What tip for making a Gilbert J&B cue into a player?

DJ14.1

DJ14.1

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Just got a new Andy Gilbert J&B cue with the intent of using as a player predominantly and J&B second (carry one cue only on my lazy days).

The stock tip (gator?) is probably perfect for its intended purpose, but awfully hard to try to play with.

Curious who has used these sticks as players and what tips worked well for them. Is there a certain tip that can play well, but not sacrifice too much on the J&B shots?

Thanks
 
DJ14.1 said:
Just got a new Andy Gilbert J&B cue with the intent of using as a player predominantly and J&B second (carry one cue only on my lazy days).

The stock tip (gator?) is probably perfect for its intended purpose, but awfully hard to try to play with.

Curious who has used these sticks as players and what tips worked well for them. Is there a certain tip that can play well, but not sacrifice too much on the J&B shots?

Thanks
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gilbert j/b's are notoriously good players.

triangle?
 
whatever tip you like. Above suggestion of a triangle is good.

These are great playing cues, like shockingly great for the price. I love my Gilbert. It's setup as a jump/break with a Samsara tip but it originally came with a hard leather tip (before the Gator was around) and it was a phenomenal player that way. Considering these have spliced points done by Andy it's gotta be the best deal in custom cues.
 
Yeah I love the cue. Just want to make it more "player-friendly" without reducing the break / jump qualities too severely.
 
Contact Andy and see if he has any of the leather tips he used to use before the Gator. It may have just been a really good pressed triangle. It was an ideal blend for play/break/jump.
 
DJ14.1 said:
Yeah I love the cue. Just want to make it more "player-friendly" without reducing the break / jump qualities too severely.
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I have three shafts (bit of an accident) for my Andy Gilbert J/B, each with a different tip:

Phenolic
Samsara
Triangle

With a Triangle, nobody would ever complain how nice this cue is. But if you're already used to breaking with a Samara tip, then just the feel of the break with a Triangle is going to be different enough for you.

It breaks fine with Triangle, and hitting any speed you want is not a problem, but it will feel different enough. And for jumping, all jump cues had a hard leather tip long before the The Sledgehammer, Jump Rod and The Happy Hopper popularized phenolic tip. But jumping with a normal hard leather tip takes good technique. Phenolic and other hard tips let me get away with sub-par technique.

I'm not sure what your ultimate goal is, it feels like you should just use it as a jump/breaker.

Freddie
 
Cornerman said:
I have three shafts (bit of an accident) for my Andy Gilbert J/B, each with a different tip:

Phenolic
Samsara
Triangle

With a Triangle, nobody would ever complain how nice this cue is. But if you're already used to breaking with a Samara tip, then just the feel of the break with a Triangle is going to be different enough for you.

It breaks fine with Triangle, and hitting any speed you want is not a problem, but it will feel different enough. And for jumping, all jump cues had a hard leather tip long before the The Sledgehammer, Jump Rod and The Happy Hopper popularized phenolic tip. But jumping with a normal hard leather tip takes good technique. Phenolic and other hard tips let me get away with sub-par technique.

I'm not sure what your ultimate goal is, it feels like you should just use it as a jump/breaker.

Freddie
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What's an extra shaft for one of these run? I'd rather go that route and still have a dedicated break shaft.
 
2twoball said:
Do you intend to break with one shaft then unscrew & screw on another shaft to finish the game ???
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I dunno. Maybe.

I'd probably just put a milk dud on the player shaft and break and play with it, and only use the break shaft when I need that little extra oomph on a break.
 
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