I posted this in the ask the cue maker section but I'm reposting here because of the larger audience. Sorry if that's bad form...
I tried the LD shaft thing for a few months and just recently abandoned it to go back to my southwest. The shots I had hoped to get better at, long shots with english and speed, never panned out for me. In fact, I got worse with the LD shaft as I lost confidence. I never did fully get used to parallel shifting to aim vs. pivoting with back hand english (I think that's what I do).
Anyway, for my LD shaft experiment, I had an AE butt where I had Ernie Martinez extend the wrap all the way down to the butt cap. I really like this part of my experimental cue and wish I had an extended wrap on my southwest. Needless to say, I'm not going to do that to my southwest, so I'm trying to find out who else out there makes butts using a southwest pin.
I have a specific design in mind where I have an extended irish linen wrap but also a matching screw in extension for long reach shots. Please suggest a cue maker I can contact to make me such a butt. I want to pair this butt up with a southwest shaft that I'm used to using.Thanks.
Oh and reasonably priced would be great.
I tried the LD shaft thing for a few months and just recently abandoned it to go back to my southwest. The shots I had hoped to get better at, long shots with english and speed, never panned out for me. In fact, I got worse with the LD shaft as I lost confidence. I never did fully get used to parallel shifting to aim vs. pivoting with back hand english (I think that's what I do).
Anyway, for my LD shaft experiment, I had an AE butt where I had Ernie Martinez extend the wrap all the way down to the butt cap. I really like this part of my experimental cue and wish I had an extended wrap on my southwest. Needless to say, I'm not going to do that to my southwest, so I'm trying to find out who else out there makes butts using a southwest pin.
I have a specific design in mind where I have an extended irish linen wrap but also a matching screw in extension for long reach shots. Please suggest a cue maker I can contact to make me such a butt. I want to pair this butt up with a southwest shaft that I'm used to using.Thanks.
Oh and reasonably priced would be great.