coring cues, burls, hit and feel question

[twilight]

I've read several times that a burl forearm should be cored for stability. I was wondering if the feel of the cue would be affected by the type of wood used. I'd imagine maple would be a good standard to core a cue with, but what if you liked the feel of another wood. I've read many people like the feel and hit of bacote. If someone were to try and core a burl forearm with something other than maple (in this case bacote) would that make any real significant change in the way the cue felt? I know there's more to feel and hit than forearm wood, just curious if people core for a certain feel, and not just stability.

 

[icem3n]

My Exceed is power cored, I think that is having double inner core. Hit is stiff. Didn't like the feeling, tried to take the bumper out to check what's inside, but it look's like it is cement dead.

 

[Craig Fales]

My Exceed is power cored, I think that is having double inner core. Hit is stiff. Didn't like the feeling, tried to take the bumper out to check what's inside, but it look's like it is cement dead.

What is cement dead??

 

[JoeyInCali]

I've read several times that a burl forearm should be cored for stability. I was wondering if the feel of the cue would be affected by the type of wood used. I'd imagine maple would be a good standard to core a cue with, but what if you liked the feel of another wood. I've read many people like the feel and hit of bacote. If someone were to try and core a burl forearm with something other than maple (in this case bacote) would that make any real significant change in the way the cue felt? I know there's more to feel and hit than forearm wood, just curious if people core for a certain feel, and not just stability.

A cored cue is only as good as the quality of the dowel used.
Tight grain hard maple would be good for heavy forearm.
For burl, I'd go with a rosewood variety.