I play with a Lucasi Cocobolo cue that i bought in an Electronics store! Yeah that's right how many of you can say that?
For those that do not know here in Colorado there is a chain of huge Electronic stores that have large Billiards departments (Ultimate Electronics)and they usually have 15 to 20 sticks on the wall. The usual suspects Joss-Viking-McD-Lucasi and Players. They also have a table set up so you can try the sticks out.And if you talk to them they will sell them at internet prices, about 20% off retail.