What's the best shaft?
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In no particular order.
Mike Bender 12mm tip ivory ferrule stiff taper.
Ray Schuler American Taper 12 mm tip
Black Boar ferruless shaft.
Jim Buss cutom shaft.
Pred 1st gen
I'm a big fan of the 1st generation 314's.
they play almost like a solid maple shaft, hit great, and have fairly low deflection.
Here's what it seems to me...the lower the deflection, the more dead feel you get, since its lighter at the end. The 314 to me has low enough deflection to control with accuracy, and lively enough to feel.
I think that going. From a solid maple shaft to a 314-2 would put someone into shock!!!
I'm a big fan of the 1st generation 314's.
they play almost like a solid maple shaft, hit great, and have fairly low deflection.
Here's what it seems to me...the lower the deflection, the more dead feel you get, since its lighter at the end. The 314 to me has low enough deflection to control with accuracy, and lively enough to feel.
I think that going. From a solid maple shaft to a 314-2 would put someone into shock!!!
SS360 all the way .
Best Shaft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFvRvSxsW-I
This. I actually went from a 314 to a 314-2 and hated it. I still play with an original 314 Predator sneaky.
I have a dozen LD shafts and the only one I can play with is the 1st gen predator. It has much mor squirt and I swear it increased over the years which tells me something...
Freddie <~~~ needs an ultra speed camera
This one wasn't a choice but it's the one I like best. Have tried original 314 and the OB1. Haven't tried the OB classics. Mezz HP2 just suits me, I like a shaft that feels more like a traditional one.
I know it's my opinion but from experience with both ob and predator I'd go with the OB classic.
I also thought that the SPTX shaft by Gulyassy is an excellent choice. Hit's better than any straight maple shaft I've ever played with by far.
No I'm still waiting and brian won't email me back I maybe getting screwed
Agreed. Back when I was drinking beer I preferred that it be about as cold as my first wife. That would be about 38 degrees. You could catch pneumonia sitting next to that woman.
I have an ob, a 314, a newer 314, a Z and a Z2 and I did have 12 different SW cues. I have an Ed Young, a Samsara, several Starkeys, a couple w/no ferrule, and several Sailor cues and shafts. I like the z2 and the Starkey w/no ferrule. Very little squirt.
I agree man..I think that goes with any thing pool related.
I like shooting with a 12mm tip..14" taper..hard tip..give a shaft
of any kind..and I think I'll feel okay shooting with it..much larger
an it seems like I'm stroking a broom..
Old growth custom LD properties by a Custom cue maker... None of this laminated junk. MHO
