Shane Van Boening
- Thread starter SHORTY WRIGHT
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What has that got to do with playing as well as you can?…or maybe you think Shane could’ve won the world with a broom stick.
The point is, just because Shane plays with a certain shaft doesn’t mean it will make Joe League Banger any better. Maybe it will. What do I know?
Not necessarily, but if that someone has a chance to borrow a friends smaller diameter cue s/he should. This would happen even if the friend said he played it.
Sometimes you are playing a cue solely because it is what you have. Change is not always bad. If you feel you might play better with something different, you tube is as good a place as any to start. Seeing SVB play with s stick that a league player has can start the process.
If anyone ever finds one cue that is just perfect. Buy it , don't let it out of your sight, never ask anyone else to watch it for you, take it to the rest room with you and NEVER sell it.
Play with it exclusively and learn what it does, how it does it and why it does it. AGAIN never sell it..
You will never need or even want another cue. Nor will you care about another cue. They won't matter.
It makes no difference what any cue does for anyone else, it's what it does for you that matters.
That's my advice and I am sticking to it...
Play with it exclusively and learn what it does, how it does it and why it does it. AGAIN never sell it..
You will never need or even want another cue. Nor will you care about another cue. They won't matter.
It makes no difference what any cue does for anyone else, it's what it does for you that matters.
That's my advice and I am sticking to it...
Still got my ‘68 Joss….it’s my one pocket cue.
That’s kind of a no brainer…didn’t have to be said.…..
But if a man doesn’t care about his equipment, he probably can’t play very well….
Doc Holiday didn’t go to the OK Corral with a Saturday night special.
Caring what diameter shaft a certain player uses has zero to do with playing with good equipment. I don’t use a Cynergy or a carbon fibre shaft for that matter. Does that mean my cue is shit?
Funny you say this. A great friend has an 80's Joss. It is a delight. I offered him $2000 for just the shaft. Put the cash on the table twenty 100 dollar bills! He just laughed said no thanks and bought me a beer for showing him I meant business..
I’m not going to discuss cues with you anymore…..but I’ll tell you one golf story. Lee Trevino’s friend got him to try his putter…
…Lee liked it so he went to the pro shop and bought one. When he got back to his motel, he raised the putter over his head and slammed the heel into the carpet…changed the angle slightly….and started winning….that putter put him in the HOF.
I’ve heard that before. God help us if Shane does something similar. There will be threads asking how hard Shane slammed his cue…LOL.
That’s shaft was a POS I hit plenty of balls with it. I think that’s why he plays so good now. If he could play with that shaft with no tip-he could play with anything. That shaft is a great piece of American pool history. All kidding aside.Look at what Shane used when he was very young.i remember the old schon cue he had, Solid shaft nothing fancy
it comes down to what you like. And someone telling you, buy this cue and you will play better with this shaft or that!! In the end it does not matter.
Best
Fatboy
There’s nothing wrong with not yet having a preference and saying “If I don’t know what I want, why not start in the same place a professional uses.” That mentality can save a newbie from buying a graphite shaft.
Yeah I wasn't going to put it up again. Knowing that the he was on about 11. 8 and 12.5 he probably all ready watched it.
I saw it, some time ago.
He definitely made the most of his case.. 10 shafts is incredible!!!
I am not sure Efren cared that much
Efren beat everybody with a pos $20 cue when he first came over. My local spot is full of league bangers using $1000+ cues that couldn't play dead in a western. Equipment in this game is so over-rated.
Efren cared a lot….he showed up to a tournament with three butts and seven shafts….he kept trying out different combos till he settled on a pair. He was given a 314 once…he hit one shot and gave it back…he said “I don’t like where the cue ball goes.”
I’ve got a cue made by the guy who made Efren’s….it’s a good cue…I don’t use it much…it’s a bit thick in the butt for me.
An older Pinoy gave it to me….Efren said they all learned from him…his name was Brigido Quinto.
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A friend went to the Red's event in '85. He got a good look at at ER's cue and wasn't too impressed. My point was that he could have used a warped house cue and still been great.