Kept them in an O’Neil six-packer...just would take the ones I needed in a smaller case.
...hell, if I could win out of the rack, wouldn’t go to the car at all.
playing with the same cue all the time.
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Kept them in an O’Neil six-packer...just would take the ones I needed in a smaller case.
...hell, if I could win out of the rack, wouldn’t go to the car at all.
Where we got along here is laughing inside at the silly speak pissing off some aloof members. I rarely troll but when I do I troll lightly
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Personally, I almost always play with the same cue for years at a time, but if the specs of 2 cues are nearly the same, I don't think it's a big deal to switch it up.
In order of importance, here are the specs that I think make the biggest difference: deflection/squirt, tip type/condition, balance, weight, shaft diameter/taper, length. Of those, I think the deflection/squirt is the only one that you can't adjust to pretty quickly, because it actually requires you to aim differently when using english. If I go from my cue, which has a WD700 shaft on it, to a cue with a standard maple shaft (or even just swap the shafts on my usual cue), it takes a conscious effort to adjust my aim and try to play more center ball shots. Likewise, I've handed my cue to some very talented players that play with standards shafts and they can't consistently make shots with english that would normally be like hangers to them.
There is one other property of a cue that is even more important to me: the condition of the shaft. I don't like to play with a glove and find it terribly distraction to have the cue "catch" on my bridge at any point during a stroke. I'm assuming that any cue you would switch to would be well-maintained so this isn't an issue, but if you're talking about grabbing a cue off the wall, my priorities are: tip condition, smoothness, and weight.
In order of importance, here are the specs that I think make the biggest difference: deflection/squirt, tip type/condition, balance, weight, shaft diameter/taper, length. Of those, I think the deflection/squirt is the only one that you can't adjust to pretty quickly, because it actually requires you to aim differently when using english. If I go from my cue, which has a WD700 shaft on it, to a cue with a standard maple shaft (or even just swap the shafts on my usual cue), it takes a conscious effort to adjust my aim and try to play more center ball shots. Likewise, I've handed my cue to some very talented players that play with standards shafts and they can't consistently make shots with english that would normally be like hangers to them.
There is one other property of a cue that is even more important to me: the condition of the shaft. I don't like to play with a glove and find it terribly distraction to have the cue "catch" on my bridge at any point during a stroke. I'm assuming that any cue you would switch to would be well-maintained so this isn't an issue, but if you're talking about grabbing a cue off the wall, my priorities are: tip condition, smoothness, and weight.
Well after reading all the reply's the consensus seems to be playing with the same cue all the time leads to consistency which sounds logical and its one thing I would like to improve upon.
As far as improving....well that's something everyone wants but at 63 years old I have no aspirations of ever being a world beater.
Last night during league one of my players was practicing 9 ball on another table. He had just finished racking another rack when I called him to pls his match. About 45 or so minutes later I was putting my cues up and noticed that rack was still sitting there so I decided to play it. After breaking I decided what the heck its only practice play it out with your breaker instead of alking back over for my player. I had a break and run shooting with my gullyassy sledgehammer with a phenolic tip. I guess we all get lucky sometimes. :grin-square:
As far as improving....well that's something everyone wants but at 63 years old I have no aspirations of ever being a world beater.
Last night during league one of my players was practicing 9 ball on another table. He had just finished racking another rack when I called him to pls his match. About 45 or so minutes later I was putting my cues up and noticed that rack was still sitting there so I decided to play it. After breaking I decided what the heck its only practice play it out with your breaker instead of alking back over for my player. I had a break and run shooting with my gullyassy sledgehammer with a phenolic tip. I guess we all get lucky sometimes. :grin-square:
Definitely second that grey ghost, after five or more years messing about with a meucci, always drifting bank shots long or short blaming the rails etc, I started shooting them with a stiffer cue. Banking just like the old days with a house cue, perfect feel and line
Yep. I change often and I know my game suffers. But that’s what I like to do. I like to buy pool cues and play them. I’ve been playing the same for a long time and I ain’t getting any younger. I’m here to have fun and that to me means trying cues from different makers.
