Johnathan Lonergan cue review

[jamesg19851]

I bought a cue from Johnathan Lonergan and am very happy with it so I thought I'd write a review. I was asking for something specific, with a high balance point and it's worked out very well. It's a beauty of a cue, the snakewood looks great with the maple veneers. It plays very well too. I cut it down from 57.5 inches to 55 inches. It's 17.9oz with a 9.4mm tip. I'll add pics, but just working out again how to do that.

[ADR147]

I bought a cue from Johnathan Lonergan and am very happy with it so I thought I'd write a review. I was asking for something specific, with a high balance point and it's worked out very well. It's a beauty of a cue, the snakewood looks great with the maple veneers. It plays very well too. I cut it down from 57.5 inches to 55 inches. It's 17.9oz with a 9.4mm tip. I'll add pics, but just working out again how to do that.

Add the pics to photo bucket and paste the img files into your post.

[nuts00]

He makes a good cue and knows his stuff.

[jamesg19851]

[jamesg19851]

He makes a good cue and knows his stuff.

Yes, his cues are very nice, and was easy to talk to about specs and stuff.

[Cue crafty]

Yes, his cues are very nice, and was easy to talk to about specs and stuff.

Cue looks beautiful - but does that cloth need some miracle grow?

[jamesg19851]

Cue looks beautiful - but does that cloth need some miracle grow?

Yeah, very happy with the cue. Ha, yes it's just a small pool table. It has had the same cloth on for more than 15 years, so really needs a new cloth! As it's such a small table and I'm playing more snooker now I'm not sure whether to get it done or not, if it's not too expensive perhaps.

[Snooker man Stevie]

Yes am sure he is on hear or at least he was a while back his cues looked nice

[markz]

I bought a cue from Johnathan Lonergan and am very happy with it so I thought I'd write a review. I was asking for something specific, with a high balance point and it's worked out very well. It's a beauty of a cue, the snakewood looks great with the maple veneers. It plays very well too. I cut it down from 57.5 inches to 55 inches. It's 17.9oz with a 9.4mm tip. I'll add pics, but just working out again how to do that.

Hi mate, having met up for a game I agree cue looks great. As you are not too tall a can see how you need a shorter cue than usual. Just wondered the reasoning behind having a high balance point rather than just let cue builder decide the balance.

[Cue crafty]

Yeah, very happy with the cue. Ha, yes it's just a small pool table. It has had the same cloth on for more than 15 years, so really needs a new cloth! As it's such a small table and I'm playing more snooker now I'm not sure whether to get it done or not, if it's not too expensive perhaps.

Yes indeed, can understand that - I've got a full size pool/dinning table at home but having got serious about snooker again this year I'm now not keen on using it. Seems to mess with all the angles in my head. Most likely just me though lol.

[jamesg19851]

Hi mate, having met up for a game I agree cue looks great. As you are not too tall a can see how you need a shorter cue than usual. Just wondered the reasoning behind having a high balance point rather than just let cue builder decide the balance.

My thought was that even with a 55 inch cue, I hold the cue quite far up the butt, so the balance point would have to compensate for that. To be honest I was probably over thinking things and it wouldn't matter too much, but it's worked out fine. If I was getting another cue, I'd just get a 57 inch cue with a normal balance point that was maybe a bit lighter and then have two inches cut off.

I think it's easy to go round in circles with cues, and I was a bit obsessed with balance points at one stage! It's worked out ok though, only thing I'd like to try is a lighter cue, around 17 ounces.

I'd like a trip to Greenbaize sometime.

[Snooker man Stevie]

Did he not also make a cue first Ding aswell as other cue makers