Wanted Parris Ultimate

[rob s]

Just got back from holiday and I have decided to look for another parris ultimate, wondering if anyone on TSF had 1 they were willing to sell. I will consider all parris ultimate cues on their own merit including 3/4 maple but I would prefer 1 piece ash if I'm honest:
Specs required
57-58 inch length
17.5-18.5oz weight
9.4-10mm ferrule/tip
29-30mm butt diameter
16-17.5 inch balance point

I've got cash waiting and also a couple of other cues if someone wanted a part ex deal

[Neil Taperell]

Got another itch Rob

[rob s]

No longer looking for an ultimate, the mrs would kill me if I bought another cue after selling my TW lol

[Andrew watt]

Did you sell that tw you had on eBay

[rob s]

Did you sell that tw you had on eBay

Yes mate that's sold

[Terry Davidson]

rob:

Did you get any Ultimates offered? I have never seen one and I would like to try one out for awhile but they are just too expensive for me to buy.

Terry

[rob s]

rob:

Did you get any Ultimates offered? I have never seen one and I would like to try one out for awhile but they are just too expensive for me to buy.

Terry

Yeh I got offered 3 but they were all crazy money apart from 1 which I never found out the price due to the look if the shaft

[mythman69]

the only one I have played with had a splice coming out (only 3 years old too) . . .

[rob s]

the only one I have played with had a splice coming out (only 3 years old too) . . .

Yeh I've had a similar problem with a JP special about 18 months ago, I've owned 7 JPUs maybe more but I can remember number 207, 294, 767, 905, 1053, 1340 and 2026 some of them were amazing cues but some were nothing special IMO. Its like anything in life, you get great 1s and then you get more average 1s and that can be said for all the top cuemakers

[Terry Davidson]

Thanks for the answer rob. I figured they would be very expensive and judging from the many comments on here there is no guarantee you will get a great cue or at least an Ultimate which is worth the money paid for it.

Terry

[sydneygeorge]

Thanks for the answer rob. I figured they would be very expensive and judging from the many comments on here there is no guarantee you will get a great cue or at least an Ultimate which is worth the money paid for it.

Terry

Very very true Terry,
However, the JPU is the ONLY cue in the WORLD that one can on sell for a handsome profit, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't tickle you in the right way you just sell it and move on.

[Terry Davidson]

sydney:

That may be true however if I pay a lot for a cue I expect to get a really good cue plus of course there's the hassle of trying to sell an Ultimate. The most expensive cues I've purchased at 800+ have been a Mike Wooldridge and a Dave Coutts and I got an excellent cue both times. I use the MW as my playing cue however I couldn't get on with the DC cue and sold that on for about what I paid for it.

Here in Canada players will not pay more than about maybe 300GBP for a cue unless it happens to be a Gauthier as those sell for around $1,000(CAN) or about 650GBP for a good one and here would be more attractive than an Ultimate.

Terry