Professional Cues

[Semih_Sayginer]

Hi Semi, 10/10 for effort,but I can see the hook sticking out of the bait,when fishing you should take the advice of carp anglers and be more subtle with your presentation lol.

ive caught you sooooooooo many times with bare hook in the chatroom that i decided not to use bait, again. no wonder you seen the hook, but i cant imagine how you thought you seen bait.

ill have a pint of what youre having...

[Dean]

I like taking the bait just so that I can break your line in the fight,and I'm drinking tea,went off alcohol about 20 years ago.How are you mate,been hiding?

[Semih_Sayginer]

I like taking the bait just so that I can break your line in the fight,and I'm drinking tea,went off alcohol about 20 years ago.How are you mate,been hiding?

you like bait? there wasnt any. just bare hooks

i dont like tea.

i never said you were on bevvy.....erm

im fine, busy working, and looking forward to the new snooker season.

hopefully ronnie will get beat early in a few tournaments (dont bite. no hook, or bait)

[Watford]

Oooooo
Can you tell us any more about what cue Ronnie is going to be using!!!!
Will it be a traditional style again?
What are the specs?
or is it a secret...

[Dean]

I havn't seen the cue yet as he's only just collected it,so at the moment I cant answer you.I did ask him what model it was,and he replied that he didn't know,he just tried a few cues that John had made for him and picked out the one that felt right.He then had a few changes made,and seems happy with it(so far).......

[Watford]

I like the "Traditional" Burwat Champ looking one he had before but I'd alway's assumed it was an "ultimate" or even better really so I suppose he could have any splicing he fancied.
I'd be really interested in more info later if you can!
I did actually see a cue on ebay when the worlds was on which said it was (a 2 piece traditional) made for Ronnie, when he was thinking on getting a motorbike. I was really tempted but unsure that it was true. (I would have tried to contact you on the BBC board but I think we'd both fell out with it by then.)
I put a bid in but didn't get it!
It would have been worth the money it went for just for me as a playing cue.
Funnily enough I would have gone higher but I missed the end of the auction cos I was watching Ronnie play!

[Shinsakuto]

Hi,

If anyone has credible and verifiable information which type and specification cue the leading pros use, post it here.

Disregard the hype and mostly lies from vested interest groups who claim all sorts to get their own product sold, one awful web site I have come across is the Cue & Caseman he posts on his webpage a list of cues allegedly used by the leading professionals which is a total fabrication, either the chap is a fraud or an idiot, or maybe both? his claim is that 14 out of the current top 16use a Parris cue, absolute nonsense;

He lists the current world no 2, Ken Doherty as playing with a Parris cue, absolute rubbish, Ken uses a club cue that has been modified to suit his height and reach, NO PARRIS, he then lists Mark Williams as using a Parris Cue, also rubbish, Mark uses a 57" machine spliced ebony/ash cue made for him by Trevor White from wales, likewise Stephen Hendry rejected all 4 of the samples made for him by John Parris when his own cue was damaged, he now plays with a Master Cue that has been adapted for him by Parris, NOT MADE BY PARRIS, Ronnie O Sulivan used a Parris Traditional he later gave away to a young boy he now plays with a cue made by Stamford Cue Makers, the same company that made the cue for Ding Junhui, the Australian Neil Robertson was also quoted as using a Parris cue, rubbish again, he uses a cue made for him back in Australia, Matthew Stephens uses a Trevor White cue, Steve Davis plays with his old "Ye Olde Ash" again, Magquire uses a cue made in Scotland by Andy Gibb, last years world champ Murphy uses an old cue modified which was once Ray Reardons cue, so where does that leave this chaps ridiculous claims???

Hi,
I cant verify all your comments but with regard to Ronnie's cue he uses a Parris Ultimate fashioned to look like their Traditional which is suppose to be a copy of a Burwat Champion. Ronnie won his first World Championship in 2001 (I believe it was that year) with his old Burwat Champion and when he won the 2003 World he uses a one piece Parris Ultimate. For some reason at the beginning of the 2004/05 season he changed into a 3/4 pc Parris Ultimate again looks like their Traditional but it was a different cue with different flower grains and I believe this is the same cue he gave away to the kid in the 2006 World. He is currently using another very similar cue to his last one and suspect it might also be a Parris Ultimate.
Hendry did settled on using a Parris cue which he won the British Open in 2003. Steve Davis back in the 80s uses a Ye Olde Ash, then chose a Parris copy of his old cue. I dont know what he uses now.
I think many players, as you said, probably have their non Parris cues serviced or modified by Parris because he hangs around at major snooker tournament offering his service.