The most IMMEDIATE effect of a joint is on how you feel the hit. A metal joint will muffle or dampen the feel of the tip contacting the cueball, while a wooden joint, like on a 3chushion cue will allow the feel of the hit to travel easier to your grip.
Basically, you can assume that a one piece cue, like a house cue, will allow the feel to travel through the cue unhindered, while any different material you put at the joint will have an effect on that feel. That's all you need to know, and you can make common sense assumptions on what happens with different joint material,,,,,whether you have wooden screws(like 3cushion cues), glass epoxy pins(like Joey Gold's cues), your standard metal pins, full metal joints, thin metal sleeves, full ivories, ivory sleeves, you name it.
Anything hard you add to any part of a cue will make the feel harder.
Whether all that has an affect on the action you get on a cue is up for debate, but the transmission of the vibration and resulting feel on your grip from the cueball impact is FACT, and this you can try for yourself on any cue available.
Basically, you can assume that a one piece cue, like a house cue, will allow the feel to travel through the cue unhindered, while any different material you put at the joint will have an effect on that feel. That's all you need to know, and you can make common sense assumptions on what happens with different joint material,,,,,whether you have wooden screws(like 3cushion cues), glass epoxy pins(like Joey Gold's cues), your standard metal pins, full metal joints, thin metal sleeves, full ivories, ivory sleeves, you name it.
Anything hard you add to any part of a cue will make the feel harder.
Whether all that has an affect on the action you get on a cue is up for debate, but the transmission of the vibration and resulting feel on your grip from the cueball impact is FACT, and this you can try for yourself on any cue available.
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