Schmelke...
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I have a Schmelke and it's as close to perfect as a $230 cue can be.
Which models did you get?
Which models did you get?
Send them back if you bought them new.
I just made a right report on 2 Schmelke cues no more, the cues are straight and well finished, the shafts are very whippy and the pins joint are offset.
I ordered the joints at .850 3/8-10 in prevision to screw other shafts on but the pins are too much offset to do that.
Take what you want in these review and no I did not call Schmelke to let know that I don't like how they fit their joints.
I ordered the joints at .850 3/8-10 in prevision to screw other shafts on but the pins are too much offset to do that.
Take what you want in these review and no I did not call Schmelke to let know that I don't like how they fit their joints.
Well than I take nothing away from your thread... except you would rather complain than work things out. 10-4!
No, you just don't understand well.
No! The cuetec is a *production* cue. You claimed you ordered a cue from Schmelke.
Post your thread in the "Ask the cue maker section".
Schmelke started selling a carbon fiber shaft called Richochet on their website. I'm not sure if it's their own shaft or if it's made by someone else. The starting price is $340; however, that doesn't include a tip on the shaft. As soon as you select a tip the price goes up by $25 for the standard tip (Ignite Medium) and more for other tips. I'm curious if anyone has tried it yet. I would also be curious if there is a Richochet carbon fiber break shaft with 13ish mm tip. I only see the 12.5mm .
Whole cue options with carbon fiber are still a long way from where they should be. Meucci is the only brand that I know where you can pay an up-charge and receive credit on their wood shaft toward the more expensive carbon fiber. On Budget Billiards it's a $276 up-charge for the Carbon Pro and they match the joint to any of their new cues. $276 is within $10 of the full retail price difference of a Black Dot vs Carbon pro shaft when purchased separately. They give you almost full retail value credit for the shaft you are not buying when upgrading.. what a concept. I don't have the Meucci carbon pro shaft but I give them all the credit in the world for this purchasing flexibility.
Whole cue options with carbon fiber are still a long way from where they should be. Meucci is the only brand that I know where you can pay an up-charge and receive credit on their wood shaft toward the more expensive carbon fiber. On Budget Billiards it's a $276 up-charge for the Carbon Pro and they match the joint to any of their new cues. $276 is within $10 of the full retail price difference of a Black Dot vs Carbon pro shaft when purchased separately. They give you almost full retail value credit for the shaft you are not buying when upgrading.. what a concept. I don't have the Meucci carbon pro shaft but I give them all the credit in the world for this purchasing flexibility.
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Are they really selling a shaft without a tip? Not even a LePro? Even the cheapest imports come with a tip, no matter how horrible they are.
Are you going to fix the cue. You will have to fix the shafts too.
It's not a bad thing, you choose what you want in their tips choice, no need to loose a tip and installation time.
I will fix and keep one butt in bocote for a chinese carbon break shaft that I mounted myself, this shaft is 12.9MM X 1.4MM of wall and very very stiff, with a Taom tip it break incredibly. I will sell at low price the other cue in rosewood locally here in the poolroom, I'm from Quebec. I ordered these 2 cues to play temporarily, I wanted 2 shafts and ordered 2 complete cues instead of 1 butt and 2 shafts. These flat laminated are beautiful but really too whippy.
I said temporarily because I'm working by loosing time on project for making my own carbon complete cues and for selling around here.
I ordered 3 shafts and 3 butts blanks from a new contact in china, shafts are 35 inches long and have 19MM at joint, I hope that it will be a good improvement for playing at long distance, I will balance shaft and butt with differents foam density.
I have heard mixed reviews on Schmelke carbons from the same dealer at different times. Not sure if there have been different manufacturers, versions, etc. but I heard the Ricohets are nice. I'm not sure how they would compare to any of the ones some of our fellow AZB-ers make or other smaller company offerings like J&J's Black Arrow, the Snapshot Ion (on eBay), Wheat State, etc.
Also, Seybert's lets you upgrade your shaft on several manufacturers, Predator & Pechauer for sure, maybe others.