pros vs southwest cues

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indymike

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I was wondering if anyone could tell me why you dont see very many pro players using southwest cues imo i think is because of sponsors giving them cues any input?
 
They can't afford it?
Tommy Kennedy shot with one.
Tony CHohan shot with one too iirc.
 
RealLive said:
i think sylver does
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at fast eddies two weeks ago he wasnt using a southwest. I remember cause I asked him what he was hitting with.
Dont remember what it was but it wasnt a SW
 
Many players today perfer cues between 18.7 and 19.3 ounces and it is very rare to find a Southwest that is less than 19.5. Just a theory, I have had about 10 and all but 2 were a little too thick and a little too heavy for my daily playing taste.
 
Southwest cues bring a lot of money on the secondary market. If you, or anyone else, including a pro, can get one at a good price, they can be turned around in a short time at a profit. For a lot of pro players, cash in hand means more than a dynamite playing cue.
 
indymike said:
I was wondering if anyone could tell me why you dont see very many pro players using southwest cues imo i think is because of sponsors giving them cues any input?
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Pros turn anything of value into cash, even cues given them by sponsors. I know a number of pros who used their status to get themselves cues only to sell them. I know one who begged a cue from Szamboti and got a cue in three months. It was a con and he sold the cue for a $1000.00 more then Gus charged him. Gus found out about it when the guy (The buyer not the pro) called about getting a new shaft a week later. Gus told me this story himself.
 
macguy said:
Pros turn anything of value into cash, even cues given them by sponsors. I know a number of pros who used their status to get themselves cues only to sell them. I know one who begged a cue from Szamboti and got a cue in three months. It was a con and he sold the cue for a $1000.00 more then Gus charged him. Gus found out about it when the guy (The buyer not the pro) called about getting a new shaft a week later. Gus told me this story himself.
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I knew a guy who left a Balabushka behind after getting drunk at a tournament. He called George a week or so later about getting another and George refused. He'd already heard about it and was hot.
 
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deep said:
I thought that quite a few of the asian pros played with southwests.
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Ga Young Kim played with a South West cue until a cue maker gave her a cue to play with and i'm sure she still has her trusty South West cue.

I heard a story that Joe Gold (Cognoscenti cues) played with South West cues before he became a cue maker. He called Laurie Franklin and asked about some replacement shafts and she told him it would be at least 6 months before he could get the shafts and he got so upset that he went into the cue building business to make his own cues.

When a company like South West cues has such a reputation for fine cues that they have a 9 to 10 year waiting list they don't have to give cues to pro players to hopefully drum up business. They have more business than they can handle now!

James
 
I love SW cues, but in my opinion, even their pro tapered shafts seem too stout. In todays 9 ball world, pros seem to prefer fairly elongated pro-tapers. I have a pro-tapered SW that weighs 19.2 oz. and breaks great.

SW makes a great cue, but so do many other cue makers.
 
It doesn't seem like there are any cues being played by the pro's that stand out as the most popular.
 
macguy said:
Pros turn anything of value into cash, even cues given them by sponsors. I know a number of pros who used their status to get themselves cues only to sell them. I know one who begged a cue from Szamboti and got a cue in three months. It was a con and he sold the cue for a $1000.00 more then Gus charged him. Gus found out about it when the guy (The buyer not the pro) called about getting a new shaft a week later. Gus told me this story himself.
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Thats a true story 100x over...from mulitple pros & cuemakers. Allison wanted a cue from me....and I charged her full price...yes I thought I shouldn't, but history told me better.
 
Great Cue

Southwest cues are made by the Franklin family in a garage in LasVegas. When I left Vegas about 6 to 7 years ago the shop was in, like it always has in Laurie Franklin's home garage. I believe at that time that they only made about 300 to 400 cues a year. Jerry asked me to play with his personal cue about 25 years ago, at first I declined but later reconsidered, and i'm glad I did, reason being that the Southwest cue was the finest cue I ever played with, barr none. Unfortunately that cue was stolen from me, and I would pay $20,000 to get it back. After that I played with another Southwest and that cue was also stolen from me, I guess I had a lot of good and bad luck with the Southwest cue, but I would love to play with another one as I finish my playing years. Matter of fact I think I will call Laurie and order one, maybe i'll get it in a year or less, hopefully.

Jerry and Laurie Franklin were two of the finest people that I have ever met, and Jerry was the most quality conscious cuemaker that there ever has been. After Jerry passed Laurie continued in the business with Jerry's brother and helpers, the cues are still made the way Jerry insisted and are probably the most consistent ( in terms of quality ) cues made. If you own a Southwest you have a great cue.
 
wincardona said:
Southwest cues are made by the Franklin family in a garage in LasVegas. When I left Vegas about 6 to 7 years ago the shop was in, like it always has in Laurie Franklin's home garage. I believe at that time that they only made about 300 to 400 cues a year. Jerry asked me to play with his personal cue about 25 years ago, at first I declined but later reconsidered, and i'm glad I did, reason being that the Southwest cue was the finest cue I ever played with, barr none. Unfortunately that cue was stolen from me, and I would pay $20,000 to get it back. After that I played with another Southwest and that cue was also stolen from me, I guess I had a lot of good and bad luck with the Southwest cue, but I would love to play with another one as I finish my playing years. Matter of fact I think I will call Laurie and order one, maybe i'll get it in a year or less, hopefully.

Jerry and Laurie Franklin were two of the finest people that I have ever met, and Jerry was the most quality conscious cuemaker that there ever has been. After Jerry passed Laurie continued in the business with Jerry's brother and helpers, the cues are still made the way Jerry insisted and are probably the most consistent ( in terms of quality ) cues made. If you own a Southwest you have a great cue.
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Billy I remember you singing the SW praise on a Accu-stat player review when you missed the 1 in the side with ball in hand against Tony Ellin.:D
 
I remember Mark Jarvis playing with a monster inlaid SW in the mid '90s....think he's been playing with a fairly plain Kers fairly recently, though. Santos Sambajon also played with a SW for several years iirc.
 
Varney Cues said:
Billy I remember you singing the SW praise on a Accu-stat player review when you missed the 1 in the side with ball in hand against Tony Ellin.:D
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i'd like to see that video
 
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