Can anyone tell me when the first GB-4 was made? Adam's Cue Company started making Balabushka cues in 1987....

Question

Adam's Cue Company started making Balabushka cues in 1987.... was the GB-4 made that first year or in the next year or two? I got mine used in 1989 and was wondering if it might have been a first run? Please feel free to e-mail me at [e-mail] thanx.

Answer 1

No. The GB-4, IS on the market, but not an original Balabushka. The original GB-4's (if you can find one) go for a gazillion dollars!

Balabushka, made Balabushka cues.

Adams Cues makes Adams cues and replica cues.

http://www.gameroomstogo.com/products/de...  <-----620.00 Balabushska GB-4 replica made by Adams Cue Co.

Balabushka Pool Cues History

Born in 1912, George Balabushka is a legend in the pool and billiards industry.  As a longtime pool enthusiast and woodworker, Mr. Balabushka is best known for the pool cues that carry his name.

Unlike so many of the cues that were being mass produced at the time, George Balabushka hand crafted each cue and autograph each cue he made.  The level of precision and quality Balabushka put out in creating each cue made them “must haves” for pool players around the world.  People would pay huge sums of money for original Balabushka creations.  Today, original Balabushka cues can only be found through auctions and private collectors.  

**"Balabushka originals command prices in the tens of thousands of dollars."

While the name Balabushka has been commonplace in the pool and billiards industry for years, it wasn’t until 1986 that his name became synonymous with pool.  In 1986, the world was re-introduced to the world of billiards by Martin Scorsese, Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in the movie “The Color of Money”, a sequel to “The Hustler”.  All it took was Tom Cruise’s character Vincent Lauria excitedly asks “Is that a Balabushka?” for the world to take notice of the pool cues.  Ironically, the cue being represented as a Balabushka was actually a Joss pool cue.

Balabushka died in 1975, but his name continues to live on.  Balabushka was inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 2004.  While the original Balabushka cues are extremely rare, you can purchase replicas that have been endorsed by the Balabushka family.  While they are manufactured in larger quantities, the REPLICA Balabushka cues continue to be extremely high quality and among the nicest cues on the market today.  (according to Adams ---NOT Balabushka).

**You're paying for the Balabushka name, not the late George Balabushka's hand-craftsmanship.

I could not find the date of when the very first GB-4 was made.

LAG

Answer 2

http://www.balabushkapoolcues.com/

They can tell you but it wasnt the first

Im sure you know they are not "REAL" George died in 1975