tomatoshooter
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Viking B2506 with Siege CF shaft, or V-Pro if you are more traditional. Schmelke is hard to beat for the price, too.
Your best playing production cue
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JoeFlorida19
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Ray Schuler. Originals. I know most think these were simple or he made too many, but I LOVED the hit on his cues. I took a long hiatus from pool and returned after Ray passed on. I tried current models from Jacoby but they seem to lack "something". I'm too stupid/talentless/ignorant to put my finger on it, though.
I had a Pechauer Cue with a Dominator Radial ply laminated shaft... Won a Lot of tournaments with that Cue. And it was very beautiful... lots of inlays, but not too many. The very first person bought it...... I was given a Cue by Guido Orlandi, that Plays like a Magic Wand, so the Pechauer is being enjoyed by Ronnie
Pechauer. Unbeatable quality at very reasonable prices. The grow their own trees, harvest them themselves, process them in their own sawmill, and build every screw and joint in their own metal shop. Who else does that? Great customer service on top of all that.
Now if they’d just make a damn extension for them!
Schmelke rosewood sneaky.
phreaticus
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Joss makes extensions, look here. Very pricey for what they are, but available. I have an 8” that I don’t use, brand new condition will sell it for $75, in case anyone needs one.
I wanna try some Schmelke but I can't get a response. 2 month lead time is all they say. NO dialogue on specifics of the work. They must be real busy.
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Joss.
As far as production cues go, they're hard to beat. I have 2 of them, that I bought on the used market...and they're incredible.
As far as production cues go, they're hard to beat. I have 2 of them, that I bought on the used market...and they're incredible.
But they are NOT "quick release" extensions. They are more like "permanent" extensions.
You literally have to unscrew the entire normal butt, then screw on the extension butt...then unscrew that and rescrew back on the normal butt.
I can put on and off my Predator and Cuetec extensions in under 5 seconds.
phreaticus
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Yes, true. Not the greatest design… (and way overpriced).
Just FYI, there is a guy that posts here on AZB that does custom, modern CF lightweight extensions with QR, he could do one for Joss, probably has already done them. He did one for a Tascarella for me that came out perfect. Very high quality and he’s great to work with. AZB username @blokid
Cheers
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In 1975 I ordered a custom cue from Palmer. It is 59" (57" was standard at the time), two shafts, and 21 oz. It is, to this day, my favorite playing cue even though I have tried many others over the years. I have had 4 shafts made for it during its life, all solid maple. I am so used to playing with deflection I just cannot seem to warm up to LD shafts, too old I guess. The Palmer is such a nice cue.
Me too, although I am using a Jacoby Black shaft