first cue some advice
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I'm no expert, but given Bolas excellent response with photos, let me see if I'm right.
Regarding wood-to-wood vs stainless steel joint. Look at the photos. The wood-to-wood cues look more like a one-piece house cue, whereas with the stainless joint you cab obviously see the metal where the two pieces join together. That is probably a difference maker if you are looking for the "sneaky" aspect of the cue, making it look more like a one-piece house cue. As for how that affects your playability, if at all, I cannot say. I expect that you will find many who prefer each style, and I further expect that it probably isn't a significant difference in reality, but I really don't know that for sure. Perhaps folks with more experience will chime in here soon to clarify this.
The "points" are quite literally the number of points on butt of the cue, the very tip of each of the dark parts on the butt, pointing towards the tip end of the cue. I was confused about that term when I started getting further into this, as well. Points are all a matter of style preference, and has no bearing on playability. Again, that is as I understand it!
Hope that helps you some.
Regarding wood-to-wood vs stainless steel joint. Look at the photos. The wood-to-wood cues look more like a one-piece house cue, whereas with the stainless joint you cab obviously see the metal where the two pieces join together. That is probably a difference maker if you are looking for the "sneaky" aspect of the cue, making it look more like a one-piece house cue. As for how that affects your playability, if at all, I cannot say. I expect that you will find many who prefer each style, and I further expect that it probably isn't a significant difference in reality, but I really don't know that for sure. Perhaps folks with more experience will chime in here soon to clarify this.
The "points" are quite literally the number of points on butt of the cue, the very tip of each of the dark parts on the butt, pointing towards the tip end of the cue. I was confused about that term when I started getting further into this, as well. Points are all a matter of style preference, and has no bearing on playability. Again, that is as I understand it!
Hope that helps you some.
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Look at the picture in the post. The top ones are 4 pointers, the bottom have 8, and also some more detail around the points (veneers). They won't do anything for the feel of the hit, but if you like the look, you may get some phychological benefit which will make you shoot better anyway. People may disagree, but I think having a new cue, or getting a nicer cue, can bring your game up.
As far as the different joint, the feel of the hit will be affected by that quite a bit. You really should try the different joint types though to see which you like. This is not something you'd want to pick from based on advice from others. Even if the pool halls you go to don't have any cues for sale, the people that play there have cues. If you don't know many of the other players, I'm sure there are regulars that go to the places that the manager/staff would know and you can get an introduction through them. I don't think there is a player on earth that won't be happy to show you what he plays with and let you hit a few balls with it.
It comes with an Everest tip.
This is a layered leather tip that many people like. It's right in the middle of medium as you can get. That's hardness I'm talking about.
A lot of people like them. I don't. But there's more people that like them than dislike them.
This is a layered leather tip that many people like. It's right in the middle of medium as you can get. That's hardness I'm talking about.
A lot of people like them. I don't. But there's more people that like them than dislike them.
i received this email from seybert :" Unfortutnately due to the Exclusive Dealer Policy from The Predator Group we are unable to sell or ship standard, stock Predator or Poison products to Italy. "
Can you suggest me a reliable site which ship to italy? Clearly the same price not higher.
Can you suggest me a reliable site which ship to italy? Clearly the same price not higher.
A) SP4RJL has 4 points versus SP8RW has 8 points--where the second 4 points are not quite as tall at the first 4
B) the veners are red and black in the SP4RJL and multicolored in the SP8RW
C) SP4RJL has a steel-steel joint while SP8RW has a wood-wood joint
D) SP4RJL has a linen wrap while SP8RW has no wrap.