9-Ball
Topic: 9 Ball/8 Ball Cue - Intermediate Player - Lucasi LZ2000SP?

Hi all!

New to the forum and looking for some advice, if possible.

I used to play snooker mainly to quite a reasonable standard and now play a mixture of 9 ball and US 8 ball. I'd like to get a cue to call my own rather than using bent and twisted club/pub cues (I don't use my snooker cue for fear of damaging it - that could be me being paranoid, though) .

I would say I play to a reasonable standard. I am by no means a professional. I make mistakes like everybody does. I am better than most of my mates, can use side to good effect and regularly make large clearances to win games.

I have a budget of about £150 ish to pick up a cue. I prefer simple looking cues and don't like the look of elaborate cues, personally (for example, my snooker cue is a John Paris classic, rather than one of the more elaborate cues he makes).

A friend of mine lives in Canada and I was going to see if he could send me a Lucasi LZ2000SP, which seems to get a nice review.

It seems like a lot of effort to obtain a decent american pool cue in the UK! But, having stumbled upon this site with interest I can see there's a decent selection of cues available (though most are above my budget!).

I have seen a Lucasi LZD 6 Pool Cue here, though. Does anyone have any opinions of this cue?

Or any suggestions for a cue within budget generally? As above, I prefer a more understated look, rather than an elaborate pattern/colour scheme.

Thank you for the help and apologies if this post brings sighs. I imagine assistance is asked for reasonably regularly.

Hi effectone I just had same problem as I was looking for a cue for my mate ex snooker player. He very likes my Z2 shaft of predator but obviously its over your budget but is very similiar to snooker cue shaft with 11.75 mm tip. He ended up on Poison VX 2.9 cue and is very happy about that but still cant get to use large tip size.
I play Poison cue as well and also have brand new Z2 shaft but cant feel it right as tip size is so small.
You cant go wrong with Lucasi cues as well as poison and dond need to buy venom2 shafts as they play exactly the same to me.
My target is one of Lucasi Hybrid Thorsten model but budget still stopping me...

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