what other custom cues hit like a SW?

Sweet Marissa said:
I knew I'd be attacked for my post but I was just stating my opinion :)

Anyway, does anything really hit like a SW other than a SW?

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...maybe nothing at all except pasties and baby oil?!?
 
A cue that would hit close to SW would have to have a PARABOLIC OR COMPOUND TAPER.
If you have a cue with .840 joint and 1.250-1.270 at the bottom on a straight angle, it ain't gonna hit like a SW. Sorry.
 
Rick Howard

I have had Bluegrass, Omen and Howard cues. I like Rick Howard cues. I am currently playing with a SW, but if I did not have the SW I would be playing with one of Rick's cues.

His cues have a certain resonance to them. It is like a I can feel a sound in my head when the ball is hit correctly. The SW has something to it for me that makes the game a little bit easier- not sure what it is but there is something there.

Bluegrass and Omen are nice as well. IMHO neither had the live feeling of a Howard or SW.

Mace cues are the jump breaks. The cues with the big pin are the customs.
 
I have never seen a Sothwest cue, but from what I understand South West hits and plays like a South West.
 
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Omen cues play similar. Pete is a stickler for design, also. I've had two or three and they all play similar. Just bought another one.
 
Rick Howard Cue

Rick Howard Custom Playing Cue, Not the Mace even though they play good also, but not the same pin as his custom cues....His cues are at the top in my opinion for playability.....I would still like to get one my self........
 
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck; it is a duck.

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Sneakypete05 said:
Ah yes "hits like a Southwest" has sold many a cue.
A young kid walks in my local hall. He has a casefull of his uncle's cues.
He says his uncle makes them and they hit like SW.
I look at them. They look like they have Schon taper.
He says you can test shot them but you can't chalk the tip.
He doesn't have a demo shaft either.
Nobody bought.
 
Yep

maxeypad2007 said:
I have owned probably 15 southwest cues in my lifetime and right now I have the best playing southwest I've ever owned. Its a six point maple forearm cocobolo points with veneers and full rings.

Recently I picked up a rick howard cue from dpence on here and wow this cue plays EXACTLY the same. The rick howard is also a six point cocobolo with veneers on half the points with ring work.

Get a rick howard six poiner in the same configuration as I described above and you won't be let down I assure you. Plus you will spend less than 1k.

I agree.

ken
 
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