Some of my favorites are: Joe Baker, great looking,hitting and playing cues for an unbelieveable price....check him out...you won't be sorry!!! Kevin Varney...of course...my J/B hits like a howitzer on steroids...still love to try one of his player's. Don Broos, a Canadian cuemaker out of Milton, Ontario makes an absolutely amazing cue...anywho I own 9 cues at the moment...4 production, and the rest are custom...these are my 3 favorites...still waiting on a Sugartree...but any of the 3 mentioned...you will do very well indeed...happy shooting