Check out the Birdseye Maple on my new Andy Gilbert. I love the hit, coming from a stainless steel joint.
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New Andy Gilbert Cue
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Andy, you’re right. Thanks.
I’m coming from using a stainless joint
gotcha, my bad. AG makes great cues. Used to see him quite a bit til me move to Fla. Great guy. BTW, the joint has little to zero to do with how a cue hits. I've owned AG's with both joints and if blindfolded couldn't tell them apart. Almost all his 'hit' is from shaft taper/ferrule/tip combo.
I had a solid ivory jointed AG and also an AG jump/ break cue. I wish that I never sold my solid ivory jointed AG, it is worth 3 times my sale price, even though I sold it at a profit, and it was a great cue. His shaft taper is called modified European, I believe, similar to Mike Capone's earlier cues. Solid playing, not whippy, I bought my original Four Point, FIVE Veneer, Ivory joint, ferrules, and ivory inlayed , leather wrap AG for only $700 in 2005- I think that I got about $950 in 2013 when the cue market was still bad from the prior depression era.
Love that BEM forearm, and those points look sweet!
When I had my 2005 Gilbert made, he suggested going with an ivory joint and butt cap, but I asked him to go stainless steel and delrin cap since I preferred more durable materials at those locations. All other inlays were the good stuff. 20 years later, the cue still looks almost new. I will be using it the next hour since my work place has a decent table.
Anyway, enjoy the new cue!
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I've never owned a Gilbert playing cue but I'd like to some day. I have owned a jump/break and it was just a beautifully built cue, perfectly finished in every way and seemed to have been made with a very high attention to detail. When a builder puts that much effort into an inexpensive $500 jump/break, you just know their higher end playing cues have to be absolute top quality.