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    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?

  • #2
    Give Ritchie at MAC CUES a shout he would make you a nice maple cue
    Current playing cue Trevor White
    3/4 ash cue

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    • #3
      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
      I went into a chemist and asked for a deodorant, the assistant said "ball, stick or aerosol", "No, I want it for under my arms!" was my reply.

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      • #4
        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
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        • #5
          Can you send me some pics please buddy

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          • #6
            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.

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            • #7
              I just dont want anything in my eye line if that makes sense

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              • #8
                Originally Posted by rocketryan87 View Post
                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.

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                • #9
                  Originally Posted by rocketryan87 View Post
                  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...
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                  • #10
                    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.

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                    • #11
                      Ok buddy sounds good

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                      • #12
                        Originally Posted by Bigmeek View Post
                        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

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                        • #13
                          Originally Posted by rocketryan87 View Post
                          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.

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                          • #14
                            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.
                            "I got injected with the passion for snooker" - SQ_FLYER
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                            • #15
                              Originally Posted by Byrom View Post
                              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
                              Last edited by narl; 23 April 2017, 08:45 PM.

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