Practicing is hard work soooooo....
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Sorry. Top secret.
It is actually worked out and written down...but it's kept in a vault....and I won't say who owns the vault.
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Throw all the ingredients (numerous choices of each component) into a 55-gallon drum, reach in there blindfolded, and you'll come up with something that should get you there in NO time :wink:!!!
Maniac
Banks
Banned
LSD. Stay away from the brown acid.
TIP: usually 20%
FERRULE: How bout a feral cat?
LD SHAFT: I prefer High Definition
JOINT TYPE: Kronic or Acupulco Gold?
BUTT TAPER: I'm more of a boob guy
CUE WEIGHT: It's best to stay off the scales
AIMING METHOD: Who cares? who can make a ball with all of the other thoughts on my list?
Eric
I sort of have an answer for you. Although nothing is going to turn you into a pro beyond lots of practice and a little talent, having a cue you have confidence in is a nice perk. I play with a cue I built for myself about 15 years ago and over the years have tinkered with it a bit. I haven't done anything to it now in maybe 10 years other then change tips. When you have a cue you trust even when you may not be very sharp is a nice feeling and one less think to have to think about.
I know, easier said then done, just look at the equipment struggles of Tiger Woods and not everyone has the luxury build themselves their own cue.
So my answer is, see what you like regardless what others may think. Listen to advice but learn to trust your own instincts. The cue should be a part of you, whether you are playing good or bad. The cue should be an extension of your will and do what you ask without you having to be conscious of it. I honestly don't think I even feel my cue when I am playing, I just play.
I have to say, when I see guys in the course of a match changing cues or changing shafts, seeming not to know what feels good anymore, I feel sorry for them. I know because just like everybody I have been there. In the early 1970's I got a new Ginacue. I don't think of all the cues have owned, I ever had a cue the played so well right from the start. I put it together and never gave it another thought as I played it was so perfectly suited to me at the time. I also had a $40.00 Palmer that felt almost as good, so it doesn't always take high end to feel good to you.
I don't think you posed your question very well, but I think everybody is looking for the same thing whether hey will admit it or not. They buy $25.00 chalk, $30.00 tips, $200.00 shafts all in the search for magic.
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Magic formula revealed!
Ok, don't tell anyone else but here is the magic formula:
7 and 1/2 layered tip
cross laminated shaft of sunken wood recovered from a lake
piloted flat faced steel phenolic joint
a thin taper but on the thicker side
cue maker must be deceased
wrapless leather handle
ferrule length of exactly 0.56436725" made of hollow circus elephant tusk
use only green kamui chalk
throw in some arm weights for good measure
You can join the pro tour immediately upon acquiring the equipment.
Ok, don't tell anyone else but here is the magic formula:
7 and 1/2 layered tip
cross laminated shaft of sunken wood recovered from a lake
piloted flat faced steel phenolic joint
a thin taper but on the thicker side
cue maker must be deceased
wrapless leather handle
ferrule length of exactly 0.56436725" made of hollow circus elephant tusk
use only green kamui chalk
throw in some arm weights for good measure
You can join the pro tour immediately upon acquiring the equipment.
You guys do not have the secret answer so here it is.
Lucasi Cocobolo cue with linen wrap
Melamine ferrule
Emerald tip
This is the magic combination and I have that exact cue.
$1000 and it's yours. And just to show that I'm a nice guy I will pay shipping and pay pal fees.
Lucasi Cocobolo cue with linen wrap
Melamine ferrule
Emerald tip
This is the magic combination and I have that exact cue.
$1000 and it's yours. And just to show that I'm a nice guy I will pay shipping and pay pal fees.
You forgot to mention the joint pin must be a 3/8x11 radial machined from 110% pure Unobtanium.....counterclockwise threads of course.
None if that matters. Go to a deserted beach, find the bottle, rub the hell out of it, and if a young Barbara Eden pops out, you got pool and life by the balls. Your every wish will be granted. No need for all the gear you listed.
If it helps at all...I've also heard that the horn from an albino unicorn may be used as a substitute...but only if it's harvested on the leap day of an odd numbered year.
If a young Barbara Eden pops out I don't need no stinkin pool cue.
That combo will make you a champion.
I can show you additional how to miss for cheap ^^