Low deflection back to solid maple? Have you?

[crazysnake]

Just like the title says. Have you played LD shafts and end up back with a solid maple? I sent in my ob and have been shooting with the solid maple in the mean time. I think I like it more. Anyone else? I'm struggling with this a little. Personal preference, I know, but I'm curious.

Naturally, I prefer my own equipment but sometimes I find myself playing with something off the wall, or borrowed. Sometimes that borrowed cue has an LD shaft. I think if your mechanics are sound and consistent then adjusting and getting comfortable should be fairly easy. I believe solid maple provides more feed back in terms of getting dialed in and really feeling the ball. I can't do that as well with an LD shaft.

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[9Ballr]

Just like the title says. Have you played LD shafts and end up back with a solid maple? I sent in my ob and have been shooting with the solid maple in the mean time. I think I like it more. Anyone else? I'm struggling with this a little. Personal preference, I know, but I'm curious.

Over the years I have tried just about every LD on the market.
My conclusion - as I've said here many times - LDs SUCK!!!!!!
Yes, for me that is.
I can't hit worth a dang with these things, they numb up your cue and feel weird too.
Besides all that, YOU HAVE TO COMPENSATE ANYWAY since there is no such thing as absolutely zero deflection. What does it matter if you have to compensate 20% or 10%?
Get used to your shaft and your game WILL get better.
Just ask, Strickland, Bustamante, Efren and on and on it goes. They seem to do ok.
The solids have my vote all the way.
Another thing, why would I want to be buying super expensive cues and put LD shafts on them instead of just playing the cue as the maker designed it to hit?
I have a big collection of LDs in my closet and will at some point start selling them since I haven't touched one in years.

 

[chefjeff]

Yes, I switched back almost a year ago. I think it's improved my game in most areas, but the only thing is I find firm shots with inside english are much more difficult and not as consistent, so I try to play for shape where I can use center ball/outside english as much as possible. I still have my LD cue handy on the sidelines for the odd occasion where I need to shoot a stroke shot with inside. I think people are confused when I switch cues in the middle of a run for a single shot and then switch back again for the rest of the run.

That makes sense. I'm surprised more player don't do this. In golf it's done for every shot, of course.

Maybe I just need a caddy and THEN I'll win something!


Jeff Livingston

 

[RichSchultz]

I had always been an OB lover and proponent..and still think they make great products. But, I started relying on the shafts provided by my cue makers, Pat Diveney and Terry Roach. I will never go back to LD. Something about using one made by the maker that appeals to me.

 

[Cornerman]

You don't have to load up masse to get more squirt you simply have to get father to the edge of the cue ball , what a LD shaft does is allows you to play closer to center get more spin with less squirt ,,
All shafts have a learning curb , one of the best things of a LD shaft is if a ball is close to the cue ball path but u need big English you can shot that shot and not worry about clipping that ball along the way

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You must have misread my post. I wrote "mass," not "masse."

I'm pretty sure I dont need a lesson on squirt and where and what an LD shaft can and can't do. But hey, maybe that was for someone else.

 

[StuartTKelley]

I have used Predator Z2, 314-2, OB Classic, and of course solid maple shafts.
I shot well with all of them. I've been shooting with a Josey for a long time now and must say his standard shaft and the Timeless Timber shaft that I play with now are the two best I've played with and enjoyed playing with of all of the one's I mentioned.

I have played great with both LD and standard maple and played terrible with both as well. I prefer the feel and hit of my Timeless Timber shaft and any time I hit with anything else I just don't care for it as much. Just me I guess. I like both LD and solid maple though and think it should be whatever you prefer and have confidence in.

 

[Jdm34]

how you apply English plays a big factor in which shaft will work for you as well as how straight your stroke is. Back hand and Front hand English compensate for deflection if you learn the pivot point.

 

[erhino41]

how you apply English plays a big factor in which shaft will work for you as well as how straight your stroke is. Back hand and Front hand English compensate for deflection if you learn the pivot point.

This is why ld is not easier than hd. The compensation should be made by the pivot not by simply aiming further away from the intended contact point. That is s big a factor as the hit. How comfortable are you with the pivot point of a certain shaft? I play a close bridge and varying degrees of bhe and fhe to compensate for the higher end mass of my cue. I couldn't teach someone how to do what I do for the life me but I do know it is very comfortable for me to do it. If I found an ld shaft that was more comfortable then by all means I would switch. I have shot with some great playing ld shafts but at the end of the day my cue is the one for me.

 

[Jdm34]

I agree with you from what I have seen a LD shaft has a longer pivot point than a standard maple shaft. I look at it from another way if you were to shoot a shot with parallel English with a medium stroke speed LD might pocket the ball were a standard maple may not while using the same bridge distance same as if you are shooting a straight shot if you swoop a little and get a tip of side spin the ball still goes in with an LD shaft. all in all I am an LD shooter cause it helps me personally pocket balls better. but I 100% agree If I put the time in with a non LD my knowledge and stroke and skill level would probly go up.