Have you ever attempted to play with a very warped pool cue, and did it bother you, and were you able to pot balls with it consistently?

[maha]

to make a game in the old pool rooms you had to be creative. many times played with the back end, or no chalk, one handed jacked, 5 or 10 strokey no lookey head down, one eye closed, one foot up, . whatever it took to win the cash.

 

[Cue Alchemist]

Thanks a lot for the info. So, if I do not mark the joint of the shaft at the highest point of its roll out, and shoot with that side facing up, then I might miss, no matter what. That makes sense. I will test both ways, just out of curiosity. Maybe do some straight in, long shot drills, to see how bad the warp really throws me off. I really just miss playing, lol. Thanks for your help.

It helps if you mark it, only thing is if you don't know where the the taper rises, you could miss anything.on a short bridge its ok, on longer bridge length, that taper comes into play more.
Another way is to hold the butt in the same place every time. Look at it the other way around, a badly warped butt, which can make shaft roll awful. even a brand new one. As i said, if your able use it, you will be able to use anything after that.