what do you think makes a good playing cue?

[Train1077]

Type of wood? why?
Half/full splice? why?
One piece cue butt? why?
Wood to wood? why?
Steel joint? why?
Pin screw? why?

 

[deanoc]

this is not the place to ask question like why?Most people don't have the slightest idea why any of this stuff works.

The best you can expect is I like it because it played good.

 

[thefonz]

not much

something straight, the right weight, good tip, and doesn't deflect too much.

 

[strutter]

any cue that doesn't feel like a broom handle when your playing with it.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Straight, solid, pure transmission and pretty.

 

[Maniac]

Train,

Assuming that you are referring to a 2-piece cue, and keeping in mind that the question posed in the title of this thread relies purely upon subjectivity, I would have to say that the joint type/material has more to do with what makes a cue play a certain way (whether it's good or bad is solely dependent upon the opinion of any given user of such cue). It seems like I've hit with cues of similar construction/shaft types and the joint type/material being the only variable made the feel/feedback of the cues totally different.

Once again, it's all subjective.

Maniac

 

[Ratta]

Must be straight, have a tip-and most important:
YOU have to like it-that s it.

 

[LAlouie]

You can take all the right parts and still come up with a bad cue. All the parts work as a whole. What makes a good playing cue is the one that makes you play comfortably.

You forgot the tip, the ferrule, the balance, and most importantly the cuemaker and the cuemaker's integrity.

 

[bounoun]

weight and balance.