Not crazy about my cue, but damn it plays good..

Ken_4fun

Ken_4fun

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I laugh at myself sometimes. I picked up a James White cue that has the appearence of a Southwest cue. It plays better than the vast majority of Southwest cues I have picked up. I am just not crazy about how it looks, but damn does this cue play great.

I really, really like how it plays and seem to play my best pool with the cue. But like most I pick up new cues all the time play with them for a little but go back to this cue.

It plays alot like the Paul Mottey cues I have played with in the past, but to me, James White cues seem a little better in the construction, than Paul.

Ever happen to you?

Ken
 
I prefer the James White hit, over the Mottey also. The James White feels like a forward balanced one piece cue. No kick out or unwanted movement at the joint. Just a straight feel from the grip, to the tip. No give anywhere.
 
It is not unusual for the apprentice to surpass the master. There is always an evolution and a new era.


As for the looks, I am not surprised. I have never liked the SW look.


Mottey is a legend, and one that walked away at a high point I think. Preferring a White cue to his is no insult IMHO. In fact it only complements the master as he trained White.

There is a lot of history there. Paul credits Danny and Barry for guidance. When one can identify the makers by first name alone you know they are prominent.

Then there is White.

My dream is a Mottey cue, partly because his shop is the only one I ever set foot in and he left quite an impression, and also because I know they are awesome cues in every aspect.

If you have a White, and you prefer it, I feel that you have in your hands a heritage that includes Mottey...and those that guided him as well.




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poolrod said:
I prefer the James White hit, over the Mottey also. The James White feels like a forward balanced one piece cue. No kick out or unwanted movement at the joint. Just a straight feel from the grip, to the tip. No give anywhere.
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I have not recently heard such a concise and direct assessment and comparison of cues.

Well done.

Such things are precisely why there is more to it than the tip and the shaft. This is why IMHO the best customs will always surpass a piece of plywood (engineered shaft) screwed to a generic butt.


It's the Indian, not the arrow, certainly...but an Indian shoots better with superior arrows.

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I really like playing with the four James White cues I have.
2-piloted ivory joints and 2-solid ivory 3/8-10.
I also like my Paul Mottey cue, piloted ivory, now that I finally changed the original 11-year old tips.
The Paul Mottey hit is very similar, but I didn't like it until I changed the tips.
Can't believe what a difference the tips made on that cue.
I agree though, it does seem like James White cues play a little better, and the workmanship is a little better as well.
 
cuesblues said:
I really like playing with the four James White cues I have.
2-piloted ivory joints and 2-solid ivory 3/8-10.
I also like my Paul Mottey cue, piloted ivory, now that I finally changed the original 11-year old tips.
The Paul Mottey hit is very similar, but I didn't like it until I changed the tips.
Can't believe what a difference the tips made on that cue.
I agree though, it does seem like James White cues play a little better, and the workmanship is a little better as well.
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Yeah...gotta have good tips! :thumbup:


As for the "little better"....amazing, eh? Mottey was at the apex of the field I think. I mean wow, seriously. He hit the top. But cue makers are like players...there is always somebody better around the next corner.

That is no insult to Mottey at all, of course.

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Chopdoc said:
Yeah...gotta have good tips! :thumbup:


As for the "little better"....amazing, eh? Mottey was at the apex of the field I think. I mean wow, seriously. He hit the top. But cue makers are like players...there is always somebody better around the next corner.

That is no insult to Mottey at all, of course.

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For a long time I thought that James White cue were better in every way, but in reality they are very similar.
I also thought that their signature 5/16-14 piloted ivory joint was the best, until I picked up two James White cues
with a solid ivory 3/8-10 joint.
One of my White's is the liveliest hitting cue I've ever played with.
Reminds me of playing pinball...bing bing.

Until I change more tips, my White's definitely play better than my Black's...:smile:
The Black's also have the original tips, so it's hard to say for sure how they hit.
I don't even know if I would trade a Black for a White, or a White for a Black.
 
cuesblues said:
For a long time I thought that James White cue were better in every way, but in reality they are very similar.
I also thought that their signature 5/16-14 piloted ivory joint was the best, until I picked up two James White cues
with a solid ivory 3/8-10 joint.
One of my White's is the liveliest hitting cue I've ever played with.
Reminds me of playing pinball...bing bing.

Until I change more tips, my White's definitely play better than my Black's...:smile:
The Black's also have the original tips, so it's hard to say for sure how they hit.
I don't even know if I would trade a Black for a White, or a White for a Black.
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I believe the higher you go and the more refined the more subtle the differences are.


Can't decide Black or White? Geeze...I wish I had such problems. :D




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