Why do many players spend more on a cue than they do for a pool table?

[measureman]

I spent about $2100.00 on table, modifications, light, and cue rack. The total for all of the cues is almost exactly the same, most expensive one was the D 19 McDermott (4th from left), I think I have a total of $675.00 invested in it.including the refinish.

I really like what you did with the walls.

 

[ComputerGuyInNo]

Funny post.

 

[KRJ]

Do you regularly take your table with you when you go out to play pool?

Dale

Nope, but I bet some folks would kill to have a 9 footer in the basement to play and practice anytime they want

 

[ghost ball]

Sadly, 99% of chicks could care less about a great cue.

However, pull a monster cue out of your case and it's guaranteed to be a dude magnet. I suppose some fellas dig that sort of attention.

Hey, I'm not fastone371, he's the guy with the sack of gay porn videos.

 

[jalapus logan]

Do you regularly take your table with you when you go out to play pool?

Dale

No. I also don't wear jewellery nor do I care for watches. I had a guy in the pool rom try to sell me some gold coins or jewellery. Wtf would I give a damn for a friggin' Rolex? Weren't those a thing way back in the 80's? I guess it all boils down to fashion? I never got that either.

 

[Halfjack87]

Quite an interesting thread and lots of pretty pictures! :thumbup:

To the OP - My investment so far has all been based on function and budget.

For my original set up I bought a GC2 refurb deal for about $3k.

For cues, (4 humans + break cue) I've been buying Lucky, Star, and Player cues, and a few of them have modified weights, ferrules, tips, and/or wraps. Five nice cues for ~$900. Guests use the house cues included with the table.

Now, going forward, I can see that experimenting with different cues, and maybe buying some that really catch my eye, maybe designing a custom - very easy to sink money there on an ongoing basis! But my table? I love my table! I will refelt it, have somebody fix the scoring dials maybe one day, not a lot of opportunity to spend money on the table...

 

[jalapus logan]

Quite an interesting thread and lots of pretty pictures! :thumbup:

To the OP - My investment so far has all been based on function and budget.

For my original set up I bought a GC2 refurb deal for about $3k.

For cues, (4 humans + break cue) I've been buying Lucky, Star, and Player cues, and a few of them have modified weights, ferrules, tips, and/or wraps. Five nice cues for ~$900. Guests use the house cues included with the table.

Now, going forward, I can see that experimenting with different cues, and maybe buying some that really catch my eye, maybe designing a custom - very easy to sink money there on an ongoing basis! But my table? I love my table! I will refelt it, have somebody fix the scoring dials maybe one day, not a lot of opportunity to spend money on the table...

I dig your room Halfjack. You did a great job.

 

[fastone371]

I really like what you did with the walls.

Yeah it was a lot of work. Its called the Turkish Prison motif. I have been planning on improving the aesthetics down there for a while now but every time I go down there to work on it I end up playing pool instead. Table works well and so does the TV, thats pretty much all I need.

 

[Bank it]

Yeah it was a lot of work. Its called the Turkish Prison motif. I have been planning on improving the aesthetics down there for a while now but every time I go down there to work on it I end up playing pool instead. Table works well and so does the TV, thats pretty much all I need.

Table & TV are good, everything else is gravy

 

[KMRUNOUT]

Just curious. I shelled out $3100 for my table, a used Diamond 9 footer. Love it. The most I ever shelled out for a cue was $500 and I lamented the price thereafter. My current cue is a $200 used one I picked up here on AZB for sale. Seems to me that the table is the more important purchase, but that does not seem to be the case here in AZB la la land.

Hmm...

Some people love pool, have $3600, and don't have the room for a table. Also, some people like cues. While a table is a crucial piece of equipment, a custom cue in many cases is like a piece of art that can be appreciated on levels outside the game of pool...the workmanship, design, etc. For the most part a table is more generic. Of course a table can be custom, have great workmanship, etc...but typically that happens well above the $3100 price tag. I'd love to have a GC with Mark Gregory rails, maybe with some awesome custom wood or something.

Anyway, my point is that cues have a uniqueness and are a more personal item so it is easy to imagine people spending a lot on that item.

KMRUNOUT

 

[jalapus logan]

Hmm...

Some people love pool, have $3600, and don't have the room for a table. Also, some people like cues. While a table is a crucial piece of equipment, a custom cue in many cases is like a piece of art that can be appreciated on levels outside the game of pool...the workmanship, design, etc. For the most part a table is more generic. Of course a table can be custom, have great workmanship, etc...but typically that happens well above the $3100 price tag. I'd love to have a GC with Mark Gregory rails, maybe with some awesome custom wood or something.

Anyway, my point is that cues have a uniqueness and are a more personal item so it is easy to imagine people spending a lot on that item.

KMRUNOUT

I think that I am starting to understand. A nice custom pool table is like some silk, embroidered panties. They can be appreciated, but usually in a private setting.

Custom cues are the gold necklace and the bouffant that gets teased up before a night on the town.

Roger that.