Thought: If you could only have ONE cue...

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I was just thinking.

A lot of us members here have several cues. Many from famous makers with fantastic value attached to them. You might play with a few, and simply admire, collect (whatever) the others due to their rarity, or value.

Some collectors don't really play much, and simply appreciate the art of the cue.

Both are fine by me.

What I was just pondering is this: If you had to reduce your 'collection' to only ONE cue, which would it be?

Would it be that player you 'just can't miss' with, or the investment-grade one you don't dare play with normally?

Note: this one cue is like the old-days... You play with it, break with it, admire it, whatever you do with it, but you have only the one cue.

For some this will be easy: "My 6-point Gus for sure" for example. For others, this will not be such an easy choice...

Very interested to see how everyone does with this one!:thumbup:
 
no question in my mind

Cue Guru said:
I was just thinking.

A lot of us members here have several cues. Many from famous makers with fantastic value attached to them. You might play with a few, and simply admire, collect (whatever) the others due to their rarity, or value.

Some collectors don't really play much, and simply appreciate the art of the cue.

Both are fine by me.

What I was just pondering is this: If you had to reduce your 'collection' to only ONE cue, which would it be?

Would it be that player you 'just can't miss' with, or the investment-grade one you don't dare play with normally?

Note: this one cue is like the old-days... You play with it, break with it, admire it, whatever you do with it, but you have only the one cue.

For some this will be easy: "My 6-point Gus for sure" for example. For others, this will not be such an easy choice...

Very interested to see how everyone does with this one!:thumbup:
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If there could be only one it would be an extremely simple sneaky or a house cue. I have the most faith in them playing solidly now and twenty years from now. Of course it remains to be seen if I am playing solidly twenty years from now!

Hu
 
This would be an easy choice for me ! It would be my
currant playing cue made by Steve Klapp . It plays just as
good as it looks !!!

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Hi I made this cue a couple years ago out of a Schmelke blank and a Schmelke shaft . No mater what cue I shoot with this one fits me better . I always come back to this one . Ivory ferrel and triangle tip , with pad under the ferrel , 12.8 mm , and my own taper . Taper clasified, I'd have to kill you if I told you.

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I have a nice old huebler with a ton of dead bodies under it that I wouldn't sell for the world, it was my best buddy and atm for a long time till he retired to shady oaks lol
 
You are so unfair! If I had to reduce to just one it would be my Viking G27 I cannot get away from using it even with several custom cues sitting in the rack at home! Just feels right, I guess if you are playing, it doesn't really matter if it cost $100 or $10,000 as long as it feels right.

My wife now thinks you are unfair too, I just told her I need to go buy another G27 and keep it in pristine condition in climate controlled storage in case something were ever to happen to it. :rolleyes:
 
Tascarella

This is the one I would keep. IF I had a Searing, it might be that, though, but I don't:frown:
 

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Funny thing , even before I read the other responses above , I was moving the same way. Even though I own some top end cues , if I had to reduce to just one tomorrow , it would be my old Stratford hustler. nothing fancy , factory made 20 oz , LePro tip ,had it since the 70's. (damn , I'm gettin' old. . .)
 
The One

The Gem Cue by Gary Medlin. Built 1992. Above it is a Clay Etheridge Custom Hustler Cue
built for me in the early 80's. It has been retired and won't be used again.
 

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Mine would be my Mcdermott 2009 cue of the year.

This cue I love, it came with the I-2 shaft and I love it. First low deflection shaft that I love.

Jaden
 

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My Al Bautista. It's only about 6 mo. old, but it's all I play with since I picked it up.
 
what to keep

The one I made for myself with over 40 years of testing and playing. At least ten different modified shafts, and the butt balance, dimensions and wraps adjusted for ME only. It's a playing cue, very plain, and featureless. No unnecessary inlays or intricate ring sets. They really don't help playability anyway.

You keep your buska's and etc. They are fine pieces of history but not my cup-o-tea. I really don't have anything against them.

You keep your CNC'd collector cues that, mostly, don't play well at all. Sure there are a few that do, but this is opinion from my experiences in rooms all across this country.

Why do cuemakers make cues? Many because they are dissatisfied with what's out there. They want that special "fit for them cue". That magic wand that they PLAY better with.

All I can say is if you find one, buy it whatever the cost, and DON'T ever give it up.

How many folks have you talked to who have lamented about the "szamuzee" that they had back in '06 that they never should have lost in the ring game, or to marriage, or had stolen? Maybe you should have thought first and acted differently afterward.

There are many cues out there. Find yours and practice, compete, practice and compete some more. That's the only sure way to improve over the long haul. My opinions and experiences have shared their $0.02.

Your turn.
Tom Gedris, Triple Cross Cues:cool:
 
The cue I've got (see avatar). It plays great, looks great and has sentimental value. I've spent a fortune finding the right cue case (finally did - JB Cases), but I never have had the urge to buy another cue. Thanks, Ray Schuler.
 
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My choice hands down would be the BBC full splice the Lee Pepper sold me.
It was $175 with a new shaft. Bumperless with a Hoppe ring. Obviously Lee can't take credit for the original cue but with the quality shaft that he picked for me and the top notch materials, you can tell he cares about what he does. He didn't get rich over this sale but I'm a rich man for owning it.
Can't describe the feeling I get when I screw this cue together, its just a natural feeling and you know its the cue for you.
 
Thats a tough question.

Even though I dont shoot with it anymore. Probably my first custom. A Hoppe Pro Conversion by Nubs Wagner.
A now deceased member of the forum introduced me to Nubs and set me on my path to being Titlist fanatic. I put a lot of stock in sentimental value and good Karma.
 
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