i just tried mikes LD shafts for the first time this week, i admit to being a real skeptic as i love the hit on mikes original shafts, but after speaking with mike and finally getting the chance to play one of his new shafts, i've got to admit that they hit just as nice as the old ones, spin the ball better, and feel WAY better than any other LD shaft on the market that i've played with.
Agree wholeheartedly, although I must admit I continue to be undecided: still love the fractionally less lively, solid-as-a-rock hit of the regular shaft he made for my cue, and the deflection is already low enough where, unless the cloth is new and slippery, I have no real need for an LD-shaft (have three of his, quite different from each other). Seems like I'm practicing with an LD-shaft on my relatively recently re-covered practice table, then play with the standard shaft again on used cloth at tournaments held in pool halls where the cloths are used. Having said that, there is no "inferior" feel to his LD-shafts at all - as you say, they feel way better than anything else I've tried in this category. Plus, a couple of mine have lower deflection shooting at medium speed to hard than any 314-2 we've compared it against - and honestly, who cares about deflection shooting softly (in which respect it's about equal to a 314-2)? In short, highly recommend Lambros cues, and to first-time buyers, unless one who was used to playing with LD-shafts such as 314-2 before, would recommend trying both his regular and LD-shafts, and make up their own mind!
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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