I got my Scott Gracio a few months ago and didn't want to write a review until I had a good chance to play with it. If you don't want to read the whole post - long story short: I love the cue.
Visually, the inlays are super clean, the points are pretty much perfect, and the leather wrap is really well done. Also the figuring in the rosewood is really pretty (hard to capture in pictures). The look of the wood changes as the light angles change, and it just makes the points pop right out at you. The pictures below do not do this cue justice, but they do prove what I'm saying!
As far as playability goes - at first I wasn't sure on the balance of the cue. It seemed a little too far forward, but after playing with it I have decided I really like the way it is balanced, and have even taken the weight bolt out of my cheapy cue so that it is balanced closer to the Gracio. The hit of this cue is very crisp and the sound it makes when hitting a ball is heaven to my ears. Its like when I make a good stroke the cue sings in rejoice (in my hands, the cue isn't used to a lot of good shots
) Also the amount of spin I can get on the cue ball is incredible compared to the other cues I have. I don't know if it's the tip, ferrule, or shaft, but something about this cue makes you feel like you could make the cue ball jump up and dance if you wanted to!
Speaking of the shafts, they are great too. I got one 12MM and one 13MM, but I have been using the 13MM more. It's not that I don't like the 12MM, but the 13 just seems to be stiffer (guess that makes sense).
The picture of the wrap is to show the seam - this is about the worst angle to take a picture of the seam at and it still looks fantastic. If I didn't know to look for a seam on the wrap I probably would have never noticed it.
Scott - thanks for the great cue!!
Visually, the inlays are super clean, the points are pretty much perfect, and the leather wrap is really well done. Also the figuring in the rosewood is really pretty (hard to capture in pictures). The look of the wood changes as the light angles change, and it just makes the points pop right out at you. The pictures below do not do this cue justice, but they do prove what I'm saying!
As far as playability goes - at first I wasn't sure on the balance of the cue. It seemed a little too far forward, but after playing with it I have decided I really like the way it is balanced, and have even taken the weight bolt out of my cheapy cue so that it is balanced closer to the Gracio. The hit of this cue is very crisp and the sound it makes when hitting a ball is heaven to my ears. Its like when I make a good stroke the cue sings in rejoice (in my hands, the cue isn't used to a lot of good shots
) Also the amount of spin I can get on the cue ball is incredible compared to the other cues I have. I don't know if it's the tip, ferrule, or shaft, but something about this cue makes you feel like you could make the cue ball jump up and dance if you wanted to!Speaking of the shafts, they are great too. I got one 12MM and one 13MM, but I have been using the 13MM more. It's not that I don't like the 12MM, but the 13 just seems to be stiffer (guess that makes sense).
The picture of the wrap is to show the seam - this is about the worst angle to take a picture of the seam at and it still looks fantastic. If I didn't know to look for a seam on the wrap I probably would have never noticed it.
Scott - thanks for the great cue!!
