Who's cues hit like (*&%?

i could easily comment on it as u failed to read what i said correctly due to ur lack of english comprehension skills i was gonna just let it go but since u're petty enough to bring back up for no reason then like roscoe said, if u wanna talk about ur pettiness then pm me, this thread is not the place to do it.
 
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The Beginner said:
How about dennis searing cues ..some of his cues made w/ uni loc pin...does it hits like a $hit too? :confused:
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YES. I HIT WITH 3 SEARINGS WITH THE UNI, AND THEY ALL SUCKED. EVEN A GOOD CUEMAKER CAN BE RUINED BY CRAPPY PARTS.

P.S. I'VE OWNED 35 OR SO RICHARD BLACKS, AND I HAD 2 THAT HIT WELL. I THINK THAT SAYS SOMETHING.
 
Over the last 10 years of collecting cues (buy/sell) and finally this year when I started to dabble into making my own cue. I can say that I've hardly (1 in 200 cues maybe) ever came across a bad playing cue or one that I can remember. Of Course, I'm saying the cue is sound and is not crack, beatup, bad tips, etc...etc. If you have a good dime or nickle shape tip (Any tips) and the shafts are decent (Not beatup or really crooked)...there is a very good chance 97%+ that it will play good....now playing great is another story. Most of the cues that I considered play bad or like shit is because of tip issue, crack, loose component, etc, etc.

Of course some cues plays better than others but it doesn't mean the cue plays bad. Playability is very subjective to different people at different level of the game, just as chris mentioned that he's at a level where he's able to better judge what he think is a good cue. For beginner, that better playing cue could be Falcon, Meucci or what other would call a shit cue.

If you have not made a cue in your life, try it...you guy may better appreciated the quality of a cue and the work involved in making one before calling anybody cue shit!!

I just can't believe anyone would say a cue play like shit, especially when it come from some of the best cuebuilders in the world. I have always through my collecting years appreciated all the builder cues....and honestly can't remember any bad cues that I have the pleasure to play with. Next time anybody doesn't like the way their cue plays especially their black, gina, southwest, JW, etc, etc...just send them to me...LOL :) I'll take them off your hand for FREE!!

One man shit cue is another man holy grail cue. I have had many cues where I didn't think the cue play like my style but when someone pick it up and play with it..it was perfect for them. Anyhow, some of my favourite cues are Bill Stroud cues (The most consistent playing cues out there), Jerry Olivier, Pete Tasc, Southwest, and many others).

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Duc.
 
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Marcus, I believe a lot of players would love to own any of your shitty cues. Your standard are way up there...man I wish I had your collection of Pete cues.

That's remind me, the reasons why some of these better players don't own expensive cues is because is really hard for them to hold on to one of them. I know of a lot of good players that plays with decent players but would love to have the high end cues. When the do have one, they tend to get rid of them to keep their expense low if they end up losing it. But if you ask any Pro, I'm sure all of them would be more than willing to own a more expense cues and I thought most do.

Regards,
Duc.
 
Danktrees said:
i could easily comment on it as u failed to read what i said correctly due to ur lack of english comprehension skills i was gonna just let it go but since u're petty enough to bring back up for no reason then like roscoe said, if u wanna talk about ur pettiness then pm me, this thread is not the place to do it.
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as what fatboy said on his signature...'SORRY FOR THE POOR SPELLING..he's been busy playing pool" lol....you know what just bring your game * if you have a game* on the pool table...not rather doing the racking for us w/ jonathan every time we play lol.....its not about the cue you play with is how you play the game lol...."sorry for my poor english coz i've been playing pool alot before" :D
 
what the hell did u just try to say lol?

and this thread is talking about crappy cues, it has nothing to do with how good u play.

also what's with this "every time we play" crap. i rarely ever play with u. i've played with u like 4 times. and the one time we actually played for more than 1 rack in succession it was 15-14.
 
Danktrees said:
what the hell did u just try to say lol?

and this thread is talking about crappy cues, it has nothing to do with how good u play.

also what's with this "every time we play" crap. i rarely ever play with u. i've played with u like 4 times. and the one time we actually played for more than 1 rack in succession it was 15-14.
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and your happy w/ the score..i was just playing w/ you for fun..i wasn't even playing my game that time lol..
 
The Beginner said:
and your happy w/ the score..i was just playing w/ you for fun..i wasn't even playing my game that time lol..
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well what did u think i was playing for?

either way pm me if u wanna talk or we'll just stop here.
 
I can't believe it took me this long to find this. Thus far, in 11 pages, there are only two or three guys who have mentioned the ones I am about to say. But here's the catch. There's little room for debate. These cues are just plain bad. Agree if you will. Call me names. I don't care but as far as I'm concenred:

1) Richard Black cues ALL play like crap. I have hit with many and some played better than others. But that's like saying that some farts smell better than others. No matter how you spin it, a fart still smells like sh*t!!!

2) Carmeli cues are also bad. Played with many as I know a dealer for Ariel. And I also know a few people who own Carmeli's. My personal opinion: bad. One or two of which I actually found to be offensive. Really. I almost wanted to fight the cue.

Oh, and one last one I have yet to see up here:

3) Skip Weston. Maybe brilliant in execution (though I'm not a subscriber of this theory) but these cues only LOOK pretty. I had a monster of a Skip. One of his fanciest ever. Lots of ivory. On the surface, everything looked perfect. When I played with it, it deflected so much it almost hit balls sideways! The other Skip I owned hit like a dried up sponge. Now, I've never played pool with a dried up sponge per se but I'm going to guess that if you use one as a cue, you won't get great results. Just my opinion.
 
