Torrified maple shaft

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I'm considering a torrified maple shaft. I've hit the OB Phoenix and loved it. Would love to hear some reviews of those playing a torrified maple shaft.
 
It was too light for me personally. I was really interested in it because I have a guitar with a torrefied spruce top that sounds absolutely incredible. The wood sounds like it’s a hundred years old. I thought maybe there’d be something about torrefied maple that would resemble old wood and provide great tone and feedback. Just didn’t happen for me, so it’s sitting in a case.

Note that I wasn’t looking for the LD aspect though. If I was I’d probably go for torrefied maple. My shaft was a Hsunami made by Richard Hsu. Great product and great guy to deal with.
 
I'm interested, too. It's hard to drop a couple hundred dollars on something that you don't know if you'll like it. Of course reading a review doesn't give you the whole picture but some people really like them. I'd like to know how the deflection compares to some of the well known LD shafts.
 
I like my OB Phoenix. But the Everest tip that came with it felt quite hard. Old Everests felt softer, so I will probably just change the tip.
 
I'm waiting for one to try also.

I read an article that stated that torrified wood grain structure under a microscope greatly resembled 100+yr old wood
 
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I have a Hsunami shaft and it's plays great! It's not very LD compared to the predator shafts, but it's very consistent at different speeds with its amount of deflection. Since it's roasted, it's lighter than your standard maple so I recommend going with a 30inch to help keep the weight up. It does not ding easily compared to a standard shaft so thats a plus. I do however find the hit to be on the softer side, so there's not great energy transfer like you find in a carbon shaft. For me this helps to control the cue with more precision on fast cloth.
 
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I have a Hsunami shaft and it's plays great! It's not very LD compared to the predator shafts, but it's very consistent at different speeds with its amount of deflection. Since it's roasted, it's lighter than your standard maple so I recommend going with a 30inch to help keep the weight up. It does not ding easily compared to a standard shaft so thats a plus. I do however find the hit to be on the softer side, so there's not great energy transfer like you find in a carbon shaft. For me this helps to control the cue with more precision on fast cloth.
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Thanks for the review. It doesn't seem like there are many good reviews of shafts. I appreciate the comparison and the mention of other attributes, that helps give context.
 
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