Das a good wan.
Why buy a cue that is over $300?
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Das a good wan.
I don't understand why this thread is still active 17 pages later.
We are bored. ;-)
Yeah, things are quiet in the aiming forum and I guess the BB stream has been working.:grin-square:
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I have a cheap cue and a custom and the cheap cue plays better than the custom. No names to protect the innocent.
You do realize that with over 700 cue makers in the world not all "custom" cues will be or feel better than all custom cues.
I am positive that I could set you up with five custom cues and five production cues and you would not only not be able to tell which is which but you would probably say that some of the production cues hit better than some of the custom cues and there is a high probability that you would even pick a production cue as the best hitting one of the whole bunch.
;-) Don't wear your shooting hand out.
As rufus said:
Play with a cue you like.
There is no cue that let you shoot straighter.
The biggest tournament i won and where i gave best 8ball performance i used a 90 $ cuetech cue. My straight pool high run u made with a 300 $ mc dermott cue.
But now im using a very nice traditional keith josey cue. So why?
Because i like it and love to play with it.....and to look at it?
Its just important what makes YOU happy-nothing else.
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Play with a cue you like.
There is no cue that let you shoot straighter.
The biggest tournament i won and where i gave best 8ball performance i used a 90 $ cuetech cue. My straight pool high run u made with a 300 $ mc dermott cue.
But now im using a very nice traditional keith josey cue. So why?
Because i like it and love to play with it.....and to look at it?
Its just important what makes YOU happy-nothing else.
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Ingo
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JB, on this we agree
When I travel for work or vacation, I don't bring a cue with me, just bring a small bag with some very fine sandpaper, a tip scuffer, and a piece of Magic chalk.... and then I find a house cue with the best tip I can find, and work up the shaft and tip, and shoot. I think the weight, shaft and tip matters more than who built it...(for playing purposes) maybe the joint a little, but I have three diff joints and it just don't matter to me... but all have the same shaft and same tip, but the butts made by 3 diff cue makers.... all the same weight..... I could not tell the diff if you put a gun to my head
Truer words were never spoken. It would be really fun to see some of the cue snobs find out that they (gasp !) picked a Cuetec or Players as the best feeling cue. Kinda like a blind taste test where the best wine connoisseurs in the world pick a $5 bottle of wine as the best tasting. LOL :smile:
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Why?
Why do people buy expensive cues?
Because we have freedom of choice.
Just as people post their opinions because we have freedom of speech, at least when it comes to pool.
You're right though, about not needing an expensive cue to play well. My best years were 1981 to 1987 when I was playing with a $135 Meucci LH-2 and 1991-1995 when I played with a $90 1988 Meucci sneaky.
But my old friend, the late Jimmy Scrima, once told me, "You don't HAVE to own a fancy cue to play well, but there's something special about opening your case to see a cue that you personally chose for its beauty."
By the way, while I agree with you in general, I do like the Predators, especially the older ones, and I currently have two players, a 1987 Joss and an unknown cue from the '70s, on which I use original Predator 314s and an OB Classic.
Why do people buy expensive cues?
Because we have freedom of choice.
Just as people post their opinions because we have freedom of speech, at least when it comes to pool.
You're right though, about not needing an expensive cue to play well. My best years were 1981 to 1987 when I was playing with a $135 Meucci LH-2 and 1991-1995 when I played with a $90 1988 Meucci sneaky.
But my old friend, the late Jimmy Scrima, once told me, "You don't HAVE to own a fancy cue to play well, but there's something special about opening your case to see a cue that you personally chose for its beauty."
By the way, while I agree with you in general, I do like the Predators, especially the older ones, and I currently have two players, a 1987 Joss and an unknown cue from the '70s, on which I use original Predator 314s and an OB Classic.
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$300?
Even that is too high.
The ultimate, unbeatable price-performance cue of all time is the....
Player's Sneaky Pete
Solid, well made butt. They come with perfectly acceptable and decent well made shafts. Hit is good. It doesn't do strange things. Plays consistent. There is nothing you can't do with that cue. It's probably the least expensive cue out there that has the base minimum requirements for structural integrity and solid hit. In fact, it is better than many cues costing much more. There are other generic or low end cues that appear similar, but they fail in some respect - they have odd balance or bad tapers. Or poor ferrules and joint work.
Even that is too high.
The ultimate, unbeatable price-performance cue of all time is the....
Player's Sneaky Pete
Solid, well made butt. They come with perfectly acceptable and decent well made shafts. Hit is good. It doesn't do strange things. Plays consistent. There is nothing you can't do with that cue. It's probably the least expensive cue out there that has the base minimum requirements for structural integrity and solid hit. In fact, it is better than many cues costing much more. There are other generic or low end cues that appear similar, but they fail in some respect - they have odd balance or bad tapers. Or poor ferrules and joint work.
Except get some money for it when you get tired of it...!
Scruggs cue: $1000 to buy, $1000 to sell.
But it ain't no ferrari!