DawgAndy said:I'll try to clarify. It was a jab at neither, no ****ing neccesary Jazz. No Lisa I don't go that way either.
I was just saying there is a "buzz" about his cues now as there was about Skips a couple of years ago. I don't have anything to say about the quality of either or customer service. I don't own either one of their cues. I was just saying Sugartree cues are hot in some circles and those circles really tend to hype their favorite cuemaker of the day.
Please forgo the hate mail, I'm not a negative person.
Andy
Wood can move anytime. That layer you take on the final pass could be your last.qfancier said:Thanks everyone for the posts. This is exactly what I am looking for.
I had heard some stories about late delivery and moving wood at the last minute.
Does he core his highly figured, exotic woods?
DawgAndy said:I'll try to clarify. It was a jab at neither, no ****ing neccesary Jazz. No Lisa I don't go that way either.
I was just saying there is a "buzz" about his cues now as there was about Skips a couple of years ago. I don't have anything to say about the quality of either or customer service. I don't own either one of their cues. I was just saying Sugartree cues are hot in some circles and those circles really tend to hype their favorite cuemaker of the day.
Please forgo the hate mail, I'm not a negative person.
Andy
LMAO --- sorry .. Cue Du Jour .... thats kewt ....ridewiththewind said:Fair enough, Andy. I understand what you're saying...I think the general consensus felt that it could have been said without mentioning other cuemakers' names, but I do get your point.
Cue de Juor Syndrome is simply symptomatic of the the masses search for the ultimate playing cue....and perhaps, to a smaller extent, keeping up with the Joneses. With that said, I really do not think it is much different for those who say, play golf....they're always looking for the driver/iron/putter with the ultimate 'sweet spot'....and sometimes, to a certain extent, braggin' rights. I suppose that could be said of any activity where there is a diversity of personalized equipment.
Because of the advent of the internet, and it's ability to open up players to a wider variety of available cuemakers, I suppose that often hype is used to help kick-start a cuemaker's reputation/business. Hype is not necessarily a bad thing....it just needs to be approached for what it is. I, myself, try not to fall into it, as a rule. I prefer to wait things out a year or two, and see how it all filters out. That too, is generally when things will die down a bit, and those cues begin to show on the secondary market....giving one a less costly way to give a cuemaker a try.
I think another thing that fuels this kind of desirability for a newer cuemaker's work is if, after a relatively short exposure time, they cease taking orders. It's a fact that we, as humans, always seem to crave most that which is the least available to us.
I cannot attest to Eric's work, as I have never seen one up close, or had the opportunity to play with one. I like some of his designs, and others, not so much. He does, as a rule, seem to get some very nice pieces of wood, and appears to produce cues with nice clean lines. Should I ever have the opportunity to try one, and it knocked my socks off, I may try to acquire one....but in all seriousness, one can only play with but so many cues. Of course, I am approaching this from a players standpoint, and not that of a collector.
Lisa
DawgAndy said:Jazz
I've been on here along time and no one has ever called me a pot stirer. If you need to find something negative about my first post you will. There's nothing I can say that I haven't already.
As much as I hate hype, I also don't like people without vested interest (either ordering, owning or at least hitting few balls with the cue maker's work) making "flippant" comments. To me this does nothing but "stir the pot".
Yesterday 07:55 PM
I was making more of a comment on the "hypers" on this forum than what they hype.
Andy
Dont waste your time trying to apologize for having a opion. There are many who find this whole topic a slap in the face to all the great cuemaker who are more or less reading about how Eric is a very special cuemaker who makes special shafts and knows more about wood than any other possible cuemaker out there who has been in business many years,sold thousands of cue,and is a master cue builder and in many books!!! I have owned many high end cues and I do admire there work but dont think of my self as some kind of cue god and write post about how I have found the best cuemaker ever....Time will tell. I hope all the other cuemakers who come on az and read these post remember those who have made these statement about how there shafts and wood just dont stand up to these sugertree cues.DawgAndy said:Jazz
I've been on here along time and no one has ever called me a pot stirer. If you need to find something negative about my first post you will. There's nothing I can say that I haven't already.
As much as I hate hype, I also don't like people without vested interest (either ordering, owning or at least hitting few balls with the cue maker's work) making "flippant" comments. To me this does nothing but "stir the pot".
Yesterday 07:55 PM
I was making more of a comment on the "hypers" on this forum than what they hype.
Andy
Poolhawk said:Dont waste your time trying to apologize for having a opion. There are many who find this whole topic a slap in the face to all the great cuemaker who are more or less reading about how Eric is a very special cuemaker who makes special shafts and knows more about wood than any other possible cuemaker out there who has been in business many years,sold thousands of cue,and is a master cue builder and in many books!!! I have owned many high end cues and I do admire there work but dont think of my self as some kind of cue god and write post about how I have found the best cuemaker ever....Time will tell. I hope all the other cuemakers who come on az and read these post remember those who have made these statement about how there shafts and wood just dont stand up to these sugertree cues.
Good.cubswin said:When has anyone said that other cuemakers were bad, or didn't make a great product? I personally don't like snow white shafts, and most of the cuemakers I've dealt with don't like them either. Thats not to say there isn't good shafts made from them though, or that a cuemaker can't find good wood to use in their own product. There are so many quality makers now that picking just one is hard. I know I'm not only buying sugartree cues from now on, going to keep trying cues that I want to try and that get good reviews from people whose opinions I trust. Better yet I get to try them out first and then order.