Maple cues?

[rocketryan87]

Been playing with a ash cue for a while but i find the grains and arrows really put me off my shots been told maple is what i would need.. So now looking in to buying a maple cue any suggestions? Or others with the same problem?

[Stevie1]

Give Ritchie at MAC CUES a shout he would make you a nice maple cue

[tony9ball68]

You could try an ash with fewer chevrons. Mine only has one I can see while down on the shot and it helps with aim, but your choice of course

[the lone wolf]

I've got two maple cues that can go for the right price. A one piece and a two piece, but I'm a little sentimental over the two piece. Both are v good players

[rocketryan87]

Can you send me some pics please buddy

[Bigmeek]

Personal preference really. Lots of people find the arrows helpful. I'm a Maple fan myself but that's really because that's what I've grown up with.

[rocketryan87]

I just dont want anything in my eye line if that makes sense

[Bigmeek]

I just dont want anything in my eye line if that makes sense

I 100% agree with you but you"ll find we are in the minority. Most of the top pros use Ash. Personally I think there"s nothing to beat the nice clean smooth looks of a Maple cue. One other thing I don't like about Ash is that it can catch on your chin stubble when cueing. Maguire has a heavy growth and he's a Maple cue user.

[the lone wolf]

Can you send me some pics please buddy

I'll pm you tomorrow and email you pics. Much easier for me as I don't have a photo bucket or similar account.
Plus, I'll need to take picks anyway and am well into this Fu match at the mo...

[Byrom]

Maple is so crap these days. Playing wise the response from some of the older maple cues were amazing however and you can always find one from a rack somewhere. I often think the best option for a cue sometimes is to find a lovely old rack cue either ash or maple that has a nice response and feel then buy it for pennies and send it off to a cue doctor to get it spliced up in a modern way.

As for trying maple - its hard to get a good one - Not really my thing anyway but I have had one or two - best I ever tried was this old Parris classic white maple blemish free thing (never understood why people pay more for a maple ultimate - pointless)and the second was a riley dufferin 'curly maple' and the third was a old Rex Williams cue with a metal plate badge.

Hard to get a maple cue with no marks in it - there is always something.

[rocketryan87]

Ok buddy sounds good

[rocketryan87]

I 100% agree with you but you"ll find we are in the minority. Most of the top pros use Ash. Personally I think there"s nothing to beat the nice clean smooth looks of a Maple cue. One other thing I don't like about Ash is that it can catch on your chin stubble when cueing. Maguire has a heavy growth and he's a Maple cue user.

I think fu does aswell but it looks a very dark maple or a well oiled cue. And lets not forget the greatest ever hendry was a maple user

[Bigmeek]

I think fu does aswell but it looks a very dark maple or a well oiled cue. And lets not forget the greatest ever hendry was a maple user

The Rack cues in the Club where Hendry practiced as a teenager were Maple. Might have had something to do with his preference.

[the lone wolf]

In fact I've got 4 maple cues, forgot about the other two but Byrom reminded me.
Two vintage cues, one has been fixed up and reconditioned.
NOTE:
All my cues have recently been refinished and have little or no blemishes.

[narl]

Maple is so crap these days. Playing wise the response from some of the older maple cues were amazing however and you can always find one from a rack somewhere. I often think the best option for a cue sometimes is to find a lovely old rack cue either ash or maple that has a nice response and feel then buy it for pennies and send it off to a cue doctor to get it spliced up in a modern way.

As for trying maple - its hard to get a good one - Not really my thing anyway but I have had one or two - best I ever tried was this old Parris classic white maple blemish free thing (never understood why people pay more for a maple ultimate - pointless)and the second was a riley dufferin 'curly maple' and the third was a old Rex Williams cue with a metal plate badge.

Hard to get a maple cue with no marks in it - there is always something.

I remember pottr's maple,ultimate, I've seen a better shaft on imported thai cues going for under a ton. =/

Example:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-Mo...3D262948465326

Pretty clean and under a ton