Deuel's cue

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Today I was watching Corey Deuel play Jeremy Jones in the 2005 EPSN Men's World Summit of Pool.

Deuel was using a cue which looked like a sneaky pete with a little extra gingerbread. I never did get a very good look at it, but here's what I saw; There was no wrap on the cue. It had some dark "diamond" inlays on the forearm between the points. There was a set of some similar but lighter inlays near the front of the grip area and another set near the rear of the grip area. The "diamonds" were asymmetrically blunt, meaning the base of the "diamond" was flatter than the end pointing to the tip end of the cue - in fact they were close to being triangular.

Does anyone know who made that cue?

Thanks,
Ken
 
The cue Corey was playing with was indeed a Woodpecker cue. It is the bottom cue in the picture weeseng posted. However, the cues are made by Jacoby. I was actually at Jacoby's shot yesterday and they had the exact cue there for sale along with a version of the top cue in the Woodpecker picture. While speaking with Dave Jacoby, he told me that they have been making Corey's cues for a couple years now. I didn't think to ask why they don't mark them as Jacoby's, but next time I talk to him I'm going to try and find out.
 
Educated guess...

Corey's cues are not called Jacoby's because of marketing reasons. Lots of companies do this to limit market share. Woodpecker cues are available only through Corey himself (more profit) or through a website that sells them. I dont know of any wholesale dealers of them. I dont even think that Jacoby mentions in on their website that they manufacture Woodpeckers. This way you can give exclusive territories to people and not step on toes of current Jacoby dealers. Jacoby is one of my favorite cuemakers; everything he makes is top notch.

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My personal Jacoby cue...
 
Cory has actually had a few cues like that, exactly the same. He sold one that he had for a year or so to a buddy of mine and had the chance to buy it plus a matching custom jump/break for $400. As i was calling to get the money another who owns a pool room here locally pulled the money out of his pocket and grabbed them up. I was very disappointed, the cue is beautiful and hits great, plus the value was more than triple what he was asking for them. Another opportunity lost.
 
I saw Corey's cues last June. We were both having work done on our cues by Ted Harris in south Florida. Both his cues back then were matching Jacoby's with 314 shafts.
 
I actually just got rid of the same purple heart woodpecker that Corey uses this past year. The stick hits solid, but i had to put a predator shaft on it. Great looking cue but incredibly overpriced.
 
atleast he moved up from those junkie 5280's to some nicer cues made by somebody that does really nice work...

chris
 
teambizy said:
I actually just got rid of the same purple heart woodpecker that Corey uses this past year. The stick hits solid, but i had to put a predator shaft on it. Great looking cue but incredibly overpriced.
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i saw that cue in, i think it was, billiards digest inside the case. apparently corey used a predator shaft on it too
 
I LOVE Jacoby cues. I have three including a one of a kind ten ten pointer with an ebony forearm and a predator shaft ( with 2nd original shaft). I think they are great playing cues and are not way overpriced. They really don't seem to be a highly respected or nearly well known as many other names. Anybody know why? I know they have a high annual production, and have a catalog, and I assume that this has a lot to do with it. Who besides Cory duel plays with one? Just curious who else appreiciates these cues.
 
ChrisOnline said:
atleast he moved up from those junkie 5280's to some nicer cues made by somebody that does really nice work...

chris
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You have to remember, he was being paid $25k a year to play with the 5280. Cuestix manufactured the line, and marketed it with Corey as the line leader...just like they still do with Scorpion Cues, and Johnny Archer. Of course, Archer gets more money, and has stuck with it longer. Corey only had a one-year contract, IIRC...and the 5280 line never sold much, even with Corey 'hawking' them.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
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