![]() ![]() After having him in the shop for 4 hours, I can honestly say that we were glad to see him leave as the bouncing of the shafts got to our head - thank God for Advil! The shaft can be tight grain or loose grain as long as it has the tone he's listening for. He pulls down about 50 shafts, then he takes each shaft and bounces it on the ground and listens for a certain tone. You see, Ariel is quite unique in the method of picking shafts for his cues. We allowed him to go through part of our shaft inventory and he picked out what he claims are the best shafts for his cues. Ariel is shown here trying to snatch up as many shafts as he can. I've played with several before and what I can tell you is this:The lunatic to your left is Ariel Carmelli. Don't just buy something because it looks nice and others seem to like it. ![]() Also, examine every inch of his craftsmanship. ![]() With all that said-to the original poster-if you do decide to purchase an AC cue I believe you will not be dissappointed.ĭo not, and I repeat, do NOT go out and buy a Carmelli cue just because you've been seeing some nice looking ones here and there. I have an Ariel that is 10 years old has some of the sharpest points I have ever seen on a cue and guess what they all LINE UP. ![]() Wow, Pharoah-how to jump off the deep end.Those were close comparisons.Not exact.And quite honestly I am not for sure if Ariel would even want his cues compared to them.I personally think his cues play better than the much desired Southwest cue.I think they look better than a Southwest cue too.And as for your Tad inlay statement-it was a comparison-Yes Tad does great inlay work-and I know since I watched Ariel restore close to 10 TAD's almost 10 years ago.Īnd onto another response.Best Billiard was where I met Ariel long ago too.Spent many a day hanging out in that little cue shop where Ariel began his mastering of the cue arts.Īs for having problems with an Ariel.He will go out of his way to fix any such problem with a cue he has built.Īs for points not lining up Pharoah-I will call that absurd.I have never seen one that he has built not line up.I am anal when it comes to nice cue sticks-Consider Ariel 10 times more anal than that.He will not put something out there with his name on it if he would not play with the cue himself or be proud to have his name on it. One man's whiskey is another man's wine.Īs I posted above in my previous post-IN MY OPINION. All I'm saying is make your own comparisons because as you can see, everyone will have different views on the same product. I would hate to see you invest money in something that you've never hit with and have it turn out to be not quite what you expected. I do, however, urge you to hit with cues by any cuemaker that you are considering investing in. I am not trying to steer you away from Ariel Carmeli. Ariel Carmeli does good inlay work but they are A) not of the same caliber, and B) of a completely different style. Tad Kohara does some of the most intricate inlay work I have ever seen. However, i have yet to see a single AC cue that I confused for a Southwest, and as for TAD, I'm not even sure that anyone could confuse the two. And, in his defense, he does quite a bit more design wise than Southwest. It is only within the last few years that Carmeli's points begin to line up. His cues are highly coveted and that is certainly not for their design as many were just plain 6 pointers.Īs for the look, close comparisons are NOT Southwest or Tad. Jerry Franklin is considered by many to have produced some of the greatest playing cues ever made. ![]()
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