Questions about Josey Cues

dakaratestar

dakaratestar

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I recently checked out their website and found some very nice looking cues. I originally was looking for a jump/break cue around 400 to 500 dollars. and the looks of josey's j/b cues caught my eyes, they were very close to what i had in mind. therefore i am asking if anyone had ever tried out a josey jump/break cue, and how is it? also how is the hit on a Josey Floating Point Cue, I love the look just don't know about the hit. Please Advise. Thanks!
 
dakaratestar said:
I recently checked out their website and found some very nice looking cues. I originally was looking for a jump/break cue around 400 to 500 dollars. and the looks of josey's j/b cues caught my eyes, they were very close to what i had in mind. therefore i am asking if anyone had ever tried out a josey jump/break cue, and how is it? also how is the hit on a Josey Floating Point Cue, I love the look just don't know about the hit. Please Advise. Thanks!
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Cues are awesome...He and his wife are awesome...Good luck
 
I guess my main concern is, I am planning to spend another 2 grand on a playing cue, i want design, playability and resale value to be all top notched. and i am just kinda asking myself, i can get a tim scruggs, or hercek, or southwest and all excellent 2000 dollar cues, but why should i choose from another, is it only the design that make them different? or the feel and hit, any how different are the hit? or maybe i should just go around ask people to hit with all kinds of cues. :confused:
 
dakaratestar said:
I guess my main concern is, I am planning to spend another 2 grand on a playing cue, i want design, playability and resale value to be all top notched. and i am just kinda asking myself, i can get a tim scruggs, or hercek, or southwest and all excellent 2000 dollar cues, but why should i choose from another, is it only the design that make them different? or the feel and hit, any how different are the hit? or maybe i should just go around ask people to hit with all kinds of cues. :confused:
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Ask 10 people and you'll most likely get 10 different opinions.

IMHO, buying a cue is more of an "art" than "science".

Beside design, quality and hit, I personally consider cue maker's integrity, honesty, timeliness and support of their work.
 
I switched from a southwest to a josey about 7 years ago. Every once in a while I will pick up my southwest and play with it, but I'm not enticed to switch. I love the hit of both cues, but the Josey is stiffer and has a harder hit to me. When I hit hard, the shaft will barely vibrate. I hear his higher priced cues with lots of inlays do hit softer. I've got the plain cocobolla ($800) on his web site. I know several people who shoot with his $400-$800 sneaky petes.
 
Keith is a cuemaking GOD. Awesome cues - your cue will appreciate in value. His cues alway sell out in the Asian market. I've owned 3 Josey's in the past, and the only complaint I have is that I no longer have them.

Keith also works in real time, not cuemaker time. If he gives you a delivery date, he's usually bang on, if not early. I've had a sneaky pete, a plain jane maple, and the Blade 2 design from his webpage. Keith makes a cored cue, so they all hit similar in nature - the outside exotics are just sleeves for the laminated centre core.
 
Keith will make non-cored cue if asked, based on my conversation with him.

He's very easy to get hold of, nice to talk and is really honest fella. I bought two cues in secondary market and he could've really "socked it to me" in refinishing one of the fancier cue as it's got a leather wrap. I was actually expecting to pay a decent sum of change for the work.

He initiated a conversation where he can do the work for lesser money (without changing the wrap) and when the cue came back it had a new wrap without additional cost.

He was on time with the work, he initiated timely progress communication .... and I'm finding this to be exception rather than norm, in my experience with other cue makers.

The other time I needed his help with a reference for purchasing a a different cue maker and he promptly returned my phone call after coming back from his TaeKwanDo lesson and spent time with me discussing my issue.

He and his wife make a great team and I have only positive things to say about them.

Oh ya, he was makes pretty looking cue with great finish that hits very well. Now that he does more "traditional" cue (sharp points) along with his known style, you can get almost any design from him.
 
i havent owned one but i hit several racks of balls with one awhile back and this cue was just awesome.hit very well and looked great,not sure what the guy gave for this cue but i would give a big thumbs up for josey cues.
 
I love my Josey! Ever since someone dumped it off to me in Reno ten years ago. At the time, I didn't even know who Josey was. It just looked and felt nice so I bought it from him, at a bargain price.

Once I started hitting balls with it, that was it. It has been my number one playing cue since. When I had my last poolroom (Jay's Billiards at Hollywood Park), I played with it every day, and it payed for itself a hundred times over.

I've got some other great playing cues, but my Josey remains NUMERO UNO!
 
jay helfert said:
I love my Josey! Ever since someone dumped it off to me in Reno ten years ago. At the time, I didn't even know who Josey was. It just looked and felt nice so I bought it from him, at a bargain price.

Once I started hitting balls with it, that was it. It has been my number one playing cue since. When I had my last poolroom (Jay's Billiards at Hollywood Park), I played with it every day, and it payed for itself a hundred times over.

I've got some other great playing cues, but my Josey remains NUMERO UNO!
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Jay? Thank you! I'm an admittedly very low skill player. But I like having "good stuff" when I do things for fun. When something stops being fun, when I find myself gettting too serious, I quit. I don't mean this to slam people involved with pool for a living, or people involved for any other reason. I'm just stating my reasoning for getting back into the game...fun.
Life's too short for me to get really serious about anything these days.

Anyway, I have no regrets for having recently bought a sharp pointed Josey...you just killed the little bit of buyer's guilt about $ spent that I may have had. Besides, even this recreational banger (damn, I am working hard at learning speed.) can tell that a Josey has a remarkably sweet hit. :)
 
Can't speak for the jump/break Q, but I have one of his Qs, and it is extremely well made and hits a ton.

Charlie
 
I have been through two Joseys and both hit great. I am playing with my third and I love it like the other two. The resale value on them is great. Keith and his wife handle things in a very professional manner and I love doing business with them. The best cue-maker I have done business with :-)
 
Spent 4 hours on a 9' Brunswick with my new Josey yesterday...by golly, I may indeed have found "the" playing cue for myself. Oh, it won't make me turn pro, but it just feels damned good. A pure joy to use....:D
 
I have to agree that Josey cues hit very well. My Josey is a simple tiger maple and ivory player's cue and it is one of my favorites. Keith and Sherri are a pleasure to deal with and they stand behind the product. I'm sure you will feel good about the cue they build for you.
 
He recently made a timeless timber shaft for me. His wife handles the customer service aspect and was great about everything. She called me after I received it and asked how it played, etc.

I haven't had much time to play with it since I got it as I have been refurbishing a Brunswick Sport King table (more turning into redesigning the darn thing) in my garage in all of my free time, but I had a chance to play all of last Sunday with it and I really enjoyed it.

It hits great.
 
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