How to spot a good shaft?

[Baileysnooker]

When your looking at buying a cue online, what do you look for in the shaft? (Ash inparticular)

Tight chevrons?
Even spacing?
Anything else?

[Ramon]

Played with ash for many years .
Whenever I wanted to buy a cue , I looked for 3 things : Side grain pattern.
tight and thin grain pattern .
How many chevrons the shaft had , was absolutely Not important for me .
2 - taper
3 - color of the shaft

Not playing with ash anymore though .
Perfer Maple .

[sanman]

everything is just visual

what makes a cue a good cue is the little things like balance taper etc

[Ramon]

everything is just visual

what makes a cue a good cue is the little things like balance taper etc

excellent point.
lots of potential talents out there assuming that you can touch the cue When You buy it online.

[Byrom]

I like to test how a cue resonates when you hit it on your palm - test the whip sort of - and test the sound of the hit and the reaction of the cue

[golferson123]

Firm believer in healthy fast vs slow growth tight vs broad just my opinion

[Ramon]

I like to test how a cue resonates when you hit it on your palm - test the whip sort of - and test the sound of the hit and the reaction of the cue

Could'nt agree more with this .

since the OP Mentioned buying a cue ONLINE .
especially with today's development with regards to diff kind of technologies.
you can just pick up the cue from behind the screen of your laptop and give it a try. Listening to the sound and that kind of stuff.

Great post .