1-piece Maple - must be solid hitting!!

[poolqjunkie]

Yep. Well, with ash and what I know of cues, a straight or pro pool taper (straight and then parallel) has too much flex while a british taper (conical) is what "pro's" use.

Not sure why you believe the pros play with a "conical" taper...

If by "British taper" you mean taper(s) used by various makers in Britian, then I guess since most pros are playing with a British made snooker cue they have to be using a "British taper." But the tapers used by different cue makers are different, and they all feature a curvature, some are less profound than others.

For example, a Tony Wilshaw and a Northwest (both British cues) feature very different tapers.

Flexibility is not necessarily a bad thing, and it is not determined only by the curvature in the first few inches of a shaft.

[thelongbomber]

Hmm... so then the next question is: what makes a cue play well? Is it the taper? the timber? the joint (or lack of)? or is it something else that can't be explained?

I played with a Tom Gauthier cue for a few months and found that it provided power, incredible accuracy (was easy to pot balls and I missed less), and had the ability to put a lot of "action" on the white.

Confused

[Oldgit]

Well my friend......you have just described the perfect cue for you!! I hope that you still have the Tom Gauthier cue, why would you ever sell a cue that gave you everything that you wanted?

Oldgit

Hmm... so then the next question is: what makes a cue play well? Is it the taper? the timber? the joint (or lack of)? or is it something else that can't be explained?

I played with a Tom Gauthier cue for a few months and found that it provided power, incredible accuracy (was easy to pot balls and I missed less), and had the ability to put a lot of "action" on the white.

Confused

[poolqjunkie]

Hmm... so then the next question is: what makes a cue play well? Is it the taper? the timber? the joint (or lack of)? or is it something else that can't be explained?

I played with a Tom Gauthier cue for a few months and found that it provided power, incredible accuracy (was easy to pot balls and I missed less), and had the ability to put a lot of "action" on the white.

Confused

If it was so wonderful why are you looking for another cue?

[thelongbomber]

The old Tom Gauthier was ash to begin with. I have used maple for several years now and perhaps it's mental but i don't believe ash has the same playing characteristics or is as predictable as maple.

The Gauthier cue was also a tad too thick in the butt and I didn't really want to venture into having work done to an as original Tom Gauthier cue (would decrease it's value), so I decided to sell it instead.