How does the shaft taper on Southwest cues differ from other shafts?
90% of the people will say that the shaft plays the biggest role in how a cue plays, so SW must be doing something that is radically different from the others or they are passing out a powerful placebo.
I have played a few games with several of them and the shafts felt a bit weird to me (as in uneven, for lack of a better description). I don't know if this was because the cue owners had doctored them up on their own with a green scrubby pad or because that is the way they were initially tapered.
FWIW, the cues hit solid, but they didn't hit significantly better than a lot of other cues I have tried. Maybe they are just a bit more consistent in their manufacturing process, so they all play sort of the same.
If their "playability" is based upon shaft alone, why aren't more cue makers making shafts that hit like a Southwest?
90% of the people will say that the shaft plays the biggest role in how a cue plays, so SW must be doing something that is radically different from the others or they are passing out a powerful placebo.
I have played a few games with several of them and the shafts felt a bit weird to me (as in uneven, for lack of a better description). I don't know if this was because the cue owners had doctored them up on their own with a green scrubby pad or because that is the way they were initially tapered.
FWIW, the cues hit solid, but they didn't hit significantly better than a lot of other cues I have tried. Maybe they are just a bit more consistent in their manufacturing process, so they all play sort of the same.
If their "playability" is based upon shaft alone, why aren't more cue makers making shafts that hit like a Southwest?
