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Originally Posted by Zeke
Pawn shop.
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Best if you know what you're looking for...also, most Pawn shops have copies of the blue book of cues, know pretty damned well what they have and charge accordingly. The days of people finding a high value cue for pennies on the dollar in a pawn shop are long gone.I did pick up a nice 1980's McDermott for Cindy in a pawn shop for $100, about what it was worth...of course, promptly made is a $130 cue by having a Kamui layered tip installed. Decent player, but she moved on to a Jacoby, another decent USA made cue.
A video on how McDermott's are made...the fancy inlays don't mean much as far as playability goes. So a plain Jane, Merry Widow, or even a sneaky would play well for a beginner and still work well for a beginner wanting to improve up to a C or B level, skill wise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj-jkVcYPpw&ab_channel=McDermottCue