[pwd72s]

Same problem with pool cues. I also like nice things, but with a top line custom cue costing thousands, you can't buy 'em all. Your coming trap range time will help. Other advice given on pool forums is it's not the arrow, it's the Indian. In other words, there is no real equipment substitute for table time and practice. Seems to me that both Trap and pool demand a lot of time spent in order to get proficient. Progress can be maddeningly slow...baby steps forward with giant steps back when you mess up on one part of technique.

I love my Keith Josey custom cue...but I also know that Shane Van Boening with his cheap cuetec production cue would kick my ass because he's currently ranked as #1 in the world. By golly, if I was paid as much as Shane is to do so, I'd play with a cuetec too.

So, I do believe the same advice applies here...buy one that feels good to you, then invest in time at the trap range.