The best cue for the money is the one you like! Not what someone else thinks, because they are not you, No 2 people hit the ball the same, or feel the same thing as far as feedback when striking a ball, Its all in the hands of the shooter as far as individual sensativity! Now if you are looking for popular cues now we open a new can of worms, Same thing other peoples preferances or opions, I my self own quite a few cues at this time ,3 years ago I had over 50 in my collection.I have owned cues by, Scruggs,Szamboti (85) gave 450.00 for it way back then,Mottey,Hurrican,SW Befor they put# on the pins still have one NFS,Andy Gilbert,Paul Dayton Mike Johnson,Madison Bob, Bill Stroud a 74 JW,Wayne Gun,Fisher,Rat,Stacey,Bobby Jett,Wes Hunter Coker, Toeboy(William Rikard) Andrew Diamond,Meucci, McDermott,Huebler .A perfect example I have a 80s SW BEM PJ satin finish cue gave 300.00 for it new with 1 shaft My personel favorite,I just refinished the cue,I bought a SW in 06 I ordered in 98-99 that I gave 865.00 for, 6 pointer eboney an cocbolo 2 shafts all the rings ,I took it to where I play an sell cues was there about 30 mins hit maybe 3 racks of balls with an I thought it hit like S--T, some of the guys where playing 20 questions an this kid asks out of the blue is it for sale I said yes sure it is,He says will you take 1500 for it an this cue I have It was a Sherm Adams cue about a 600 cue,I been trying to buy one for a month an found out its a 6 year wait,I told him for 1500 I will throw in my break cue an the case I have with me ,He was tickled to death an liked the way it hit! But I think I was even more happy than he was over the deal,My point is try a bunch of cues, there are alot of good cue makers out there, they make cues for every player, an alot of the guys here on AZ are great guys an wont hesitate to give you there opion! Best of luck with your search. :grin:
Bob
