What's the big deal with Custom Cues???

I got the pleasure of seeing my 1st custom cue that is currently being made in it's fairly raw form and seeing the cuemaker work on it on his lathe/etc for a while at his shop and all I can say is WOW! I've already got a pride of ownership that I've never had before with any production cue I've ever had, and I've had several.

I got to customize it just the way I wanted and there might be a cue somewhat similiar to it somewhere, but none exactly like it and that in itself is worth a lot to me and many other people who have customs I suppose. I'm spending double the $$ on this custom than I had ever spent on a production cue before but my pride of ownership is already many times greater than I've ever experienced before and I don't even have the cue in my posession yet. (I should have it by Christmas.)

How's that for an answer to the original question? :D

Play well everyone.........and have fun.
 
stroke said:
I do wish that you guys would stop buying cues with ivory though. Murdering an animal for it's tusks is evil.
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OT: So is murdering cows to become steaks, hamburgers, etc...:rolleyes:
 
Tiger5150 said:
Schon is pretty much a custom cue. The last I heard they only had 5 employees
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Not hardly...its a top shelf production cue as its made today. Any cue that you can call 10 different vendors & order 10 cues of the exact same model...and have them shipped today, is not a custom.;)
 
With apologies to those who don't like resurrected threads...

I admit to occasionally reflecting on the wisdom of spending over $500 for a custom cue (which is a bargain price in Custom Land) when for $200 I could have a decent Viking that would probably play very well. Then I remember that my current custom is the realization of how I would have stepped up the appearance of the Viking I used to have. I liked the goncalo alves in that Viking, but wanted more figure and nice rings to set it off. I searched online and found a maker whose goncalo alves has just the kind of figure I like. His ringwork complimented the wood nicely. He even had experience with buckhorn, which I had been itching to try because I read that buckhorn joints have a nice hit. So we exchanged a few e-mails and merged my ideas with his expertise. Six months later I got the gorgeous stepped-up goncalo alves plain jane I had dreamed of for years.

I'm sure we've all had things that weren't quite what we wanted, but we couldn't find an acceptable upgrade and didn't have the skill to fabricate what we wanted. For an avid pool player, it's nice to be able to do that with your cue. It's a nicety, but you only live once.
 
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RRfireblade said:
Holy Thread Resurractions Batman.

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Yes it is hehe.. but since now it's bumped... a "name" cue can be compared to a nice meal. Sure it's meat, spices, heat.. just like a McD burger, but it sure is nice to taste something made by an experienced chef who is into the art of the craft instead of by a 17yr old kid flipping burgers to get money to buy $200 sneakers.

Plus it's nice to have players in the know come over to talk to you about your cue instead of laughing at you when your screw-on tip flies off.
 
smittie1984 said:
I have a Schon STL-6. Not a custom but still a high dollar stick. The only reason I got it was for looks. I didn't care how it played. However I use it as a break stick. And I use a Meucci Original Sneaky Pete that looks worse than most house cues as a playing stick. I did put a Moori tip on it but that was all it needed and it didn't cost much for that. It cost me $150 and it plays better than any other stick I have shot with. Including customs.
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If what you have you like you have arrived at perfection for you.
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CocoboloCowboy said:
If what you have you like you have arrived at perfection for you.
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There it is.

I can't fault anyone for buying a top end custom cue. As most everyone has said, they are gorgeous works of art and made to that persons specs. Their money, their choice.

If you want to see good players, or at least see some good fun, go watch a broom handle tourny. The cream really rises to the top there.
 
If you can afford it, why not?

Sure you can get a 20 buck cue and put a good tip on it and if you know how to use it properly, it'll shoot the same in your hands as would a high end cue. For those of us though who have payed that high dollar amount on a fine cue, it's all about having something totally unique that is made specifically not only to our own specs but made to our liking in looks as well. I've purchased many production cues over the past years and although they all did what I needed them to do on the table, I found that using a cue that was made especially tailored to my liking with my design preferences was a lot more gratifying. Personally I enjoy the game that much more when I use my custom cues. But then again that's just me...........
 
Why buy a Rolex instead of a Timex? What woud YOU rather own? They both keep the same time. It's the haves and the has nots.Difference between the 2 is Some players are just CHEAP. If you can't run with the big dogs stay home on the porch!
 
Plain and simple. Why buy the original Mona Lisa when you can buy a print/poster of it. Because if you can afford it then you can. It is human nature to enjoy and own the nicest things we can. Like the post above about the cars. Also why do people get tattoos. It is all about expression. "Hey thats a nice pin up check on your arm there pal" = "Damn thats a nice looking cue" Also like the Mona Lisa description I give it is like this for me. If you have the original then you get to see every fine detail of the ARTIST'S work ala brush stroke. That is what customs are. Like Richard Black says "The Art Of The Cue".
 
smittie1984 said:
One thing I have noticed about AZbilliards is the worship of custom cue makers and their sticks. Seems like everyone on here recommend getting a good one. I have yet to see what is so great about them besides looks and nastalgia.

I have a Schon STL-6. Not a custom but still a high dollar stick. The only reason I got it was for looks. I didn't care how it played. However I use it as a break stick. And I use a Meucci Original Sneaky Pete that looks worse than most house cues as a playing stick. I did put a Moori tip on it but that was all it needed and it didn't cost much for that. It cost me $150 and it plays better than any other stick I have shot with. Including customs.

What I am asking is if your a "Serious" pool player why do you feel it is necesarry to plop down thousands of dollars for a custom when a cheap Meucci or Joss will do just as good if not better?
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You can spend thousands of hours looking for a forward weighted cue, and NEVER find one that is 20" or more forward weighted, UNLESS you get it custom made.
 
I bought mine because it is the "Magic Wand". All I have to do is draw it back, send it forward into the cue ball & 'SAZAMMM*&%&, the object ball goes in the hole.

No, it is not for sale!
 
Cues are like Cars,m some drive KIA's and they will get you to point "A", but it is more Fun to arrive in a Porsche.
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Cues are like Cars,m some drive KIA's and they will get you to point "A", but it is more Fun to arrive in a Porsche.
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Uhhh yeah the short version of my reply up above :smile:
 
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smittie1984 said:
One thing I have noticed about AZbilliards is the worship of custom cue makers and their sticks. Seems like everyone on here recommend getting a good one. I have yet to see what is so great about them besides looks and nastalgia.

I have a Schon STL-6. Not a custom but still a high dollar stick. The only reason I got it was for looks. I didn't care how it played. However I use it as a break stick. And I use a Meucci Original Sneaky Pete that looks worse than most house cues as a playing stick. I did put a Moori tip on it but that was all it needed and it didn't cost much for that. It cost me $150 and it plays better than any other stick I have shot with. Including customs.

What I am asking is if your a "Serious" pool player why do you feel it is necesarry to plop down thousands of dollars for a custom when a cheap Meucci or Joss will do just as good if not better?
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If you cannot see the advantages of a custom cue, I would strongly advise you to not buy one because there are few if any comparisons between what you are playing with and a custom..
 
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To me it has to do with for once buying exactly what you want instead of buying what you can make do with. I've always bought what I could make due with till recently concerning cues.

Being involved in the creation of a cue really makes it "your cue" and that may make a huge difference in how someone plays.
 
ibought a new balabushka in 73 for $125,today its worth over $10,000,i could give you dozens of examples from the past on my own cues.i prefer playing fancy cues because pool hustlers usually don't and they figure me for an idiot because i play with such a fancy cue.over the years this has paid for many a nice custom cue
 
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