Value of an 'Ultimate' shaft

[pat_wong]

tight grain=slow growth. wide grain=fast growth. takes your pick

Can tell me more on your tight grain=slow growth. wide grain=fast growth, bought a JP 3/4 champion cue with the tightness grain i have and the shaft with the joint when on hold is just light as paper how to say on this shaft please advice. Thanks in advance.

[culraven]

Aren't the arrows winter rings and between them the lighter wood is the growth ring in the summer? Wouldn't that make the arrows denser wood? So therefore affect how a shaft plays depending on how many of them there are, to be fair I haven't got a clue just asking pish that pops into my head

That must be why English Ash is so sought after, our lack of Sunshine probably makes it as dense as old Bazza! Lol

[frazz]

Most of the ultimate shafts will be stiffer also which tend to play better so your paying extra really for them to select the best shafts play wise and look wise.

[golferson123]

Possibly, in my own experiance wide grain tends to be a bit less pingy, and of course being fast growing its been well fed,