Searing Cues Wait List

I have been around a lot of the top cuemakers and nobody is any more meticulous than Dennis Searing. He is a great person and a freakin' cue scientist. I think he's going to continuously push the envelope until the day he stops making cues. He is never satisfied.

As a cue nut myself, I will have to say that I am enamored to just sit and listen to Dennis and soak up his idealisms. Simply amazing.

Jimmy
 
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LoGiC said:
Searing certainly is the hottest maker right now. I heard he selects who can get on his wait list now- like if he thinks you are just a collector going to sell his cue, he won't build it for you. He only builds for players.

Can anyone closer to him confirm this? Thats someone I would like to have build a cue for me.
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A true collector would never sell their Searing cue. Just ask Hirun526 or TheMarsMan.
 
5 years?? I placed my order back in 2002 & Dennis said he will TRY to start my cue end of this year. Think we've gotta wait just a bit longer than that.

Snookered <=== a patient guy
 
I heard that Dennis was around 7 year wait, until I called him. He prefers to weed out those who want to flip his cues. He definately wants to build cues for those who wish to keep them and enjoy them. He asked me that exact question!!

Russ....
 
StevenPWaldon said:
I'm surprised Prewitt is only 2 years, based on the price he charges. I will say that his craftsmanship on very fine details (especially with metals) is incredible.
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Prewitt makes some unreal looking cues. Wished I could afford one.

Searing is up there on my list as well. But that waiting list is too high for me.
 
I always ask a buddy of mine to go back behind Dennis' shop whenever he makes the trip up to Wellington and check on how my maple sapling is coming along. Maybe piss on it some to give it H20.

In all seriousness, Dennis is a good guy and makes cues that even cuemakers drool over. My buddy tells me that Dennis is working on my cue and the forearm is hanging in his shop. one day....
 
kaznj said:
I'm just a little curious. I have heard of people waiting years to get some cue makers cue. There are so many great makers out there today. Why would someone wait 5 years for a cue. If it is just because someone likes the feel of a certain maker's cue? There a retailers out there with cues make from just about every conceivable cue maker. Why not just one from one of these selles? I not saying you are wrong to wait, I'm just curious as to why.
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Its actually pretty simple. And to explain, let me first start by correcting you.

There are a lot of GOOD cuemakers out there but very few GREATS. Guys like Dennis Searing, Joel Hercek, the South West shop, these are some of your GREATS. They make a top notch notch cue that you can expect two things from: one of a kind, damn-near perfect, precision craftsmanship, AND superior playability.

Compound that with the fact that the cue you order will be worth MORE than what you paid for it the second you get it home, and you can begin to see why so many people will wait 5 years, 8 years, 9 years, etc.

In the meantime, many people will go out and pick up a cue or two by one of the many GOOD cuemakers out there and play with their cues.
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Well according the the Arizona Billiards Info (our local pool rag) that did a pPlayer Profile on Scott Frost, aka The Freezer Playes with a "Falcon Butt with a custom Dale Teague Birdseye Maple Shaft".

Wonder if a Searing could improve his game. I bet not.
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You know I've waited a pretty long time to make this post. I've watched your posts for quite some time so as not to make a hasty judgment but you are similar to Travis Trotter in the way you like to get in your "digs" on different professionals. When someone doesn't respond, you throw out another little dig. Originally, I thought some forum members were a little too stern with you and your posts but now I am not too certain.

just an observation more so than a judgment
thanks :)
joeya
 
pharaoh68 said:
Its actually pretty simple. And to explain, let me first start by correcting you.

There are a lot of GOOD cuemakers out there but very few GREATS. Guys like Dennis Searing, Joel Hercek, the South West shop, these are some of your GREATS. They make a top notch notch cue that you can expect two things from: one of a kind, damn-near perfect, precision craftsmanship, AND superior playability.

Compound that with the fact that the cue you order will be worth MORE than what you paid for it the second you get it home, and you can begin to see why so many people will wait 5 years, 8 years, 9 years, etc.

In the meantime, many people will go out and pick up a cue or two by one of the many GOOD cuemakers out there and play with their cues.
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Boy, I hate doing the double quote thing, but here goes any with apologies in advance. We all know its the indian, not the arrow. Having said that, certainly, you will play how you play, regardless of stick used as long as it is of a certain grade or quality. However, that does not mean that cues do not differ in quality or hit, especially in the shaft department. Whether you can use an increase in quality or a certain hit is up to you. But it doesn't mean that a guy like Dennis Searing isn't making great cues. I don't think Doug Kershaw needed a Strad to play cajun, but Perlman sounds spectacular with one.

tim
 
JoeyA said:
You know I've waited a pretty long time to make this post. I've watched your posts for quite some time so as not to make a hasty judgment but you are similar to Travis Trotter in the way you like to get in your "digs" on different professionals. When someone doesn't respond, you throw out another little dig. Originally, I thought some forum members were a little too stern with you and your posts but now I am not too certain.

just an observation more so than a judgment
thanks :)
joeya
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Well I think you missed my point, and that is a great Cue is not going to make you, or me an Efrin, Earl, Scott, or Johnny. I think there is a misconception that if you wait X YEARs for a Southwest, Searing, or XYZ Cue your game will become scores better. I think not.

