Tweet
Hi Friends,
With today's market, there are so many capable cue manufacturers/makers. In the list that I am about to type are some of the cue 'makes' that if I were to consider buying a new cue that I would look into their range: Mike Wooldridge, John Parris, Trevor White, Cue Craft, Unique Cues, O'Min Cues, Welsh Pool Trading Cues, Craftsman Cues, Master Cue, MasterCraft Cues, Robert Osborne, Andrew Ramsey, Coutts Cues, Acuerate Cue (possibly!), Gravity Cue and I could carry on, all of those companies/cue makers produce very high standard snooker cues. There is just so much choice nowadays.
My question is how do you find the perfect cue for yourself? There is so much choice these days. Do you just go with the specifications that you know you want, for example 10mm tip, ??mm butt diameter, However many shaft arrows if you have ash, type of wood etc and just choose a good cue maker or do you go around all different cue makers finding the people that can make the best cues.
I understand that a cue is not what is going to make you into a world champion but I think it is important to get the right and perfect cue for yourself.
Also, here comes another problem for me, as I live in Plymouth in England, there are hardly and snooker shops if not any at all where I can try out a large number of cues, if I was to actually try cues I would have to go on a long trip up the country which isn't convienient.
So what can I do? Do I just look for a well respected cue maker and buy a cue with the right specifications? But then you would always be paranoid thinking that there is a cue out there better than the one you already have as snooker players are paranoid!
I know it is all about what you get used to but I am a believer in finding the perfect cue and that would be difficult for me as I live 'down south' in England.
Any help would be appreciated,
bongo.
With today's market, there are so many capable cue manufacturers/makers. In the list that I am about to type are some of the cue 'makes' that if I were to consider buying a new cue that I would look into their range: Mike Wooldridge, John Parris, Trevor White, Cue Craft, Unique Cues, O'Min Cues, Welsh Pool Trading Cues, Craftsman Cues, Master Cue, MasterCraft Cues, Robert Osborne, Andrew Ramsey, Coutts Cues, Acuerate Cue (possibly!), Gravity Cue and I could carry on, all of those companies/cue makers produce very high standard snooker cues. There is just so much choice nowadays.
My question is how do you find the perfect cue for yourself? There is so much choice these days. Do you just go with the specifications that you know you want, for example 10mm tip, ??mm butt diameter, However many shaft arrows if you have ash, type of wood etc and just choose a good cue maker or do you go around all different cue makers finding the people that can make the best cues.
I understand that a cue is not what is going to make you into a world champion but I think it is important to get the right and perfect cue for yourself.
Also, here comes another problem for me, as I live in Plymouth in England, there are hardly and snooker shops if not any at all where I can try out a large number of cues, if I was to actually try cues I would have to go on a long trip up the country which isn't convienient.
So what can I do? Do I just look for a well respected cue maker and buy a cue with the right specifications? But then you would always be paranoid thinking that there is a cue out there better than the one you already have as snooker players are paranoid!
I know it is all about what you get used to but I am a believer in finding the perfect cue and that would be difficult for me as I live 'down south' in England.
Any help would be appreciated,
bongo.
Comment