NO it didn't, it was a stock SST SHAFT on his cuetek player forget the length of taper but it was stock, I would have noticed a diff. ( This was back in 03/04 I believe)
But his cue he has now which is a meucci has a insanely long pro taper on it....told me Bob would not taper the shaft like that for him so he got someone else to do it (can't remember who)
I don't know how he shoots with that new shaft on that meucci of his.....Earl is earl i guess lol
-Grey Ghost-
Dude, you couldn't be more wrong about Earl's Cuetechs.
First, assuming that the shafts were stock, the taper was heavily modified. Earl liked the taper pulled waaay back to the joint. I'll have to check my pics from past US Opens, to see if I have a snapshot.
Second, weren't the Cuetech "Earl cues" the model with a fiberglass coated shaft?
Either way, there is no way, without a single doubt, that the shafts were stock, out of the box Cuetech shafts.
Eric
Yes earls shafts were the SST with fiberglass cladding.....
What did he use before he was sponsored?
For years, Earl would carry 3 white Cuetecs with him; his playing cue, break cue and a shorter cue that he jumped with (it was longer than a standard jumpcue). Earl refuseed to use a jump cue and would jump with a (roughly) 52 inch cue, with a hard tip.
Eric
I don't know how this thread got off subject (SHANE'S Cue) to Earl's cue (yes, they both have/had Cuetec as a sponsor, BUT...)
I know Earl, I've practiced with him MANY hours and have seen him recently. The Cuetec cues he played with were STOCK butts and wood (not fiberglass coated) modified shafts (with a VERY long straight taper!). Shane plays a Cuetec R-360 plain jane (no points on forearm) and since that stock wooden R-360 shaft DOES have a long taper, I don't know if it has been modified or not.
ill take yal's word for it...that was some time ago and I only saw those cues once...could have swore diff but oh well not like its the first time i've been incorrect
not that i ever really cared who plays with what and this and that......equipment fads are not my thing....i play with what I like b/c its good for me not cuz its what shane or someone else uses.
But hey thats marketing for ya
-Grey Ghost-
Earl used to sand his cuetec shafts down to the wood and they were not the regular taper like a stock shaft.
I'm not sure on the specs, but I know that when Earl played for cuetek that his cues were STOCK CUES off the shelf....He let me hit a few balls with his cues some years ago when he was still sponsored by them, everyone always swore they were not the stock strickland series cuetek's he played with.
I played with a strickland for about 4 years when I was younger....the same one that earl shot with and when I drove his cue around I couldn't tell any diff at all.
Its BS Earls Qtek wasn't STOCK....and I see no reason that Shanes would not be.
Your being sponsored by a company they want you to use their product, if he wasn't then it wouldn't be their product we are all buying.
just a guess based on previous arrangements,
-Grey Ghost-
I don't know how this thread got off subject (SHANE'S Cue) to Earl's cue (yes, they both have/had Cuetec as a sponsor, BUT...)
I know Earl, I've practiced with him MANY hours and have seen him recently. The Cuetec cues he played with were STOCK butts and wood (not fiberglass coated) modified shafts (with a VERY long straight taper!). Shane plays a Cuetec R-360 plain jane (no points on forearm) and since that stock wooden R-360 shaft DOES have a long taper, I don't know if it has been modified or not.