Josswest
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They play about the same. Bill went to more of the fancy custom/handmade style where Dan went more production. And yes JW's did go up when Bill passed. To collectors the cue to have will always be the Josswest over a Joss with the exception being the early Joss when they were together. Those are quite collectible.
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Does a southwest have a better hit or feel?
C'mon man you know better than to ask stuff like that. Define better. Its impossible, all cues are different and 'better' is massively subjective. I liked a good JW over a SW but that's just me. I've only hit one SW that i liked and it was older JF cue with micarta ferules. Cue hit unreal.
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I owned a SW. I think they are over rated and way over priced.
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I think there is something to be said about pride of ownership. But SW is out of control. Wish I had one lol
I've owned two and sold them both. I prefer a Schon or a Joss.
If you ever get a chance to shoot with the earlier SW, before 1996 build,
They have a really nice lively hit and feel...
Wu Jia-qing, Kevin Cheng, Tony Chohan and Ko brothers all did before they were sponsored.
You're correct about that.But did it diminish their play, now that they play with mass production cues..?
I thought Cheng used a Meucci..?
Cheng was a Meucci staff guy before he disappeared. And no, using production cues did not harm any pro's level of play. Virtually all pros today use a prod. cue of one brand or another. Alex P. uses a Lomax but he's one of the few top players that use a custom wand. I think we all accept the fact that these guys/gals could use about anything and play good. Chohan used a steel-joint Diveney for a little while then went back to a SW before signing with Meucci. I asked him about his 'mooch and he said he loves it.
Whenever Buddy won a tourney he sold the cue he won it with...I guess, that's how important gear was to him...
When Buddy was living here in tulsa he had a big 24/48 case full of cues. I watched him practice/play and he'd switch cues a lot and played exactly the same with every one. As long as the tip was shaped right he couldn't care less what kind of cue it was. Lots of makers would send him cues just to say that they made a cue for the great man himself. They knew he as flippin them for expense $$.Whenever Buddy won a tourney he sold the cue he won it with...I guess, that's how important gear was to him...
Im not buying a standard sw. Its a sw satin or pacifier cue. They are less expensive. And the josswest cues im wondering how they can be much different , hitwise, from a standard joss. I don't think I'll be going down the rabbit hole again on either cue.
I think the pacifier cue prices are even more insane than a full-blown loaded SW. 2G's+ for a plain, and i mean PLAIN, birdseye cue is nuts.
He used a Southwest before being sponsored by Meucci. He had the Southwest in his case when i played him in Houston after he won US Open. He showed it to me after destroying me in our match.
Here is a post about it: https://thecueist.substack.com/p/an-update-on-kevin-yu-hsuan-cheng