My point about what Scott Frost uses was in the May Issue of Arizona Billiard Info Profile on Scott. Think Scott could still be Scott with a House Cue, and some Sandpaper to share the tip.

I have a Southwest I am waiting for it should be delivered in maybe 2012, 20014, but I know 110% for sure the Southwest Cue will play only as good as the player hand it is in.

Give me a set of Oil Pint, and I will still paint CRAP worth Zip for one of my originals, give it to Thomas Kincade and someone will bid $100,000.00 for an Original Kincade Oil. Same Paint, different Painter. :D

P.S. I do play maybe 10-20% better with my Cue that I am use to playing with, verses a House Cue that is unfamiliar to me.
 
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CocoboloCowboy said:
Well I think you missed my point, and that is a great Cue is not going to make you, or me an Efrin, Earl, Scott, or Johnny. I think there is a misconception that if you wait X YEARs for a Southwest, Searing, or XYZ Cue your game will become scores better. I think not.

My point about what Scott Frost uses was in the May Issue of Arizona Billiard Info Profile on Scott. Think Scott could still be Scott with a House Cue, and some Sandpaper to share the tip.

I have a Southwest I am waiting for it should be delivered in maybe 2012, 20014, but I know 110% for sure the Southweast Cue will play only as good as the player hand it is in.

Give me a set of Oil Pint, and I will still paint CRAP worth Zip for one of my originals, give it to Thomas Kincade and someone will bid $100,000.00 for an Original Kincade Oil. Same Paint, different Painter.

:D
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Scott wouldn't be able to shoot at near his level with a house cue.
His shaft is so thin and has a long taper, he'd be really be pizzed with a conical tapered house cue. He told us he has sanded his shaft down to 11.5 mm .
Nobody told nothing about their game with a Searing, Bruce. You concocted it and argued over it.
 
JoeyInCali said:
Scott wouldn't be able to shoot at near his level with a house cue.
His shaft is so thin and has a long taper, he'd be really be pizzed with a conical tapered house cue. He told us he has sanded his shaft down to 11.5 mm .
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My point is Scoot would still be better than 80% or more of the Player with a House Stick, as Great Players adapt to equiptment changes almost faster than lightning.:)
 
i dont think anyone said a searing would make u play like efren. that is a stupid argument. what people are saying is that it will allow u to play better. u bring up guys like scott frost, efren etc. but what u fail to note is that while they can easily use a house cue and play lights out, there's also a reason why they dont. since that is the case, i'd be more than happy to wait a few years before dennis gets started on my cue. even if it doesnt make me substantially better...it cant hurt. there's no chance of it making me a worse player so why wouldnt i want to use one?
 
JoeyInCali said:
Nobody told nothing about their game with a Searing, Bruce. You concocted it and argued over it.
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I made an observation about a article in pint on Scott's Cue that I found interesting.

Frost, aka The Freezer Plays with a "Falcon Butt with a custom Dale Teague Birdseye Maple Shaft"

I also know if I played with a, "Falcon Butt with a custom Dale Teague Birdseye Maple Shaft" I would not play at Scott's level.
 
Wierd thing about a wait list....it's a drag waiting and at the same time the excitement grows with each and every passing day in the anticipation of the day the cue arrives.

You feel like waiting for a cue that's cool and if you don't that's cool. When I find something special that I really want to have and if I have to wait to get it that's ok.

I personally don't think that making a negative or implied negative
remark(s) about a cuemaker that has a great reputation is necessary. Then again that's me and how I think and live my life....we all choose the path we follow. I try to see the good in others and usually if I think of something negative to say I just let pass and find something more positve.

There are some great cuemakers out there and I am happy to be on their wait lists.......anticipation.

As far as Dennis Searing and waiting for a cue sign me up.....oh....I'm already on the list...heck put me on again and again and.........
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
I made an observation about a article in pint on Scott's Cue that I found interesting.

Frost, aka The Freezer Plays with a "Falcon Butt with a custom Dale Teague Birdseye Maple Shaft"

I also know if I played with a, "Falcon Butt with a custom Dale Teague Birdseye Maple Shaft" I would not play at Scott's level.
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Why do you exist?
 
Feeling The Cue Ball Means Everything...

I owned my first Searing cues ( the first matching jump/break, playing cue combo made by Dennis) from 2003 until I was forced to sell them here on AZ last year because of financial problems. I've been playing for over 40 years and have played at an A level when in my 20's. I play well enough today to understand what 'feedback' feels like when striking a cue ball with a cue stick and a good Moori Quick tip. Dennis' cues have the most perfect 'feedback' I have ever felt in all the years I've been playing. When you hold his cue with a very light grip pressure and accelerate through the cue ball with authority, there is a very 'crisp' feel that is hard to describe. You just know that the cue ball is going to do what you want, when you want. Dennis builds the 'hit' into his cue before he thinks about the eye candy inlays. Rest assured that every cue he builds, from a plain Merry Widow to a lights out $100,000.00 collectors masterpiece will be a 'player' without a doubt. Playing pool at a high level takes so much thinking and concentration. You need to focus so much on every detail of your game that any distraction can be devastating. Having a quality cue in your hand that you 'trust' eliminates a distraction that takes your focus off your shot. I firmly believe that my game won't progress to that high level again until I get another Searing in my hands. That's just my opinion my friends.
 
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