I also have this cue with the same wood combination...absolutely gorgeous! The Bicote in mine has some of the nicest figuring I've seen and the Purple Heart is pretty nice too.
Mine came with a G10 Radial pin instead of a standard threaded pin like the one above. For some reason the pin started to back out over time. Fortunately, I found a local cuemaker here in the Seattle area who was kind enough to replace the pin with a SS G10 pin. I should add this...the local cuemaker explained to me how radial pins create a much higher amount of torque compared to traditional threaded pins...so he advised me to not over tighten when screwing the shaft/butt together. So those of us with radial pin joints should be careful when putting our cues together; glue can fail...
These are a great value for a J/B and like the previous poster said, they smack the balls pretty darn good! I've let many people break with it and have had a few offers to buy it afterwards. I of course directed them here to AZ since the price of these are so reasonable for a new one.
Chris