Cue Butt Void Filling

[technoid101]

Thank you for reading my post. I have a custom ordered 18 oz. sneaky from Schmelke. The butt is cocobolo to a four-prong spliced maple forearm. The cue weight and balance were obtained by coring out the butt (no weight bolts). The void is 5/8 round by 10-3/4 inches deep. This leaves the walls of the butt, at the bumper, about ¼ inches thick, (don’t do the math; my measuring tool is an antique analog caliper). Anyway, on to my question, I have been thinking about filling the void to add shock resilience and some vibration damping. 1, does this make sense and 2, what to use that won’t add any significant weight?

Thanks for your input.

 

[Bishop]

As someone who plays instruments regularly I think vibrational feedback is a good thing. The longer you play with that cue the more it will tell you.

I think deadening it takes away what will make it your own unique instrument and the very thing people bond with. Feedback can tell you so much.

Think of it this way. Sound deadening the cue is like slapping a sports bra on a nice rack before going out to dinner. What good is that?

If the cue is vibrating or resonating in some kind of out of control manner I would think that might speak to something else.

 

[Sheldon]

The biggest measurable difference is probably going to be psychological.
I'm with Bishop, the more shock and sound the better. More cues for the subconscious to pick up on.
I don't put rubber bumpers on my personal cue for this reason.