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[sawtex]

Story goes "Hillbilly" Charlie Bryant lent his name to a jump break stick a
few years back of which there were one hundred made. Can anyone tell
us who made it and anything else a prospective buyer should know.

 

[Nostroke]

Story goes "Hillbilly" Charlie Bryant lent his name to a jump break stick a
few years back of which there were one hundred made. Can anyone tell
us who made it and anything else a prospective buyer should know.

It was the Xbreaker-a great break cue no longer made.

 

[qwerty123]

cue

there was another one a friend has i will get info on it, it actually says hillbilly on it somewhere

 

[TX Poolnut]

It was a break cue made by Samsara and was called the 34.7 model or something like that. There weren't many made.

I think there many different combos of woods. They weren't all made the same.

Use the Search function and you'll probably find out more about them. They were made in 2006.

 

[12squared]

This is what they looked like (x-breaker 347), but they are more purpleheart looking than in the pictures. I think they were stained maple to keep the weight down:

 

[IbeAnEngineer]

When Charlie was being sponsored by Jerry Olivier, Jerry made some break jump cues for him to market. They were a dark grey stained jump break with no points with Hillbilly in block letters on a ring in above the buttcap. From what I understand, there were very few of these made. These had a 3/8"x10 joint in the butt-forearm joint and in the forearm-shaft joint along with a black with white spec Irish linen wrap. I have one in my cue collection.

Later on, Charlie had a deal with someone to produce some more Jump break cues. These were either black or a hardwood stained to look like Birdseye. These had a logo on the butt-cap that said Hillbilly Thunder with a lightning bolt coming out of a thunder cloud. These had a quick release joint in the butt joint and a 5/16 x 18 screw in the forearm to shaft joint. I have one of these and have used it as my main breaker for several years.