it's for sure not a very early model. the earlist of bob's cues from the 70's have the bmc logo. then there were the ones he did for players that have the players name and by meucci, like the buddy hall cues. then you move to the meucci original logo, then the sript logo's. the ealiest that cue was made was somwhere around the late 80's early 90's i am not sure but your cue looks a lot like a 95-8 in this link, 95 being the approximate production year. http://www.discountpoolcues.com/meucci_95_series_complete.htm