Deano Cues-World champion Filipino

I am amazed that at least one of the favorite most touted cues on this thread actually has his cues made by someone else.I get a laugh every time I hear his cues praised,when not a single person has reported being his shop and the production of his cues.

The thing about my deano cues is I designed them to play good,I took the joint from the billiard cues,big wood screw because it felt good and moved the cue ball better for me.

I took the taper from a cross between southwest and a house cue,stiff and soft. I hate the way Meucci plays so I got as far as possible from that. Some people like them,but I don't like pro taper,its too wimpy and deflects unpredictably

I took this from here,this from that,had one made and WALLA i had the best playing cue I ever saw. At least for me(and about 70 other including some great players)

I have 4 left,when these are gone you are going to be out of luck because there will be no more.The cue is too expensive to make ,I would have to sell it for $800 and fairly high volumn to make it worth while.It was my original intent to sell these as a proto type and then sell fancy cues once you saw how good they hit.Unfortunately this cuemaking is a lot more difficult than I realized.
 
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Hmmm

macneilb said:
deanoc i'm sure no one here means to offend you...but you were trying to sell people a cue without telling them who made it. i understand you're trying to be low key and all, but people here expect to know what they are buying and I don't blame them for that.

how would you react to a car salesman trying to sell you a car, but won't tell you what make or model until AFTER you buy it? seems ridiculous doesn't it? anyways, i'm glad you finally divulged the info because it seems you do indeed have some very nice cues up you sleeve... :rolleyes:
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I agree with the above statement and even as much as you seem to be bothered by Jerico's post this is after all a public forum Dean and you have to take the good with the bad.
I remember you sending me a pm about your cue a while back but refused to tell me the engineer behind it and I respected your right to disclose who it was but I was so not interested....all you kept saying was that "it will improve one's game" sorry but that wasn't enough to entice me to buy the cue and in all honesty will probably never buy one either, no offense just didn't like your selling tactics. JMHO.
Again, I hope you don't take offense to my post and wish you nothing but the best selling your cues.
So Dan janes is the one building these cues? very interesting indeed :confused:
Tony
 
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deanoc said:
Danny makes the shafts for OB,and makes cues for several other people who market them under their own name. Both quality and price are improved this way.


Dean
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Dean,

While I am not sure who has mis-informed you, I am sure it was not intentional. At least I hope it was not intentional.

The truth is that OB Cues, makes all the OB Cue shafts.

Danny Janes of Joss cues does make the handles for our playing cues, and does a damn fine job I might ad. Danny is a great person and a great cue maker.

Our shop is in East Plano so, if you are the Dean I think you are, you are welcome to come by and take the nickel tour!

I will be at Click's tomorrow night at Doc's tourney, so if you are there look me up. We can talk about how hard it is to make a living building cues!

Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com
 
macneilb said:
deanoc i'm sure no one here means to offend you...but you were trying to sell people a cue without telling them who made it. i understand you're trying to be low key and all, but people here expect to know what they are buying and I don't blame them for that.

how would you react to a car salesman trying to sell you a car, but won't tell you what make or model until AFTER you buy it? seems ridiculous doesn't it? anyways, i'm glad you finally divulged the info because it seems you do indeed have some very nice cues up you sleeve... :rolleyes:
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and he never posts pictures! of course of you want to sell him something pictures are appreciated
 
I had Dean send me one and I will say that it is a nice, well made cue that plays very well. Ebony and some very nice straight grain maple with a nice shaft that has a more conical taper. IMO... well worth the price.
 
Blabber all you want

Deano has the resources and connections to have a cue built and offer for sale for $350 that will probably play as good as cues costing tripple.
He is the Dean. He likes his cues big. But I think Dean has always had a weakness for the working man's cue. Something affordable to most everyone interested in buying a player.
He knows what he likes. And if the cue is a $350 cue or 50 times more you can be assured everything Mr Dean does he stands behind.
This cue sounds like a steal Mr Dean. I may call about one. But I have to say the last origional Deano you showed me and I mean it was his last Deano was impressive!
Thanks,
Nick :)
 
nick serdula said:
Deano has the resources and connections to have a cue built and offer for sale for $350 that will probably play as good as cues costing tripple.
He is the Dean. He likes his cues big. But I think Dean has always had a weakness for the working man's cue. Something affordable to most everyone interested in buying a player.
He knows what he likes. And if the cue is a $350 cue or 50 times more you can be assured everything Mr Dean does he stands behind.
This cue sounds like a steal Mr Dean. I may call about one. But I have to say the last origional Deano you showed me and I mean it was his last Deano was impressive!
Thanks,
Nick :)
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But how would any of us know that if he doesn't post pics, details, specs, or even who made the cue? He could indeed have the best resources and connections, and his cues could also be the greatest cues on the planet for all I know, but I do know It's unreasonable to try to do business with people without giving them the necessary details on what they're buying...

