Shot with a Southwest for the first time tonight...

twilight · 2006-11-29T05:11:44+00:00

So a guy walks in and has a southwest cue. I have never shot with one up to this point. With all the hype and how hot these cues are on ebay, I asked if I could hit with his cue. After hitting with it I felt I should have been more impressed. Now I want to make it clear I'm not knocking Southwest cues. This cue was definately great looking and felt solid, but I was somehow expecting some more from it. I know hit is subjective and not all Southwest cues have that magical feel about them but for some reason I thought they'd feel better. I once asked a cue distributer who had a good amount of southwests and he told me quite frankly they're over rated. This from a guy who is selling them. I thought he was crazy, surely all the good things I hear about southwest cues couldn't be wrong?! I'm starting to wonder now if they aren't over-hyped? Am I alone in this thought? Again, not knocking them, or trying to start an arguement.