Skylar Woodward's new Barbox line of cues by Meucci
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looks like they start around the $500mark
good idea, but ridonkculously overpriced
good idea, but ridonkculously overpriced
So let's get this right
Sky is a big table player not a bar box player but he has is own specific bar table cues out ?
Hmm I smell...
Kid is great on bar box
Nine foot not top ten in America
Sky is a big table player not a bar box player but he has is own specific bar table cues out ?
Hmm I smell...
Kid is great on bar box
Nine foot not top ten in America
We will celebrate this good news with you then?
Let's see if he gives up his diveney for this.....
At least you don't need a break cue with that mooochi lol :thumbup:
No offense or discrediting to Skyler's achievements. When I first learned of his name from the USBTC beating top pros like Thorsten, Shane, Darren, or Jeffrey Ignacio, I thought Skyler must be up there with the other world-class players. But it seems he doesn't enjoy the same success in other major tournaments on a 9-foot table. Why is that the case?
I certainly wouldn't want to think of a "barbox specialist" as someone who's "not accurate enough for the large table". But the evident seems to point in that direction, unless someone has a good explanation.
By the way, it seems that people on this forum are not too excited about the Meucci brand. Why is that?
As slow as the bar tables in houston were, that cue better be 20+ oz's.
Alex was short all the time. Good thing he never misses!
On real bar boxes ( valleys ) , 20+ ozs is definitely needed, what with heavy
cue balls and slow cloth.
In the 70's, I used a 20oz cue with a 13.5 mm shaft to compensate for the heavy
over-sized cue ball ( turned out to be a real Balabushka! who knew? ).
My playing cue ( for real pool ) was a 73' Joss at 19.75 oz for wool cloth.
My playing cue for 860 is a Bob Frey custom at 18.65.
Its a brave new world.
Good luck Sky
Alex was short all the time. Good thing he never misses!
On real bar boxes ( valleys ) , 20+ ozs is definitely needed, what with heavy
cue balls and slow cloth.
In the 70's, I used a 20oz cue with a 13.5 mm shaft to compensate for the heavy
over-sized cue ball ( turned out to be a real Balabushka! who knew? ).
My playing cue ( for real pool ) was a 73' Joss at 19.75 oz for wool cloth.
My playing cue for 860 is a Bob Frey custom at 18.65.
Its a brave new world.
Good luck Sky
I see 3 of them on the Meucci website, with MSRP's of $390, $750, and $825. So the cheapest one will probably sell for about $332 if dealers use the normal 15% off.
A different Skill set
Meucci lost their way as competitive cues hit the market and their volume of cues went up and the quality went down, way down.
As far as Skyler, he is a very good player, but he excels on the BB. The BB m be a joke to some, but not to anyone that has every really played someone that has real speed on one. Its not easy, just ask Buddy Hall
Meucci lost their way as competitive cues hit the market and their volume of cues went up and the quality went down, way down.
As far as Skyler, he is a very good player, but he excels on the BB. The BB m be a joke to some, but not to anyone that has every really played someone that has real speed on one. Its not easy, just ask Buddy Hall
IMO anyone that plays with anything that cost more than $200 on a Valley better get ready to buy two shafts a year,if playing most days of the year. Those chrome corners sticking up will ding the hell out of shafts. If you play with your cue very level...watch your knuckles. Although after you bleed a few times you will learn to raise the back of your cue up a bit or don't play on the Valley's. Johnnyt
Sky has been playing with a Meucci for awhile now
I play on a valley every day at my home. Zero dings... Zero bloody knuckles. I never play with a heavy cue and I have no problem moving the cue ball around on slow equipment. Do you ever have anything positive to say ? Lol
Skylar is a great player but here is my thought from that. A) he needs to practice not sounding like he's reading off a cue card b) what exactly makes this such a great bar box cue? Is there any technology involved or this just them saying so c) over $500. Awe hell no
how is this better for breaking than any other player? does the tip not flatten out?
I have three quality bar rigs cheap
sweet and cheap ...players sneaky, jj break shaft, I think came in around $100 before shipping
I have another level up bar rig, players hxt break shaft with extra hxt playing shaft which was around $200,
a third is a dufferin sneaky using the shaft as a breaker and a custom playing shaft, around $300 total
I would consider the meucci if i thought there was anything to it outside of marketing
I have three quality bar rigs cheap
sweet and cheap ...players sneaky, jj break shaft, I think came in around $100 before shipping
I have another level up bar rig, players hxt break shaft with extra hxt playing shaft which was around $200,
a third is a dufferin sneaky using the shaft as a breaker and a custom playing shaft, around $300 total
I would consider the meucci if i thought there was anything to it outside of marketing
Come on guys.
Skyler is a great young man. Plays great, and will be a great representative and ambassador for the sport for many years.
Show some class.
I have played him hundreds of games on big table, and frankly can hardly ever remember him playing on bar table.
Dave Matlock and Keith McCready were known as bar box monsters, and nobody says discouraging words about them. But the keyboard champs here want to say Skyler isn't a great player. Please feel free to list your championships when you say how Skyler isn't a great champion.
We have so many obstacles for the sport, we shouldn't be one of them!
So once again, say some encouragements for this young man.
Ken
Skyler is a great young man. Plays great, and will be a great representative and ambassador for the sport for many years.
Show some class.
I have played him hundreds of games on big table, and frankly can hardly ever remember him playing on bar table.
Dave Matlock and Keith McCready were known as bar box monsters, and nobody says discouraging words about them. But the keyboard champs here want to say Skyler isn't a great player. Please feel free to list your championships when you say how Skyler isn't a great champion.
We have so many obstacles for the sport, we shouldn't be one of them!
So once again, say some encouragements for this young man.
Ken
I recently won my league's 8-ball express tournament (on 9-footers
). There's my championship lol. So, does this mean CSI, Meucci and Skylar are gonna be shipping barboxes around the world to take on all comers for the big cash?
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These guys with all the negative replies are just an example why pool will never make it big time. There are to many shady and idiotic people involved in pool and have nothing positive to say about anybody. I used to read AZ daily but rarely pull it up anymore. I personally know Sky and his family and you will not find any better people. The people in our local Paducah Ky. pool hall even dislike Sky and think Buddy hung the moon. We wiil never see pool televised or be spread in Las Vagas due to some negative and suspect things happening in the past. Lets just keep on bashing Sky,Johhny, Shane, etc. and all the top players and watch pool continue to flounder. Can't even believe I took time to write this post and try to convince these wonderful people with so much knowledge.
