Custom Cue
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pooltablemech
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For Playing? or Collecting?
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Beavis
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There is some great ones missing from the list. But Ill cast my vote from the above list... 
Re: Joss West Nuff Said
Of course, they are not as fancy as JW's. JW's look better on the wall but not on the table.
Doubt it. I know three local cuemakers, Prewitt, Zylr and Morris, who make more solidly built cues than Stroud.hemicudas said:
Of course, they are not as fancy as JW's. JW's look better on the wall but not on the table.
pooltablemech
Banned
I like Scruggs, and Strouds older stuff. The newer Joss West are to clutered to me, I like the looks of Scruggs better and the Play too.
the list is interesting because there are some GLARING omissions,,,,at least seven biggies and all more expensive than what's listed. yet kershenbrock is on the list and he might be the most expensive of them all.
oh well,,,,i'll go by investment because everyone has different tastes about playability.............ginacue
oh well,,,,i'll go by investment because everyone has different tastes about playability.............ginacue
Re: Re: Joss West Nuff Said
no point in debating about who's hits better,,,everybody has their own tastes. i tried two prewitts while i was in LA, and i was disappointed. i tried three tads and have owned two, never cared for any of them. everyone i know who has tried tads, love 'em.
oh well.
Joseph Cues said:
no point in debating about who's hits better,,,everybody has their own tastes. i tried two prewitts while i was in LA, and i was disappointed. i tried three tads and have owned two, never cared for any of them. everyone i know who has tried tads, love 'em.
oh well.
cuemakers
Several I haven't tried, like a Scruggs.
Don't care for Josh, Sowest are okay,
Jacobi's hit pretty good and have nice
inlay work. I have and like Shurtz
custom cues, becoming very popular throughout the Midwest. Recently compared it to a Schon, but the Shurtz
had better balance and feel (forward
balance) - so it feels evenly balanced between your butt hand and your bridge hand, and it has a real sold hit, notible differences on long shots, especially straight ones, much truer, especially when the cueball was on the rail. Bob Owens (Gabe's Dad) does real good inlay work too, have seen excellent ivory inlays, silver, gold, semi precious stones, and variety of woods. Mine has an original Southwestern style to it with Padauk and Mexican Bacote', skinny butt, 20.2 oz, 13 mm tip, and was featured with 5 others on cover of American Cueist Magazine in January 2001.
Several I haven't tried, like a Scruggs.
Don't care for Josh, Sowest are okay,
Jacobi's hit pretty good and have nice
inlay work. I have and like Shurtz
custom cues, becoming very popular throughout the Midwest. Recently compared it to a Schon, but the Shurtz
had better balance and feel (forward
balance) - so it feels evenly balanced between your butt hand and your bridge hand, and it has a real sold hit, notible differences on long shots, especially straight ones, much truer, especially when the cueball was on the rail. Bob Owens (Gabe's Dad) does real good inlay work too, have seen excellent ivory inlays, silver, gold, semi precious stones, and variety of woods. Mine has an original Southwestern style to it with Padauk and Mexican Bacote', skinny butt, 20.2 oz, 13 mm tip, and was featured with 5 others on cover of American Cueist Magazine in January 2001.
Benny said:
there is universal praise for scruggs, but i have never tried one. of the group, i have only played with searing, capone, gilbert, mottey, and SW. i've played with two good capones and two bad ones. gilbert is good, especially for the money, and he's a nice guy.
mottey and SW are nice, but there's an odd thing about my SW's. their hit changed over the years. one very fancy one played fantasic(one of my top two EVER) when i first played with it 10 years ago. now it plays ok. and their quality control is no longer to my liking. some people say cues change but i have several petersons that haven't.
i like josswest, the way he makes 'em today. it takes a little getting used to because the hit is stiff and hard, and the grip is fat(it coke bottles in the grip) i get great action in spite of the stiffness.
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Beavis
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Maybe your buying the wrong cues then....
Playability is a very tough thing to decipher as it is always a matter of feel and everyone has there own tastes. I prefer Tim Scruggs but you may not. As far as collectability and a cue`s ability to hold it`s value or even appreciate over time I still like Scruggs, although there are others on the list that will serve the same purpose. I guess you can tell I shoot with a Scruggs so I guess this isn`t exactly an impartial opinion. Hope this helps.
George
George
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I have to say is the best custom cue I have ever played and owned is a Andy Gilbert cue .He does great work and all his cues plays stiff .And the good part about all his cue thay all play great . In my time i have had about 10 Gilbert cues and keep selling them .I looking get one soon and it will be mine for life .Because everytime i get one i start playing good then turn around and sale it .And my game goes back down the river.
This is just my opinion.
This is just my opinion.
No one ever mentions Paul Drexler cues, are people not familiar with his cues or just don't like them? I know a top pro using one, and they seem real nice to me. He has some nice designs also, but I was referring mostly to playing quality..........