shaft consruction question

[JoeyInCali]

maybe less work as you can turn the radially laminated shafts down faster.i believe they are more stable.

on the other hand i have never in my life hit with any Pred,OB,radial lam.,flat lam or square lam. or etc. that hit anywhere near as good as a high quality piece of Maple.i have tried them all more than once and yes some of them do work,but they don't feel the same.they don't feel as good.

Maybe more stable.
Tone is different on them due to glue imo.

 

[Craig Fales]

i would think that a carbon fiber rod would do pretty good in there.i have been meaning to try,but haven't had time.i think a solid rod of CF maybe 8" or so long would lower the deflection a hair and should be pretty good tonally.lots of musicians are using carbon fiber now ofr the excellent tone.

i have seen some guys using carbon fiber tubes in the first 8" or so,but i have never seen one in person.

maple is pretty light though so i would think the only thing strong enough and actually lighter than Maple would be carbon fiber,adn it isn't cheap.i bought a 2 foot rod for joint pins and it was $50.

The McDermotts I shafts have a carbon fiber hollow tube in them. I never have tried one but would like to soon. Has anyone else tried one??

 

[masonh]

Tone is different on them due to glue imo.

i agree and i don't really like the tone.they actually play better than the flat lams,but still not like Maple.

 

[KD Cues]

Lamination

Glue dampening a shaft (or any other lamination) is proportional to the quality of the mill-work, and the clamping procedure. Large glue joints will always deaden the tone of any lamination. Joey, if you ask Lil' Al to show you the laminated shaft I gave him about 5 years ago, you will see one of the highest tones on a maple shaft I have ever heard (8 pc. radial lam). The clamping and mill work were exceptional. I inverted adjacent pieces and the shaft blank hardly moved at all. Quality control is always more difficult on a large scale during production. Unfortunately, it would be about 3-4 hrs./shaft and the cost would be too much. I would rather sort through solid shafts in volume and select the best ones, rather than spending time making and sorting laminations. Some people already believe I make a long process longer. At the end of the day, I believe that I get the most accomplished using selected solid shafts, working to vary shaft tapers to accommodate customers, and tip and ferrule selection. Best to all, Kent