What kind of cue do you play with?

Ok... my 3 x 6 cue case currently houses:

1 - Sharp Break cue by Balabushka

1 - Arnot Deluxe Yellow Jacket cue with a T3 shaft and a Sharpshooter shaft

1 - Kennybuilt cue by Kenny Murrell. Cue is a birdseye maple forerarm and tulipwood extended handle/buttsleeve cue, with SW style ringwork done in blue veneers. Plain jane, but really beautiful wood! This is my favorite playing cue right now.

nbc
 
my 3x5 instroke currently holds the following

Schon LTD 202
Blackcreek Custom
Terbrock Custom
Scorpion Jump Cue
 
richard black custom with a jim buss's 12.5mm shaft
a cheap taiwan break cue
bunjee jump cue
 
I have several nice cues that I collect (Hercek, Judd, Mottey, Bender, Black, Omega, Gilbert, Buss, Nitti), right now I'm playing with the Nitti.
 
I have a Mali I shoot with and a cheap starter cue you find at walmart to break with
 
There are hundreds of cues out there. My opinoin is you can tee it up with the most expensive Big Bertha out there, but what's your handicap?
 
I have an Espiritu and Prather, both with an extra 314 shaft, a Dominiak with a Dominator shaft, a Jacoby j/b cue and a Bunjee jump cue. I have a DZ cue being made right now.

Zim
 
my case is a flowers made by jay for my original balabushka - the one pictured in second edition blue - the anatomy of a cue - my playing cue ia a 1998 mottey with ivory joint and ferrules. both cues are immaculate and original. {lucky me}
 
my case is a flowers made by jay for my original balabushka - the one pictured in second edition blue - the anatomy of a cue - my playing cue ia a 1998 mottey with ivory joint and ferrules. both cues are immaculate and original. {lucky me}
 
Custom Made 2x4 Floridafred wood case

Dan Jacobs Custom Cue. Birdseye Maple forearm and butt, 12 points 4 above wrap 8 below wrap, Cocobolo outlined in Ebony, Cocobolo buttcap, Cocobolo joint, 3 shafts inlayed with Cocobolo 12mm

Plain Jane Meucci
 
I got a 4pt cocabola Early 80s Scruggs and a new scruggs sneaky pete. I was going to sell them, i took them out to take some pics, played with them and changed my mind
 
I notice only people with hot cues are responding.
FOR WHAT IT"S WORTH MEUCCI DIAMOND FOR
! HOLE AND GRAPHITE FOR EIGHT BALL
 
I have 3 cues, Jacoby, Pechaur and a Stonier, but I only carry one with me, the Jacoby. My Jacoby is very plain, no points with a leather wrap. I'm not into looking good, I'm into playing good. I'm always working on this one and maybe some day I'll finally get there, hopefully before I'm counting daisies.
 
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I shoot with a Mikkelsen. I designed it with 3 levels seperated by rings above the wrap. Each ring is silver with a 3-D celtic knotwork pattern hand carved into it. The cue is Gaboon (sp?) ebony and has 9 birdseye maple points, 3 on each level above the rings. The base of the cue has 3 celtic crosses inlayed in 20ct gold lined up with the points in the upper sections. 2 more silver celtic knotwork rings on the base as well. The shafts have matching silver rings as well. I really hope some day to get pictures up of it on here for people to see.

My breaker/jump is a modern Brunswick break/jump cue with a quick release on the jump section.

My case I use atm is CRAP. I am trying to build my own and it is costing me a bloody fortune and I am not sure if I have the skills. $350 of materials so far.... If it works it should be nice, god I hope it works.....
 
I used to have my own brand, but I entered the scene at the same time the Taiwanese booth in BCA wrote most of the orders in the show, selling wholesale at $ 12 per laminated 2-pc cues. I just couldn't compete.

I now use my own butts. My shooting cue has an ER240 shaft, while my break cue has a pred.

I am eying an ER butt with a radial joint. I am very impressed with his telescopic construction which gives a very solid hit. Super solid feel!

I admire the creativity of this guy. He designs his own machines for construction, but all his inlays are handcrafted. His shaft router has 64 blades that can trim down a piece of rectangular maple wood into a shaft in three minutes - yet it takes him days before the shaft gets an ER cue tip and finds its way to being fitted to a butt.

Edwin Reyes (bandido is his handle here) burns his seconds, if that gives you an idea of how finicky he is with quality. He personally shoots every cue he makes before releasing it in the market. Each cue has a lifetime guarantee. My only problem with ER is the price... not his problem because he's up to his neck with orders.
 
Does it really matter that someone plays with a custom cue vs a decent production cue? I look at some of the posts here. All these cues sound like they're amazing. I can understand how someone could be proud of them. I can't afford one, but it makes me wonder how much better I would play with one.
 
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