I've heard great things about Eddie but didn't think he was less than a 2yr wait. Kent Davis is another name I would add, very similar to a Sugartree.
Shhhh...he's kind of a secret.
Oh boy, that’s so true when you think about a cue maker’s wood inventory turnover, frequency of replenishment, source for the wood, what’s available at the time and variety. It’s not like there’s a secret forest somewhere with 100+ year old trees that have huge branches even thicker than a lot of trees harvested today. The wood quality is something the cue maker chooses from what’s available and sadly, the majority of those big old quality trees were harvested a long time ago.
I put down a 900 bucks deposit in May 2018 with Cohen, still waiting for the cue...
Geez.I put down a 900 bucks deposit in May 2018 with Cohen, still waiting for the cue...
He connects about once a year and explains that something came up, but soon my cue will be done.
My suggestion for cue makers is to make 20 cues......put it on sale.
No wonder custom cues don’t have that feel like old custom cues from the 90’s or even early 00’s.
I agree with this to a certain extent, finding a cue and not waiting on a build. Hopefully, it doesn’t need a refinish but I would recommend having the original cue builder refinish it. This will also allow you to see how they are about turn around time And reliability. Also, there is something to be said about the experience and feeling you get when a cue builder makes a cue for you personally. I had Bob Runde build a fancy cue for me to buy, but I did not have any real input into the design and I sold it A few years later after it sat in a case in a closet. I also had him build me a much more basic design exactly how I wanted but had him pick the veneer colors and I will never part with it. If I found a cue I loved and wanted the cue builder to make another, I would see if I could send the cue I had to him to try and replicate the specs with the new aesthetics.