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pharaoh68 said:
I can't believe it took me this long to find this. Thus far, in 11 pages, there are only two or three guys who have mentioned the ones I am about to say. But here's the catch. There's little room for debate. These cues are just plain bad. Agree if you will. Call me names. I don't care but as far as I'm concenred:

1) Richard Black cues ALL play like crap. I have hit with many and some played better than others. But that's like saying that some farts smell better than others. No matter how you spin it, a fart still smells like sh*t!!!

2) Carmeli cues are also bad. Played with many as I know a dealer for Ariel. And I also know a few people who own Carmeli's. My personal opinion: bad. One or two of which I actually found to be offensive.

Oh, and one last one I have yet to see up here:

3) Skip Weston. Maybe brilliant in execution (though I'm not a subscriber of this theory) but these cues only LOOK pretty. I had a monster of a Skip. One of his fanciest ever. Lots of ivory. On the surface, everything looked perfect. When I played with it, it deflected so much it almost hit balls sideways! The other Skip I owned hit like a dried up sponge. Now, I've never played pool with a dried up sponge per se but I'm going to guess that if you use one as a cue, you won't get great results. Just my opinion.
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A big *tap tap tap* on all three...nail on the head.
 
masonh said:
OK, my turn.

The one that stands out in my mind was a late 90's (98 or 99 I think) South West. It had Purple Heart Points, a Gaboon Ebony nose, and a single Holly veneer. It had a white w/double black speck wrap, 13 millimeter shafts and Triangle tips. This was a gorgeous cue. <snip>
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man i think i almost bought that cue here at AZ about 2-3 months ago.very glad i didn't get it now.that was on of the prettiest calssiest looking pool cues i have ever seen though with the single Holly veneer on the Ebony and Purpleheart.man i loved the look of that cue.
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I sold a brand new 2007 version of this cue. That is probably the one you are thinking of.
 
pharaoh68 said:
I can't believe it took me this long to find this. Thus far, in 11 pages, there are only two or three guys who have mentioned the ones I am about to say. But here's the catch. There's little room for debate. These cues are just plain bad. Agree if you will. Call me names. I don't care but as far as I'm concenred:

1) Richard Black cues ALL play like crap. I have hit with many and some played better than others. But that's like saying that some farts smell better than others. No matter how you spin it, a fart still smells like sh*t!!!

2) Carmeli cues are also bad. Played with many as I know a dealer for Ariel. And I also know a few people who own Carmeli's. My personal opinion: bad. One or two of which I actually found to be offensive. Really. I almost wanted to fight the cue.

Oh, and one last one I have yet to see up here:

3) Skip Weston. Maybe brilliant in execution (though I'm not a subscriber of this theory) but these cues only LOOK pretty. I had a monster of a Skip. One of his fanciest ever. Lots of ivory. On the surface, everything looked perfect. When I played with it, it deflected so much it almost hit balls sideways! The other Skip I owned hit like a dried up sponge. Now, I've never played pool with a dried up sponge per se but I'm going to guess that if you use one as a cue, you won't get great results. Just my opinion.
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BRIAN,
WE NORMALLY AGREE, BUT I HAVE TO DISAGREE ON YOUR WESTON THOUGHTS. I HAD A SKIP, THAT WAS CUSTOM MADE TO MY SPECS AND DESIGN AND LOVED IT, AND THE HIT. I'VE ALSO HIT WITH SEVERAL OTHER SKIPS THAT I REALLY LIKED. I HAVE ALSO HIT WITH 1 OR 2 THAT I WASN'T VERY FOND OF.
 
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pharaoh68 said:
I can't believe it took me this long to find this. Thus far, in 11 pages, there are only two or three guys who have mentioned the ones I am about to say. But here's the catch. There's little room for debate. These cues are just plain bad. Agree if you will. Call me names. I don't care but as far as I'm concenred:

1) Richard Black cues ALL play like crap. I have hit with many and some played better than others. But that's like saying that some parts of New Jersey smell better than others. No matter how you spin it, New Jersey still smells like sh*t!!!
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I can't believe it took you this long either. Having used the search, it seems like you take every opportunity to bash Richard Black's cues.

Just because that's your experience doesn't make it a fact.

Yeah, there's little room for debate on that one either.:rolleyes:
 
I'm going to take the unpopular route here and agree with you on Skip.

He does fantastic inlay work and some of the best points in the business - bar none.

But his shafts and even shaft wood? Welllll, that's a different story.

Well, 'nuff said --- I hope.

Puh-leaze remember we're talking about opinions here, folks!

(even though, a 13.0mm shaft with 9 GPI that weighs 3.3oz should be used as a pointer, not a pool cue!)

JMO!!

-von

pharaoh68 said:
3) Skip Weston. Maybe brilliant in execution (though I'm not a subscriber of this theory) but these cues only LOOK pretty. I had a monster of a Skip. One of his fanciest ever. Lots of ivory. On the surface, everything looked perfect. When I played with it, it deflected so much it almost hit balls sideways! The other Skip I owned hit like a dried up sponge. Now, I've never played pool with a dried up sponge per se but I'm going to guess that if you use one as a cue, you won't get great results. Just my opinion.
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pharaoh68 said:
Now, I've never played pool with a dried up sponge per se but I'm going to guess that if you use one as a cue, you won't get great results. Just my opinion.
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I just want to give you snaps for using the phrase "per se" correctly, including spelling!! Seems to be a rarity in these parts....
 
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