Ash or Maple

[johno]

Just wanted some opions on the main playing differences between ash
and maple cues. It seems most cues these days are ash and
most of the top pro's seem to use ash. Personally I prefer a 'stiff' cue, not
wippy and some of the older maple cues I've tried (50+ years old) are
much stiffer than the new stuff. Has anyone else found this or any
particular traits that seperate the two ?

[xander]

read this the other day i think it may help
http://www.handmadecues.com/home/24-ashormaple.htm

[unclevit]

Just wanted some opions on the main playing differences between ash
and maple cues. It seems most cues these days are ash and
most of the top pro's seem to use ash. Personally I prefer a 'stiff' cue, not
wippy and some of the older maple cues I've tried (50+ years old) are
much stiffer than the new stuff. Has anyone else found this or any
particular traits that seperate the two ?

I played yesterday. Many games with Ash and many games with Maple (trying to get the actual feel of each wood). Since all my Ash shafts are with many beautiful arrows, I felt nervous when cueing the arrowed shaft, from time to time, worrying 'bout the straightness of the arrows towards the center of the cueball. But for Maple I felt kind of a 'relief' to my eyes, and got better cueing concentration. So, I think I am going with Maple shafts in my next few custom projects of my own. The maple action that I think will suit me most is the one with medium spring, as it gives similar action with Ash's tight lines pattern (medium to stiff). Don't know in the long run. From my experience only

[johno]

Thanks for that, good site to look at.