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It would be kinda hilarious if some custom cue makers started making high quality pool cues that look like those shitty $20 tribal designed Walmart cues... Maybe call them Douchey Petes?
Modern day sneaky petes...
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Bob Dzuricky made a cored Budweiser cue a few years ago. He had made the thing completely high tech, but it looked like the Walmart Bud cue. I think he called it the ultimate hustler. I am going to try to find a picture. I should have bought one when I saw them!
I have seen a Budweiser cue conversion. And I have seen some conversions of old crappy Taiwan made Brunswick cues.
But really. If you want that tribal painted cue, just buy a good sneaky and have it painted.
Easy.
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Something like this?
Here's one I made recently. High res pic can be seen here: http://dzcues.com/images/finished-cues/2N2B1387web.jpg
Here's one I made recently. High res pic can be seen here: http://dzcues.com/images/finished-cues/2N2B1387web.jpg
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Do you have pictures of the Bud cue you did years ago? That was one of my favourites!! I think it was early to mid 2000s?
You guys are starting at the wrong end.
Take a good playing Schon, Joss or Whatever and put a printed vinyl wrap on it so it looks like a Buttwiper cue.
You could even put dirt and scrapes in the image of the paint to make it look old and tired.
I'm sure any Vinyl Wrap Print Shop could handle the job.
Take a good playing Schon, Joss or Whatever and put a printed vinyl wrap on it so it looks like a Buttwiper cue.
You could even put dirt and scrapes in the image of the paint to make it look old and tired.
I'm sure any Vinyl Wrap Print Shop could handle the job.
I just grabbed an Eliminator sneaky off eBay for $39.99 and it's really a fairly decent cue. Straight, decent balance and from 2 feet or even less the joint is invisible. If you were really trying to fool someone about 90 seconds with some steel wool over the small "Eliminator" script and the weight and it would be indistinguishable from a house cue.
I may get a few at some point for my own "house" cues.
I may get a few at some point for my own "house" cues.
05-12-2007, 04:23 PM
Originally Posted by mailman
Most of the hustlers I have seen will use one of the crappy old bar cues long enough to see what everybody's "speed" is and figure out what kind of game he wants to make. Unless the guy is REAL WELL known in the joint, you NEVER see a fancy custom come out of a decent to fancy case.
More than likely, he will go out to his car and bring in some beat-up looking old cue or a simple Sneaky Pete, either of which is calculated, by its appearance, not to scare off his mark. The ones I definitely look out for are the guys who bring in a simple old BEM Joss or Meucci with no points, no ringwork, a simple linen-wrapped handle and the cue is totally discolored and full of dents, the butt bumper is missing and there are chunks of plastic missing from the butt sleeve from banging the cue on the floor.
On the other hand, when I'm on the road for any kind of trip, I will scope out the POOL HALLs (not the bars) to see what kind of "talent" they have. I will find a few guys who "think" they know what they're doing and eventually will match up with a couple of them. However, I do not make the match while I'm still there.
What I do is to wait a few hours or maybe a day, then come back carrying my "hustler," rent a table by myself and, soon enough, one of the smartasses will come over looking for the "easy hit." Their supposed "knowledge" kills them every time. When you see th picture below, you will understand.
My "hustler" is one of those old mid-1960's $6.95 K-Mart cues. It's the kind with the handle that is HAND-CARVED by Phillipinos. The butt is made out of the cheap, light-weight Phillipino walnut and originally came with a cheap Phillipino ramin shaft with a screw-on tip.
Of course, I've changed it a little bit. A 1-1/2 oz. weight bolt was added to bring it up to decent weight. The ramin shaft has been replaced with a very fine, highly-figured ash shaft made to my own specs -- the original joint pin and collars were saved and reused on the shaft replacement to make it look as original as possible. The tip is a Moori Medium.
I picked the ash over the hard rock maple because it can easily be mistaken for some other kind of CHEAP shaft and adds to the overall "funky" appearance of the cue. When I drop my beat-up old $9 cloth cue-case on the table, then haul out this cheap-looking cue in a decent class pool hall, they all trip all over each other to see who will get to my table first.
This little sweetheart, which I call my "Pinoy Eliminator," plays really nicely the way I have it set up. It has made me a bunch of money and lost me very little -- not because I am a very good pool player, but because I have been smart/lucky enough to attract the "right" customers ...
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What a great story on how to do this stuff. The psychology is awesome. The beat-up old cloth cue case is a classic.
I figger those bar tables are made for hustlin'...
Plus the hand carved butts take first prize.
Are those things available anywhere?
Heck, I bet I could carve up the butt of one of my cues... Now that's an idea!
Flex
Originally Posted by mailman
Most of the hustlers I have seen will use one of the crappy old bar cues long enough to see what everybody's "speed" is and figure out what kind of game he wants to make. Unless the guy is REAL WELL known in the joint, you NEVER see a fancy custom come out of a decent to fancy case.
More than likely, he will go out to his car and bring in some beat-up looking old cue or a simple Sneaky Pete, either of which is calculated, by its appearance, not to scare off his mark. The ones I definitely look out for are the guys who bring in a simple old BEM Joss or Meucci with no points, no ringwork, a simple linen-wrapped handle and the cue is totally discolored and full of dents, the butt bumper is missing and there are chunks of plastic missing from the butt sleeve from banging the cue on the floor.
On the other hand, when I'm on the road for any kind of trip, I will scope out the POOL HALLs (not the bars) to see what kind of "talent" they have. I will find a few guys who "think" they know what they're doing and eventually will match up with a couple of them. However, I do not make the match while I'm still there.
What I do is to wait a few hours or maybe a day, then come back carrying my "hustler," rent a table by myself and, soon enough, one of the smartasses will come over looking for the "easy hit." Their supposed "knowledge" kills them every time. When you see th picture below, you will understand.
My "hustler" is one of those old mid-1960's $6.95 K-Mart cues. It's the kind with the handle that is HAND-CARVED by Phillipinos. The butt is made out of the cheap, light-weight Phillipino walnut and originally came with a cheap Phillipino ramin shaft with a screw-on tip.
Of course, I've changed it a little bit. A 1-1/2 oz. weight bolt was added to bring it up to decent weight. The ramin shaft has been replaced with a very fine, highly-figured ash shaft made to my own specs -- the original joint pin and collars were saved and reused on the shaft replacement to make it look as original as possible. The tip is a Moori Medium.
I picked the ash over the hard rock maple because it can easily be mistaken for some other kind of CHEAP shaft and adds to the overall "funky" appearance of the cue. When I drop my beat-up old $9 cloth cue-case on the table, then haul out this cheap-looking cue in a decent class pool hall, they all trip all over each other to see who will get to my table first.
This little sweetheart, which I call my "Pinoy Eliminator," plays really nicely the way I have it set up. It has made me a bunch of money and lost me very little -- not because I am a very good pool player, but because I have been smart/lucky enough to attract the "right" customers ...
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What a great story on how to do this stuff. The psychology is awesome. The beat-up old cloth cue case is a classic.
I figger those bar tables are made for hustlin'...
Plus the hand carved butts take first prize.
Are those things available anywhere?
Heck, I bet I could carve up the butt of one of my cues... Now that's an idea!
Flex
I use my niece's little pink pony cue ... It has pony heads on the shaft and the butt .. the bumper flashes a pink light three times every time I hit a ball, as well it plays a sound like a pony in full gallop.
Draws them in every time !! :grin:
Very neat...and the case looks like a high end $10 case.