Just out of curiosity, does Alex Pagulayan still use a Predator shaft? For some reason I thought I heard he switched before the Derby last year, but not sure if he changed his entire set up, or just the butt of his cue.
Alex was using the Mezz butt/shaft combo. He's using a different modified combo right now that belongs to a friend of mine that I do cue maintenance/modification for.
The set-up that Alex is currently using is:
Schon butt and Mezz shaft-weight reditributed and adjusted, shaft retapered with ER Black Master tip.