WTB Scruggs Bushka Tribute Cue

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nick serdula said:
Try Mr Ken by PM because he has one but he might not sell it.
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Heya Nick, you know what they say anything is for sale for the right price :grin-devilish:

Here's a couple pics of my current collection of TS cues with my lone Bob Frey too.

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The middle cue on the left has been referred to as a Bushka style cue!?

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The Middle Cue On The Left.....

The middle cue on the left is correctly referred to as a Bushka design. as well as some of the other cues. Here's what I've learned....virtually any Four Point Cue Design with multi-veneers can be descibed, or referred to by any cue seller, as a Bushka design. This was one of design characteristics of cues Balabushka originally produced.

Many forum readers have mistakenly believed that having a Scruggs four pointer with multi-veneers qualifies as one of Scruggs Bushka Tribute cues which is far from the truth and very inaccurate. Tim Scruggs, and every other cue maker that produces a Bushka Tribute cue, use the very same design in every Balabushka Tribute Cue which is a basic four prong muti-veneer (minimum of 4 veneers...sometimes 5). The key distinction is the identically matching mop or ivory inlays in the foreram prongs and butt sleeve. A Bushka Tribute Cue has an undeniably distinct look and is truly unmistakable.

I have photos of more than a dozen Bushka Tribute cues made by different cue makers and each and every one uses the exact same design pattern. Your collection of Scruggs cues is beautiful and you have to be the envy of anyone viewing your collection. I know when I laid my eyes on it, I certainly was jealous. You must have invested a great deal of time. effort and $$$ assembling a collection like yours.....Cudos....Matt
 
Bavafongoul said:
The middle cue on the left is correctly referred to as a Bushka design. as well as some of the other cues. Here's what I've learned....virtually any Four Point Cue Design with multi-veneers can be descibed, or referred to by any cue seller, as a Bushka design. This was one of design characteristics of cues Balabushka originally produced.

Many forum readers have mistakenly believed that having a Scruggs four pointer with multi-veneers qualifies as one of Scruggs Bushka Tribute cues which is far from the truth and very inaccurate. Tim Scruggs, and every other cue maker that produces a Bushka Tribute cue, use the very same design in every Balabushka Tribute Cue which is a basic four prong muti-veneer (minimum of 4 veneers...sometimes 5). The key distinction is the identically matching mop or ivory inlays in the foreram prongs and butt sleeve. A Bushka Tribute Cue has an undeniably distinct look and is truly unmistakable.

I have photos of more than a dozen Bushka Tribute cues made by different cue makers and each and every one uses the exact same design pattern. Your collection of Scruggs cues is beautiful and you have to be the envy of anyone viewing your collection. I know when I laid my eyes on it, I certainly was jealous. You must have invested a great deal of time. effort and $$$ assembling a collection like yours.....Cudos....Matt
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It would be nice and fun to see your photos of various Makers Balabushka Tribute Cues. If you can post them in the thread and want to share them with us it would be great. Thanks and good luck with your search.
 
That's a Great Suggestion....

Bob,

I'll try to do that...the cues are just beautiful....by every cuemaker and they all resemble each other so closley with the Bushka Tribute pattern. The website that one of the posters mentioned,www.ilovecues.com, has the prettiest Scruggs Bushka Tribute cues I've ever seen...absolutely breathtaking...and that's the way a Bushka Tribute cue is supposed to look. When I get the other cue makers photos published, everyone will see that's really the standard...they don't deviate very much in design.

I spent so much time over the pst months searching for Scruggs Bushka Tribute cue....and when I see the ones on ilovecues.com, I'm insoired to not give up the search...the best looking Scuggs Bushka Tribute Cues I've Ever Seen. I've enountered problems prviously whentrying to post phots due to the file size. A Forum Reader suggested using www.picresize.com which I haven't tried yet. If I'm successful, since the photos of the cues are cues that aren't for sale, I suppose technically I should post them on the main forum but the wanted to buy/sell is where all the action takes place....but the cues in the photos are not for sale...just reperesntations of what a real Bushka Tribute Cue looks like.....Matt
 
Bob Farr said:
It would be nice and fun to see your photos of various Makers Balabushka Tribute Cues. If you can post them in the thread and want to share them with us it would be great. Thanks and good luck with your search.
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All I really ever buy is classic looking cues. Mostly ones that resemble George's work, as to me, he is the best of the best. Ivory cues, scrimshaw, gold, really don't impress me. What impresses me is a design in a cue that is still copied 30 years later by a man who knew how to make a pool players cue. Here is you one tribute cue. This was made to pretty much exact specs of a real Bushka. It also had Cortland wrap as the old days. I feel only to be topped by the one Steve is making for me now. I have seen many tribute cues and owned many, and Steve comes about as close as anyone these days.

