Keebler Elves?(Dennis searing) inside joke - look at his screen pic/avatar whatever it's called lol
I'm saying I would probably work 340/350 days per year. And yes 12hr days or more.
Jason
Why is Tascarella the Bushka expert?
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Keebler Elves?(Dennis searing) inside joke - look at his screen pic/avatar whatever it's called lol
I'm saying I would probably work 340/350 days per year. And yes 12hr days or more.
Jason
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If I'm a guy who has built zero or very few cues there's no way I'm changing the "secret sauce" . Especially if it's the sauce of the greatest cues ever built. Just thinking out loud.
Jason
Then to the other poster - how many Pros play with Tascarella's? If this is true, Pros today would be playing with them or Bushkas. Right?
Bigb -
You didnt factor in the shafts he was building either, I know that especially in his later years, when everyone would be expecting him to be making MORE cues, he was also building alot of shafts.
One story I heard was George was building shafts like for $25 each, and building lots of them. A guy asked him for some shafts and George told him there would be quite a wait on them.
Being more clever than I would have been, this guy asked George, "That's the wait on the $25 shafts but what is the wait on the $75 shafts?"
The rest of that story was that there wasnt a wait for the $75 shafts and he got them almost immediately. :thumbup:
He never had to wait on shafts from Balabushka again, he got them immediately.
Ken
Bigb -
You didnt factor in the shafts he was building either, I know that especially in his later years, when everyone would be expecting him to be making MORE cues, he was also building alot of shafts.
One story I heard was George was building shafts like for $25 each, and building lots of them. A guy asked him for some shafts and George told him there would be quite a wait on them.
Being more clever than I would have been, this guy asked George, "That's the wait on the $25 shafts but what is the wait on the $75 shafts?"
The rest of that story was that there wasnt a wait for the $75 shafts and he got them almost immediately. :thumbup:
He never had to wait on shafts from Balabushka again, he got them immediately.
Ken
Lol. So true of many cuemakers. Guess they learned from the best. Great story
Jason
Bigb -
You didnt factor in the shafts he was building either, I know that especially in his later years, when everyone would be expecting him to be making MORE cues, he was also building alot of shafts.
One story I heard was George was building shafts like for $25 each, and building lots of them. A guy asked him for some shafts and George told him there would be quite a wait on them.
Being more clever than I would have been, this guy asked George, "That's the wait on the $25 shafts but what is the wait on the $75 shafts?"
The rest of that story was that there wasnt a wait for the $75 shafts and he got them almost immediately. :thumbup:
He never had to wait on shafts from Balabushka again, he got them immediately.
Ken
Your absolutely right Ken. There are many more factors and variables that make this # seem more and more outrageous. Yet it has been a standard estimate in most accredited publications for many years
Wow! Richard Riggie is a name I probably haven't heard in 20 years ! I knew his son Greg . I guess by you mentioning him all the stories I've heard were true!
I'm guessing that since he used the full Titlist blank length, that the final ebony cue would too heavy, or else he would have to cut the blank and waste a lot of ebony.
In later years with Spain "shorty" full-splice blanks, he didn't have to worry about that waste or weight.
Freddie <~~~ guessing
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The Tascarellas added fancier woods and innovated an ivory piloted joint {edit: apparently I have to clarify this: I am not saying they invented the ivory piloted joint; I am saying their ivory piloted joint has an innovation, which you all can read about in the article I wrote in 2007, which the Tascarella's are currently using on their "About" page}, couple of areas that George didn't do. They built their own forearm blanks, so that was a change. And even George experimented with different finishes.
Finish technology has improved by leaps and bounds as has adhesives, so working with these would be absolutely understandable. Adding fancier inlays is a Tascarella signature addition, where as George didn't do much other than drill dots and guitar-style diamonds.
The needs of players change. Traditionally thick butt cues wer prevalent, as were 21oz cues. Times, styles and tastes change. As one of the all time gretatest cue shops, the Tascerellas rightfully rolled with the changes.
Fredddie <~~~ doesn't understand what's happening
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So why does everybody worship the way Bushkas play? Not trying to argue, just making a point.
A different finish is not gonna change the way a cue plays
Do you know when Pete "innovated" the ivory pooled joint. Because u have seen a fee Gus cues that have them in the modern sense ......not to mention Brunswick cues from the 1900s that also have them
This question does come up from time to time. Obviously there's no need to change anything about Showman, Southwest, and Searing, as they're currently producing what the customers are happy with.
I think there was good reason for Pete to make minor changes to George's standards. For one thing, George's standard was a 57 1/2 inch cue, and pretty thick in the butt. I've measured a few at 1.32, and have measured a couple Tasc's at about 1.29. That doesn't mean too much to those other than you and me, but it's pretty substantial in the hand. A little closer to modern dimension is where I think Pete went.
If you want to get into construction method, I generally agree with you, though I assume Pete has updated the machine screw in the A joint to a more modern bolt, and threads the buttplate, though not sure. As far as finish goes, I don't think anyone uses George's lacquer anymore, and the ones who still use lacquer use a more modern version.
Those are all fairly minor though. We could go into methods of indexing inlays, and the use and difficulty with black acrylic in the buttsleeve, but that would be a bit much for this thread. I think with a few "updates," Pete continues the theme and construct of George's cues.
All the best,
H
Does he use lag screws too?
He did have excellent taste in who he got his blanks from.
If you X-ray a Tascarella, will you see a hanger bolt?
I didn't say he innovated "the ivory pooled (sic) joint." I said he innovated an ivory piloted joint. Namely the Tascarella piloted ivory joint. Sorry if I didn't communicate that effectively.
Freddie
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Can you tell us the reason for this joint?
No excuse my typo. The ivory "piloted" joint is what I meant to say....he was not the innovator of that joint
Perhaps you ment the ivory over stainless piloted joint. Which is a completely different thing then your first absurd statement
Which makes me question did he even innovate the ivory over stainless piloted joint?
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Try again with the spelling.
Let me say it again, he was the innovator of AN ivory piloted joint, which is what I wrote. Whether someone else invented the piloted ivory joint is not in question. He came up with an innovative piloted ivory joint.
Is there a reason for the aggressiveness? This seems to be a good thread. To call my statement absurd after all this discussion doesn't fit with how the rest of this thread has been going.
Freddie <~~~ why am I doing this???
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