Pool cue recommendations

[MustangPoser]

Picked this up for $80:



Lucasi L-2004nb, looks like an older model? I figured WTH, I saw the newer model online for $3xx. Dirty with a few dings, the black on the butt is from a rubber cover thing...

Still wanting a sneaky pete though :/

[Rafa]

You got to get a Dragon stick. Only stick you'll ever need. hahahaha

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Hell, I have an 8 footer and it's fun as hell. Plus, it's the perfect size for my medium sized game room. Got to have room for some darts and some couches

[barronj]

Agreed on the 9' table. I'm stuck with practicing on the lowly oversized 8' at the house.


However, it's mostly bar boxes around here so there is an advantage.

Supposed to be playing some snooker pretty soon.

Cut your teeth on a 9' & you can hold a clinic on a quarter table with a broom handle.

And never take anything but a sneaky Pete to a bar

[Snatch Napkin]

What is this one pocket you speak of?

I'm not real sure, but I hear there is money getting thrown around on it pretty often.

[Snatch Napkin]

Agreed on the 9' table. I'm stuck with practicing on the lowly oversized 8' at the house.


However, it's mostly bar boxes around here so there is an advantage.

Supposed to be playing some snooker pretty soon.

[Roscoe]

What is this one pocket you speak of?

[CWO]

Practice more. It ain't the bow, it's the indian....

Yup.

As long a cue is solid, true, weighted, and shaped how you like it; it shouldn't really matter if the core is made of recycled car tires or unobtanium. You're also wasting time on anything less than a 9' table too IMO.

[Mike]

If I could have all the years I spent in pool halls back, I would apply the credit to golf, if I couldn't just take the cash.

9 ball, one pocket... whoa. A lot of afternoons spent drinking water or sodas out of mini pitchers, moving quarters up & down the bank.

We used to play a round of golf, then go to the pool hall and play golf on the 10' tables.

[Roscoe]

9' tables FTW.

Bar box fo' lyfe!!! #YOLO

[Mike]

Heh... That's what I keep telling myself.

If I only played on bar boxes, then I would have never noticed.

It was incredibly apparent this weekend on a 9'.

9' tables FTW.

You should really consider taking up One Pocket.

[Snatch Napkin]

The only solution here is to shoot better.

Heh... That's what I keep telling myself.

If I only played on bar boxes, then I would have never noticed.

It was incredibly apparent this weekend on a 9'.

[barronj]

If I could have all the years I spent in pool halls back, I would apply the credit to golf, if I couldn't just take the cash.

9 ball, one pocket... whoa. A lot of afternoons spent drinking water or sodas out of mini pitchers, moving quarters up & down the rail/bank.

[Roscoe]

What makes it horrible to play with? Is it too dense?

After 2 years of playing nearly every day, I'm noticing more deflection coming off of my shaft and I'm missing some critical shots that required some heavy spin. I was watching someone else play with an OB shaft and saw his shaft weeble wobble off the cue ball and do him the same way. Whereas, if the ball didn't squirt out so much it would have made.

I absolutely cannot stand playing with a Cuetec with the fiberglass shaft. The feel sends chills through my hand and up my arm, but they don't deflect at all. I've seen the same type shot get made. I just can't stand the feel.

This had me wondering if a solid wood pin and joint might be required to make it feel right.

Practice more. It ain't the bow, it's the indian....

[Mike]

What makes it horrible to play with? Is it too dense?

After 2 years of playing nearly every day, I'm noticing more deflection coming off of my shaft and I'm missing some critical shots that required some heavy spin. I was watching someone else play with an OB shaft and saw his shaft weeble wobble off the cue ball and do him the same way. Whereas, if the ball didn't squirt out so much it would have made.

I absolutely cannot stand playing with a Cuetec with the fiberglass shaft. The feel sends chills through my hand and up my arm, but they don't deflect at all. I've seen the same type shot get made. I just can't stand the feel.

This had me wondering if a solid wood pin and joint might be required to make it feel right.

The only solution here is to shoot better.

[Rick Modena]

Might as well use rebar..

lol.

I only use dense, heavy, dark maple shafts, ivory ferrules, and Triangle tips.

My nigga!