Maple? In the Nose...which plays better?

[rayjay]

I was just looking at two new identical Barnharts in the gallery, one curly maple, one birdseye maple and wondered...Just in your opinion...which maple plays the "best" in the nose/forearm of the butt: curly, birdseye, straight-grain, or all the same...thanks!

edit: not talking about the Barnharts specifically, just maple in forearms in gereral, thx.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Aren't they cored with straight grain anyway ?

 

[rayjay]

If you can tell the difference and prove that it is because of the wood, singing monkeys will fly out of my a$$.

dld

I'll put that one down as "all the same"...lol, thx.

Joey, seems like it is in most cues nowadays, but I'm not talking about just the two Barnharts...I'm asking about maple in gereral for forearms, thx.

 

[whammo57]

If you can tell the difference and prove that it is because of the wood, singing monkeys will fly out of my a$$.

dld

I think those monkeys would be on fire................

LOL

Kim

 

[KJ Cues]

Look at the forearm of almost every Schon cue still in existence.
And no, they're not cored. Schons are known for their hit and playability.

KJ

 

[Lexicologist71]

If you can tell the difference and prove that it is because of the wood, singing monkeys will fly out of my a$$.

dld

Ditto for me.

 

[Piratejethro]

Look at the forearm of almost every Schon cue still in existence.
And no, they're not cored. Schons are known for their hit and playability.

KJ

straight from Schon's website it says they are built on a "The cue butts are built on a special hybrid core of laminated woods." I never thought they were cored either until I read that......surprised me.


could not post link, I didn't have enough posts to be able to post a link yet.....

http://www.schoncues.com/html/about_our_cues.html

 

[KJ Cues]

If you work on these cues as I do, you realize that statement is misleading.
The 'under wrap' section USED to be a laminated handle but is no longer.
They have gone to a std. 1 pc Maple 'under wrap' section. The cues are not cored.
The cues have an 'A' jnt.
Thanx for your input.

KJ

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

And these singing Monkeys, would their names be, Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork.

Hey, hey, we're the Monkeys.

 

[douglas cues]

i dont know anything about asx monkeys but no 2 pieces of wood hits the same no matter what you do mother nature takes care of that

 

[rayjay]

OK, sounds like "all the same" is the majority winner of our small poll, so far. Apparently, maple is maple is maple and straight doesn't hit any better than bird's eye or curly, thanks!

 

[Piratejethro]

If you work on these cues as I do, you realize that statement is misleading.
The 'under wrap' section USED to be a laminated handle but is no longer.
They have gone to a std. 1 pc Maple 'under wrap' section. The cues are not cored.
The cues have an 'A' jnt.
Thanx for your input.

KJ

Thank you for letting me know. Much appreciated the clarification!