One Piece or 3/4 ?

[Neil Taperell]

Been playing this game for about 28 years and had more cues than 28 !!

In all those years , until now , i have always used a 3/4 jointed cue . Not a clue why either

After using my one piece for a couple of months , i don't think that if i bought another cue i would revert back to a 3/4 cue .

Don't know what it is but really like a one piece cue .

Any one else done this or went from a one piece to 3/4 ?

[jono*]

Went from a 3/4 plain black ebony to a 1 piece and never looked back. As no two cues play the same, could just be that cue works better for you. Although i do like the look.of a one piece. Just feels and looks complete. Less problems that can arise later on in its life too.

[caesar]

I moved to a one piece cue about 5 years back from 3/4s and just think you have more "feel" in the balls, and you can rely on less going wrong with the cue as I've had many joint problems with split cues previously.

[DeanH]

my first cue was a 2pc, then I got a 1pc snooker cue and my game improved dramatically as it just felt so much more "solid" and the feel of the shots was more communicative.
Then I got a 3/4 pool cue, and I have no problem going from one to the other.
I have played pool with the snooker cue, and snooker with the pool cue, and I would say that snooker is better with the snooker cue (being 9.5mm) then the pool cue (8.2mm) but in general I can play well with both.
not much help eh!?

[Steve748]

I have a couple of cues made by MW and they are both 3/4 and they play and look like a 1 pce with the hidden join so I have the best of both worlds

[mattyshinobi22]

i once went from a one piece, to a 3/4. but it was made has a one piece but jointed above the splices. JRC750 knows the cue ( parris traditional)

played great, felt like a one piece. still dont know why i got rid of that one.
i know now not to blame cue but myself

[Bigmeek]

Neil, were 3/4 cues around 28 years ago? I bought my first cue 30 years ago and opted for a centre jointed one just for the ease of transport. At the time I can't remember if 3/4 was an option. When do you think 3/4 were generally available? Anyone know who the first pro to use a 3/4 was? I know John Spencer was credited with being the first to use a centre jointed cue. That would have been around the mid 70's. I like to know the history of these things.

[Neil Taperell]

Seem to recall that i bought my 1st 3/4 cue from Keith Auld about 25 years . So 28 years ago i was probably using a cheap centre jointed cue .

[Maverick54]

Same here more 3/4 cues than I care to remember. 2 weeks ago I bought 2 one piece cues. Would never go back now. The hit is totally different, and I'm cueing much better

[dan226]

I was playing with a one piece thai cue, once I got a JP champion 3/4 cue, I got rid of the tai cue, I think as long as the shaft is good, it makes a good cue no matter it's a one piece or a 3/4 anyways.

[jim evans]

started with 3/4 cues but when i started making them became a 1 piece fan mainly because of designs i could create.

[Andrii]

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[Erwan_BZH]

it's a nice debate Neil. As a matter of fact, I am actually thinkking about going one piece as well. I currently have a nice 3/4 Parris Superior cue but find it a bit heavy (19.5 lbs) and I'm eyeing some changes so I was like 'why not going one-piece'. It is supposed to give you a better feelign and some of the commetns above seem to confirm that feeling. I might even switch to maple....:P

[jim evans]

A 1 pièce you can have a lot lighter cue

[Erwan_BZH]

Yep indeed, it is part of my reasonning as well...