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depends, on density and age does a newer piece of strait grain play better than a old piece of birdseye???

this is one of those subjective questions again.

i think that as long as its maple it will play good tho regardless of what type. as long as you like the hit of maple that is.
 
Depends on the individual piece of wood. Generally speaking, yes straight grain wood is a bit better. Birds eye is considered defect. It's not a lot different than burl. The more & larger eyes in a piece, the weaker it will be. But on the same token, birds eye grows on very slow growing trees. Whether the defect causes the tree to grow show, or the slow growth causes the defect is a mystery. But the heavy, tight grain gives a lot of birds eye a density & strength that healthy maples don't get. It's kinda like "retard strength" for lack of better terminology. It's just freakishly harder & stronger when it's clearly defected. So even though it shouldn't be better because it's defected, a lot of it is far superior to straight grain. Personally, I have noted that the smaller eyes make the strongest, heaviest & best toned wood. The large eyes with deep wrinkles & swirls make the weakest & dullest wood, though it looks best. Hope this all helps.
 
Best wood out there- Birdseyecreations.com(Fred knows BEM)

Not a cue builder- just a semi -knowledgeable- wood junkie. Well BEM used in Fronts must play pretty good to make Gus Szamboti so Famous. I buy a bit of BEM- and its solid . Some people need to pay attention to the brown and white maple,and the dark core wood. - People want white wood - for what i'm not sure . The underwater woods have been changed too!! Birch gets hard as Maple,and the maple sounds like aluminum!! Hey Art you just kill me sometimes. A Schon ,Colo bolo R-3 front with a (2,000 eye BEM Handle) with Matching Coco bolo butt. mark
 
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Maple is maple and different pieces will play differently. Birdseye can play exactly like straight grain maple, or it can play stiffer or less stiff, depending on the tightness of grain and such. The down side to birdseye is not the play, but the stability. Heavy figured birdseye is not as stable as straight grain maple. But as far as play goes it is a toss of coin.
 
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qbilder said:
Depends on the individual piece of wood. Generally speaking, yes straight grain wood is a bit better. Birds eye is considered defect. It's not a lot different than burl. The more & larger eyes in a piece, the weaker it will be. But on the same token, birds eye grows on very slow growing trees. Whether the defect causes the tree to grow show, or the slow growth causes the defect is a mystery. But the heavy, tight grain gives a lot of birds eye a density & strength that healthy maples don't get. It's kinda like "retard strength" for lack of better terminology. It's just freakishly harder & stronger when it's clearly defected. So even though it shouldn't be better because it's defected, a lot of it is far superior to straight grain. Personally, I have noted that the smaller eyes make the strongest, heaviest & best toned wood. The large eyes with deep wrinkles & swirls make the weakest & dullest wood, though it looks best. Hope this all helps.
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