Cue tip sound?

[measureman]

A guy i play pool with has a wood to wood joint sneaky pete cue and he just put a Le pro tip on it and i hit a few balls with it and it makes a very distinct "Ping" sound. I have a uni loc Lucasi with a triangle tip and it makes a muted "thud" sound. Is it more the tip or the type of cue that accounts for the two different sounds?

 

[Grilled Cheese]

I think both the sound and the hit of cue are in large part due to the tip. You can make a hit feel totally different by switching tips. Go from a Triangle to an Elkmaster and feels like you've got a different cue.

Harder the tip, usually the sharper the sound.

All tips can vary in hardness within their brand and type. Not only that, but how much play each tip has can vary how hard it is. More play a tip gets, the more it compresses. Up to a point at which it stops or at least should stop compressing.

Tip is by far the biggest factor in sound of hit. After that, I imagine the ferrule material, the shaft quality, the taper and maybe even how you bridge all play a role in the sound of a hit. Grip might matter too as it may mute the sound a bit more. Just speculating.

HTH

 

[junkbond]

The ping sound you hear is vibration from the butt. Tips make different sounds, but they don't vibrate. Generally, the harder the tip and the looser your grip, the more noticable the ping will be. Sometimes the absence of a bumper will increase the vibration and the ping sound.

After reading your question, I took out four shafts and three butts. I test hit with all four shafts in each of the butts. Two of the shafts have triangles, one has a Le Pro and one has an Everest. A Dufferin conversion butt makes the ping sound with all four of the shafts. Neither of the other two butts produced the ping sound, no matter which shaft/tip was used.

 

[snipershot]

I have tried the same thing. My scruggs shafts on my purple heart sneaky makes that beautiful "ponk" noise, but put those same shafts on a falcon and the sound almost completely disappears. People say the butt makes no difference in the hit, but I disagree completely. The ferrule makes a big difference too, Ivory makes a beautiful "pink" noise while elforyn makes more of a "tonk" sound. And then there is the shaft, I have noticed there are differences in the sounds od old dense woods, and newer white woods. But, this is all just my opinion, and its totally subjective.


Joe

 

[thrash attack]

I'm almost positive it's mostly the butt of the cue. I just put a h2 on my player and I get very little sound. On my smithlin one shaft with an h2 and one with some layered tip and they both have a distinct doink sound. From what I've read the type of wood of the butt has a big effect on the tone qualities.

 

[Tramp Steamer]

Clicks are sometimes the sound a loose tip makes. Clack is sometimes the sound of a loose weight bolt. Clunk is sometimes the sound my old truck makes when you put it in gear. Ka-Ching is the sound my second wife makes when the alimony check arrives.

 

[Siz]

A guy i play pool with has a wood to wood joint sneaky pete cue and he just put a Le pro tip on it and i hit a few balls with it and it makes a very distinct "Ping" sound. I have a uni loc Lucasi with a triangle tip and it makes a muted "thud" sound. Is it more the tip or the type of cue that accounts for the two different sounds?

If it is not a good 'ping' then you might have some air trapped beneath the tip. I would take it off and make sure that the ferule and base of the tip are perfectly flat (I use the back of a craft knife) before putting it back on.