to leave the business.
 
I was a Meucci dealer in the mid 90's . The 95 series was a desent cue , very very few were ever retuned for any reason , about late 97 , I quit selling any Meuccis , the quality went to crap . Bobs son in law , was who I spoke to mostly , and I just gave up .
Today they still send e-mails trying to get me to sell , not happening .
 
I just purchased four Meucci TT series cues to put in my pro shop for resale. I bought them because of their unique designs and moderate resale price range ($300-$600).

Upon delivery, I checked each cue for straightness and overall quality. Each is very straight, but there might be a minute cosmetic defect in one or two of the cues, which is something you might reasonably expect for production cues in this price range. (No big thing)

After inspection, I put the cues back in their open-ended plastic sleeves and then put them upright in a box with an open end so that they can go through an acclimation period, as Arizona can be very tough on new cues that are totally exposed to this climate too quickly.

Once the cues have had a reasonable amount of time to acclimate, I will take them out of the box and inspect them again. If they have remained straight, and there are no other issues with "movement," I will put them out for resale.

I don't care about Meucci's past quality problems or internal issues. I'm a small businessman who only cares about overall quality and value to my customers. Meucci makes great looking cues (always have). If the quality is decent once again, then I am more than willing to do future business with them. I am also pleased to see them once again taking an aggressive marketing approach by backing pro players.

We'll see how it goes.

Roger
 
Roger Long said:
Upon delivery, I checked each cue for straightness and overall quality. Each is very straight, but there might be a minute cosmetic defect in one or two of the cues, which is something you might reasonably expect for production cues in this price range. (No big thing)
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For $300 to $600, I expect no defects at all. I know there will be defects, but I'll never pay that much money for something that is flawed in some way or another.
 
hang-the-9 said:
I'm pretty surprised at how little reply posts that thread got. I'm glad you linked that, was an interesting read.
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That thread currently is in the Billiard and Pool History in the U.S. forum. I don't know whether it started there, but, if so, that would explain the low post count.
 
the old ones were the nuts

All the cues I had years ago had ivory ferrules and steel joints. Balabushka,
Szam,Joss,Gina. They were considered the best. Buddy was at Rustys in
Dallas and had a Meucci. I hit some balls with it and it WAS the nuts.
Inside was so easy, back then everyone ducked inside (even Champions).
I got one and it was terrible. The shaft was like a fly rod, and it didn't
look near as good as my szam. But they kept showing up at the pool hall
and I tried another and it was great. So I talked to that girl at Meucci
and she sent me the top secret confidential price list. So I order 6 of the
ones with the 6 white rectangles at the bottom with 2 shafts each. They
didn't cost but like a hundred apiece. Found 1 solid one raffled or sold the
rest, so I got it for nothing. The older ones had a larger handle that I liked
and the wrap was what they called sealed and pressed not like the heavy
finished ones they went to.(It was kinda tacky feeling, I liked it). I could
tell that it was not going to hold up for a real long period of time but I
just considered them a disposable cue. I would play with it until something
cracked or I got tired of looking at it and order another batch. A ton of
really good players played with them and they all weren't on the payroll.
They played better than anything out there. I was at some tournament
and Louie was getting ready to play and had a shaft in his hand, he asked
me if I had a Meucci butt he could use. I said you used to play with a Joss
He said that these Meucci are the nuts the only down side is if you get
busted you can't get much on them to play another set. I said well where
is yours then. Louie smiles " I didn't say you couldn't get anything". When
they started making the handle smaller and putting that thick finish over
the wrap they weren't the same. But the old ones played better than any
other cue then and now. But it might be like my old SS 396 that I remembered
was so good.
jack
free SJD
 
Jim Baxter said:
I was a Meucci dealer in the mid 90's . The 95 series was a desent cue , very very few were ever retuned for any reason , about late 97 , I quit selling any Meuccis , the quality went to crap . Bobs son in law , was who I spoke to mostly , and I just gave up .
Today they still send e-mails trying to get me to sell , not happening .
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same thing here with billiard pro shop. they quit selling meuccis some years back due to quality issues and just started selling them again last year. i guess the owner here must think the quality has improved or he would not have started carrying them again.
 
Drop The Rock said:
All I know is that a) Shane doesn't play with a Cuetec because of the quality! b) I don't want stickers or plastics in my cues.
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Shane said in interviews that he was using the Cuetec because a friend of his gave it to him, not because Cuetec offered him a sponsorship. Have you see how banged up his cue is (or was, maybe he swapped the butt recently)? No way would a sponsor have someone like him use a banged up plain cue if they gave it to him.

Seems Shane is the only player they sponsor now, no more Allison, and Earl left them a while ago.

They still have the ability to get the top player in the game under their wing though.
 
Good for Corey

I sure don't care for Meucci cues ..... but Corey seems like a pretty nice guy and I hope the best for him .
 
hang-the-9 said:
Shane said in interviews that he was using the Cuetec because a friend of his gave it to him, not because Cuetec offered him a sponsorship. Have you see how banged up his cue is (or was, maybe he swapped the butt recently)? No way would a sponsor have someone like him use a banged up plain cue if they gave it to him.

Seems Shane is the only player they sponsor now, no more Allison, and Earl left them a while ago.

They still have the ability to get the top player in the game under their wing though.
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I know he used to play with a Schon before that too.
 
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