It was John McChesney who did the blind taste test....and it was not a Scruggs sneaky...but a Huebler sneaky that everyone thought hit the best.
I can't stand when people ruin fullsplice cues!!!
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I still say more people will pick the TS sneaky as the best hitting one.
On another note, because everyone on AZ thinks the Scruggs sneaky is the holy grail of house cue conversions......I have been exposed to quite a number of Scruggs sneakies, and only two of the pile played what i considered lights out.
Those 2 particular cues were road warriors, with thousands of hours of play, and the shafts were under 13mm. The shafts had been sanded and tips changed. They had been tuned so to speak.
The rest of the pile played OK and were fine cues, some with no joint bands, some with joint bands, some with no joint collar, and some with a joint collar, but nothing that hit any better than any body elses conversions.
Those 2 particular cues were road warriors, with thousands of hours of play, and the shafts were under 13mm. The shafts had been sanded and tips changed. They had been tuned so to speak.
The rest of the pile played OK and were fine cues, some with no joint bands, some with joint bands, some with no joint collar, and some with a joint collar, but nothing that hit any better than any body elses conversions.
LOL....the main reason why some of the sneeky Scruggs plays so good has to do more with the quality of the shaft wood and wood of the blank than whether it's full splice/one piece or not. This is true for all cues...full splice doesn't necessary mean better.
Beside, Scruggs..ton of other amazing sneeky pete cues are built by many other quality cue builders although the other sneeky cues may not be as well hyped and branded.
It's a number of variable that dictate how well the cue will play and essentially it come down to quality of the wood, taper, tips, ferrule, weight, etc. Everything is subjective in the world of cues. My suggestion is try out as many as you can and you'll learn and find out what you really need for your games. I've played with well over 1000 cues and I can tell your holy grail of cues is going to be different from mine.
One of my best playing cue happens to be a curly purpleheart full splice that I made myself and the other is a custom cue made by Joel Weinstock using a short splice blank joint by his unique construction method. One consistent variable that I find in all great playing cues come down you as you would guess...quality of the wood..especially the shaft wood. Tips,ferrule, etc..are secondary and can be changed easily. That's why shaft wood is a good cue builder life line.
Duc.
Beside, Scruggs..ton of other amazing sneeky pete cues are built by many other quality cue builders although the other sneeky cues may not be as well hyped and branded.
It's a number of variable that dictate how well the cue will play and essentially it come down to quality of the wood, taper, tips, ferrule, weight, etc. Everything is subjective in the world of cues. My suggestion is try out as many as you can and you'll learn and find out what you really need for your games. I've played with well over 1000 cues and I can tell your holy grail of cues is going to be different from mine.
One of my best playing cue happens to be a curly purpleheart full splice that I made myself and the other is a custom cue made by Joel Weinstock using a short splice blank joint by his unique construction method. One consistent variable that I find in all great playing cues come down you as you would guess...quality of the wood..especially the shaft wood. Tips,ferrule, etc..are secondary and can be changed easily. That's why shaft wood is a good cue builder life line.
Duc.
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Do you really think TS used his best shafts on $150 sneaky petes ?
The shafts weren't junk but they were not exactly AAA grade .
Nobody hyped them. They earned their rep .
That's TWO, not one.
Funny, by coincidence, yours is also a sneaky. Now, make a sectional cue hit as good as that one.
Nobody said you can make crappy wood hit great.
Then you need a lot of work on your language skills.
You said the cue was "ruined".
Unless this is your first day on AZB, how could you have missed all the
gushing about how wonderfully fullsplice cues play or hit?
Especially as enamoured as you seem to be with them.
So, when someone says "ruined", how exactly did you expect it to be
interpreted?
Dale(working on language skills his own self)
Actually George bought short and full splice blanks. Most of the photos I see of George's full splice cues don't have rings. Of course there is always exceptions to the rule. He was of course a custom cue maker who built designs the customer wanted. Now which is best is all personal choice/taste....
I agree. My buddy has a Scruggs sneaky, and I'm like, yeah, seems not one bit from any other custom sneaky pete..... does TS have some magical taper that a few folks like, or do they just like the pedigree of the maker more ??