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Bob Farr said:
It would be nice and fun to see your photos of various Makers Balabushka Tribute Cues. If you can post them in the thread and want to share them with us it would be great. Thanks and good luck with your search.
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Bob, 9BallKing started a Balabushka and Szamboti Tribute thread in the Cue and case gallery.....Charlie D
 
That's The Balabushka Tribute Design

If anyone hasn't visited the website, www.ilovecues/com, be sure to go there and you'll see several magificent looking Bushka Tribute Cues which just happen to be Tim Scruggs cues.

The Bushka Tribute design is unmistakable and as far as I'm concerned. sets the bar height for a classic cue design, even more so than a szambo design does. I've become fixated on finding a Scruggs Balabushka Tribute cue and after you see the photos on that website, you'll understand why.

Anyone out there know of someone with just such a cue?????? HELP....PLease.

Matt
 
A couple of tims and mikes cues from my collection. Is something like the middle cue what you are looking for?
 

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It Certainly Has the Butt Design

I just sent you a PM because you have aroused my curioisty and interest. In answer to your question....YES.
 
Bavafongoul said:
I just sent you a PM because you have aroused my curioisty and interest. In answer to your question....YES.
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Evidently it did the same in 11 other people!LOL

Thanks to everyone for the interest! I will answer everyone shortly along with more pics.
 
Forum Readers

I know lots of people have seen my postings and have contacted people who have responded to my posting...and I mean to tell ya that I'm gonna be one pissed off MFer if someone attempts to swoop in and try to buy a cue that's been offerred to me purely because I drummed up the business with my persistent efforts.

Two sellers contacted me about their cues and said they had never given any thought to selling their Scruggs cues before they saw my posting and my tireless efforts to find such a cue. Those cue sales would never even have come to the marketplace if it wasn't for my postings...according to the sellers not me.

So I guess what I'm really asking is if anyone responds to my posting, please if you have a cue that you might want to offer me, please send me photos at matthew.m.brennan@comcast.net. and please refrain from saying too much in your posting reply if you choose to post a comment.

Some folks must think this is like e-bay where you can come in at the last minute and enter a winning bid stealing the auction. I've busted my ass browsing hrs on end looking for this cue, wrote to countless people, even went back and conatcted sellers of Scruggs cues or Bushka described cues that were for sale on AZ as far back as two years ago....and when somone respinds to my posting, they think they can swoop in and buy the cue from under me. THis is not the same as two of us competing for a cue listed for sale that anyone can buy...we're talking about a lot of effort and hard work I've invested trying to make this happen....

Back when I lived in the Red Hook section of B'klyn 50 years ago. if someone did that..well, with a 150lbs of lye, they'd never even find his freakin' body...ya don't steal another man's sweat, blood and tears unless you have an urge to reach body room temperature quickly.....NUD SED! Knock it off you scumbag bottomfeeders.

Forum Responders: Please send info to matthew/m/brennan@comcast.net and let's try to keep the low lifes away from this search.....that's a bullshit thing to do but some people have little dignity.....maybe I should increase the supply order to 200 lbs of lye...what'ya think?

Matt
 
You're Right About James White

Couldn’t agree more about James White’s workmanship. I know someone that has an original James White Bushka Tribute cue, signed and dated, and it’s a beauty too. The seller is just a great person to work with and he said I have until the end of the week to decide about buying it. Otherwise, he indicated he’ll be listing it for sale on AZ…keep your eyes open.

