help with cue

[stustu83]

hi, im in the market to buy a new cue, as my old i paid £90 for and ive been told its worth 30 lol i dont want to get ripped off again so just a few questions.......

(i) im using to quite a light cue at the min, i dont know the excat weight but every other cue i have used is far hevier and i always have trouble with cue ball postion.... would a hevier cue help with this snf how heavy should i go?

(ii) i use a talisman tip which i love but the cue i use is 8.5-9.0mm and everone i know says i should be using a thinker cue as the one i have is maily used for english pool...... is this true , would it help my game?

(iii) is ash and ebony butt the best materials, what things should i be looking out for , i do have a good budget but obviously i want it as cheap as poss......any good names ?


any help greatly appreciated....

[ADR147]

ok firstly what is the cue you bought.

[stustu83]

dont know im at work at the min but i will check once i get home..... all i know is it ash shaft but apprently its chinese ash....have no idea what the difference is im sucha noob hehe

[ADR147]

not many people could tell where the ash came from and it doesn't matter much - get home take some photos and lets see what we have.

[stustu83]

http://www.rightoncue.co.uk/product_...roducts_id=425 that the one :S

[ADR147]

and what is wrong with it?

its not a top quality cue but then its not expensive - if you can use it its fine!

[stustu83]

well its very light and apprently a heavier cue wil help me with back spin......or so i have been told by the same guy who said it was chinese ash .....????

[ADR147]

well for a start he talking nonsense because the weight makes NO difference to the amount of back spin - that is all about timing.