Pool cue question ??????????????

Question

Why do people refer to any 2 pc cue as a custom??

A custom is made to your specs not 1 of 2000 that are the same thing 1 out of 200 players do not have a custom cue made for them

But they all say they have a custom cue

Just wondering Later Johnny

Answer 1

I have never heard someone do that unless it really was a custom cue.

Answer 2

WOW Johnny, you're full of questions today and good ones at that. You're right here in that a "custom" cue is manufactured to a persons specifications.

Unfortunately for the less learned, that does NOT mean a cue with an autograph on the butt or some decals under the clear finish. Per your question, I don't even know anybody in my pool world that has a custom cue. So why would someone say they have a "custom" cue? It's simply because they just don't know any better.

I hope all is well with you!

Answer 3

Bragging rights, Johnny. Pure and simple.

Answer 4

we called it a break-down.  A custom was just that, not purchasable in a store.

Answer 5

dont get a custom unless youre a good player

waste of money for a begginner

Answer 6

I do NOT know why anyone would refer to their 2-piece cue as a "custom cue", unless it IS a custom cue. Even then ---it's silly to even mention the "C" word, unless you are talking pool cues or selling your pool cue ---and even then, it means nothing. I have a custom cue, and I've NEVER referred to it as my "custom cue" .....bah!!!

I have NEVER referred to ANY of my two-piece cues as "custom" cues. I don't ever remember even calling them "two-piece" cues. I just call 'em: my pool cues, ie. My Meucci -aka: "my baby" (which IS a custom cue -made to my specs, and I've NEVER called it 'my custom cue'), my Mali, my "crappy Scorpion" (quote-unquote), my "Duff'' (old Dufferin cue), my cues, or my sticks. That's it!

I always call house sticks: "Bar lumber". Have you ever heard that term? ..HA!

LAG

Answer 7

People are stupid and want to seem like great players. They are just bragging.

Answer 8

They're usually replicas of customs that the pros use.  Like a signature series cue at a shop would be called a custom even if 20,000 of them are made.  If it's not a pro replica then its custom compared to the house sticks.

Answer 9

Just an old custom that is hard to break...some "custom-ers" asked for a custom cue..and I guess this was taken to mean one that is not a house cue...like me that  paid my $200 for my "custom" Predator instead of paying 1200+ for a truly "customed" cue....that "customarily" the  buyer can't shoot with it because they were not "a-customed" to shooting with such an expensive cue.....just an old term that players are "ac-customed" to using....no big thing!