Feel and your subconscious determine the amount of spin, not tip hardness
Cue Tip Contact Myth-Busting Truths in Super Slow Motion
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I’m actually quite enjoying this thread and really appreciate some of the big brains from the pool world continuing to reply.
However just because one side of the argument may actually be the correct answer doesn’t mean the other side can’t continue to question until they are fully convinced.
There are many examples in history of years or century long ideas being believed until disproved or an error in the proof being found.
I am not saying what is being stated is going to be disproved but I don’t see the issue with people continuing to ask until they are convinced and understand?
The issue is with people who don't ask (or listen), but simply push their own misinformed ideas, attacking the information and methodologies of longstanding valued contributors whose expertise they can't approach and whose excellent work they can't grasp.
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I strongly feel at this point that I have taken this discussion as far as it will go, and so I feel like I'm kinda done. (Rejoice, garczar.)
I was just thinking earlier today, though, that I wanted to give you a nickname: fruitcake.
I just now thought of another one: the apostle. Neither will stick, but I thought that they'd both be kinda funny.
You're a fun guy to debate with. lol
Now this is funny as can be. You should’ve taken this advice from yourself 25 years ago.
As I'm sure many have come up with a couple of nicknames for you. I have a few.... let's start with the letter "A"...
Problem with the equipment specs is the lack of cue tip shape requirements. What if a player wanted a cue tip that is a square 14mm by 14mm? Also allowed according to current specifications are various cue tip shapes.
There is no requirement or shape test for what the cue tip shape must conform too. This is why a player needs multiple cues and multiple cue tips.
Read the following from the WPA equipment specs.
Width of Tip: No minimum / 14mm maximum
The cue tip may not be of a material that can scratch or damage the addressed ball. The cue tip on any stick must be composed of a piece of specially processed leather or other fibrous or pliable material that extends the natural line of the shaft end of the cue and contacts the cue ball when the shot is executed..
There is no requirement or shape test for what the cue tip shape must conform too. This is why a player needs multiple cues and multiple cue tips.
Read the following from the WPA equipment specs.
Width of Tip: No minimum / 14mm maximum
The cue tip may not be of a material that can scratch or damage the addressed ball. The cue tip on any stick must be composed of a piece of specially processed leather or other fibrous or pliable material that extends the natural line of the shaft end of the cue and contacts the cue ball when the shot is executed..
Awesome Lou. Right?
And SRV likely would have shot you if you’d touched his ‘59 Strat.
Stevie was a pretty chilled out guy.. I doubt he'd care. He beat the Fock out of his guitars
... and his fingers. Have you heard about his Super Glue trick?
I was fortunate to see him live several times before he got real famous when I was in school at UT in Austin. That was a real treat.
I’m 56, and seems like Stevie Ray Vaughan was famous as long as I can remember. Definitely before I was in high school.
You'd be surprised how many people have no clue who he is. People 35 and under especially. I'm in my early 40s and I've always known his music my aunt was a big bowie fan. Cat people putting out fire was my favorite song as a real young buck. That and CCR down on the corner....I started playing right after high-school when I had enuff money to buy my first martin.(yea my first guitar was a d-18 I ate alot of bologna and mustard ....Burger and potatoes beans and rice to save for that thing...still got it. Its retired tho...now I always just play my parlor size guitar - yamaha csf-3m)
u really start digging into music while learning to play....man I'd listen to anything just to learn something different
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I’m 58. I guess I should have written “real famous” instead of “famous.”
I think you’d be surprised how many people know of Stevie Ray Vaughan. In 1984, he performed on the Grammys when the Grammys was still watched. Pretty main stream. Prior to that, I would say only people who had interest in playing or listening to guitar really knew of him. But the Grammys was main stream. At the time, I would have said the best guitarists were:
Hendrix
Eddie Van Halen
Jimmy Page
Jeff Beck
Carlo Santana
Stevie Ray
I didn’t know how great Eric Clapton or Prince (the most underrated guitarist ever) were at the time.
Ask a random 20 yr old if they know SRV. You'll have to ask a few. Most only know what they hear on radio...if u listen to country or pop rap all the time they won't have a clue
good list
yes prince is underrated