Your pool cue thoughts before I make my Purchase
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Start with a sneaky pete from Schmelke, about $120 to your door,but that don't matter for now. Lots of info here on this forum. Learn more of what you like, need, and want before you spend a grand. Also it could later be your breaker, back-up, or just a bar banger cue to loan your friends, good luck !!! ~ BTW, don't fall for the gimmicks with LD shafts or layered tips. Stay with solid maple shafts & Trangle, LePro, Elkmaster, or Milkduds by pooldawg8 who's a member on this forum. These of course, are my opinions.
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You seem to say this in every thread. Deflection is only one element of a cues playability.
Agree with that. The custom cue makers wish their cues hit like a Predator. Start with a nice Predator cue that has the adjustable weight system. They have a lifetime guarantee. You can add the REVO and other low deflection shafts later. You only need one butt and a couple of shafts in case the tip falls off or something on one of them.
LOL. Could you tell me which ones want their cues to hit like a Predator?
Take a look at what Bob Frey sells for a sneaky pete style cue. That will be my next purchase.
Again just get a Schmelke.
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"Custom makers wish their cues hit like a Predator"? I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup & shit a more intelligent statement !!!
I don't normally agree with buying a schmelke because I'm into custom cue & spending a ton.
However, I think this time around it's great advice. If you can get a semi custom from schmelke for under $200 for a 1st cue that would be awesome us it would keep your initial money spent real low & you can get a better feel for your 2nd cue. As others have stated, when you upgrade in a year or 2 after you can make the schmelke a break cue.
If you are mainly playing in bars, I would recommend a rugged jb case as they are durable & best protection for your cues & lifetime warranty. Great prices too.
I do shoot in a dive bar & most of us have expensive cues but it's an in house league so pretty much the same people around every week so we don't fear losing or fighting for our cues.
Good luck with whatever you decide & enjoy it.
However, I think this time around it's great advice. If you can get a semi custom from schmelke for under $200 for a 1st cue that would be awesome us it would keep your initial money spent real low & you can get a better feel for your 2nd cue. As others have stated, when you upgrade in a year or 2 after you can make the schmelke a break cue.
If you are mainly playing in bars, I would recommend a rugged jb case as they are durable & best protection for your cues & lifetime warranty. Great prices too.
I do shoot in a dive bar & most of us have expensive cues but it's an in house league so pretty much the same people around every week so we don't fear losing or fighting for our cues.
Good luck with whatever you decide & enjoy it.
As you can see - your going to get a TON of advice here. (hey, that's what this forum is for after all).
Now - I'm a Joss man, and it's my prime shooter. I'm also REALLY impressed with my Lucasi, and Schmelke is a great value as well.
What I'd offer up though:
Go visit a local pool hall - make a few friends, go to a few league nights somewhere, and just talk to a few folks. Often if you show appreciation for someone's cue, and you show that you can and will be respectful of how to handle a cue, they won't mind you taking a few shots with it. Try as many different sticks as you can. Get a feel for what "YOU" like.
To be honest? 1k will buy a helluva lot of cue. Unless you're looking for some special hand crafted club from some "wait 10 years" cue maker - I'd say allocate the money in: a play cue, break cue, case, and a few maintenance tools. You can get a damned fine cue for $300 - $400 .. so you do have a budget you can work with in getting a good setup.
Best of luck - and shoot us some pictures once you decide.
Now - I'm a Joss man, and it's my prime shooter. I'm also REALLY impressed with my Lucasi, and Schmelke is a great value as well.
What I'd offer up though:
Go visit a local pool hall - make a few friends, go to a few league nights somewhere, and just talk to a few folks. Often if you show appreciation for someone's cue, and you show that you can and will be respectful of how to handle a cue, they won't mind you taking a few shots with it. Try as many different sticks as you can. Get a feel for what "YOU" like.
To be honest? 1k will buy a helluva lot of cue. Unless you're looking for some special hand crafted club from some "wait 10 years" cue maker - I'd say allocate the money in: a play cue, break cue, case, and a few maintenance tools. You can get a damned fine cue for $300 - $400 .. so you do have a budget you can work with in getting a good setup.
Best of luck - and shoot us some pictures once you decide.
Not any wrong answers here and while I think Mezz is the best production cue made today (even over a Schon) I still would say without bias that a Mezz might fit what you are looking for.
They make really good LD shafts and they are well known for their LD shafts having a much better feel and feedback compared to all the other LD shafts invluding Predator.
This way you get a cue whose value will never go down and you get a good LD shaft that will feel the closest to a solid maple shaft out of every other LD shaft being made today.
Their MSP or EC7's can cost you around $500 and you get a solid-hitting moderate-LD shaft in the WX700.
It's a win win!
Check out the FB group "Mezz Cue Fans"
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They make really good LD shafts and they are well known for their LD shafts having a much better feel and feedback compared to all the other LD shafts invluding Predator.
This way you get a cue whose value will never go down and you get a good LD shaft that will feel the closest to a solid maple shaft out of every other LD shaft being made today.
Their MSP or EC7's can cost you around $500 and you get a solid-hitting moderate-LD shaft in the WX700.
It's a win win!
Check out the FB group "Mezz Cue Fans"
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2 years ago o sold a custom cue for 2,500.00. I bought a used meucci for 200.00 and took the red to pay down on a new truck.
Apparently I shoot arrows pretty good with this meucci.. Good enough to be raised from a 5 to a 6. The cue is 4 years old now with no warps or finish issues.
As for the op's question. ... Buy what attracts you. It does not matter what other people prefer.....they are not shooting with your cue....you are.
I took my custom to bars...league...pool.halls. Sure it got a lot of oohs and ahhhs but it did not make me shoot one ball better than any other cue i have owned.
Oh nooooo, the custom cue devotees are going to go wild. A $20,000 Balabuska should shoot infinitely better than a Chinese made cue.
A great cue doesn't MAKE you shoot better, it ALLOWS you to shoot better.
...or maybe you think Andretti could win the Indy in a Lada....
Do you think this man bought his instrument for $38 in a pawn shop?
