https://www.predatorcues.com/usa/po...or-centro-low-deflection-pool-cue-shafts.html Didn't OB do this like a million yrs ago??
New 'dope' for Predator junkies...... the 'Centro'
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I think Longoni has a carbon centered wood shaft years back too.
I am embarrassed that I shoot pool with a turned down maple shaft. No splices, no glue, just wood. I guess if I switched to carbon fiber that would bump my Fargo rating another 75 points, right?
lucasi has had it for a good while
i would be curious about its benefits. less warpage? don't store cue in car trunk is a preemptive measure for that
i would be curious about its benefits. less warpage? don't store cue in car trunk is a preemptive measure for that
Interesting release. Not the shaft so much as the decision by Predator to release a wood exterior shaft at a price point almost the same as Revo.
Carbon has become so ubiquitous at this point I feel like more people want the carbon look than the wood look. This shaft would have made more sense a few years ago when people were still warming up to carbon.
And so far it doesn't do the one thing I keep hoping to see from a carbon shaft maker, something that can be joint matched in both diameter and ring work to nicer custom cues.
Carbon has become so ubiquitous at this point I feel like more people want the carbon look than the wood look. This shaft would have made more sense a few years ago when people were still warming up to carbon.
And so far it doesn't do the one thing I keep hoping to see from a carbon shaft maker, something that can be joint matched in both diameter and ring work to nicer custom cues.
have you tried it tho?
Just a few shots here and there. I ordered the cue in my avatar in 2017, right before carbon became ubiquitous. Since I had just spent so much money and time on the build project, I kind of committed myself to just staying the course with this set up. I do have a carbon fiber break shaft that I use daily though. I'm all for carbon. It's just that I don't care that much either way. I'm sure I'll migrate to carbon fiber eventually, just because it doesn't warp or ding. But i've never even hit more than a few shots with a low deflection shaft either.
I had a feeling that they would come up with new shafts, as the Revo shafts are always out of stock, but I thought it would be a Revo ver. 2.
Did not see something like that coming, but I guess if it has a cat logo, it'll sell nicely.
So who are the Predator pros that we will see playing with one of those? Who can beat this marketing tactic?
Did not see something like that coming, but I guess if it has a cat logo, it'll sell nicely.
So who are the Predator pros that we will see playing with one of those? Who can beat this marketing tactic?
I'm a Predator fanboy and I don't see the market for it today. It would have made sense 20 years ago when McDermott released their "i-1, i-2, i-3" Intimidator shafts.
I don't see any deflection properties on their ad page. I'd assume its as good as a 314, but never know.
I don't see any deflection properties on their ad page. I'd assume its as good as a 314, but never know.
I don’t know why they’d invest in it with the revo sales through the roof
guess they figure what the hell roll the dice and maybe strike lightning again
guess they figure what the hell roll the dice and maybe strike lightning again
billiards_watch
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I think my mezz has a similar construction specifically the sigma shaft.
How would anyone here know what pros may/may not use one? You know any future seeing mystics hangin on AZ?
Isn't this the ex pro shaft with splices?
LOVE the Ex Pro btw.
LOVE the Ex Pro btw.
no splices on this one
think of it as a guessing game....
Relax, it's just an internet forum
based on that diagram this looks to have the cf up front where mezz/fury put the cf more in the middle. i had a mezz hybrid pro 1st version and it was one of the best shafts ever. had to sell cue for financ. reasons and i still miss it. best mezz shaft ever made imo.