Things you don't like in cues...

1. Sugar marks or any other imperfections in the shaft that are visible while aiming.
2. Floating points
3. Big rounded radius inlays
4. anything green or blue unless it is a dyed veneer (turquoise, malachite, etc.)
5. Gothic looking crap. Not a big fan of most of the floating Cognoscenti style cues.
6. Wood stain (natural wood is beautiful by itself, dyes and stain ok for ring work and veneers though)
7. Horrible signatures or markings. Someone brought up sharpies. First thought in my head was that horrible NICK VARNER signature on the butt cap. A bad logo or Signature can ruin a cue.
 
HouseMan said:
Hi, do you mean signatures done with a sharpie or sharpies used to mask flaws? thanks
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I was actually talking about the latter....somebody using a Sharpie to hide a finish chip or scratch on a used cue (ala "'ding be gone"). But now that you bring up signatures, when they are done with too big a pen, that too can really takes away from a cue's look, imho....I find it very distracting visually to see a that (or too big a logo) on an otherwise tastefully done traditional style cue. A signature or logo never needs to overtake/overpower the cue.

Large radii on otherwise sharp shapes (diamonds, spear tips, boxes, etc.) is another killer for me....as are too simple, single metal trim rings on an extremely fancy cue.

It's funny what makes us all tick individually....and tick us off.

For me, the major turn-on has always been pretty simple, traditional cues with spliced points with nice sharp-cut inlay work.
 
i've been a musician for over 35 years and a teacher of it for over 20 and i've learned to appreciate ALL styles of it. i take this with me into my thoughts on cues.......it's not the style of cue that bothers me, be it traditional or non traditional, but whether the cue is balanced in design, constructed soundly for every day play, and is something the maker can call his own......now i don't want to get into the whole "What can be copied and what can't" argument, i think theres allot of things you know are original and would considered more suspect than others so lets leave that alone.........the point is to me it's the end result that matters and whether the maker can stand tall because of it..........

...................oh yea i'm not a big fan of shafts with the pin in them.......Burton Spain...(RIP)
 
Stones or jewelsof any kind. Floating AND rounded points, too many intricate inlays, "textured" leather wraps...like lizard or gator skin...I mean really...WTF? I don't like Uni-Loc or quick release joints....do you really sit and think "man, this cue takes forever to unscrew"?
 
No points
No wrap
Dark brown wood on the forearm
lines (cognoscenti etc...)
barbells
propellers
too many dots
too many inlays
ivory joints
flat face joints
metal pin into wood thread (why do I have a SouthWest????)

I like a traditional maple forearm, 4 points with veneers and very little inlays if any.

Although I find Tikkler's collection to be incredible, I wouldn't own more than half of them, just not my style of cues. They are beautiful though.
MULLY
 
cueaddicts said:
I was actually talking about the latter....somebody using a Sharpie to hide a finish chip or scratch on a used cue (ala "'ding be gone"). But now that you bring up signatures, when they are done with too big a pen, that too can really takes away from a cue's look, imho....I find it very distracting visually to see a that (or too big a logo) on an otherwise tastefully done traditional style cue. A signature or logo never needs to overtake/overpower the cue.
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Ohhh, nothing sucks more than a cue maker signing a cue and he has terrible hand writing. I've seen some nauseating ones come through here. Guys, if your signature isn't nice, don't put it on the cue. Jesus. I can't even explain how it feels to see a really nice looking cue with a signature that looks like it was done by a third grader on it.
MULLY
 
cajunbarboxplyr said:
I just have simple needs is all :)

Steel Joint

Uni-loc can go to hell

Propellor inlays

Not really a big fan of Butterflies....
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I can't agree about the steel joint as it's my favorite but everything else on here is dead on. Butterfly splices are just plain ugly to me. So far I've only seen one that I liked, it was a JMW for sale on here this week, and even then I'd probably use it as a break cue. hehe!!
MULLY
 
Peeves

Dark stained forearms (use exotic wood or leave the maple alone)
Logos on butt caps (sign the cue)
 
I don't care for:
Steel joints
Ivory anywhere
Inlays of any kind, except hand cut wood inlays.
Floating points
Thick shafts (over 12mm)
Thick butts (my SW butts now feel too thick to me)
Soft tips
No bumber
Wrap of any kind (unless it's cleared over)
 
I forgot one....stain! There are too many beautiful woods out there to ruin maple by staining it. I looked at a cue a guy had for sale locally, just the other day. It was an ugly piece of maple stained an ugly color. I passed, and always will. Meucci is infamous for this!
 
reallly short ferrules. I think they just look odd.........but so do the loooong "Moochies".


Josh
 
cueaddicts said:
I was actually talking about the latter....somebody using a Sharpie to hide a finish chip or scratch on a used cue (ala "'ding be gone"). But now that you bring up signatures, when they are done with too big a pen, that too can really takes away from a cue's look, imho....I find it very distracting visually to see a that (or too big a logo) on an otherwise tastefully done traditional style cue. A signature or logo never needs to overtake/overpower the cue.

Large radii on otherwise sharp shapes (diamonds, spear tips, boxes, etc.) is another killer for me....as are too simple, single metal trim rings on an extremely fancy cue.

It's funny what makes us all tick individually....and tick us off.

For me, the major turn-on has always been pretty simple, traditional cues with spliced points with nice sharp-cut inlay work.
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Hey I just got the new sharpie catalog for 09 and the are introducing a whole new set of colors for our industry...

Mother of pearl and abalone sharpies

Elephant ivory sharpie

Dupont clearcoat sharpie

Cortland striped sharpie

and my all time favorite.. the invisible ink sharpie for signing the check on a buyback you cannot make good on... :D

JV
 
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Woods: Bacote and Tulipwood

Inlays: Rounded inlays in a sharp pointed cue

Wraps: cork (appearance), white/purple - purple/white linen

Rings in a titlist above the wrap therefor effectively making nothing more than a titlist shorty splice. Hence destroying any value the cue would have as a titlist conversion

JV
 
Decals, holographic tape, painted animals or celebrities, rough ramin wood shafts, pins in shafts, metalflake ferrules, references to alcoholic beverages, soft spongy tips, weight plates, dyed pine or other soft woods, and nylon wraps are the things I really look for in a cue, so I guess I don't like everything else...
 
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BHW said:
I forgot one....stain! There are too many beautiful woods out there to ruin maple by staining it. I looked at a cue a guy had for sale locally, just the other day. It was an ugly piece of maple stained an ugly color. I passed, and always will. Meucci is infamous for this!
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Exactly, how could I forget that one. Those grey stained cues are just God-awful IMO.
 
Metal, floating points that are rounded, huge ivory inlays, leather and lizard wraps are always a deal breaker, dents and dings in the shaft drive me nuts, chalk on the ferrule, tips that look like a blind man put them on.

really I like classic 4 pointers with linen, and all wood cues like sneakys and customs with wood handles.

Oh yeah I'm not a fan of bocote and ph, though I will play with a ph sneaky given a chance.
 
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