What Woods Make GREAT Cue

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Or can a Competent Cuemaker build a Great Hitting Cue out of almost any HARDWOOD? Thought this question would get some interesting answers. I personally am a Cocobolo FAN..... ;)

But wonder if it is the Wood, or Builder :confused:
 
i'm not a cuemaker or anything close to that, but In my experience, the feel i get from a maple shaft and tiger maple butt is very solid and also very pretty to look at.
 
These days more and more cuemakers are coring their cues. This technique helps cuemakers obtain more consistency in the hit, weight, stability, and playability of their cues. This also allows them to use many different woods that normally would not produce a stable cue with a desirable hit and weight. Amboyna Burl is a good example of a wood many cuemakers are now using with the coring technique. In the past, they may not have used Amboyna Burl as the fprimary forearm wood of a cue due to the instability of the wood. With cored cues your wood choices are wide open.
 
Nobody can match woods together that resonate as well as Mike Bender. I prefer his cocobola, ebony matches. In a Southwest I believe their Alves cues are the best hitting ones they make. I have personally have owned SW cues in B-maple, cocobola, ebonies, snakewood, rosewood and I like others believe their Goncalo Alves cues hit the best. Joey Gold makes one of the best ebony hitters around, unfortunately he only makes it one way 57.5 with that thinner butt design.
 
CHICAGO7 said:
Nobody can match woods together, that resonate as well, as Mike Bender.
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In today's world, I doubt that any one cuemaker has the corner, on any market. There is just too much information, for all to research & enjoy.

With stabilized woods, cored butts & shafts, there's no limit to the great feeling cues, that are still to come.

Any combination of woods can be tested, to check their combined resonances. This is an easy test to do. The frequencies, recorded from the tests, do not necessarily defend the cue selected, as a best feel.

Lots of variables still apply. Tip, ferrule, shaft quality, joint, plus butt combination & weight. When youse guys find the perfect combination of woods & craftsmanship, that will make every ball, please let me know.

Having lived in Oklahoma, I have discovered that a good Indian can play with any arrow. All you groupies have been upstaged. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
 
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