Anyone that sells them for more than about $500 is making an overpriced cue. Find the most expensive one and you have then found the most overpriced one.
Most overpriced cue?
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Anyone that sells them for more than about $500 is making an overpriced cue. Find the most expensive one and you have then found the most overpriced one.
Who has Earl's $100 Cuetec that he won the $1,000,000 with? (Let's not begin the discussion if/when he ever got all the money.)
I would think that cue may be worth more than $100, just for the "history" of it. I could see it hanging from the wall in a pool hall somewhere as some sort of display.
At what value would this cue be "overpriced"?
I would think that cue may be worth more than $100, just for the "history" of it. I could see it hanging from the wall in a pool hall somewhere as some sort of display.
At what value would this cue be "overpriced"?
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I disagree
You can horse laminated wood and it souldnt warp, you cannot horse solid green maple with out it warping .
From the bean counters point of view there is no profit it sitting on or storing exotic woods for a couple of decades before turning them into a functioning works of art ..
So the new way is 90 days, in one door and out the other, wham bam thank you mam and its done ,
I disagree
You can horse laminated wood and it souldnt warp, you cannot horse solid green maple with out it warping .
From the bean counters point of view there is no profit it sitting on or storing exotic woods for a couple of decades before turning them into a functioning works of art ..
So the new way is 90 days, in one door and out the other, wham bam thank you mam and its done ,
I had a Szamboti that was made for Joey Spaeth...
...Joey told me the shafts were two years in the making....peeling 1/10,000 inch off
at a time....if he saw a flaw, the wood was rejected.
Gus had to get paid for all the wood he threw out, too.
He also though the maple in the fore-arm was as important as the shaft.
Great cues aren't like paintings, where the value is based on opinions....
..a great cue is like a musical instrument...it will do things that inferior cues can't do.
Today's money?...a Szamboti shaft alone is worth $500.
I used to commission a couple cues to be built for me each year. I had a local guy do a titlist conversion for me. For shafts, he had bought several Southwest cues "2nd"s. They weren't up to their standards and he bought them cheap.
The shafts were really nice, and were a big reason why the cue played as well as it did.
Southwest, I heard, doesn't sell its "2nds" or "reject" shafts. But those my buddy bought were dandies.
Ken
I can come up with creative and expensive ways to make and sell bird houses as well, but that does not make my bird houses house birds any better. You claiming a great cue can do things any other cue can't is pure BS. They wont add more spin, they won't shoot more straight, they won't help you aim better and they certainly are not going to make an average player an above average player or a great player a greater player. The greatest thing they are capable of doing is making fools part with their money faster. Custom cues are about ego and status, nothing more and nothing less.
You're confusing fancy cues with great hitting cues.
Fancy cues that don't play well are for bird brains...just like those fancy houses you make.
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Well,I really think that you should keep playing with your 19.99$ cue.It suits you the best and I am pretty sure that even if you get one high end cue for your birthday as a present,you wouldn't shoot any better.
I will keep playing with more expensive cues since they are certainly more consistent and play always the same and give me more joy playing my lovely game.
I know this doesn't bother you much and I am ok with that.
P.S.I have heard that if you are more satisfied with the cue you play with,you are going to play better and will enjoy in the game more,but probably what I have heard is stupid as most of thing I hear.
By the way,if you are interested I have a decent cue for 17.49$
Let me know if you are interested
:smile:Thanks
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I think there is a difference with some....
I've gradually moved into higher end cues and found a real difference in Tascs and Black Boars. While I think Pete's cues are more reasonably priced, I reluctantly admit that my BB plays better than my Tasc. I won't ever buy a new BB, which is why I referred to them as over-priced (mine came by way of an excellent trade), but I was surprised by the ease with which I was making some of the more difficult shots.
I have heard that the secret is in the shaft wood. Both my BB and Tasc have very stiff shafts and tend to hit with more energy than my previous cues. Dennis Searing holds the same view about the importance of shaft wood quality and it sounds like SW has very high standards for their shaft wood too. I wish I knew the answer to what makes these cues so great because I would love to buy a less expensive cue with the same performance, but I think it's going to be tough to find.
Deanoc and/or Larry Viga/us may have the most experience with different types of shaft wood, but I do wonder if perhaps Ash or purple heart might create a similar stiff response given the scarcity of high quality maple shafts?
I've gradually moved into higher end cues and found a real difference in Tascs and Black Boars. While I think Pete's cues are more reasonably priced, I reluctantly admit that my BB plays better than my Tasc. I won't ever buy a new BB, which is why I referred to them as over-priced (mine came by way of an excellent trade), but I was surprised by the ease with which I was making some of the more difficult shots.
I have heard that the secret is in the shaft wood. Both my BB and Tasc have very stiff shafts and tend to hit with more energy than my previous cues. Dennis Searing holds the same view about the importance of shaft wood quality and it sounds like SW has very high standards for their shaft wood too. I wish I knew the answer to what makes these cues so great because I would love to buy a less expensive cue with the same performance, but I think it's going to be tough to find.
Deanoc and/or Larry Viga/us may have the most experience with different types of shaft wood, but I do wonder if perhaps Ash or purple heart might create a similar stiff response given the scarcity of high quality maple shafts?
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That's his shortest post yet.
I prefer the longwinded & boring Bava over the short, mean, and mildly boring Bava.
Then there is Tribute Bava...he must have multiple personalities.
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$375 Titlist house cues on Ebay.
Most are usuless.
Most are usuless.
Joey cues.... way too much money.
Yeah! Finally someone who realizes cue making is just a hobby! Gettin' paid? WAY overrated...
No way I would pay for a cue beforehand (I could not care what maker it was). A deposit is fair, but that's about it.
LOL.
Which rarely, or ever happens with a production cue maker I might add. I just dislike the "mine if better than yours" mentality between custom and production cues.
Just like cars, there is no more "Japan is better than American" as it use to be... because there are bad Japanese cars too... anyone heard of Mitsubishi... dreadful cars with piss poor track record.
The maker is more important then the country of origin now. And like cues, the maker/company is more important than if it was mass produced or not.
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