I recently bought a new cue and I had the biggest pool revelation I've had since I was 17 and realized I'm not just supposed to just be making balls, I'm also supposed to be controlling the cueball.
That revelation is this: I hate the pro taper. Most cues I've owned all have a pro taper, meaning that the shaft diameter is more or less constant for the first 12-13" or so back from the tip. The Jon Spitz cue I bought has his parabolic/conical taper which plays much stiffer, and, now that I'm used to it, much more reliably.
Since then I've played with a Southwest and a Sugartree, each of which had one shaft with more of a parabolic taper, and one with a pro taper. I did not like the cues with the pro taper shaft, and loved them with the parabolic taper shaft.
(Note: I'm using parabolic to mean that as one goes back from the tip, the shaft starts getting wider right away, slowly at first and then quicker. Conical taper is one that widens at a consistent rate. My apologies if I'm misusing terms.)
So my question: what cuemakers have a standard taper that is not a pro taper?
What I know of so far:
Jon Spitz
Southwest (50% of the time, at least. which one is standard?)
Sugartree (same)
Who else?
That revelation is this: I hate the pro taper. Most cues I've owned all have a pro taper, meaning that the shaft diameter is more or less constant for the first 12-13" or so back from the tip. The Jon Spitz cue I bought has his parabolic/conical taper which plays much stiffer, and, now that I'm used to it, much more reliably.
Since then I've played with a Southwest and a Sugartree, each of which had one shaft with more of a parabolic taper, and one with a pro taper. I did not like the cues with the pro taper shaft, and loved them with the parabolic taper shaft.
(Note: I'm using parabolic to mean that as one goes back from the tip, the shaft starts getting wider right away, slowly at first and then quicker. Conical taper is one that widens at a consistent rate. My apologies if I'm misusing terms.)
So my question: what cuemakers have a standard taper that is not a pro taper?
What I know of so far:
Jon Spitz
Southwest (50% of the time, at least. which one is standard?)
Sugartree (same)
Who else?
