I believe there is about 0.4 oz of Rose gold in this butt, which can NOT be removed. Adding a 1oz Rose gold weight bolt is equal to removing 1 inch of deflection, which equates to 0.2 inches of deflection on med-hard shots, and -0.3 on soft table length shots. To answer your question this Throne model has the most gold of all Thrones and starts out at half the deflection of other Predator c4+ pool cue butts. If Rose gold weight bolts are too expensive you can always pair it with a JFlowers SMO carbon fiber shaft for similar low, zero, or negative deflection.
That's a good question. Actually, with larger flatter tips shots are much more accurate due to the larger diameter and surface, even with a bad stroke it is easier to hit center ball every time. However, if you wish not to shoot with the included custom 2.9" cocobolo & micarta joint protector I would recommend: Pink Predator BK Rush break cue shaft with Kamui Sai control tip, or Cuetec Cynergy 15k, Pechauer Rogue ice, Pure x Kielwood, Revo 314 Vantage Centro, Tiger Fortis, Meucci carbon pro, Becue, mezz, Lucasi Pinnacle hybrid, Viking ViKore v-pro, Whyte triple 60 FG57 carbon fiber shaft, Jacoby ultra pro, Ikon Balabushka, P3 carom virtuoso limited edition, McDermott iPro G-Core. All should give better cueball control which is what I think you meant by "accurate".
That's a great question because many pool cues don't come with them. Especially if you're buying lower end cues then I am positive you don't know what they are. Joint protectors come in different threads like radial on Jacoby, older Predator models, and certain Lucasi models. Additionally, some budget or Asian-made cues, such as Konllen, J Flowers, and Rhino. 5/16x14 used by Meucci, Joss, Schon, Jacoby, Balabushka, Falcon, Black Boar, Richard Black, Espiritu, Older Mali's, Scruggs, AE Nitti, Herchek, Tascarella, and Carolina Customs. 5/16x18 Viking pooldawg pool cues, Meucci, Players, Rage, Dufferin, Action. 3/8x10 on McDermott, Lucasi, Cuetec, Predator, Jacoby, Joss, and Schmelke pool cues. The custom joint protector included is uniloc compatible because the Predator butt has a uniloc pin. But to answer your question; I always use a joint protector because I have ADD & OCD, very anal and worried about keep my cues in the best condition. If anything ever happen to a pin my head would explode.
Price drop to what, it’s been 1400 since before the last “price drop”
That's a good question! I was thinking of doing a "progressive price drop" like Seybert's. What do you think?
