Cue Contest

[mythman69]

Played with it last night in my first league match of the season... 96 first shot and a sublime 52 clearance in the second frame. Quite like this cue.

96 first shot sounds good to me . . . pots balls by itself

[DeanH]

I was only thinking of this thread yesterday, good to hear the TW is a good'n
piccies as soon as please
ps a 96 in one shot - wow!

edit "good to hear the TW is a good'n" who would expect anything less:snooker:

[pottr]

Well, my Trevor White arrived on Saturday (thanks Trev)... Super busy weekend meant I never had chance to try it out apart from about three or four shots.

Played with it last night in my first league match of the season... 96 first shot and a sublime 52 clearance in the second frame. Quite like this cue.

It's different to the others in terms of responsiveness. This is the closest thing in terms of feel to my old cue I've had. The taper feels a bit thicker than what I'm used to butt (hehe, pun intended) that's not necessarily a bad thing.

This could very well become my playing cue...

[pottr]

No more cues as of yet

I must not have long to wait for my TW, JP though...?

[Mellow Yellow]

hows this going? any updates? the bank balance must have taken a massive hit now :-)

[pottr]

Turns out there's a chap who makes cues named Mike Wooldridge...

More info on the shocked thread.

[pottr]

It is an ultimate. One piece too so I guess that would add to the 12 months usual?

Gets here when it gets here I suppose.

For what it's worth, very happy with my MAC cue. The other cues will have to feel right immediately to get their fair chance.

[Gerry Armstrong]

If your Parris is an Ultimate I reckon it will be last. Actual waiting times are running at 18+ months at the moment.

[pottr]

Well, after a little debate I came away from the shop with promise of a full refund by cheque to be in the post this morning.

I am happy with the resolution.

Tony claimed that the problem this cue has encountered is that he simply has not been able to afford to keep the heating on in his workshop overnight so the wood has split from being switched into my warm home. He said it's happened in the past but not for a very long time.

It was not a problem with glued splices.

He did say he could rectify the problem in half an hour but I didn't have the most pleasant journey there so I just demanded my refund. Bumper to bumper traffic.

Bottom line, if it only took minutes to solve then surely it would have taken less time for him to give it a proper once over before handing it too me.

have you placed all your orders now? how long is the next wait and who from?

I have orders in the queue with Dave Coutts, John Parris, Robin Cook, Trevor White and The Cuefather Mike Wooldridge.

I could not tell you who will be next but likely Mike's. Full payment upfront means he has a faster leadtime than the others I reckon.

Robin Cook will be last as he told me of a 14 month wait at the time of order. I believe he has stopped taking custom orders all together?
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[cally]

Very poor workmanship, spesh for the price, my trev was alot cheapeer for sim design and better ebony etc...

That's why i stick with trev...

Feel for you pottr, not good man...

[Mellow Yellow]

thats in a poor state for a new custom cue, look forward to hearing how you get on with a refund and the reason for it leaving the shop like that.

have you placed all your orders now? how long is the next wait and who from?

[jrc750]

Yeah looks like a splice problem that's all, i think i would be more concerned with the lack of finish on the butt ???

[pottr]

I noticed it the second I looked at it at home and called him the next morning.

Arranged to meet him at 14:30 last week. Arrived on time and he was not there. Had to wait thirty minutes for him to turn up.

I literally picked the cue up, handed over the coin, put the cue in my case and raced back down the A444 to get to the school to pick up the kids!

[Neil Taperell]

Very unusual for a Glover cue . They always appear very good . Just an error .....we all make mistakes . Don't know why he did not notice it when you picked it up though .

[narl]

Looks like a splice has become unglued as most of that is a perfectly straight line.