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  • May I just elaborate further.....the time that I used to notice the lack of feel was in and around the black and pink spot.....I was forever over screwing/topping which is when u really need to be able to trust the cue/player combination.....I then found myself trying to underplay some shots to compensate for this, which used to make it worse......now don't get me wrong I was never Pro standard but used to hit 60/70 breaks on a very regular basis, so would like to think I had an idea of what I was doing.....May I also add this was over a period of 6mths or so.....I even tried changing from my normal Elk's to Blue Diamond to see if it made any difference, sadly the answer was no......

    In conclusion my highest break with the Old Nelson was 103....the highest I managed with the JP was 57......I always found that the one hard (that normally turns a okay break into a one visit frame killer) shot was where I used fail time and time again.....

    Thats what I found anyways.......other people may be able to Chop and change their cues, but i'd like to think i'm not alone in that I wasn't one of those players.
    Safety doesn't win frames.......Potting does!

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    • Originally Posted by Dozza19792 View Post
      May I just elaborate further.....the time that I used to notice the lack of feel was in and around the black and pink spot.....I was forever over screwing/topping which is when u really need to be able to trust the cue/player combination.....I then found myself trying to underplay some shots to compensate for this, which used to make it worse......now don't get me wrong I was never Pro standard but used to hit 60/70 breaks on a very regular basis, so would like to think I had an idea of what I was doing.....May I also add this was over a period of 6mths or so.....I even tried changing from my normal Elk's to Blue Diamond to see if it made any difference, sadly the answer was no......

      In conclusion my highest break with the Old Nelson was 103....the highest I managed with the JP was 57......I always found that the one hard (that normally turns a okay break into a one visit frame killer) shot was where I used fail time and time again.....

      Thats what I found anyways.......other people may be able to Chop and change their cues, but i'd like to think i'm not alone in that I wasn't one of those players.
      I love looking at people's cues like the next person but that's about as far as it goes with me as I've owned my latest cue a few year now, also played loads of frames with friends cues like white,Parris, my mates old hunt & O'byrne etc etc and TBH i wouldn't say any of them played any better or worse then what ive got now, so buying one of those wouldn't make sense.

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      • Incidently I now play with 40+ yr old(best guess) Machine spliced 16.5oz 1 piece with a 11mm tip that i got from CashConverters for £20....got about 5yrs ago.....it has insulation tape on the butt to make it thicker.
        Safety doesn't win frames.......Potting does!

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        • sounds alright, any pics?
          Originally Posted by Dozza19792 View Post
          Incidently I now play with 40+ yr old(best guess) Machine spliced 16.5oz 1 piece with a 11mm tip that i got from CashConverters for £20....got about 5yrs ago.....it has insulation tape on the butt to make it thicker.

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            As requested....minus insulating tape.
            Safety doesn't win frames.......Potting does!

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            • like the look of that, whats the specs?

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              • Originally Posted by j6uk View Post
                like the look of that, whats the specs?
                58"
                Maple shaft
                29mm Machine spliced ebony butt with single pale flash
                11mm tip
                16.5oz

                Got a E.j riley machine splice rosewood, ash shaft 58" with 10mm tip 17.5oz too as a back up
                Last edited by Dozza19792; 23 March 2015, 07:29 PM. Reason: missed some info
                Safety doesn't win frames.......Potting does!

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                • sounds like a nice piece of wood and that your enjoying it.. like the specs with the 11mm, i used 11 over 25 years ago and i remember it wasn't easy to miss a long ball
                  Originally Posted by Dozza19792 View Post
                  58"
                  Maple shaft
                  29mm Machine spliced ebony butt with single pale flash
                  11mm tip
                  16.5oz

                  Got a E.j riley machine splice rosewood, ash shaft 58" with 10mm tip 17.5oz too as a back up

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