Easier to make a cue or a violin ? Craftsmen !!

[tomeestrings]

I was asked today if I found it easier to make a cue or a violin ?? My reply was : Depends on who was going to be playing It ??? Any thoughts ??

[crispian jones]

I was asked today if I found it easier to make a cue or a violin ?? My reply was : Depends on who was going to be playing It ??? Any thoughts ??

before reading the post, and seeing the title i was going to say the same

[tomeestrings]

Violins may take a little bit longer to make but the maestro using either is just as talented ride:

[ADR147]

a cue - by a long long way - i know a couple of violin makers believe me it is a serious business!

[tomeestrings]

A cue you say !! By a long way ??

[PetMarmoset]

Cue. Not even close. There's a reason a Stradivarius costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Maverick54]

Cue. Not even close. There's a reason a Stradivarius costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Wonder if he made my cue with it having a fiddleback butt (ok so its Pyinma)

[eaoin11]

Even a simple tapered ash/maple dowel with a tip glued on and a bit of weight added for balance could potentially serve very well as a cue. Try making a nice-sounding violin as easily! My brother has a couple of old ash house cues with painted butts that play really well.

[ADR147]

A cue you say !! By a long way ??

its meant to be a joke mate, to me it is pretty obvious making a violin is much much harder!

[tomeestrings]

Apparantly a strad violin changed hands for $20,000,000 and regularly sell for £3-5 million Not bad considering they were made 300 yrs ago with home made tools glues and varnishes !!! Well Guys , lets hope our offspring appreciate all your cue making efforts , lets hope decent cue prices continue to rise !!!

[billabong]

its meant to be a joke mate, to me it is pretty obvious making a violin is much much harder!

The original question was , what is EASIER to make, so you were right all along.

Some prefer the violins of Giuseppe Guarneri, than Antonio Stradivari, much in the way of Wooldridge vs White

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[tomeestrings]

Yeah I didnt understand the joke !! My missus makes jokes like that I just take everything literally lol

[tomeestrings]

I only restore them nowadays for my own pleasure !! I cannot even play !! Come to that I am rubbish at snooker too

[ADR147]

Yeah I didnt understand the joke !! My missus makes jokes like that I just take everything literally lol

was not my best joke ever to be fair!

[tomeestrings]

No worries , maybe I should watch more Dads Army