Powerglide Cues; great value?

[Master Blaster]

you do like a Powerglide cue mb have you seen this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQV8...1Wmf0kd_KYWShg

Thankyou so much, that was a real treat, listening to two huge cue geeks chatting about 80s PG. Memories come back to me now, the catalogues, the cues, everything. Wonderful stuff bud. The case at the vid end shows a Custom Cue butt option, which was very expensive at the time and you could even top it off by having a thick solid silver name plate on the end. Pukka! OMG, 19mins of Air Angel, I think I've messed me kecks up! lol

[garysnooker]

ive got one of the Custom Cue butt option but no solid silver name plate on the end

[brookst]

MB, some time in the late 1990s/early 2000s i wanted a cheap but reasonable cue to take away on trips etc i bought a 3/4th split machine spliced John Higgins signature PG ash cue, i believe it was 57" 17, 9.5mm tip. I may even still have it somewhere. From what i recall it was a nice, good value and responsive cue. I remember thinking it didnt have quite the response or feel of my 1 piece early JPU. But that it much better in terms of playability than i thought it was going to be. The only thing i couldnt get used to was the narrow butt size i think it was about 27mm when all of my current and previous fav cues have been 30mm. Thinking about it now i wouldnt say it was in the same league to play with as my early PG Conny (in both unmodified state or with its MW mods) but for the price (about £30 to 40) it was pretty good and nice to play with. Hope that helps. Tom

[Master Blaster]

MB, some time in the late 1990s/early 2000s i wanted a cheap but reasonable cue to take away on trips etc i bought a 3/4th split machine spliced John Higgins signature PG ash cue, i believe it was 57" 17, 9.5mm tip. I may even still have it somewhere. From what i recall it was a nice, good value and responsive cue. I remember thinking it didnt have quite the response or feel of my 1 piece early JPU. But that it much better in terms of playability than i thought it was going to be. The only thing i couldnt get used to was the narrow butt size i think it was about 27mm when all of my current and previous fav cues have been 30mm. Thinking about it now i wouldnt say it was in the same league to play with as my early PG Conny (in both unmodified state or with its MW mods) but for the price (about £30 to 40) it was pretty good and nice to play with. Hope that helps. Tom

I'm with you on wide butts, Burwats are also lovely in that respect. A lot of the players and cue makers play with these skinny poles that I can't stand. 30mm minimum for me and me Purist at 33mm is lovely.

[andy carson]

sod all wrong with them, got one 5 years ago, still straight as a dart, and playes lovely. powerglide spyder 3/4 with mini butt and long adjustable push on. cracking cues for kiln dried wood.

[brookst]

Hi guys,
found my 1990s-ish PG John Higgins Ash 3/4th split in the loft last night, its still straigh after a good while up there and looks pretty good. Im going to refinish it, retip it with something good and see how it plays.

Any tips on refinishing the cue?

Thanks
Tom

[vmax4steve]

Send it to me and I'll do it for £20 + postage back to you, pm me for address

[Master Blaster]

Hi guys,
found my 1990s-ish PG John Higgins Ash 3/4th split in the loft last night, its still straigh after a good while up there and looks pretty good. Im going to refinish it, retip it with something good and see how it plays.

Any tips on refinishing the cue?

Thanks
Tom

http://www.auroracues.com/reoil.php

The best finish bar none.

[eaoin11]

My local stocks pretty much the whole range and I've tried most of them when looking for a back-up cue. They are actually made quite well with many decent examples. The shafts tend to be quite solid, and I was impressed with the balance on some of the 2 piece cues from their 'professional' range. But you have to refinish them and I don't feel that the shafts are quite consistent enough from cue to cue for me to want to order one online. If buying blind I would rather pay a bit more for something from the established Thai cue makers.

[Master Blaster]

My local stocks pretty much the whole range and I've tried most of them when looking for a back-up cue. They are actually made quite well with many decent examples. The shafts tend to be quite solid, and I was impressed with the balance on some of the 2 piece cues from their 'professional' range. But you have to refinish them and I don't feel that the shafts are quite consistent enough from cue to cue for me to want to order one online. If buying blind I would rather pay a bit more for something from the established Thai cue makers.

Fair enough mate, good opinion expressed well. I think their range to be a try before you buy if you can, but at +£80 for a hand spliced 'Professional', I think their range great for taking a chance and probably the equal of anything coming out of China at this price, e.g. O'min, JJ, Peradon, Cue Craft. At this level you may get lucky and receive a crackingly good, playable shaft and you may not. The thing about Powerglide is that you can find stockists whereas I haven't heard of anywhere to try an O'min (Chinese), JJ, Woods. To be fair to Cue Craft and Peradon, their cues can also be tried in the 80-220 range. And this is where the UK brands have an advantage.

[golferson123]

Fair enough mate, good opinion expressed well. I think their range to be a try before you buy if you can, but at +£80 for a hand spliced 'Professional', I think their range great for taking a chance and probably the equal of anything coming out of China at this price, e.g. O'min, JJ, Peradon, Cue Craft. At this level you may get lucky and receive a crackingly good, playable shaft and you may not. The thing about Powerglide is that you can find stockists whereas I haven't heard of anywhere to try an O'min (Chinese), JJ, Woods. To be fair to Cue Craft and Peradon, their cues can also be tried in the 80-220 range. And this is where the UK brands have an advantage.

you saying cue craft are now made in china?

[andy carson]

you saying cue craft are now made in china?

if he is he is wrong, cue craft cues are all made in the uk

[Master Blaster]

you saying cue craft are now made in china?

No, I included CC by mistake of typing quickly. My apologies to all at CC! Their cues are made in England, even the cheap C42 cue. They promptly write: 'this is not an imported cue' in the description. God knows how they do it, maybe lathes, lots of machines?

On some cues they also write ''This snooker cue is created by the Cue Craft professional team in Nottinghamshire, England and is made entirely from raw timbers and materials.''

I believe them. Now if the UK charlatans also said the same thing on their websites and adverts......

CC make great value cues and you can try them out in shops. Their cues are the better of Thai cues at the same price IMO. Another good reason to buy British. Their custom cues are very good and I know from experience.

[Mark david]

I had a couple of powerglide cues back in the late 1980's presumably made in the U.K
the first was a 2 piece affair with a joint that had a plastic collar that completely killed any ability to apply any kind of top spin or screw.

My second was I think called a galaxy and purported to have ebony splices,but when removing the varnish found it to be some synthetic substitute.Also had a Hungarian ash shaft that had horrible grain.

Both pretty crappy cues in my opinion.

As they are now made in Asia apparently might be better or worse

[kastley3]

Hi I'm looking for a manock powerglide cue as mine was nicked l had it from new in 74 if anyone can help let me know please it was maple with a8.5 tip