Welcome to QP Custom Cues

The waiting time now for one of my cues is about 1 year to 15 months, but I do build some cues for my own pleasure. If you contact me and want one of those the waiting time might be as low as 2 to 6 months. Most of the other words on this page are from the man that built my web site. He was a Queperfect custom cue owner long before he started work on this web site.

If you are looking for one of the best pool cues in the World today, congratulations, you've come to the right place. The above image is a classic example of the expertise and craftsmanship utilized in the making of a QP cue.

The majority of my cues are made to order, although I do have a limited stock of cues available for sale now and if you are interested in any of these then drop me a mail and we can talk business. If you would like something purpose built to your specification then again, contact me with your requirements and if we can come to an agreement on price and availability then maybe we can make one another happy. Failing that take a wander through this site and if something takes your fancy contact me and maybe I can make you something similar.

At QP I strive to produce pool cues of the very highest quality, both artistically and functionally, and with a finish as near perfect as is humanly possible to create. If anyone can better my cues, in any way, then I would really love to both know and meet them.

I am a one man operation. I have no links with any other cue maker or manufacturer, nor do I employ any foreign inlay men to work in my shop. I personally do every inlay, wrap, ferrule, and joint: the whole cue. I am lucky to be an American and my cues are 100% American made.

I choose my woods carefully, trying to buy the best figured and best wood. I do not try to save money by buying seconds. The newer woods (Such as highly figured maples, ebony, etc.) I buy are then dried properly and aged for at least four years before the first cut is made on them. I have highly figured curly and birdseye maple in my shop right now that have been hanging up without a single cut for more than 8 years.

The great percentage of my woods are rare and came from old houses. The woods have been aged for decades, but I still take them to a wood kiln.

I can build you a cue with a stiff hard hit with a stainless steel joint, or crisp solid hit or soft hit without stainless steel. You must tell me when ordering which of the three hit types you prefer. I do not recommend the stiff hard hit of a stainless steel joint for I believe the steel hinders and cuts off some of the feel to the holding hand. With the other two hits you can have a better idea what is happened at the leather tip when it contacts the cue ball.

Some keep one room climate controlled and store their woods there, but then work on the woods in a shop that is not climate controlled. I pay a huge electrical bill because my whole shop is climate controlled. There are a few overseas shysters that will say they keep their shop climate controlled, simply because they are jealous of me. They wonder why my cues gain premium prices while their's sit and rot or sell for $100 or less. They read my site even though they are not welcome. They read what I print on this site. They copy and paste my words or ideas as their own. They care not a wit about stealing my copyrighted words, designs, and ideas. They openly brag of their criminal activities against me.

Beware of these third world street hustlers and criminals. You know who they are because when they ruin one brand name with their junk, they simply take their photos from a different angle, keep JPs on their joint pins and then in a year they have ruined a second, third or more names as they continue to cheat the civilized world.

I strive to make the best hitting cue that my talents will allow. I strive for perfection with every cue I build. I am an eccentric and a perfectionist that is never able to get everything as perfect as I want to, but I sure get very close.

我會盡我所能去製作打擊手感最好的球桿。對每一根球桿我都力求完美。 我是一個怪人和一個完美主義者。就算我達不到我想要的那種完美﹐至少我也能做到非常接近。

I personally shoot good enough (Extreme shots by me) to know how my cues hit. I do not use certain plastics for my ferrules that give more spin. That kind of spin, usually found on cheap, but pretty third-world country one-week cues (and strangely the Predator shafts), cannot be controlled well. I put all of my cues together just like I did for the cue I made for Efren Reyes. I do not take short-cuts even with my "Plain Jane" cues.

Ask for the cue that Efren Reyes asked for . . . A QP Cue.

你也可以要一根艾夫倫﹐雷耶斯想要的球桿。。。QP球桿。

I do not attempt to sell my cues to Pro players nor market them to Pro players. I want someone who has money and really appreciates a good cue. I have many fine customers who own more than one QP, some want a second and third cue from me. I like for my cues to go to people who really appreciate a well-made cue, something they worked hard for to purchase. I do not pay Pro players to shoot with my cues. I understand they want to make money by endorsements. I feel for any cue maker to pay a Pro to use his cue is, in essence, asking the Pro to use a cue he might not necessarily really want if he were not paid. What would the Pro use if no one paid him any money? This is the question to find out the truth.

如果我的手藝這麼差以至於我要花錢僱人來用我的球桿﹐那我會因慚愧而退出這一行業。我從不試圖在專業球手面前兜售我的球桿。我喜歡有經濟實力並識貨的顧客。我的許多顧客都擁有不止一根我的球桿。我喜歡我造的桿在他們手裡。因為他們識貨﹐也因為他們為了購買而努力地奮鬥著。

Efren had known of my cues because he first visited me in late 2000 or January 2001. The world's other cue makers found out in March of 2002 and a few in The Philippines knew in mid 2001.

Efren之所以知道我的球桿﹐是因為在2000年年底與2001年年初之間他來初次造訪過我。其他許多制桿師傅是要到2002年月才知道我。

Efren Reyes was both the "8-ball" world champion and the "one pocket" world champion when in April of 2005 he asked me again to build him a cue. The first time he asked was, I think, in January of 2001.

Efren Reyes(艾夫倫﹐雷耶斯)曾在2001年首次向我詢問幫他制桿一事。在2005年4月他又再次問起。當時他是黑八球項目與一袋球項目的世界冠軍。

The cue, by mutual agreement between Efren and I, is borrowed. And I feel honored that Efren thought enough of the way I build my cues to ask for one.