My point is, if you have something great and are trying to sell it, don't shroud it in secrecy and expect people to take you seriously. I could tell you that I myself have in my posession several cues that are the greatest most awesome cues ever made, but I can't tell you what they look like or who made them until you buy them. But I wouldn't, because I don't...but how would you know that? Would you take me seriously? I doubt it, and I wouldn't expect you to.

P.s. I'm not picking on his cues (they're probably great), just his selling methods are kind of odd...
 
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an open apology to ob,i thought it was announced publically that you had an arrangement with Joss to make your shafts sometime back and that was the basis of my comment. I made no pretension to access to private or personal information nor was I intending to knock your product which I am sure is a good one or John Schmidt would not be playing it.
At least last I heard he was,when he sold me one of his cues because he was geeting a new one.

I made my compliment to Danny and was using what I thought was a well known example. If I erred in this statement, You have my open acknowledgement,I have heard nothing but good about you or your cues

Dean
 
Dean,

No problems here! We are good.

Danny is a great cue maker, and we are happy to be associated with him. We started our company with our cue shafts, and continue to build them right here in Plano, TX. Danny also builds his cues in the US in Towson, MD.

To the other posters to this thread. I certainly understand the position of wanting more information before you buy. I can tell you that Dean is a man of his word, but that may not be enough for you to buy one of his cues without pictures or more information. That is fine. If Dean wants to appeal to those who will buy based on their knowledge of him, that is fine too. If you don't see what you want, then ask for it. If you don't get it, then don't buy. If Dean cannot sell what he wants to sell because he doesn't give enough information, then he will change and start to provide that information.

After all it is a Free Market Society. The sellers will typically be driven by the buyers. Not by what the buyers tell them they have to or should do, but by there purchase decisions.

Thanks for the post Dean! I hope to see you at Click's some time. Maybe you can show me some one pocket moves!

Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com
 
concerning selling tecniques

I sold 70 of these cues in 2 weeks without pictures,I required everyone who wanted one to call me,I made a lot of friends with these people who have been active in answering criticism from people who are unhappy because I post no pictures

My philosophy is that if you don't buy without pictures I don't care,I don't expect that you would buy with them either,but I don't care one way or the other.I do not mean this in a sarcastic manner.

I enjoy meeting people and making long term business and sometimes friendship relations.

I do that on the phone. The only thing I find strange is that some of you act as if I were personally offending you.I believe your complaints tell more about you than they do about me.

In the final analysis all the complainers have to say is" Dean does not post pictures boo hoo." Did it ever occur to you that when you buy a new cue ,you order it without pictures .It is not even made.

I did buy two cues for several thousand dollars each on AZ from Ken Kerner and Bushwhacker unseen,a Mottey and a Tascarella. The Tascarella was the first and only one I had ever seen so it is not true that I don't buy without pictures,I sold both to AZ members without pictures.

It may not make any difference to you,but some people, especially collectors, don't like to buy cues that have been shopped publically. They prefer to have cues that others have not seen.Should we be offended at their peculiar buying habits and my selling habits?

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I do enjoy seeing cues on Az but if a man prefers not to show them I don't find satisfaction in smearing his good name.

Why this offends people that don't like my selling methods(no pictures) is a mystery but based on what they write I am glad I don't have to talk with them. I guess the lack of pictures has the added benefit of saving me these unpleasant experiences also

Oh yes,the number of these cues available for purchase is down to 2.Approximately 76 people have bought themslves Deano cues without a single complaint in spite of antagonistic criticisms from people who have so astutely observed that there are no pictures.

Now go figure?

But don't figure long,these cues will be gone for good and you could be sorry you didn't get one.214 477 7323
 
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The new cues are ebony and are finished very nice like you would expect from Danny Janes,some people prefer the hit of these,I like my original cue best of all,but regardless the cues play very nice and that was my only concern with these cues.

Our original plan was to prove to you that we could make great playing cues,and then provide you with top notch quality cues with the best traditional designs ever.

This has proven to be a lot tougher to do than I thought,I still think John Nemic my engineer/cue maker will accomplish his purpose,but until we do,its all conjecture

2 cues are still available this may be your last chance so grab the phone
call 214 477 7323


Did I mention that Jack Potter and Johnny Sanchez of Libra cues taught John Nemic to make cues?Jack Potter has one now,I believe it is for sale now on AZ,it is a Prather blank,maple into ebony see jackpot on AZ
 
poolplayer2093 said:
that's one of the deano's with the softer taper.
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I had one of these. It must have been an older one because it had a short fat taper. For the money it seemed like an ok cue. It was different having the big wood pin in the shaft and it had a pretty stiff hit. Mine had a satin finish and the points were not even, the newer ones look to be pretty nice.
 
Mason,

Sorry, I may have misled you.

By handles, I mean the butts. sometimes I don't like to use the word butts.

Joss makes the butts for our playing cues. Our Break Cues were originally made by Carolina Cues, but we are bringing that production in house as we speak. We also hope to build an entry level playing cue constructed like the Break Cue, and we will build that in house too.

I hope that clears things up!

Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com
 
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