Hit of a cue?

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Has anyone heard a cue owner say that their cue hit "BAD"? It seems like all of the cue reviews I read are positive and the owners are raving about how well their cues hit. I can't help but wonder if there are some cues out there that don't hit great?

James
 
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Has anyone heard a cue owner say that their cue hit "BAD"? It seems like all of the cue reviews I read are positive and the owners are raving about how well their cues hit. I can't help but wonder if there are some cues out there that don't hit great?

James
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I once had a SS jointed Schick in the late 90's that had a "hit" I did not care for at all. I played great with the cue...better than any cue I had played with up to the time I it. I could not deal with the "hit" of the cue any longer and traded it for a fancy SW. My pool room buddies all told me I was nuts because of how well I had played with the Schick.


I have another cue now (I am not going to mention the makers name) that is very similar to the Schick scenario...I'm not in love with the "hit", but I play well with the cue.

Hit is all subjective in my mind...
 
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Never liked any cuetec hit. I have several friends who swear by them and shoot great with them. I can shoot with them but I don't like the way they feel.

Ditto the last two Mcds I owned, don't know why. They just felt odd. I loved the first two I owned.
 
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Hit is subjective. Good or bad hit only tells you about the owner...not about the cue. Hit is often determined by the cue builder. Thus a maker can offer a stiff hit or a soft one depending on the materials he chooses.

IMO, saying something has a "great hit" offers little if any useful information. Saying a cue has a quiet hit, or a stiff one does tell me something though. Also, some cuemakers, again in my opinion, tend to have such a consistent hit that one could use their name to describe how a cue feels. If you are familiar with various cuemaker's product, you can infer how a cue will hit by comparing it to another that is known to both players.

I hope this thread doesn't go the way of "XYZ cue has the worst hit". To me those threads are a waste of time.
 
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