New member: Any Thoughts on McDermott COTY?

Lepine

Lepine

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Hello,

For a moment of madness, I've put an order in for a 2022 McDermott Cue of The Year Enhanced.
I would say I am a very mediocre player; however, I do enjoy the game and have bought a few
nice cues along the way. My cue won't be completed for a couple of months, but I thought before
it's too late, it would be nice to know other persons experience with the variable weight system
and how these Cue of The Year hit. I've not elected the iPro shaft, that's just too thin for my taste
and so I've elected to swap it out for the I2 shafts at 13mm. I've always played with 13mm and I doubt
I can change over to anything thinner.

It will look like this one for the most part with two I2 shafts modified with matching rings of the H4451.
Dave at McDermott is a great person and has been allowing me to personalize slightly the H4451.
It certainly looks quite different from my older cues.

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Regards

S...

Some of the other cues I own and enjoy playing with are TAD and Bill McDaniel. I tend to prefer
hard hitting cues with a lot of feedback with very stiff shafts.
My other cues, not as nice looking and from decades ago. The pointed TAD is from 1960s. The McDaniel has ivory inlays.
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Nice cue. Get yourself a can of car wax and wax it every time you take it out of the house to go play pool. Have yourself a good cue holder for whenever you are racking or breaking.
 
7stud said:
Who made the 4th cue from the top with the ebony forearm?
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Unidentified, it's about 20 years old. I bought it in L.A. Plays well and has a quick release joint.
Ebony and cocobolo with mother of pearl with silver rings. It was originally my break cue until
I realized I should probably take better care of it and can now just use a carbon cue instead.
At the time, it was the heaviest cue in the store at about 21.7 and not too expensive. I think the
right expression is sledge hammer?

It appears to be made top and bottom from Nigerian Ebony, you can see the wood grain unlike
"ebony" substitutes. It's a hard hitting cue.
 
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Ordered one of these available H2951 2021 COTY Enhanced too. Almost the same thing with a VBP? Give me something to play with as I wait for the H4451 2022 COTY Enhanced to get built. After the 2022 arrives, I can send this one in to get I2 13mm shafts made for it.
 
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Definitely too much going on for my liking. I prefer a much simpler look on my cues.

That said, it is some fantastic work.
 
Seiji said:
Hello,

For a moment of madness, I've put an order in for a 2022 McDermott Cue of The Year Enhanced.
I would say I am a very mediocre player; however, I do enjoy the game and have bought a few
nice cues along the way. My cue won't be completed for a couple of months, but I thought before
it's too late, it would be nice to know other persons experience with the variable weight system
and how these Cue of The Year hit. I've not elected the iPro shaft, that's just too thin for my taste
and so I've elected to swap it out for the I2 shafts at 13mm. I've always played with 13mm and I doubt
I can change over to anything thinner.

It will look like this one for the most part with two I2 shafts modified with matching rings of the H4451.
Dave at McDermott is a great person and has been allowing me to personalize slightly the H4451.
It certainly looks quite different from my older cues.

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Regards

S...

Some of the other cues I own and enjoy playing with are TAD and Bill McDaniel. I tend to prefer
hard hitting cues with a lot of feedback with very stiff shafts.
My other cues, not as nice looking and from decades ago. The pointed TAD is from 1960s. The McDaniel has ivory inlays.
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Hi Seiji,

I can share some information with you because I play with the VBP too.

The VBP gives a lot more adjustability in the cue butt compared to other cue manufacturers.
The VBP cue butt is on the stiffer side.
The finish on the H series is smooth and glossy. I have not tried the other series but I guess it will be the same smoothness and gloss.
 
One of them came this week. It is quite impressive, almost like a coating of clear glass.

This is the H2951. It will be a couple of months before the H4451 is ready since that one
has slight bit of customization and personalization requested.

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you mentioned cue 4 (from the left is a tad)
is the first cue from the left also tad?
 
bbb said:
you mentioned cue 4 (from the left is a tad)
is the first cue from the left also tad?
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It is a TAD with logo on the butt cap. Tad was still very much up and walking about when I got that cue. It's in played condition with signs of many games on it. It is the best playing cue of the lot. Many have tried to get it from me but it's not worth much to sell it. I've been told it's uncommon to see the bottom made from a different wood. I think it would have looked better as all birdseye.
 
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Seiji said:
It is a TAD with logo on the butt cap. Tad was still very much up and walking about when I got that cue. It's in played condition with signs of many games on it. It is the best playing cue of the lot. Many have tried to get it from me but it's not worth much to sell it. I've been told it's uncommon to see the bottom made from a different wood. I think it would have looked better as all birdseye.
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Thanks for the reply
I have owned several tad’s of different models and they all played great
 
bbb said:
Thanks for the reply
I have owned several tad’s of different models and they all played great
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Thank you, yes I've only had the two. They feel vastly different but play somewhat the same. The 4-point is only 57' which I suppose a 30' shaft could rectify that problem.

TAD may have learned much from 1960 to 1990. The 1990 is a great cue (plain TAD) except it's no beauty.

Have yet to take the McDermott out yet. I know it's a softer feedback with the I-pro slim shaft so not much point in taking it out of its sealed bag. I will not like it. A local shop let me shoot their H3051 2023 Cue of the Year. I'm looking for an I2 I can get in a day or so with a hard layered tip.

Regards
 
is the first cue from the left also tad?
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whoever made it, that has been my favorite cue to look at since you opened your toy box!
Second, the box cue.
Which is sort of odd, me being all about full splice sneakies.....:)
But there is just something classy about those 2.

smt
 
Seiji said:
it would be nice to know other persons experience with the variable weight system
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Much older posts mentioned that replacement weights for the variable weight system were expensive. The prices now seem reasonable at an Ebay site that sells weights, stabilizer parts, and bumpers. See https://www.ebay.com/itm/2831218731...d=link&campid=5335988529&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

Someday, I would like to buy a used, cheap H-series and I wonder does it matter what weight it is? If one buys a too-heavy 21-ounce H-series cue, is it easy to turn it into an 18-ounce cue? Is it a simple manner of buying the right weights?

I was curious, too, of how the weights are selected to get the total weight? If one bought a three-ounce weight, it would seem to defeat the system's purpose instead of placing three one-ounce weights spread out along the inner shaft. The Ebay site has 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 oz. weights.

I am impressed at the variety of wood, pearls, varnishes, and what-the-hell-else McDermott can provide for a cue.

I read a champion pool player's book where he wrote that its not good to always be buying cues. I wonder. Is that poor advice?
 
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