Don't mean to ramble, but I need to get this out
I have a friend, let's call him Bob. He owns a local pool hall and is an avid cue collector and seller of pool cues.
It's late one night and he's taking his cues out of the display case for overnight storage in a safe. He has his hands on a Carmelli that sells for about $1300. He asks me if I want to try it out and I tell him no I don't need a cue like that.
Bob says "What do you mean by that?". I respond that I have a Jerry Olivier Super Sneaky and a Bob Griffen Super Sneaky ( guess that's the term for them since they look like a house stick with joint collars) and I have a OB-1 shaft for both of them. They are straight, they are the weight I like, they both hit almost identical and I can't tell them apart if I shot with a blindfold. Their both in the $400-450 range and I wouldn't shoot any better with a $1500 stick.
He responds back with "You ever see the pros playing with a $400 cue?". I counter "The pros don't pay for their sticks and I'll bet some don't even use the stick that sponsors them".
He finally says "It's a mindset. If you're not willing to spend the money on a high dollar stick because you don't think you're good enough.....you'll never be good enough".
I thought about that for a few minutes and I asked "What kind of sticks do you and your wife shoot with? A couple of Carmellis, a Dale Perry and all of them are over 1K each". "Everytime I've played you.....who's won?"
Bob answered "You have and don't get me wrong, I've played quite a few players that I lost to, but you know what.....I looked good doing it" :thumbup:
The question then is: Does cost really matter or are you just paying for looks after a certain point. I don't mean a $50 Walmart cue. I'm talking about the $300-500 stick vs. the $1500-???? stick
I have a friend, let's call him Bob. He owns a local pool hall and is an avid cue collector and seller of pool cues.
It's late one night and he's taking his cues out of the display case for overnight storage in a safe. He has his hands on a Carmelli that sells for about $1300. He asks me if I want to try it out and I tell him no I don't need a cue like that.
Bob says "What do you mean by that?". I respond that I have a Jerry Olivier Super Sneaky and a Bob Griffen Super Sneaky ( guess that's the term for them since they look like a house stick with joint collars) and I have a OB-1 shaft for both of them. They are straight, they are the weight I like, they both hit almost identical and I can't tell them apart if I shot with a blindfold. Their both in the $400-450 range and I wouldn't shoot any better with a $1500 stick.
He responds back with "You ever see the pros playing with a $400 cue?". I counter "The pros don't pay for their sticks and I'll bet some don't even use the stick that sponsors them".
He finally says "It's a mindset. If you're not willing to spend the money on a high dollar stick because you don't think you're good enough.....you'll never be good enough".
I thought about that for a few minutes and I asked "What kind of sticks do you and your wife shoot with? A couple of Carmellis, a Dale Perry and all of them are over 1K each". "Everytime I've played you.....who's won?"
Bob answered "You have and don't get me wrong, I've played quite a few players that I lost to, but you know what.....I looked good doing it" :thumbup:
The question then is: Does cost really matter or are you just paying for looks after a certain point. I don't mean a $50 Walmart cue. I'm talking about the $300-500 stick vs. the $1500-???? stick
