yeah I went to his website and I was impressed. Its going to be a tough decision as to who I want to build this cue. I guess Ill have to just call them all and see who i feel like is talking my language. Bear has some nice stuff, so does murry and jensen, not to mention the hundreds of other custom cue makers out there. Thanks everybody for their input.....feel free to continue, im slowly getting the cue i want assembled in my head, i have another post on wood types going right now too, seems bocote and snakewood are getting some votes, although I really like the look of rosewood.