I was contacted by one seller of an original Scruggs Bushka Tribute cue but we’re so far apart on price, there’s really not much opportunity to buy it. But I did find one so I’m encouraged…still frustrated as heck. Then the seller tells me that he only answered my posting because of how persistent I’ve been but that 11 other forum readers contacted him after he responded to my posting and the vast majority were trying to swoop the cue from under my feet….really pissed me off…this isn’t e-bay…the cue isn’t even listed for sale, I find it after a lot of hard work, convince the seller to maybe sell it and then they read a posting and try to steal the cue….that’s bullshit…it’s not like they’re placing a last minute bid on e-bay to win an auction….if one of them is ever in my car headlights, the accident investigation team will never find any tire/brake skid marks.
 
Hey Matt, one thing to note. Your search for a Scruggs Bushka cue is very tasteful. I admire your tinacity. In fact, I am also a Scruggs cue lover too and have several, but no Bushkas. You also might find it intersting to note that in your search for an exact Bushka replica, the most widely regarded cuemaker of Geroge Balabushka's work is Pete Tascarella. If you didn't know, Pete is still using some of Balabushka's cue making equipment today and his specifications so closely match that of Georges original work that it has fooled many experts. However there's no fooling here! Pete's cues are flat out awesome, and in many ways surpass the cues made by the late great himself. If that sounds like a bit much to believe, start asking around here on the forum. If you really, really want a bushka today you might want to take a look at some of Pete's cues.
 
Oh...Just To Be Clear

I may have mislead you...the seller of the original Scruggs Bushka Tribute Cue that offerred it to me at a higher price than I can afford didn't tell me people were trying to scoop the cue away. I think he only contacted me because he sees I'm willing to do whatever is necessary to locate this cue. He's unsure if he even wants topart with the cue but he at least offerred it to me.

There was another seller that posted a reply and he subseuently told me he only repsonded to my after seeing my persistence. Maybe he just felt sorry for me but he also told me that a bunck of forum readers were trying to swoop the cue we're talking about from under my feet....i do all the work, find the seller and essentially bring the cue to the marketplace and they try to steal the cue away. Like I said...this isn't exactly e-bay where everyone sees something listed for sale and then enters a last minute bid trying to win the auction.

It's probabaly something I should have anticipated would occur but whenyou come close to maybe finding that cue you've been searching for months to find, and then somebody reads a forum post out of curioisty and contacts a seller that possibly negotiating a sale that never would ahve happened to start with if I hadn't been out shaking the bushes, that's bullshit and those folks are low lifes. Fortunately for me, this other seller is a man of integrity and res[ectful as well and is giving me first shot at the cue....Can't say enough about people like this seller that conduct themselves with honor, dignity and honesty.

Just placed my first order for 300 lbs of lye...I know some of these cue robbers have to be fat asses too lazy to conduct their own searches and I wanna make sure I have enough to cover the entire body in case we eevr meet.....I learned a long time ago it's a waste of time to get mad but amke sure that you always get even.

Thank you forum readers.
 
Hit Man...I'm Afraid

You are so right....there's several Tascarella cues on Cornerstone Cues but ther's a bit beyond my financial reahc. Biil is keeping his eyes open for me. There's a new listing for an original Balabushka on the forum right now....35 years old....looks great....no price mentioned.....I sent a PM inquiring about price but I'm really not hopeful.

Tim Scruggs is a great cuemaker but Tascarella, well, he kinda stands out in the crowd. I more than admire his work....I lust for it....but his stuff also tends to run a couple thousand more than a Scruggs cue brings. I'm still buying lotto tickets and maybe I'll be able to write a check sometime in the future for a Tascarella cue but I'm not at that point yet.
 
Sorry to hear about that friend. If you stick around here for any length of time , you'll learn who the honest traders are. Any public forum like this can be full of bunk. There's thread on here about who the honset sellers are. Good luck!
 
10-4....Couldn't Agree More

I spoke with Bill over the weeknd on Fri nigt, Sat afternoon and Sun afternoon. He answers his phone, returns voice mails and truly tries to match you up with mutiple cue selections to consider. He also has a very nice website and his trade up policy is just nutso...great idea.

I found Bill to be friendly, responsive, extremely knowledgable and honest...MY gosh, what else could one ever hope for....what an absolutely great guy to work with....Major Underscore on what you said about Bill. A++++++++++++
 
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