So customer calls and orders this

[prewarhero]

So a customer calls and says they want naturally well balanced cue around 18.2 oz. Not butt heavy and not heavy at the joint. They also say they want it to be very solid and somewhat stiff. He wants this to be a monster of a PLAYA!

What woods to you use or can you use?
Joint?

What else goes through your mind.
Also, are you in the camp that a solid piece of wood is better or makes no difference that a cue with points and rings etc....

 

[Onecrazyplayer]

Love to help

Are you a cue builder? Have you been building cues long? Theses are thing as a builder that you should know if you are taking orders from customers. I don't mean to be an Azz about it but before you take orders or money you should have a good idea of what your going to do for for builds. What you should post was what you think you should use and ask some of the builders on here. Cue builders don't like to tell and talk about building cues and how or what they use. So maybe you should do some trials and see what happens plus write some stuff down 1st then ask the builders how they feel or should you guys build it this way. Other than that your not going to get much from them.
Here's my 1 freebie full core!
Have a nice day

 

[Dave38]

When someone uses the term "monster Player" as a way to describe the cue they want built with the little info they have provided you, I would personally say 'no thanks I'm not your guy for this build' But, I gotta agree with Onecrazyplayer,...If your taking orders for cues, and this stumps you and have to ask advice.......may want to play in the woodshed for a bit and find out what woods can be used just to acheive the little bit of requirements that have been asked for.....weight and balance....then ask the customer what they expect it to look like and go from there.....the monster part....well that may need to be special ordered..
Dave

 

[Allen Brown]

Maybe this cue is for prewarhero himself and wants to know what woods to choose for his player. Just a thought.

 

[aphelps1]

So a customer calls and says they want naturally well balanced cue around 18.2 oz. Not butt heavy and not heavy at the joint. They also say they want it to be very solid and somewhat stiff. He wants this to be a monster of a PLAYA!

What else goes through your mind.

Strange, that is exactly the cue I built for myself.

Alan

 

[prewarhero]

Exactly Allen. I not a cue builder at all. Having played with many cues now for many years I know what I need. I'm trying to educate myself so I can order the right cue from the right builder.
Thank you for the responses.

 

[whammo57]

Curly maple forearm and butt with an ebony handle........... G10 pin, fully cored, black juma joint and butt caps, 1/2 in long ferrule, ultraskin med tip, 12.75mm

OR..... about a billion other combinations................


Kim

 

[seahorse1877]

Never a fan of a full core, not saying its wrong by any means just not my preference. Solid Border forearm and buttered, Purple heart handle. SS piloted joint, 5/16-14 SS pin. Deleting butt cap, white/w green wrap, small dashed maple rings in the shaft, joint collar and above the buttcap. Ivory fertile, soft ultraskin tip. Classic looks great playability. Just my opinion.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Wrap less or with wrap?
How tall are you? Do you mind slim handle?

There's no need to core this if you pick the right wood combo.
Bubinga forearm and maple handle would easily hit 18.2 oz.
Compound taper so the handle isn't fat and bottom heavy.

 

[prewarhero]

Wrap for sure- thanks for all the info.

Fully cored vs not fully cored. What does that translate to in feel?

 

[Brickcues]

Cue makers core cues for stability, to save weight and for strength. I have seen enough birdseye maple cues that have broken at or below the joint that I core almost everything.

Cored cues play more consistent and different woods have little effect on playability. In other words a cored ebony cue and a cored maple cue with hit about the same but if not cored they will hit completely different.

As far as "Monsters" are concerned that all boils down to the individual playing with the cue. A cue that I consider to be a "Monster" might not be to someone else. Case in point, I sold a cue to a guy and he swears it is the best hitting cue he has ever played with. It had been in my shop over a year and I did not show it or try to sell it because I hit some balls with it and did not like the way it felt. Go figure.