Traditional wood shafts making comeback?

There was a thread about trying new tips, one of the posters said he had been using the same tip for 40 years, what tip would you recommend for him? I would say the same one he's been using for 40 years, I would say the same thing for all equipment, if you love what you are using there is no magic (insert new billiard equipment here) that is "better" for you, if you are not happy with your equipment it's a different story, just don't let advertising hype drive the change, I never thought I would like hard tips but trying a tip I believed to be a Med tip but was actually hard, got me to start trying hard tips and I am happy I made the switch.
 
SSP said:
There was a thread about trying new tips, one of the posters said he had been using the same tip for 40 years, what tip would you recommend for him? I would say the same one he's been using for 40 years, I would say the same thing for all equipment, if you love what you are using there is no magic (insert new billiard equipment here) that is "better" for you, if you are not happy with your equipment it's a different story, just don't let advertising hype drive the change, I never thought I would like hard tips but trying a tip I believed to be a Med tip but was actually hard, got me to start trying hard tips and I am happy I made the switch.
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Yes and no.. maybe you’ve never tried anything different. I would say maybe if you never tried a soft or medium tip and you’ve always played hard tips maybe try a friends or have one put on an extra shaft . You may like it and may play better for your game. I do over all agree. I’ve never been one to change cue’s a lot. I think it should be an extension to your arm that you give no thought to once your playing.
 
Tmckean said:
Hello, it’s crazy how things have changed. When I was younger I shot league several times a week and the whole low deflection shafts where all the craze. Fast forward almost 20 years and I decided to get back into league and seems like all I seen was carbon fiber shafts. I have noticed, at least in my area people have started to gravitate back towards traditional maple shafts. Am I the only one seeing this? I do love the hit of an old traditional shaft.
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I tried the first Jacoby Hybrids when people started going to another shaft.
There was a difference but it wasn't the kind of difference I thought it would be.

They were stiff and sometimes you need the shaft to bend a little on nuance shots.

I eventually tried a carbon fiber shaft a friend made for me, but didn't stick with it and went
back to Maple. I was changing shafts from about mid 2016 to this year so almost 10yrs.

A good maple shaft with a long pro taper around 28 millimeters is almost the same net squirt for the cue ball as
a Jacoby Hybrid but you get the feel. I will never go back.

I also went with a lighter cue, much lighter and now my cue ball control is scary good.
 
Rusty in Montana said:
I've noticed the same thing more CF shafts than before which is fine with me I've tried one and didn't care for it personally .

So I'll continue to do my best to beat them with my non carbon fiber cue ha ha
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Aloysius Yapp and Chezka Centeno switched to carbon, but I believe the latter is now endorsed by Cuetec and they don't even sell wood shafts.

On the flip side, Jason Shaw and Carlo Biado switched back to wood.
 
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Lowell said:
the latter is now endorsed by Cuetec and they don't even sell wood shafts.
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Sort of . . . Cuetec Avid shafts are fiberglass outside and maple inside
 
I purchased a carbon fiber shaft to try out, a Rhino 11.8mm. Didn't like the taper, but it was probably simply to thin for me (I'm used to 12.5mm). Just sold it on ebay and returning to my wood Katana 3.
 
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