Back in the day most of my crowd tended to look at Meucci's as a short/mid-term purchase. We looked at Joss, Scruggs, Black, etc as a long-term(maybe lifetime) purchase. I've had a few Meucci's that played super nice but i never had them very long. I always looked at them as a tool to use a while and then get something more upscale. They just never seemed(to me at least) like they they were made to last a long time. Some have stood the test and still play fine and that's cool by me.
What about Meucci?
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How did you store the cues and where?
If you leaned them in a case against the wall, don't blame the cue. Cues should be stored flat. Away from exterior walls.
In Fairness to Meucci
Ok so last month I spelled out my problems with Meucci and said "Bottom line -- I'd never buy another one."
Well it's a new season, I wanted to change things up a bit and Budget Billiards has a cool white Meucci with traditional inlays and a white joint with black rings for only $316.00 so .....
Meuccis to me are like the girl in your high school class with a great figure, teased bleached blond hair, chews gum, smokes, drinks and goes out with older men. You know you should stay away but you are strangely attracted to her.
Call me stupid or foolish, but I pulled the trigger on the Meucci and so far it has been fine. No quality issues and it does have that Meucci move-it-around-easily character. Also I got a pleasant surprise in that a Predator 314-3 for a Viking cue also fits the Meucci; I have been using that and so far I like this set up better than my Schon with 314-3.
Anyway, that is my latest on Meucci. Wish me luck.
Ok so last month I spelled out my problems with Meucci and said "Bottom line -- I'd never buy another one."
Well it's a new season, I wanted to change things up a bit and Budget Billiards has a cool white Meucci with traditional inlays and a white joint with black rings for only $316.00 so .....
Meuccis to me are like the girl in your high school class with a great figure, teased bleached blond hair, chews gum, smokes, drinks and goes out with older men. You know you should stay away but you are strangely attracted to her.
Call me stupid or foolish, but I pulled the trigger on the Meucci and so far it has been fine. No quality issues and it does have that Meucci move-it-around-easily character. Also I got a pleasant surprise in that a Predator 314-3 for a Viking cue also fits the Meucci; I have been using that and so far I like this set up better than my Schon with 314-3.
Anyway, that is my latest on Meucci. Wish me luck.
I loved the way my Meucci played. Loved the balance, the hit. One of my favorite playing cues, they still are. But the cue I had literally exploded at the joint where the forearm meets the wrap. Shattered to pieces. I admit, playing cues aren’t meant for breaking, but for a cue to explode from breaking a rack of balls,,,, I mean, all my other cues have held up.
This is very hard to believe as I’ve never seen any cue in my life shatter from breaking balls, and I disagree with you saying that playing cues aren’t meant for breaking! Some players rather not break with their playing cues only to preserve tip lifetime or hardness, maybe some shafts aren’t meant for breaking but seriously you can break with Meucci or any other cue, but for it to shatter near the forearm is not easy for me to imagine, do you have photos? And are you sure the butt wasn’t used for something else, like hitting something or someone ;P
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I'm not buying this B.S. Who are you? You just joined and are already trolling with unbelievable nonsense like this? No photos of such a rare event? It didn't happen.
Can someone post some pics of Meucci's with popped inlays and points, I see it mentioned frequently but never seen a picture of one in my two years on the site, not saying they aren't out there, just want to see what they look like.
I have 5 meucci's with pro shafts and love them
DITTO the pro shafts are great, owned over 20 meuccis since 1990, never had
an issue with any of them. Lots of people who bad mouth them have
never owned one
I have never owned a Meucci cue, but I have had two of their new Pro shafts.
A maple one and a carbon fiber one.
Both played very good.
A maple one and a carbon fiber one.
Both played very good.
they guys telling you to "go custom" instead of getting what you want are probably biased.
in my experience, you'll have the same potential problems/no problems with a cue regardless of who built it.
I had a $1,500 custom warp in both the shaft and the forearm... no refund/repair offered because I admitted to leaving it in the truck sometimes.
that said, I have a 30 y/o Meucci sneaky that stays in the truck. not enough wobble in it to speak about.
I've tried every Meucci shaft (as well as most of the others) and the will all play as good as you do. the pro shaft is excellent but I prefer the UW..for what that's worth.
My girlfriend is playing with a 21st century cue of mine with a matching black dot...IDK maybe 10 years old? Zero issues with it. I loan it out regularly every person to use it has loved the black dot shaft including a buddy of mine who plays a SVB CF cuetech. The first time he picked it up he ran 7 balls.
I've watched guys run racks with house cues.
long story short, go with what you like and can afford, get familiar with it and you'll play better.
in my experience, you'll have the same potential problems/no problems with a cue regardless of who built it.
I had a $1,500 custom warp in both the shaft and the forearm... no refund/repair offered because I admitted to leaving it in the truck sometimes.
that said, I have a 30 y/o Meucci sneaky that stays in the truck. not enough wobble in it to speak about.
I've tried every Meucci shaft (as well as most of the others) and the will all play as good as you do. the pro shaft is excellent but I prefer the UW..for what that's worth.
My girlfriend is playing with a 21st century cue of mine with a matching black dot...IDK maybe 10 years old? Zero issues with it. I loan it out regularly every person to use it has loved the black dot shaft including a buddy of mine who plays a SVB CF cuetech. The first time he picked it up he ran 7 balls.
I've watched guys run racks with house cues.
long story short, go with what you like and can afford, get familiar with it and you'll play better.
Mine's a "75".
Plays like it did then.
Found out I didn't like how it played after trying others.
FWIW custom cues from the same builder with the same specs play different.
I still love them glad I bought them, but don't compete with them.
