Something I've wanted since I got into Custom Cues came today...

ddadams · 2015-02-04T07:19:12+00:00

This cue is now for sale. Need to fund my first "for me" custom. My CM of choice is finally building me a cue. I'd love to keep this too but just can't afford both :( http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=396492 So when I started getting into custom cues I did a lot of reading on various cuemakers and tried to learn as much as I could as quick as possible so I didn't buy junk. Well thankfully, I never have. But the one thing that I couldn't find was any cuemakers with my name; Danny. Then one day I finally did. And from what I read he was a pretty good cuemaker. I really didn't know jack about cues (Still don't I guess, according to some - But that's okay :) ). I just wanted one from a guy who shared my name. Fast forward a bit and I was having a really hard time finding one. And quite some cues later there were a lot of cues with huge hype, and pretty typical results. I figured there wouldn't be anything that lived up to the hype I heard about Sugartrees. For me, the ones I had surpassed the hype I heard. So I figured it was a pretty good chance that I'd have a well made cue when I finally got a Tibbitts, but I didn't know if I'd switch my daily player out. When I saw this one for sale I not only had to switch my player, I had to sell it. That Sugartree hoppe was the best cue I've ever hit a ball with and I actually lost a few nights sleep regretting selling it. I could only hope this cue lived up to Danny's reputation. My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE veneers are a dark green and purple/pink combo. So when I saw this come up for sale, I knew this had to be it. Plain or not, I didn't care - I don't think I'll ever get another opportunity to get one with my favorite veneers. And FINALLY after driving back to Indy after picking it up I was able to see what all the fuss was about. Normally I play with an OB Pro+ but I knew I had to try out the famous 14 year seasoned shafts. Even though they're way bigger than what I normally play with. The results were pretty interesting. I'm not a great player by any means but going from my 11.4 MM OB to a 13MM maple shaft with an ivory ferrule made me think I'd have trouble running much. I broke and ran 3 out of the first 10 racks I played with it. Which for me is pretty good. Anyways my opinion? If anyone really cares? I'm not only beyond thrilled and impressed, I'm pretty certain I'm going to stop flipping my players because I can't let this one go. I've said it twice before but this cue is incredible. It (for me) plays so intuitive to what I think the cueball should do given a certain stroke/speed that it's creepy. It transfers energy so well I have started to half stroke so many things and just let the cue do all the work. Probably going to just sell my OB shaft. I don't think I'll need it anymore. I'm going to change my 'collection' goals entirely after this. If Danny's cues all play similar to this then I think I've found what I need to buy from now on. Believe the hype. If you're ever in Indy and want to try it out PM me.