Balance on ebony vs mapple

Can I get the P03 less the stain? If not the EB-1 looks like the cue for me, but will the ebony being that it is heavyer have a differnt balance point? Other than looks will ebony feel differnt than mapple? Which one will be the best use of my tax return?

[parrothead]

I know it's not a pechauer but I just purchased a Joss soild ebony cue and I have to say, it is fabulous. It was a toss up between it and the EB-1 and I just didn't quite have the funds to swing the EB-1. I would say that you can't go wrong with ebony, and you really can't go wrong with pechauer. My Joss has great balance, and awesome feel, and I can only imagine that a Pechauer would be even better.

[Sid]

The ebony will have more of a forward balance because it is heavier, but it has a real solid hit. A ebony cue that weights say 19 oz will tend to feel lighter as the weight of the cue is really spread all across the cue as it has less of an need for a weight bolt to make up the weight. One of the only problems with ebony that I see is it is very difficult to get a cue under 19oz because of the weight of the cue. Of course, that is not as bad because as I mentioned, ebony cues seem lighter anyway. So if you were shooting for a 19 oz cue, I don't think you would be disappointed with say a 19.5 or even a 19.75.

hmm, a bit off topic, but how wld other woods like cocobolo compare, in terms of firmness in the hit, n weight?

[the_saint_siwa]

hmm, a bit off topic, but how wld other woods like cocobolo compare, in terms of firmness in the hit, n weight?

I just about to ask the same q. How about cocobolo? Isn't cocobolo also a very dense and heavy wood, same category/class with ebony?

Thank's

[Elvis]

I am certainly no cue expert but I believe, from experience and talking to a cue maker in the past, the most common woods used would be Ebony, Cocobola and Maple in that order from hardest to softest. I know there are other types of wood but these are the most common and I don't know where any others would fall. Anyone can correct me if I am wrong.

[dags_lax]

I did a little searching on this subject and here is what I found out. This information was taken from various sites on the internet so I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the data as there was some variation between the sites. When that happened I did some more searching and the numbers used were the ones that came up most frequently. The following list gives the specific gravity of some of the more popular woods used in the forearm of a cue.

Bacote .84
Cocobolo .98
Ebony .96-1.12
Goncalo Alves .84
Kingwood 1.20
Maple .76
Paduk .72
Purpleheart .86
Rosewoods .85-.96
Tulipwood .96
Wenge .88
Zebrawood .74

The specific gravity of some other items:

White Pine .45
Ice .90
Water 1.00
Phenolics 1.34-1.50
(composites often used in the joint)
German Silver 8.58
(an alloy often used in the joint comprised of nickel, copper and zinc)
Lead 11.34

Specific gravity is calculated by dividing the density of an object by the density of water. Density is calculated by dividing the mass by the volume.