Show Your Topping (High-End) PLAYER Cue

poohkiller · Jul 9, 2008

I got the idea of making a thread for played (!) high-end cues from this thread, started by junksecret showing a topping a Gina of his friend with a few nicks and signs of use.
Honestly, it was heartwarming to see that such an instrument was used the way it was meant to be used!
Don't misunderstand me, I love extremely nice cues just collected but this time I'd love to see something different.
To begin with, my player is my Capone. It is not a high-end but it's on the fancier side.

Finally, I cannot remember seeing such a thread recently, so I think it'd be a unique one on its own.

Go ahead and show us what you have!

Jeffrey Gale · Jul 9, 2008

Hey buddy, how are you? I guess I'll start it off for you. These are my 2 players and they are used everyday.

xpatcan1 · Jul 9, 2008

i guess this is another good excuse to post my player, even if everyone is tired of seeing it

it might not be considered really high end but i think its kenny murrells highest hes done so far... untill i order another one from him

this is my fulltime player as you can see the shafts are predator with matching rings.

dave sutton · Jul 9, 2008

skip weston. just added black iguana wrap not pictured

brianna187 · Jul 9, 2008

Dave Is That Your Playing Cue?

poohkiller · Jul 9, 2008

Jeffrey!! You won't believe this but I was counting on you to start it! I was wondering which one are you using, the segmented handle Diveney or the butterfly one (that's a Diveney too if I am not mistaken - correct?) I also thought that you maybe hitting with the Schick that you have... damn... that's the one I love the most... however, as I look back on each and every week there's another cue you own that I want the most

Anyways, thanks for chiming in! All is fine with me, the Capone is a monster on its own, I love it!

Xpatcan: don't you worry, it's always pleasing to see that out-of-this-world Murrel!!

Dave: the other cue (along with a PJ Tad) was a Weston that I considered buying before decided to get the Capone. Here it is, in case you'd like to see it - I chose the capone because of the ivory joint (I wanted to give it a try). Your cue is beautiful and I always loved Skip Weston's designs and point execution. Thanks a lot for sharing it!

Jeffrey Gale · Jul 9, 2008

The butterfly is a Steve klein, both have a G-10 pin with a solid ivory joint, my favorite setup.

Here's a few of the Schick for ya. I like playing with this cue also, it hits nice. I hope the Capone is treating you good, you deserve it.

poohkiller · Jul 9, 2008

Steve Klein!!! Ahh, those Seybert's forum times had been long ago and since then I forgot what it was... DANNG.

Well, at least your pictures prove why had I been drooling over that Schick for so long. I have read the article about Bill Schick so many times in the BBoPC 3rd Edition that I have learned some parts by heart. Thank you for showing it!

skor · Jul 9, 2008

Hey poo,

Well you know that this was my main shooter for quite some time....

McDaniel Q88

I still take it out of the bag once in a while

FAST_N_LOOSE · Jul 9, 2008

asiasdad · Jul 9, 2008

Daily player

I've been playing one pocket with this nearly every day
for the last 6 months:

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lord_shar · Jul 9, 2008

I don't know if my cue counts has high end, but here's my usual pic:

I'll try to post a more recent picture soon.

Roppongi · Jul 9, 2008

My Haley

Not sure if this is fancy enough...but here's my current player:

marknyc · Jul 9, 2008

I used to own this cue...its fancy enough! And it plays incredibly well. The veneers and rosewood are amazing in person.

Roppongi · Jul 9, 2008

marknyc said:
I used to own this cue...its fancy enough! And it plays incredibly well. The veneers and rosewood are amazing in person.

Thanks for the comments Mark

I was also surprised by how well it played.

cornerstone · Jul 9, 2008

my richard Black,

this is still my all time favroite cue, and just got it back on trade

poohkiller · Jul 10, 2008

Well, I don't even know what to say after seeing all these great cues - and it's very nice to see that they are being used! I am sure that all of them play amazingly well!

Skor: I hope I can hit a few with that "thing" one day!

If It was mine... well, for sure I would take it out of the bag sometimes!

FAST_N_LOOSE: that's one hell of a Tasc. and it should play pretty much according to that!

lord_shar: of course it's fairly fancy enough! I am looking forward to closer pictures of the butt sleeve, if you have the chance, please post them!

Roppongi: that Haley is a.m.a.z.i.n.g. I always loved rosewood but I haven't seen many that I liked this much. Congrats for owning it!

Finally... It's been quite some time that I first saw that Black on your site... ever since then I show it to everyone to whom I talk about cues. (and I happen to talk about cues to everyone - from my friends to my grandma, my girlfriend... pretty much everyone around me - and all of them have seen that cue for sure

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Thank you all for sharing and keep them coming please!

oldneo · Jul 10, 2008

My highest end

No sure if this qualifies as high end compared to some of the beautiful cues I have seen so far but I like it alot and it hits a ton.

It's a Bill McDaniel Q66

lord_shar · Jul 10, 2008

poohkiller said:
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lord_shar: of course it's fairly fancy enough! I am looking forward to closer pictures of the butt sleeve, if you have the chance, please post them!

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Here ya go

wawacue · Jul 10, 2008

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