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Wondering if anyone has shot with the new line of cues from Cuetec -- the R-360. This is a nice looking stick that seems to suit me well. Love the hit and the balance point. Still, I hear a lot of badmouthing when it comes to Cuetec. Forgive my ignorance, but what's wrong with Cuetec?
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Cuetec R-360 -- anyone tried it?
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Posted 15 November 2008 - 08:56 AM
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Posted 25 November 2008 - 03:49 PM
Paul,
I never tried out that model of Cuetec and your follow up question is an interesting one because many people are very eager to bash Cuetec. Everyone gets in line to dump on Cuetec. Cuetec makes very inexpensive cues, which is ok for the beginner - which you are not, right?
Speaking for myself, I'd steer you in the direction of the cues Fast Larry stocks here. The Balabushka cues are really nice production cues and I also am a fan of Joss Cues. Joss is my favorite production cue. The Cuetec shaft is corrupted by having a fiberglass rod in it. As for playing, it will get the job done!
To be fair to Cuetec and to give them their due, they sponsor a lot of pool tournaments so they are good for the game of pool.
Why not look into some custom cues? Paul Dayton makes a really nice custom cue and the waiting time is between 1-5 months. (www.daytoncues.com). Richard Cousins and John Madden (www.maddencues.com) are also excellent cuemakers. Mr. Dayton can put together a sneaky pete starting at $450, which isn't much more than you'd pay for the Cuetec and that Dayton cue will be your pride and joy for decades!
Hope I helped.
Yours truly,
The Woim
I never tried out that model of Cuetec and your follow up question is an interesting one because many people are very eager to bash Cuetec. Everyone gets in line to dump on Cuetec. Cuetec makes very inexpensive cues, which is ok for the beginner - which you are not, right?
Speaking for myself, I'd steer you in the direction of the cues Fast Larry stocks here. The Balabushka cues are really nice production cues and I also am a fan of Joss Cues. Joss is my favorite production cue. The Cuetec shaft is corrupted by having a fiberglass rod in it. As for playing, it will get the job done!
To be fair to Cuetec and to give them their due, they sponsor a lot of pool tournaments so they are good for the game of pool.
Why not look into some custom cues? Paul Dayton makes a really nice custom cue and the waiting time is between 1-5 months. (www.daytoncues.com). Richard Cousins and John Madden (www.maddencues.com) are also excellent cuemakers. Mr. Dayton can put together a sneaky pete starting at $450, which isn't much more than you'd pay for the Cuetec and that Dayton cue will be your pride and joy for decades!
Hope I helped.
Yours truly,
The Woim
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Posted 26 November 2008 - 07:06 AM
Woim -- Thanks for the response. High-end cues aren't something I'm real familiar with. No, I'm not a beginner but I've been playing for 50 years and am hoping to get my game back to where it was when I was a youngster. I've got a ways to go.
The Cuetec isn't a high-end cue, I understand that, but it's high-end for me. If money were no object, I'd like to buy a personalized cue from Bill Stroud at Joss West. I palled around with Strout when he was a road player and he helped me out of a jam at the old Cochran's in San Francisco. But his cues are out of reach for me, I'm afraid.
I've already forked over $300 for the Cuetec so that's that. When you mention that the shaft is corrupted by a fiberglass rod but it still plays well, that leaves me a little confused. Can you elaborate? Thanks.
The Cuetec isn't a high-end cue, I understand that, but it's high-end for me. If money were no object, I'd like to buy a personalized cue from Bill Stroud at Joss West. I palled around with Strout when he was a road player and he helped me out of a jam at the old Cochran's in San Francisco. But his cues are out of reach for me, I'm afraid.
I've already forked over $300 for the Cuetec so that's that. When you mention that the shaft is corrupted by a fiberglass rod but it still plays well, that leaves me a little confused. Can you elaborate? Thanks.
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Posted 26 November 2008 - 05:53 PM
Paul,
Wow! 50 years of playing pool! That's too cool. That's a lot of years.
A Cuetec cue is perfectly OK for playing pool, so you didn't go wrong. As for my use of the word corrupted, I mean in the technical sense that the shaft is not made from maple wood but with chunks of maple wood glued to a fiberglass rod.
As you know from your years in pool that a player has to adjust to any cue he's using so just play with it and have fun and you're game and your style will accomodate the Cuetec.
I'll give you an example. For many years I played with a Meucci which has a very flexible, even whippy shaft. The advantage to this was that the shaft was forgiving of my then loopy and fairly fast and loose stroke. When I took delivery of a custom cue made by Paul Dayton, I asked for a cue that played extra stiff. While practicing with it I had to shorten my stroke and make it more methodical or else I was going to squirt the cueball every other shot.
The disadvantages of the whippy Meucci shaft is that it's harder to add throw and sometimes adding throw is vital to maintaining cueball position play. Another disadvantage to the Meucci is that it seemed to me that long distance shots were more difficult. I definitely prefer the stiff shaft of the Dayton!
Good luck with that cue and tell us how your game is progressing!
Yours truly,
The Woim
Wow! 50 years of playing pool! That's too cool. That's a lot of years.
A Cuetec cue is perfectly OK for playing pool, so you didn't go wrong. As for my use of the word corrupted, I mean in the technical sense that the shaft is not made from maple wood but with chunks of maple wood glued to a fiberglass rod.
As you know from your years in pool that a player has to adjust to any cue he's using so just play with it and have fun and you're game and your style will accomodate the Cuetec.
I'll give you an example. For many years I played with a Meucci which has a very flexible, even whippy shaft. The advantage to this was that the shaft was forgiving of my then loopy and fairly fast and loose stroke. When I took delivery of a custom cue made by Paul Dayton, I asked for a cue that played extra stiff. While practicing with it I had to shorten my stroke and make it more methodical or else I was going to squirt the cueball every other shot.
The disadvantages of the whippy Meucci shaft is that it's harder to add throw and sometimes adding throw is vital to maintaining cueball position play. Another disadvantage to the Meucci is that it seemed to me that long distance shots were more difficult. I definitely prefer the stiff shaft of the Dayton!
Good luck with that cue and tell us how your game is progressing!
Yours truly,
The Woim
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Posted 23 August 2010 - 06:08 AM
Yo 9ballPaul, so I guess it is an unpopular opinion but I have a Cuetec Python 651 and I love it. The inlay work is beautiful, the stick is straight, the balance is amazing, the shaft is ultra smooth and punchy and draws like a demon. I don't notice any problems with the corrupted shaft. BTW the core is graphite not fiberglass. The fiberglass comes on the outside of the maple with the 5 bonded layers that keep the moisture out, increase radial consistency and make for an ultra smooth stroke.
I realize it ain't a Bushka but it is an amazing workhorse of a stick. It improved my game immediately.
I realize it ain't a Bushka but it is an amazing workhorse of a stick. It improved my game immediately.
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