I don't care one way or another, but I am curious.
Several years ago when you looked in the For Sale forum, you pretty much saw a Joel Dadivas cue on every page. I just went through the first 25 pages of the forum and didn't see a single one.
FWIW, I own one JD cue w/2 shafts. After more than several years of ownership (probably closer to 10 years) the butt and the shafts both together and apart are not perfectly, but reasonably straight. The cue is very nice looking, even more so since I had a black, stacked-leather wrap installed. The cue does play nicely, nothing exceptional, but I wouldn't kick it out of my case for many cues on the market now.
Here's the weird thing, and I think it may be the reason I'm not seeing or hearing much about Mr. Dadivas's cues anymore. The cue is not the typical .84" at the joint (mine is .69"), making it a poor choice for aftermarket shafts. I heard many of his cues are like this. Plus, I also heard that he sometimes uses non-industry standard pins.
Anyone know what's up and why I'm no loger seeing a market for his cues?
Maniac
Several years ago when you looked in the For Sale forum, you pretty much saw a Joel Dadivas cue on every page. I just went through the first 25 pages of the forum and didn't see a single one.
FWIW, I own one JD cue w/2 shafts. After more than several years of ownership (probably closer to 10 years) the butt and the shafts both together and apart are not perfectly, but reasonably straight. The cue is very nice looking, even more so since I had a black, stacked-leather wrap installed. The cue does play nicely, nothing exceptional, but I wouldn't kick it out of my case for many cues on the market now.
Here's the weird thing, and I think it may be the reason I'm not seeing or hearing much about Mr. Dadivas's cues anymore. The cue is not the typical .84" at the joint (mine is .69"), making it a poor choice for aftermarket shafts. I heard many of his cues are like this. Plus, I also heard that he sometimes uses non-industry standard pins.
Anyone know what's up and why I'm no loger seeing a market for his cues?
Maniac