John Parris Cues

[keith auld]

Nice one Wity ! - pity ther's not another showing which person's head it is, then we can close this thread

[keith auld]

cuemaking is just like any other job - we're all trying to make enough money to get by; there's nothing special to cuemaking, it takes learning and then continual work at so that making cues becomes second nature and easy. A master Butcher, Carpenter or any other trade has to work hard at what they do to learn their trade and it gets easier the longer you do it

[mattyuk]

who do you mean keith?

[LWB]

Are you saying that generally cue makers are just guys who do what they love, love what they do, and good results come because of it?

[keith auld]

I think that about sums it up perfectly !

[poolqjunkie]

Going back to the original topic of this thread, I also like the Superior, but I have seen olive wood sort of changed color over time and has become kind of "dirty looking." You should not expect the wood to look like the one shown in the picture on the site, especially not after you have used the cue for a while.

Parris cues have good resale values worldwide. It is not a bad buy if you take the resale value into consideration. Although there are others that make a great cue, not all of them can get you a good resale value especially when you go outside of the UK.

About which model I like, I think the basic ebony ash or the traditional is good. Sometimes, you can get a used one on ebay at a great price, and you may get more or less the same price when you sell it later.

[keith auld]

Sorry Matty - which thread are you referring to as I posted 2 at the same time

[mattyuk]

just the heads up there own arse bit.

[keith auld]

just a joke - considering some of what's gone before - couldn't resist it!

[mattyuk]

oh okay. .

[MikeWooldridge]

many years ago I played with a group called Rainbow

was there a court case? how are zippy and george doing theses days?....

those of us who make cues do so because we love it and enjoy producing something that is part of us

true. why else put in the amount of work we do, and then quite often have to listen to people to bitch and complain about prices.

the same people who are possibly plumbers, electricians etc.. who think it's ok to step into someone's house for 5 minutes and charge £75...

or the painters who work on site, do an hour or so, **** off down the pub, then charge the company a full day....

that's nothing against other people's jobs/careers, good luck to them all. just the point that nobody complains about paying them

however, the person/craftsman (and this applies to many crafts) who spends hours and hours trying to make something perfect, and more importantly, has dedicated their life to their work, is expected to do it for next to nothing in the majority of cases.

it's gotta be love...

a bit like Van Gogh

the only thing i've got in common with van gogh is i got ****ed on absinthe once.

oh yeah, and can't imagine cutting my own ear off after the experience i once had when i accidentally 'snipped' off part of my scrotum whilst trying to shave my balls...

We're nothing special guys, just people, the same as you, trying to make a living

amen...

[keith auld]

Great Stuff Mike - see you havn't lost your sense of humour then - could be that Van Gogh wasn't prepared to go to your extreems for his art. In his mad state he was only prepared to chop off his ear - but trying to chop off your own b******* off, wow that's dedication for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mattyuk]

hes a scary prediction of parris cues in the future.

[honleung80]

The simple matter of the fact is, John Parris cues are not what they used to be, or at least the majority of Parris cues being made today.

Whilst my opinion is not one based on decades of cue making, I feel logic here would be that if John Parris cues are built on the reputation that John Parris makes exquisite cues, what can be said if it’s a John Parris cue not made by John himself?

I work in advertising and can see how well John has marketed himself off the back of extremely hard work and knowledge in cue making. Fair enough that he has decided to reap the benefits of this and churn out cues with his label on it but if you’ve built a reputation as THE finest in the business, then it’s up to you to keep up that hard work and quality of product. If not, then you will simply lose that reputation over time.

I’ve owned two Parris cues and I’ve got to say that based on those ….there is no way I would go back to a Parris cue. I doubt I’m the only one that feels this way.

It’s as simple as this, if you bought a Picasso, a Monet or a da Vinci painting, how would you feel if you found out that it was actually one of his many understudies that worked on it?

[ADR147]

umm in the end a cue is a cue whoever made it, its not a mystical thing. every cue maker has some cues that are better than others its normal, i think its a issue of quality control and in the case of parris some slip through the net that shouldn't. however lets be honest about it i have seen many superb parris cues as well.