Find a Mezz cue with a WD700 or WX700 shaft. You can't go wrong. :thumbup:
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Find a Mezz cue with a WD700 or WX700 shaft. You can't go wrong. :thumbup:
rootbeer506
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I got antsy and tired of waiting and found pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Ended up ordering a Predator LE4 with the 314^2 from Nielsen's Billiards. (Read about them here on the forum previously). Should be here first half of next week. Can't want to rack 'em!
joerackem wins again...............................
Another happy customer...........................
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Cool, you picked the cue of my choice, let us know how it plays.
Joe is a cool guy, bought lots of stuff from him.
rootbeer506
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Will do! Can't say I'll have a lot of experience to go from with my limited playing time on competitor cues, but I'll give it my best.
I decided to go ahead and send McDermott a email about my experience. I really did want one of their cues, but I'm staying away from proprietary joints. My Current cue has a "Speed-Loc" joint and I couldn't replace the shaft if I wanted. I'll only make that mistake once. Here's my "open letter".
I have been playing pool casually for years and have recently been in the market for a new cue and wanted to pass some feedback along to your company. (This was my first cue purchase over $150) I really liked your products and McDermott gets so many raving reviews about the warranty and customer service. With the warranty and maintenance program, I really wanted to purchase a McDermott cue. I was disappointed to find out McDermott uses their own proprietary joint on their high end cues. This really made me rethink my purchase and pushed me towards a Predator LE4 with a radial joint that I ended up purchasing. My honest feedback for you is: Don't sell any cue over $300 with a proprietary joint. If McDermott would have had any other joint available on the G705 (The one I was drooling over) I would have purchased it. I know your cues can be special ordered with any joint, but waiting for an unknown amount of time for it to be made didn't sound very appealing. I did not like that I couldn't interchange a Predator, OB, Mezzi, or any other shaft on a McDermott cue without tracking down a partial and trying to find someone qualified to put the joint on it. All other high end manufactures I've researched come with a Uni-Lock Quick Release joint or a comparable universal thread. I believe McDermott should follow suite to allow shafts to easily be interchanged down the road if the customer so desires.
I decided to go ahead and send McDermott a email about my experience. I really did want one of their cues, but I'm staying away from proprietary joints. My Current cue has a "Speed-Loc" joint and I couldn't replace the shaft if I wanted. I'll only make that mistake once. Here's my "open letter".
I have been playing pool casually for years and have recently been in the market for a new cue and wanted to pass some feedback along to your company. (This was my first cue purchase over $150) I really liked your products and McDermott gets so many raving reviews about the warranty and customer service. With the warranty and maintenance program, I really wanted to purchase a McDermott cue. I was disappointed to find out McDermott uses their own proprietary joint on their high end cues. This really made me rethink my purchase and pushed me towards a Predator LE4 with a radial joint that I ended up purchasing. My honest feedback for you is: Don't sell any cue over $300 with a proprietary joint. If McDermott would have had any other joint available on the G705 (The one I was drooling over) I would have purchased it. I know your cues can be special ordered with any joint, but waiting for an unknown amount of time for it to be made didn't sound very appealing. I did not like that I couldn't interchange a Predator, OB, Mezzi, or any other shaft on a McDermott cue without tracking down a partial and trying to find someone qualified to put the joint on it. All other high end manufactures I've researched come with a Uni-Lock Quick Release joint or a comparable universal thread. I believe McDermott should follow suite to allow shafts to easily be interchanged down the road if the customer so desires.
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Well, they don't really. Totally different animal besides the fact they are both LD.
The cuechanger AAA-LD shafts are made from the absolute best shaft blanks we can
find, usually around 5% of our shaft blanks make it to AAA.
We focus on playability and great hit and as such they certainly are LD (hollowed out) but
not as LD as 314-2 shafts.
Predator use a bigger hole then we do, way less good wood and a much softer ferrule.
We use a MasonH micarta ferrule and a medium or medium soft tip of your choice, we do not
sell these shafts with hard tips because the extremely dense shaftwood and taper we use allready
give a pretty hard hit and a hard tip would take them over the edge. They rund around $300.
http://www.doubledavecues.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=235_331&products_id=3993
The naturals cues are a plain jane cue with a special A-joint, leather wrap and ringwork on all locations
and we sell it for around $ 650 with a A-LD shaft or around $ 750 with a AAA-LD.
The naturals cues are uncored and have no weight-bolt (hence the name) and because of this are
only made out of woods that will give a good hit, stability and acceptable weight.
http://www.doubledavecues.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=235_331&products_id=3998
gr. Dave