Same cue for me no matter what game I'm playing.
Instead of varying my equipment, I may change my stroke speed, grip position, bridge length etc...etc. but not my cue.
The more time I spend with my cue the better my muscles learn it's weight, balance and just plain feel.
Rake
Instead of varying my equipment, I may change my stroke speed, grip position, bridge length etc...etc. but not my cue.
The more time I spend with my cue the better my muscles learn it's weight, balance and just plain feel.
Rake
I have two Ginas. Ernie made the second one (my 5-point travel Gina) to match the specs of my 8-point Gina. Even so, I can easily detect differences between the two cues and have to make minor adjustments between them. I imagine it's mostly differences in the shafts.
Lou Figueroa
Yep, I've been sticking with one cue and one particular shaft, even though I have four shafts for each of my two cues, and I think it makes a difference. Now that particular setup is as close to a natural extension of my arm as I think I could get.
Lou Figueroa
I play with the same cue. If I ever got another cue it would have to be from the same maker but unfortunately his cues are 4 times the cost of what I paid for mine so it's unlikely I'll get another one. What I might do is order a new shaft from the cuemaker and put a softer tip on it.
I suppose it depends on who and at what level you are playing. I remember Tom Ferry said he played with a 3 piece cue when he was hustling vs bangers. He played about 75% with it but that was good enough to still get the cash while the goofy 3 piece cue got him plenty of action.
I suppose it depends on who and at what level you are playing. I remember Tom Ferry said he played with a 3 piece cue when he was hustling vs bangers. He played about 75% with it but that was good enough to still get the cash while the goofy 3 piece cue got him plenty of action.
Yup the 3pc and Budweiser cue are today’s sneaky Pete’s lol
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I agree with the one cue and in particular in sticking with the same shaft or duplicates of the exact same shaft. If I'm playing against a player who is constantly changing cues / shafts, I know even before we start I'm at a huge advantage. There is absolutely no way they can be as comfortable with their shotmaking accuracy, particularly on shots when having to spin the cueball for positioning, when they don't know precisely how much to adjust in their aiming for CB squirt.
oh yeah.
Not too long ago I matched up with a fellow who was raving about his new cue and its super low deflection shaft. I asked him, "So, how long have you been playing with it?" And he said, "Two weeks."
Lou Figueroa
LOL - I'd go the opposite direction. I'd brag about that goofy 3 piece cue like it was the greatest cue ever made. I paid $1,000 dollars for it.
I watched the Eddie Taylor interview in which he used reverse psychology. Bragged about how he played "Ralph Greenfield" deliberately mispronouncing the name to make people think he was an idiot.
You buy the act you pay the price.
Hah, I mentioned that in another thread, the old Budweiser cue with the weight rings...:wink:
I have four different cues I play with right now, a McDermott D-15, A McDermott Snap-on branded cue that is almost the exact same design as my McDermott G602 dice cue...and I just picked up a J. Pechauer cue a few weeks ago. They all have different sized and types of shafts. The D series cue has a solid maple shaft with a 12.5 mm tip, I have a 12mm, 11.5 and 13 mm (all G-core) for the Snap-on/G602 and like a 12.7mm shaft on the Pechauer (slightly smaller that the 13 mm snap on shaft). I shoot almost identically with every single cue and shaft, if there is an adjustment period it is usually about 20 shots. Not gonna say I am a great player, but I have held my own (and then some) against some great players.
I usually always bring 2 completely different cues with me when I go to the hall (plus a break cue). Mostly because I have these 4 beautiful cues that I spent good money on and by God I am going to enjoy them. Of course I can pick a Wallabushka right out of the rack and shoot about the same with those as well, but that happiness of ownership just isn't there with the Wally.
I usually always bring 2 completely different cues with me when I go to the hall (plus a break cue). Mostly because I have these 4 beautiful cues that I spent good money on and by God I am going to enjoy them. Of course I can pick a Wallabushka right out of the rack and shoot about the same with those as well, but that happiness of ownership just isn't there with the Wally.