After reading a similar post I decided to tell my story about my cue's hit and feel changing but in a very different way. I received the cue in October and have been switching out the 2 shafts each time I played for a month. Shaft A hits and feels amazing while shaft B hits and feels about 75% of what shaft A feels like. I'm guessing it's probably the particular wood itself that makes that first shaft feel so great. After a month, I made A my primary shaft and B my secondary shaft and play mostly with A.
Come late January, shaft A just doesn't hit and feel the same. It used to hit hard and have a sweet sound. Now the hit is dull and has little feeling. The strangest thing is I've done nothing with the shaft. After the second week of having it all I've done is shape and burnish the tip. It is a Moori Med.
Since mid October, the tip has not been shaped, picked, scuffed, or burnished. The ferrule is Ivory but I let my cue have 10-15 minutes to get used to the temperature in the pool hall. It has never been sanded or cleaned with anything. I choose Ivory because it stays clean so well. The shaft has never, never seen any sandpaper, no micromesh, no shaft shedding systems, no plastic papers, no scotch brite pads. It has never been retapered or refinished. I only do two things to the shaft. At the end of the night I give the shaft a quick 10 second burnish with an undyed piece of leather and about 2 times a month I take a microfiber towel that would barely be considered damp for a light once over. When I mean barely damp, I run my hand under the faucet, and flick a few water drops onto the towel. The pin is a 5/16x14 SS piloted and I have joint protectors. The joint isn't damaged.
I haven't messed with the shaft and sometime in Jan/Feb, the hit just disappeared. It just feels dead. I took the cue to my local cue guy and he says the tip looks fine. It has not delaminated, nor is there a crack in the ferrule. I have not dinged this cue ever so I've never needed to put a drop of water on the shaft to swell out the dent. As for storage of the cue, I store the cue in an instroke case, upright on an inside wall as well. I never leave the cue in my car.
Shaft B has been my main player for the last month and a half. It still feels the same as it did back in October. It feels fine but if shaft A could ever feel like it used to a few months back, I'd never buy another cue! I don't know how the hit could have changed so much. For months, shaft A made a hard hit, sounded great but now it barely has any feedback. A buddy of mine confirms that he feels shaft A feels dead.
Anyone have a clue what could have happened?
Come late January, shaft A just doesn't hit and feel the same. It used to hit hard and have a sweet sound. Now the hit is dull and has little feeling. The strangest thing is I've done nothing with the shaft. After the second week of having it all I've done is shape and burnish the tip. It is a Moori Med.
Since mid October, the tip has not been shaped, picked, scuffed, or burnished. The ferrule is Ivory but I let my cue have 10-15 minutes to get used to the temperature in the pool hall. It has never been sanded or cleaned with anything. I choose Ivory because it stays clean so well. The shaft has never, never seen any sandpaper, no micromesh, no shaft shedding systems, no plastic papers, no scotch brite pads. It has never been retapered or refinished. I only do two things to the shaft. At the end of the night I give the shaft a quick 10 second burnish with an undyed piece of leather and about 2 times a month I take a microfiber towel that would barely be considered damp for a light once over. When I mean barely damp, I run my hand under the faucet, and flick a few water drops onto the towel. The pin is a 5/16x14 SS piloted and I have joint protectors. The joint isn't damaged.
I haven't messed with the shaft and sometime in Jan/Feb, the hit just disappeared. It just feels dead. I took the cue to my local cue guy and he says the tip looks fine. It has not delaminated, nor is there a crack in the ferrule. I have not dinged this cue ever so I've never needed to put a drop of water on the shaft to swell out the dent. As for storage of the cue, I store the cue in an instroke case, upright on an inside wall as well. I never leave the cue in my car.
Shaft B has been my main player for the last month and a half. It still feels the same as it did back in October. It feels fine but if shaft A could ever feel like it used to a few months back, I'd never buy another cue! I don't know how the hit could have changed so much. For months, shaft A made a hard hit, sounded great but now it barely has any feedback. A buddy of mine confirms that he feels shaft A feels dead.
Anyone have a clue what could have happened?
