Local Cue Makers?
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cigardave said:
would that be this Dave Jones
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bigskyjake said:would that be this Dave Jones
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GOD... I hope not!!... cuz I gotta stop by his place and pick up my re-finished cue one of these days.I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Jim Sickles; he posts here as "BilliardBum" (?spelling?). He has a website: www.sicklescustomcues.com
For the cue connoisseurs, a couple of very prominent pro's say that Jim's cues have that special "hit" that all the great cues have (he's never let me hit with one of his babies, so I can't say for sure
).
For the cue connoisseurs, a couple of very prominent pro's say that Jim's cues have that special "hit" that all the great cues have (he's never let me hit with one of his babies, so I can't say for sure
).
I use as many of them as I can afford.
In Central Florida , we have quite a few here. Nitti is a couple minutes away and biulding for me right now.
There are bunch others . . .
http://www.poolroom.com/cuemakers.asp?USMap=FL
In Central Florida , we have quite a few here. Nitti is a couple minutes away and biulding for me right now.
There are bunch others . . .
http://www.poolroom.com/cuemakers.asp?USMap=FL
that's davey jones, one of the monkies. he had a locker. peter tork had one too. so did mickey dolenz. all the monkies had lockers.bigskyjake said:would that be this Dave Jones
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M.C.
Another Plug for Coker Cues .......
If you live anywhere near the Sacramento area and need ANY kind of Cue repair, shaft refinishing, tips, or re-wrap you MUST visit Tom Coker's Shop to have such work performed ... I have tried many different Makers and Repairmen over the years and Tom is, By Far, the Best of the Best ... He is as meticulous about repair work as he is with his cue-building ... I just had a Chad Carter Cue re-wrapped there today and one shaft refurbished ... The Cue looks BRAND NEW again ...
If you live anywhere near the Sacramento area and need ANY kind of Cue repair, shaft refinishing, tips, or re-wrap you MUST visit Tom Coker's Shop to have such work performed ... I have tried many different Makers and Repairmen over the years and Tom is, By Far, the Best of the Best ... He is as meticulous about repair work as he is with his cue-building ... I just had a Chad Carter Cue re-wrapped there today and one shaft refurbished ... The Cue looks BRAND NEW again ...
I live in Wellington, FL and have a wonderful choice of cuemakers close to me.
Within 5 miles - Dennis Searing, Arnot and Barringer
Within 15 miles - Neil Corliss and Fred Meister
Within 25 miles - Bob Manzino
Within 50 miles - Joe Picone, Paul Dayton, Ted Harris, John Showman
and Bob Zeide
I believe most of these are well recognized cue makers and I believe all are in the "Blue Book".
Within 5 miles - Dennis Searing, Arnot and Barringer
Within 15 miles - Neil Corliss and Fred Meister
Within 25 miles - Bob Manzino
Within 50 miles - Joe Picone, Paul Dayton, Ted Harris, John Showman
and Bob Zeide
I believe most of these are well recognized cue makers and I believe all are in the "Blue Book".
In So. Calif 3 that I can think of off hand are Ariel Carmelli, Kerry Zylr and the new guy on the block who made my cue Joey (In Cali) Bautista. Oh, how about Tad, Ned Morris, Ed Prewitt and Ernie Gutierrez over at Gina and the list goes on. Yes we are lucky--and apologies to the other 34 I fogot to mention.
gibby
here in batesville the only cue maker i know is jim lee also know as j&d customs on a/z. He can do it cleaning building i have 3 of his cues a breack jump made out of a old valley with 4-points of walnut with brass rings and and a purple heart and red heart with black rings and a dimond wood cue with maple and other dimond wood rings all have great ring work and they play great just cant get anyone to buy them yet
here in batesville the only cue maker i know is jim lee also know as j&d customs on a/z. He can do it cleaning building i have 3 of his cues a breack jump made out of a old valley with 4-points of walnut with brass rings and and a purple heart and red heart with black rings and a dimond wood cue with maple and other dimond wood rings all have great ring work and they play great just cant get anyone to buy them yet
Here in Wichita
We have Bob Owen, Gabe's dad, of Shurtz Custom Cues.
http://www.ShurtzCue.com
Bob makes great playing cues, and is my cuemaker. Most people have not seen his higher end cues ($1,500 to $3,000). Bob is the best kept secret of the Midwest.
We have Dennis Cash of http://www.Cashcues.com[/URL
Dennis has been at it for over 5 years now, and retired into it full time.
He is picking up customers because his prices are so very reasonable for what you get.
And we have Randy Anderson (no website). Anderson cues were pretty popular at one time, 70's-80's. Randy doesn't make many cues anymore, but still does real good work. He still ducks into Club Billiards for the regular Golf games that are going on daily there.
We have Bob Owen, Gabe's dad, of Shurtz Custom Cues.
http://www.ShurtzCue.com
Bob makes great playing cues, and is my cuemaker. Most people have not seen his higher end cues ($1,500 to $3,000). Bob is the best kept secret of the Midwest.
We have Dennis Cash of http://www.Cashcues.com[/URL
Dennis has been at it for over 5 years now, and retired into it full time.
He is picking up customers because his prices are so very reasonable for what you get.
And we have Randy Anderson (no website). Anderson cues were pretty popular at one time, 70's-80's. Randy doesn't make many cues anymore, but still does real good work. He still ducks into Club Billiards for the regular Golf games that are going on daily there.
I'm an hour from Cincinnati...I think There are a few great cuemakers there..:grin: RHN , Sherm , BHQ and there's more.Bluegrass is also that neck of the woods. I'm pretty sure I could visit a great cuemaker every day for 2 weeks straight with in an hour or so driving time for me..
Local Cue Builders
I think we have some great cue builders in Colorado.
I'm sure I've missed a couple.
Terry McFadden recently moved to Arizona but I still consider him a Denver guy.
Denver area:
Outside of Denver:
I think we have some great cue builders in Colorado.
I'm sure I've missed a couple.
Terry McFadden recently moved to Arizona but I still consider him a Denver guy.
Denver area:
- Chris Byrne
- Ernie Martinez
- A-E
- An unknown that builds a great playing cue Randy Etheridge
- Bruce Ryan-formerly Showcase
Outside of Denver:
- Judd Fuller in Yellow Jacket
- Dave Kikel is in Pueblo
- Roland Becker in Ft. Collins
- Greg Sirca in Pueblo
1985ish Clay Etheridge Showcase Custom Made Hustler
The bottom cue. 1993 Gem Cue,from Gary Medlin in Lake Charles. My wife and I designed it,and it is our then Tribute to Gus Szamboti. Gary nailed the Szam hit for me.
The top cue is a custom made to my spec's Hustler from Clay. Best $65.00 I have ever spent. Both shafts not a nick on 'em. lol, I never let anybody play with it,always had an extra for ppl to test drive.
The bottom cue. 1993 Gem Cue,from Gary Medlin in Lake Charles. My wife and I designed it,and it is our then Tribute to Gus Szamboti. Gary nailed the Szam hit for me.
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I grew up around 20 minutes from Dan Trogdon of www.trogdoncues.com and now I live within 15 minutes of Joe Baker of http://jbakercustomcues.com. Both are in the Southeastern part of Ohio. Joe posts on here and probably is wondering when I'm going to order a break cue from him!
Jim Pierce, Tom Coker, Richard Chudy, and kenny koo are a few names that come to mind when i think local cue makers.