Let's talk pool cues...

Ebbtide

Ebbtide

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So.
After getting bifocals I gave up the game.
FF a bunch of years and I now have progressive lenses and can shoot pool again.
And how else to celebrate?
With another purchase!
Maybe…

I've got a perfectly good base model Huebler and an early 80's base model Adam's with a warped shaft.
I think it is an Adam's, no mark on the cue but it is in an Adam's box. It was so long ago I forgot… And it was the 80s :rolleyes:

I do NOT play 9ball… Straight pool kind of guy, maybe one pocket and 8ball with friends. Big table in the big room, no bars for me.

Having said all that :)

What's everyone shooting with?
There's lots of talk about "low deflection" shafts on the net… opinions?

If I were to get a new cue, I'd be thinking of something equivalent to a Dozier knife.
Good looking, but all function and quality first.

Feel free to discuss amongst yourselfs :D
 
I used to play a lot. Back then I owned a nice Helmstetter from the mid-80s. I traded it several years ago for a knife since I rarely play anymore. Kind of wish I would have held on to it.
 
Lots of quality cues out there, but they are a lot like knives. Assuming a quality build, once you get to a certain point, you are just adding "bling". Materials, points, etc are just cue jewelry, but if that's your thing then enjoy. Nothing at all wrong with it. I would absolutely recommend that, regardless of jewelry, get something that simply feels good to you, and don't let anyone tell you what you should or shouldn't like.

Some guys like the way ivory joints hit, others hate it. You might like wood to wood, but I like steel joints. It's just preference.

It took me awhile to get used to low-deflection shafts, but I'm glad that I did. Well worth the effort for me because I find them more forgiving.

Your Huebler, and especially an old Adams, would be fantastic players. Throw a new shaft on the Adams and you're good to go. If you simply want a new cue then you're going to find alot out there that you'll like.

Me... Verl Horn, steel joint, big-box one-hole player.
 
Thanx bwcaq.
The more research I do, the more I lean towards new shafts for the two sticks I have... Sort of two for the price of one.

They are some plain vanilla sticks though... I guess there is something to be said for bling.

Decisions, decisions :)
 
Predator make a nice shaft.
I have mine very thin on the end, almost snooker but not quite. Also, Google 'Dennis Taylor' for some good ideas on glasses.:)
Cheers
 
I'm not good enough to justify the cash on one of those...

Like a said above... the Dozier equivalent.
Schon is more like a Wheeler :)
 
I also owned McDermott and Viking cues. They were very good, and I would not hesitate to recommend either one.
 
When I played which was a very long time ago, the best cues out there were McDermott's and Meucci's. I had a couple different ones with different thicknesses cause sometimes I liked the fatter mm shaft like when I played straight pool. It just seemed like there was more control and better english with a fatter shaft. I dont remember exactly the mm but I think it was like 13mm. I also had a cue or two that had the double thread system for "breaking". I remember one case I had held a couple of shafts so that was the main one I would travel with to tournaments and leagues. It looked like a small suit case or should I say gun case.

I liked and carried a plain jane two piece cue in cheap padded case when I went out hustling as it didnt give me away til it was too late! :) Haven't played the game to that level or really any level in probably 25+ years!
 
When I played in a league in the early 90's one of my team mates had a Meucci.
I didn't really like the hit.
It felt odd to me. My Heubler feels very solid, the Meucci sort of flexible for lack of a better word.

Talk about hustling, the gal that owned it won the cue off of a guy on a bet.
:)
 
I managed to find a second-hand Nova a half dozen years ago - right after he stopped production ... fantastic cue. I've liked the Schon cues I've seen, and hit with - but honestly, I was never good enough to really justify the new prices on these. The used Nova is a better cue than I deserve, but I'll hold onto it for a while. :)
 
Those two previous posts brought on a wave of nostalgia.

Before he passed, my brother-in-law frequently supplemented his salary by sharking pool. He had a pair of Meuccis that he passed on to my kids. Neither of them play, but I have kept the cues for them as mementos of their uncle.
 
I'm a firm believer in "it's the Indian, not the arrow" mentality. Get what you like, and as long as it shoot straight, all it takes is practice.
 
Always wanted to enjoy pool enough to justify having my own cue, but I was never good enough to enjoy myself. It wasn't for lack of trying either, I played often enough, but was much better at darts. Maybe one of these days when I can frequent the dark and booze filled pool halls here again, will I get good enough to pick up a good stick for myself.

Ebb, from my understanding, it's like guns and knives, buy what fits you best and does what you want the best. Not by the name (to a certain extent).


-X
 
Yeah, like guns and knives... to a point.
I don't want a Bersa or a Barkie...

If I had pool shooting friends I might be able to try some cues...
The guys I used to shoot with all had lesser cues (except for the gal with the Meucci) and that was no help.

Besides, the hunt is a huge part of the fun.
I did find a pretty Pechauer that made the short list :)
 
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