經共同協議﹐這根球桿是由Efren借用的。對於Efren對我制桿手藝的肯定和向我借桿的事實﹐我深感榮幸

You will not see many Pros using my cues because I am NOT going to pay them. If they want a cue from me then they must pay me. :-)

我的球技能告訴我自己球桿的打擊手感。它們是柔和的﹐優秀的﹐非常結實的。並能產生大量的旋轉。 有種塑膠能產生旋轉﹐但我從不使用﹐因為這種旋轉是無法被好好控制的。只有那種花哨廉價的球桿前節才用上(很奇怪連Predator前節也用)。 對每根球桿我都像對為Efren Reyes造的那根一樣盡心﹐即使是級別最平常的也從不偷工減料。

If you want the same super cue hit (with lots of extra spin) that Efren Reyes likes then you must get in line. Once you are in line you will not be bumped out of line for anyone, but you are not in line until you have paid your deposit.

如果你想要一根Efren Reyes喜歡的﹐具有極佳打擊手感並能產生大量旋轉的球桿請早日排隊訂貨。 一旦你排在了對中沒有任何人能把你擠走。但訂貨時請務必先付首期。

As of April 25, 2008 the waiting list for many of my hand-made custom cues is about eleven months (depending on the woods you want, maybe . . . maybe, I said, . . . just 6 months if you are lucky enough to catch me when I am close to finishing a cue I am making on the side.) I am just like other cue makers. I want to make cues that I want to make, not just cues for orders. Occasionally you might get a cue from me in only two months if you catch me when one of these is about finished.

截止2008年3月2日﹐我皚決於你訂的款式。 有時﹐當我快要完成一根給自己做的球桿�球桿交貨等待時間已長達九個月 - Ö被你幸運地撞到﹐六個月就能等到。 如許多制桿家一樣﹐我也喜歡製造一些自己喜歡的球桿﹐不完全為了訂單。 偶然﹐當我馬上就要完成一根球桿時被你買下﹐那在兩個月之內你就能拿到手。 

In this world there are many people willing to pay more for a cue that I strive to put heart into as I strive for perfection. These men and women are willing to pay much more for a cue that has been sweated over at least 3 times longer than normal. Hand-made cars take longer to make and are definitely better all the way around. It's the same for cues or anything else a true perfectionist works on.

換而言之﹐世界上正有許多人願意出高價來購買一支由我竭盡心力所製作的球桿 - 因為我力求完美。 他們都肯花更多的錢去購買一根比普通球桿耗時耗力至少多達三倍以上的精品桿。 大家知道﹐手工車的製造時間比一般車要長的多﹐但各方面都會更好。球桿和許多其它東西也是如此 - 只要是由一位完美主義者經手的。

Many of my customers have their own tables, drive a very nice car (One drives a Ferrari Masaratti), nice homes are paid for and they want the best hitting cue their money can buy. These men recognize a QP Cue™ is becoming a status symbol, besides a fine hitting cue and as of January 2007 one-half of my customers are Chinese. Americans and Canadians are next and then Europeans, Chinese in Indonesia, and Japanese.

許多我的顧客都有自己的球檯﹐開著好車(有一位開的是法拉利瑪莎羅蒂)﹐並付清了房子的貸款。 他們想擁有一根用錢能夠買到的打擊手感最好的球桿。他們都覺得QP球桿不但打擊手感優異﹐更是一種身份的象征。 截至2007年一月﹐我的客戶中一半以上是華人。其次是美國與加拿大人。還有歐洲人﹐印尼華僑和日本人。

The monied-men who buy my cues naturally want the best hitting and longest lasting cue their money can buy. I am a perfectionist. I sweat over every cue, my blood is in and on many of them, and they have what is desired most of all, i.e., a great solid hit with lots of spin.

很自然地﹐這些有錢的顧客都希望能買到一根手感最佳並質量持久的球桿。我是一個完美主義者。 我為每一根球桿傾注了自己的心血。使得它們都具有別人最喜愛的特點。那就是良好的手感與強大的旋轉。

In 2006 I built only 20 cues. I could have built 50 to 100 cues, but my perfectionist attitude will not allow that. I work, on average, 14 to 16 hours per day, 6 days a week. Cue making is full-time for me. Most of the work I do to a cue, cannot be seen. This work is mostly on the inside of the cue and that is why my cues are know for their special hit.

在2006年里我共製造了二十來根球桿。我完全可以像別的單人主理的店面一樣造出50至100根﹐可惜我追求完美的性格不允許我這樣做。 我平均每天工作14至16小時﹐一星期干六天。球桿製作是我的全職工作。 我的大量工作不顯於桿的外表﹐而在它的內部。這就是為什麼我的球桿手感會那麼好。

With the new slower cloth the IPT had decided to use, a QP Cue™ has great appeal due to the much spin with little effort. With a QP Cue™ with Prodigy Shaft™ you can have your cake and eat it to! And with coffee and ice cream.

由於IPT使用了一種慢速的新台布﹐使得能產生強大旋轉的QP球桿更顯得與眾不同。 使用配有奇跡前節的QP球桿能助你一臂之力。

Deposits for cue work are 50% of the total cost of the work you want done. I do not start working on any cue for you until I get this deposit.  Deposits are not refundable unless a prior arrangement has been made with me. I am sure you would not want to work for months on a project only to have it canceled when almost completed. I am just like you.