Mike Wooldridge cue

[poolqjunkie]

A lot of people I have met do not even know the difference between machine spliced and hand spliced cues.

[BallCraze]

Btw, what you are looking for ?? what info you need ??
Maybe we can help you here ..

Well I'm looking for a good cue that's beautifully crafted and precisely balanced. Been doing own research and like I said in my first thread, seen a lot of pics and read a lot of buying experiences from makers but don't find enough on MW.

So I wish to know has anyone actually got a cue from VCM? Select the choices, click on buttons, click submit and flick out your credit card and make the payment? How's the overall buying experience like? How's dealing with Mike like?

[Freddie Ng]

Mike himself is on this forum.. maybe you can pm him.
There a few past thread about his cue.. try locate it by using the search button.

[Renegade_56]

I have an MW Black Shark and it is absolutely perfect. Mike is a great craftsman and a straight up guy in my book. Next cue I buy will definitely be a MW, maybe with a little veneer next time, but definetly a MW. He told me he took VCM down as far as ordering goes a while back, so PM is your best bet I think.

Check out Ebay and compare the amount of MW's, TW's, and JP's for sale. What I find is very rarely people sell MW's. Gotta be a reason for that, and after playing with my Shark for a few months I think I know why.

Renegade

[tornado taylor]

I've only seen 1 mw cue in my time, my brother has 1. Seen plenty of parris cues but never heard or seen a tw cue until coming on here. Another maker which I've only seen 1 other is glover - Another top cue maker, i've had a few and cant fault them. Only negative I can see with a mw cues is the price..seems a bit much for me.

[poolqjunkie]

I always consider Mike Wooldridge cues (not the Shark) in the same price range as a Black Plate or an Ultimate cue, perhaps a bit less. In that regard, I do not consider his work over price at all. As a matter of fact, with all due respect to all the the other excellent cue makers, I probably would buy a MW over other cues in the same price range if I am to spend over 600 GBP on a cue. Just my opinion.

[tornado taylor]

I always consider Mike Wooldridge cues (not the Shark) in the same price range as a Black Plate or an Ultimate cue, perhaps a bit less. In that regard, I do not consider his work over price at all. As a matter of fact, with all due respect to all the the other excellent cue makers, I probably would buy a MW over other cues in the same price range if I am to spend over 600 GBP on a cue. Just my opinion.

Wouldn't like to comment on that cause I havent see mike's top of the line cues close up. I'm just going on I had a design and I asked both mike and trevor how much it would cost to make..i wont say the difference but it was alot.

[Renegade_56]

I'd say either way, you get what you pay for, imo,,,,,,,,

[poolqjunkie]

Wouldn't like to comment on that cause I havent see mike's top of the line cues close up. I'm just going on I had a design and I asked both mike and trevor how much it would cost to make..i wont say the difference but it was alot.

Yes, I know what you mean. TW cues are really top notch and he is charging a very low price for his excellent work in my opinion.
But I was not comparing MW to TW in my previous post, just MW to JPU and Black Plate, or perhaps even Stamford series 1. I was just saying I would choose a MW over these 3 personally.

[tornado taylor]

Poolqjunkie - fair comment mate, his cues do look very nice.