jacoby cue
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Love my Jacoby
My Jacoby has a 3/8 X10 pin and black phenolic joint. It hits superbly. Plenty of feel, but still fairly soft hitting. I added Mike Gulyassy's shaft freeze which changed the sound the cue makes but not its great play. Yes it will deflect more than the LD laminated products out there, but I play better that way. I aim as I always have and the cue hits the mark. Loads of spin, plenty of control. I own most of the big cuemaker's products, but play with my Jacoby more than any other.
My Jacoby has a 3/8 X10 pin and black phenolic joint. It hits superbly. Plenty of feel, but still fairly soft hitting. I added Mike Gulyassy's shaft freeze which changed the sound the cue makes but not its great play. Yes it will deflect more than the LD laminated products out there, but I play better that way. I aim as I always have and the cue hits the mark. Loads of spin, plenty of control. I own most of the big cuemaker's products, but play with my Jacoby more than any other.
I have owned and played with 2 different Jacobys, both with the steel joint - 5/16 x 14 pin, piloted, and I can agree with the other posters about the softer feel of the hit. I would describe it as a little firmer than most true wood/wood type of joints but definitely a lot softer than a typical schon steel jointed cue hit would feel. As far as fit/finish/construction of the Jacobys ......... TOP NOTCH. I'd recommend one in a second.
The reason I don't play with a Jacoby now is after test hitting a variety of different cues I decided I liked the hit/feel firmer/crisper, but not so firm and "tingy" (as I would describe it) as a schon and ended up with my current Carolina Cues which IMO have a hit extremely similiar to my buddy's Scruggs cues and he agrees with that assesment as well after we did all of our test hitting with a BUNCH of various cues that we had between the two of us plus a few cues some of my friends own that I have test hit with.
The cues I/we test hit included - Schons, Richard Blacks, Scruggs, Jacobys, Carolina Custom, Pechauer, McDermotts, Lucasi, Diveney.
Trevor
The reason I don't play with a Jacoby now is after test hitting a variety of different cues I decided I liked the hit/feel firmer/crisper, but not so firm and "tingy" (as I would describe it) as a schon and ended up with my current Carolina Cues which IMO have a hit extremely similiar to my buddy's Scruggs cues and he agrees with that assesment as well after we did all of our test hitting with a BUNCH of various cues that we had between the two of us plus a few cues some of my friends own that I have test hit with.
The cues I/we test hit included - Schons, Richard Blacks, Scruggs, Jacobys, Carolina Custom, Pechauer, McDermotts, Lucasi, Diveney.
Trevor
I have owned or played with at least 75 Jacoby cues. The steel jointed cues for the most part (their are exceptions) hit quite a bit stiffer than the Ivory or Phenolic collars. I currently play with one that utilizes the radial pin that I like so much that my Richard Black hardly ever gets used.
I have 2 jacobys ss joint and coco radial joint radial is a soft hit and the ss is a lil bit hard great cues though you will have to see what one fits you!!!
