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TheBook

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Every cue makes a sound when hitting a cue ball. Some go thud, others boinge, bing, ping, etc. Is one sound more desirable than another? Will every cue made by the same cuemaker sound the same? Will changing a tip change the sound?

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TheBook said:
Every cue makes a sound when hitting a cue ball. Some go thud, others boinge, bing, ping, etc. Is one sound more desirable than another? Will every cue made by the same cuemaker sound the same? Will changing a tip change the sound?

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Have you ever heard a cue that has a "cue reach" on it? It leads me to think a lot of the sound comes from the back end.

Tracy
 
Well, if you think about it. Where do the vibrations end? The same with a tuning fork, the sound you hear is supposed to be coming from the ends of the "fork" moving through the air.

Really, when the cue is struck (either your palm or the ball or whatever) the whole thing is vibrating, so my guess is that, that is what you hear.

Please, don't anyone call me stupid :p ,

Jon
 
TheBook said:
Every cue makes a sound when hitting a cue ball. Some go thud, others boinge, bing, ping, etc. Is one sound more desirable than another? Will every cue made by the same cuemaker sound the same? Will changing a tip change the sound?

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My personal preference as a player is a solid hit, so guess the closest to your description would be the thud. Anything that pings, dings or poings LOL, is not so desirable to me, but each to his own I say. there are alot of sounds out there as far as hit, some good some bad, but even amoung the decent sounding hits, It really depends on the player as to which best suits there stroke and feel. Seems to me IMO that most people are looking for the more solid sound.
The first cues I have been building I actually pick the woods I use according to sound and balance in my design. I want that solid sound in each piece that goes into the cues before I put them together.
Funny you should mention this because, Someone We shoot with, was nice enough to give Us some 1 inch planks of brazilion walnut he was using on a job. It is very heavy and solid, and I was considering cutting It up to use in some points. Something I noticed just now was that If I stand It on end and tap my finder nail on It, it's hard, but has a vibration I can feel, and don't really care for that if it carries over in the cue. Now I'm not sure if I want to use it in a cue at all. I guess it won't hurt to try it in a cue for points to see what happens, but I will be keeping a good eye and feel out for any vibration to decide if this is something I will want to use again or not.
I could probably go on and on about things connected with this issue but, will spare the bordom.

Just My take on It,
Greg
 
in an issue of inside pool Jim (i think) Buss of busscues does an article all about sound of cues and his thoughts......you might could do a search and find it somewhere. My schon gives a kind of higher pitched thoink when i really hit it good......its almost like when my stroke is really straight and true the sound travels down the cue perfectly and i get this certain sound. Seems like it mostly occurs on follow shot with low to medium speed.
 
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