New predator centro shaft

billiards_watch said:
my Mezz sigma is "wood" but I've heard there is a rod inside or something inside. It's heavy to me and when I draw it makes a sound like a carbon shaft.

I haven't been playing with it due to it's weight.

Here is the diagram on Mezz's site. It's the standard shaft for their entry level cue. Not bad at all shoots great but I just don't like the weight of it
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Mezz has three Sigma shafts: Sigma, Sigma Slim, and Sigma Thick (E, Es, Et). You mentioned your Sigma was heavy ---it sounds like you got Sigma Thick.

As far as the shaft interior? It seems like Mezz's intention was to make a low-deflection wood shaft. It cored out a maple shaft and attached a vault-plate-like ferrule. Just as a carbon-fiber tube needs a vault plate --- so, too, does Mezz's cored-wood shaft. Some more whittling was done by making the shaft pro taper. All of this makes for a light---not a heavy--- shaft.

I am guessing the inside of the Sigma and Sigma Light shafts is foam --- just like the carbon fiber shafts. Sigma Thick's inside? Foam and weights (metal rods, plates, pins, weights?).

(By the way, why are Predator shafts shown on the Mezz's website https://mezzcue.com/en/products_pool/shafts ?)

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Paul_#_ said:
Mezz has three Sigma shafts: Sigma, Sigma Slim, and Sigma Thick (E, Es, Et). You mentioned your Sigma was heavy ---it sounds like you got Sigma Thick.

As far as the shaft interior? It seems like Mezz's intention was to make a low-deflection wood shaft. It cored out a maple shaft and attached a vault-plate-like ferrule. Just as a carbon-fiber tube needs a vault plate --- so, too, does Mezz's cored-wood shaft. Some more whittling was done by making the shaft pro taper. All of this makes for a light---not a heavy--- shaft.

I am guessing the inside of the Sigma and Sigma Light shafts is foam --- just like the carbon fiber shafts. Sigma Thick's inside? Foam and weights (metal rods, plates, pins, weights?).

(By the way, why are Predator shafts shown on the Mezz's website https://mezzcue.com/en/products_pool/shafts ?)

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Mezz has proprietary joints. So they are selling Predators that can plug and play right away with their cues.

I know its weird.
 
skor said:
From Predator's site:

To me it just sounds completely unnecessary...
If you can't get enough power from a 314 shaft, then you should work on your stroke and not buy another shaft...
And if the Revo is not responsive enough, then they should work on a Revo Ver.2 instead of this.
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Your not wrong but as I said in this post and in many others predator runs their company like golf manufactures successfully have. Every year you have to have new clubs come out or you’ll lose market value. I heard the ceo of Taylor made say as much as half. New golf clubs will always give the same kind of jargon describing what they do and how they are made so you think they are better. Just like pool these two things are what matters. 1) if you don’t have a swing it won’t matter. 2) if you don’t like the feel it won’t matter. I’m looking forward to trying one to see what the hit feels like. Just like the first time I hit with the revo.. if I didn’t like the hit I wouldn’t play with it and the same would go for this.
 
trob said:
No predator tries to innovate. Predator is successful for the same reason golf companies are. They have to come out with something new to maintain your market share. If you don’t innovate your dead.
And now little troll you get blocked. Your one of those guys that thinks they know everything and has to make fun of anyone that does something different or doesn’t like what you like and I really don’t have time for children like you. Later
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Seriously. If I've offended you please accept my apology. I can see where on occasion I can go too far.
My only reason was to add some life to this thing that can get stale over time. I need to remember there are those out there having a bad day or have insecurities about things or whatever and I failed to take that into consideration. Side note: it's best not to take anything I say personally or seriously. It's all in good fun bro. Not enuf smiles out there. I could be wrong about that as well.
 
billiards_watch said:
Very bent out of shape.
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It's a sad commentary but I think stuff like this is what keeps the thread active and why people keep reading it and perhaps chiming in.
I wish it was simply for the knowledge gained, but alas.
Don't take anything I say personally. That's not what it's there for. If you get me??
 
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