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Selecting The Right Cue For You

Q1) What is a splice and how does it effect the quality of the cue?

The splices of the cue are the points you see where the ebony/rosewood part of the butt goes into the shaft. In terms of playing quality, the splices do not affect the cue, although, I would say that in machine spliced cues... Read On!

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Buying a Cue Part 2

The First thing to realise then considering having a custom built cue made, or in fact buying any new cue is that the cue isn't going to do all the work for you and transform you into a better player overnight if at all. Until very recently Stephen Hendry had been playing with a medium priced maple cue that can be purchased out of most shop racks!, it's the player that's holding the cue that counts & just because you now have the same stick in your hands as Rocket Ronnie doesn't mean you will play like him, there is NO substitute for experience and vast amounts of hours spent on the table going through valuable practise routines, if your not sure what you should be practising, have a look at the TUTORIALS section of the site.

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Buying a Cue Part 1

We are all told that John Parris is the foremost cuesmith in the world, and where i got a quote for a custom built cue, which amounted to £500+ Is this a fair price for a cue? Read on...

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Emerald Gem Cue by Mastercraft

The overall impression that the Gem gives is one of classic elegance, the design is very similar to that of the Parris Exclusive.

View the full range of Mastercraft cues here

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CS1 Classic Snooker Cue by Mastercue

In this review we are going to be taking a closer look at a cue that bridges the price gap between the cheaper machine spliced cues and the more expensive hand spliced ranges. This cue was reviewed from our online range of mastercue cues

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Exclusive Cue by J Parris

In this review we will be taking a very close look at a stock cue from the worlds leading and most famous cue manufacturer Mr John Parris. Parris cues are based in South East London and make cues for 80% of the worlds top players. The Parris name is synonymous with the cue crafting industry. The Exclusive model retails £354-85p to E.U destinations, and £302 outside the E.U.

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Mike Wooldridge Hand Made Cue

I have been playing Snooker on and off for about 25 years ( only 35 now) and have played to a reasonable county standard in my youth. ( unlike Mike Wooldridge i don't feel the urge to tell you I have had a 147 because i ain't!) I have owned more cues in that time than Monty has had putters, from the Argos special of the early eighties, Craftsman cues when they first started up, Hunt and O'Bryne ( should never got rid of that one), Cuecraft, Old Joe Davis cue's, the Parris Ultimate that I recently sold to Grahame out of boredom which led me to looking for a new cue and going to Mike Wooldridge after seeing the web site and requesting the opinion of David Smith at cuesnviews.com.

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Mike Wooldridge Custom Cue (Thuya Burr)

Throughout the past six months I have spent time trying to obtain the perfect cue for me. Yes it has been a costly affair but I had also learnt a lot about the process of using the Internet for purchasing cues and also due to the patience of the cue makers themselves a lot to do with the actual manufacturing process itself and I have to say I am now more knowledgeable for this experience and able to pass that on to others and advise where appropriate.

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Ions Custom Made Cue

Ok so we have sold on the Wooldridge custom cue..Put that one down to experience ( please see another separate review) and we now know we are never going back to a stiff piece of maple so where do we go if we don’t want to pay a similar price again but do not want to scrimp on quality?

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Eclipse by Mastercraft

I ordered a standard cue (model "eclipse", ¾-jointed) of mastercraft , I could choose length, tip size and weight.

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Legend Cue by Craftsman Cues

Just new out from Craftsman Cues comes a range of well priced cues to cater for all breeds of player, and easily accessible price wise for the working class man.

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Acuerate 147 Snooker Cue

I have been lucky in the fact that I actually got to inspect and try out not just 1 but 4 of these Acuerate 147 models. This gave me a far better idea of what is typical or untypical about them. As this cue involves some scientific claims I have also had to have the cue analysed by experts in the field of physics. I had to get a better idea of the concept as the Acuerate website doesn't have any info relating to the no throw principal.

Full Cue List Can Be Found Here

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Black Prince Snooker Cue

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Traditional plain black ebony cue with no frills that is only made from the very finest of materials. The cue is made to custom specification at no extra cost and has a choice of three different badges. The price remains the same no matter which cue style you choose.

The retail price of the Black prince is £130, a base joint and solid ebony standard mini butt will bring the cost to £145.

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Wood Types For Cue Building

There are hundreds of different wood species that are available for modern day cue building. Some of these woods are more widely used than others. Some woods will be chosen for their decorative and visually appealing grain patterns, whilst others will be chosen for their density to make cue butts.

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My Peradon Cue Review

The order process was very easy I first looked all over the internet and then I chose to email Peradon which they rapidly replied letting me know that I needed to contact my local dealer D&M Sports in Spalding very helpful indeed and very polite.

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Mike Wooldridge x-series x2 Cue Review

Any one considering buying a cue from mike i really can not recommend him enough, and if you have any dowts drop him an email, he seemed more than happy to help me out and the guy really knows what hes talking about when it comes to his cues. Definately 10 out of 10 from my expierence, cheers mike!

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Arch Fine Cues Cue Review

As a keen follower of snooker, John realised that there was very little new or exiting happening in the way of cue making which led him to address this issue. By subtly fusing traditional hands-on crafstmanship, precision engineering and state-of-the-art technology, John now produces world class cues both aesthetically and in terms of performance.

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Riley Paul Hunter Cue

This is a cue I bought recently in Argos. I bought it on the basis that it was a good price and I could take it back if I didn't like it.

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Powerglide Arena Snooker Cue

In this review we are going to take a look at cue brought to us by the Powerglide cue company. Powerglide has been around for a long time, and have over 110 years of heritage and history in this industry, yet still remain one of the unsung hero's.

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Custom Mini Butts

Most of you will have read my articles on the protective base plug and the review on the Mastercue SE-6 mini butt extension. In that review I found that product lacking in weight and quality. The main negative issue regrding the SE-6 was its lack of feel and familiarity. As soon as it was attached, that bond that a player has with his cue was broken. This is a particularly bad thing when you consider that a mini butt is required on that is made more complex by being just out of reach, it doesn’t need further complications provided by the extension itself.

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Dominator Cue by Crafstman Cues

This cue was ordered from Maximum Break’s website. The ordering process was very easy with the cue being delivered in a week and half from ordering this included several emails and phone conversations keeping me up to date and asking for details when required.