Your cue sold because it's a Southwest, nothing to do with whether the second shaft was used or not. This is a myth.
Extra shaft - actual use ?
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Your cue sold because it's a Southwest, nothing to do with whether the second shaft was used or not. This is a myth.
I will give you my opinion on this subject, the extra shaft should be used on a regular basis. I alternate my shafts daily so that if I have a tip problem I can switch to the shaft that I am currently not using and it is as comfortable as the shaft with the bad tip.
If you do not do this and the second shaft and tip are never broken in, you will have problems in a high pressure situation if you have to change shafts, and it can cost you the Game, and the Set!~!!!!!
JIMO
I've done this almost since I started playing seriously in the early '70s. My playing cue has four shafts and they all get played with. I've had many cues, most with two shafts that were both played with. I've never had a problem selling a cue if I wanted to part with one. Nobody I've sold a cue to wanted one shaft that had never been hit, most people would rather both tips were broken in.
Thanks for all the positive comments concerning my opinion for the purpose of two shafts. I must say though that when I started playing pool in the early 1970's this was the only reason people had two shafts, so the idea has been around a long time before I started playing pool.
I do however, find it interesting that information is lost over the year's, I guess this also go's back to the fact that in the 1970's cue collecting was in it's infancy and people bought cues looking for a player that was just right for them. Now many people that play also buy their cues for an investment and with the collecting crazy few people use their cue for a life time.
Again in my opinion, when you find a cue that has that certain hit, balance, weight, and overall feel that you like there is no need to look any farther, because the odd's are that you may never find another cue like it. So the last thing you would ever want to do is sell it, and while some may be thinking what? I have seen many people over the year's fall off thier stroke and blame their equipment for the failure, just like people blame their tips, and everything else for bad performace.
All I can say is do not make this mistake because finding that special cue that fits all your needs may only come along once in a players life time.
Now there is nothing wrong with cue collecting or even buying a cue as an investment, but there is a big difference between this and the cue that is used as a player so when viewed from this angle two used shafts can increase the size of your pocket if used for the right purpose!!!!
JIMO
I do however, find it interesting that information is lost over the year's, I guess this also go's back to the fact that in the 1970's cue collecting was in it's infancy and people bought cues looking for a player that was just right for them. Now many people that play also buy their cues for an investment and with the collecting crazy few people use their cue for a life time.
Again in my opinion, when you find a cue that has that certain hit, balance, weight, and overall feel that you like there is no need to look any farther, because the odd's are that you may never find another cue like it. So the last thing you would ever want to do is sell it, and while some may be thinking what? I have seen many people over the year's fall off thier stroke and blame their equipment for the failure, just like people blame their tips, and everything else for bad performace.
All I can say is do not make this mistake because finding that special cue that fits all your needs may only come along once in a players life time.Now there is nothing wrong with cue collecting or even buying a cue as an investment, but there is a big difference between this and the cue that is used as a player so when viewed from this angle two used shafts can increase the size of your pocket if used for the right purpose!!!!
JIMO
I, too, typically bebop back and forth between shafts. This way I am comfortable with either one I shoot with.
When you don't switch back and forth, you know almost immediately when you have the unplayed shaft on...it just doesn't feel quite right, and it will mess with your head.
Lisa
When you don't switch back and forth, you know almost immediately when you have the unplayed shaft on...it just doesn't feel quite right, and it will mess with your head.
Lisa
For me extra cues and shafts
thanks Craig- I like to not only use the other shafts but other cues as well too. I have tried to enhance play by putting different ferrules and tips. I like different cues and shafts for different games. I learned a long time ago good shaft wood is scarce. I ask cue makers for extra length wood too(its older and can be cut if needed later) Look at Ray Schuler cue's had something like 10 different tapers. I wonder exactly how many Jacoby offers?? 4-6 at least. There's LD shafts ,ferruless shafts, underwater wood shafts. In the next 10 yrs who knows what kind of shafts!!!! I truely have a shaft collection. mark
thanks Craig- I like to not only use the other shafts but other cues as well too. I have tried to enhance play by putting different ferrules and tips. I like different cues and shafts for different games. I learned a long time ago good shaft wood is scarce. I ask cue makers for extra length wood too(its older and can be cut if needed later) Look at Ray Schuler cue's had something like 10 different tapers. I wonder exactly how many Jacoby offers?? 4-6 at least. There's LD shafts ,ferruless shafts, underwater wood shafts. In the next 10 yrs who knows what kind of shafts!!!! I truely have a shaft collection. mark
I've got a extra shaft for my Predator BK2 it's just a normal 314-2 shaft with a leather tip on it , I only use it when I'm at a place where the cloth is crappy , It shoot really well as a playing cue but I've got the sports wrap on it so it don't feel normal shooting with it other than the break .
I am looking to get a custum shaft made for my playing cue but I've gotta find a really good cue maker to make it . I'm not the biggest fan of laminated shafts for playing I'm the type that likes Maple shafts .
I am looking to get a custum shaft made for my playing cue but I've gotta find a really good cue maker to make it . I'm not the biggest fan of laminated shafts for playing I'm the type that likes Maple shafts .
Maybe,but having a unplayed shaft and a pristine butt didn't hurt.:wink:
Thank's,I miss it but when Andy G get's my fullsplice done it will be all right!:grin:
Another reason to alternate shafts: wear the tips down at a somewhat equal pace. For me personally I think tips play their best when they're worn down about 1/2 way. If I have to switch shafts in mid match I don't want a "taller" tip that's going to take me a couple hundred balls to get used to. That makes for a bigger adjustment to me than shaft diameter even.
I have 2 shafts on both of my current players. Both have 1 shaft with an Everst. The other shafts have a Kamui medium black on one and a Triangle on the other.
I use the Everest equipped ones on fast Simonis clothed tables. I use the hard tipped ones on those damn rubber backed felt Valley's. The hard tips help moving the rock around on slow cloth. I hate slow cloth and it helps my game. I use both regularly.
Mark Shuman
I use the Everest equipped ones on fast Simonis clothed tables. I use the hard tipped ones on those damn rubber backed felt Valley's. The hard tips help moving the rock around on slow cloth. I hate slow cloth and it helps my game. I use both regularly.
Mark Shuman
I uses both on a regular basis. Same diameter and same tip. Just reach in the case and grab one.
I agree. It also helps to have a "pristine" spare shaft in your case when your main one gets damaged.
I used to subscribe to the notion of having different tips on the two shafts, to use "in different situations" (e.g. barbox-with-funky-cueball versus standard playing conditions on a 9-footer). But I abandoned that practice a while ago, because I found I much prefer being use to a particular shaft/tip combination to use for all situations (minus breaking, of course).
And, if your main shaft gets damaged (e.g. falls over -- or someone knocks it over -- and hits the edge of a table or something), I personally want a spare shaft that's as close as possible to the original one I was playing with, with the notable exception that it has a new tip on it. (I get used to new tips pretty quickly.)
Good thread, by the way! Bound to see a plethora of different responses and viewpoints.
-Sean
If a pristine shaft helps in the sale of the cue, why not keep both shafts unplayed? You can get a couple of custom made shafts to match your cue, and when the time comes to sell you will have two original, unplayed shafts with the cue.
Same reason I bought a Harley instead of a Jap copy,I want the real thing.
Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on this subject, the Southwest Shafts I have seen are hit and miss. There are many places you can buy better quality shafts, in fact with that said and matching joint collars I doubt you could pick a copy if it was built by a proficent Cue Maker!!!:wink:
JIMO