There are many pool players in the country who do not know the difference when they pick up a production-made cue as opposed to a custom-made cue.
I think Lucasi is a great product and gives the average pool player the biggest bang for the buck. The fact that Buddy Hall is the spokesperson for Lucasi lends merit to the product's worth.
For folks just entering the sport, this is a great cue stick, beautifully constructed and hits 'em straight. If I were just getting started in pool, learning the game, I wouldn't be interested in paying $1,000 on up for a custom-made cue. That is not to say that custom-made cues are inferior.
When a player notices the little idioscyncracies of a cue stick such as deflection, squirt, thickness of shaft, cue-stick weight, tip performance, skinny butt versus fat butt, grain of the wood used in the shaft, and the feel of the hit, that is the player who will appreciate a custom-made cue made to their preference and will pay whatever they can to acquire a great-hitting cue-stick, whether it costs $100 or $5,000.
Buddy Hall seems to be playing well with his Lucasi cue.
Custom-made cue sticks seem to be gaining popularity as of late in the collectable market, and just like those old Bushkas, some of the cue-makers we read about today may be the Bushkas of tomorrow.
ManlyShot