Refinishing Scruggs
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Mike Webb.....
Mike's finish work is second to nobody.
You can ding the cue and the finish is still there.
You can ding the cue and the finish is still there.
Can Webb replace the TS logo butt cap? My playing cue is a nice Scruggs that needs a new butt cap...
I had to disable my virus protection software just to post on here, That's not gonna happen again. I can't take any more work right now, Please send it to Cory Barnhart, You won't be disappointed.
If it were me I would have Guerra Cues do it. The finish on his cues look sweet as hell.
Jim
Leon's work is first class but he never worked with Tim or Mike.
here you have the advice from everyone told you to call in the first place
why is there a debate????
here you have the advice from everyone told you to call in the first place
why is there a debate????
Hi Larry
I will answer this against my better judgement and because I know someone is going to say something stupid in hopes of starting another argument. The track record here seems to speak for itself when I read this section, But I'm gonna try to be professional and honest about my following statement:
There are a lot of guys doing great finish work, no doubt about it, some are new Cue makers and some are not so new. But putting a finish on a new cue is not even close to what situations someone could run into in refinishing another makers cue. I know I had two cues last winter that I was totally depressed about because I didn't have the answers I needed. I went back to square 1 and researched finishes, temperatures and humity til I was confident in what I was doing again. Shit happens as they say and I could probably write a small book at this point in my career to what could happen. I referred Cory because I'm a huge fan of his cues and more so of his finish but his experience is the closer for me, Today, anyone can be a cue maker but they cannot be a Cue Mechanic without years of experience and every once in a while we all fall on our butts because the riddles are not all the same.
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My 2 cents:
Cues can be restored or refinished. Almost any cue repair man can refinish. Restoring the cue properly is another matter. I think that takes some experience. I won't name people, but have a look at the posts above and evaluate.
I have seen some beautiful refinish jobs on classic cues that IMHO destroyed the original cue. Deep amazing finishes no doubt...but nothing like a restoration.
Do you really just want somebody to put their own "amazing" finish on it and be done with it? Or do you want somebody to put the time in to "make it right"?
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Cues can be restored or refinished. Almost any cue repair man can refinish. Restoring the cue properly is another matter. I think that takes some experience. I won't name people, but have a look at the posts above and evaluate.
I have seen some beautiful refinish jobs on classic cues that IMHO destroyed the original cue. Deep amazing finishes no doubt...but nothing like a restoration.
Do you really just want somebody to put their own "amazing" finish on it and be done with it? Or do you want somebody to put the time in to "make it right"?
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I would send it to someone who does all their own finishing work if you want it refinished.
I would like to refer to this link where we can see a beautifully refinished example of a Scruggs cue, including butt cap replacement with logo. There are both before and after photos.
Mike Webb did the refinish. Dan Janes did the logo.
Scruggs came out of the JOSS shop and according to that thread Janes has been given permission to reproduce the TS logo.
IMHO such work isn't even properly termed a refinish, it is a restoration. The example we see in the link is, I think, an example of this type of work that is of the highest order.
If I needed such a job done, there is no question I would follow that example.
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Mike Webb did the refinish. Dan Janes did the logo.
Scruggs came out of the JOSS shop and according to that thread Janes has been given permission to reproduce the TS logo.
IMHO such work isn't even properly termed a refinish, it is a restoration. The example we see in the link is, I think, an example of this type of work that is of the highest order.
If I needed such a job done, there is no question I would follow that example.
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If he doesnt do it then who refinishes Guerra Cues?