its best for every snooker players, even beginners to have their own cue..no matter a beginner or not, it is still best to have a cue that has a same feel so that everytime you will be improving on the same cue feel...blah... i dunno whether that is the right way to say it or not

you're right orenzai...

the most important thing in snooker is consistency and not form...if you count on playing form you'll be very frustrated everytime you play...

a personal cue is an instrument that will help you maintain that consistency...no matter you're a beginner or pro, having a personal cue helps you step up your game...

asimo, so what budget do you have for a cue?

don't worry too much about getting a cue at whatever price.. most importantly in every budget range, there will be a cue that would suit you and as you progress you might find yourself wanting to get another cue..

nope bro...sorry...am a PJ kia...

Penang players not bad...the current runner up for the just concluded National Under 21 is a 14 year old Penang fella....he made breaks of 60-70s

wow I didn't know John Parris makes house cues...

well the John Parris I'm using is the cheapest one, JP Classic...I got it from my bro..it was flown in directly from UK...its around 221+ pounds...i reckon if you want the mid-range one (John Parris Ambassador, its a Steve Davis replica) it would cost around 236+ pounds...

so if you do the maths it'll be around 1.4k..

btw, where is your hometown? i wanna go and play with them JP house cues!

Sorry, but for sure those JP house cues are imitation. Why? First of all, JP doesn't make house cues. Their cheapest machine made 1 piece training cues are priced at 60 pounds. Thats almost 400 ringgit. You think a snooker parlor provides house cues priced like that? Haha.
FYI, plenty of imitation JP in Penang. Asimo, if you're interested, you can purchase them at Vision snooker, taman pekaka penang. 3/4 joint, looks decent and all priced below 200 ringgit.

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Added on July 9, 2008, 5:19 pmBtw, ori John Parris the nearest you can purchase them is over the crossway ( singapore ). Cheapest 3/4 joint also 1K and above. Nothing to be surprised about, because JP has never been affordable. Ha Ha.

Asimo, if you want to look for the Cityboy or O'min Millenium, you can head to Kedah Road snooker centre. Hope this helps.

............... classic,professional,perfect,climax,imagine,union.

These are the production series. the ............ denotes the lower series that I'm unsure of in terms of pricing.
Classic from 550 up, perfect 700++, climax 800 - 900++, imagine i guess roughly 1 k, and the Union about 1100 - 1200. At least thats what I paid for. Maybe cheaper or more expensive elsewhere. Peeps in KL, best to ask JH at Arena.

Asimo, its still in production. Just that i not sure how to arrange it. still have series like champion, millenium. Those that I am unsure how to place them, i just put .......... don't want to confuse other forummers. But both champion and millenium is between the price gap of 200++ to 300 like that.

Asimo, not too sure of MegaCue in Gurney plaza. But Kedah road O'mins are original. Lots of players from Penang get their O'mins there. Ace do provide cues as well. O'mins are actually quite commonly available here and less imitations are found. CM1 cues are made in the same factory as the O'mins as well. You will see some Omin cues with a cm1 branding logo as well. These are brought in by CM1.

If you're worried about imitation cues sold in snooker parlors, try to stay away from European brands ie. JP,Peradon,Deroo(canada), trevor white. The ori cues, like jceh83 mentioned are not cheap. Anything below 500 for these cues brand new are fake. That's my tip to you

hi asimo, jh here . o millenum cost 280 without ext. but comes with the mini butt hole . for additional 5" mini butt cost 40 . ok ?

now wood price also went up d ... so all the cue prices will also go up a little ..  if u r really intersted in getting a omin cue .. come to my place and i can let u test the cues 1st . ok ?

over my place u can test and try the cues before u purchase .. if u don find one u like .. i can custom make one for u ..ok ? no worries and don be shy ..

my advise to everyone out there is to get a cue u really like one .. don rush to buy one if u don like ok ? slow slow test out the cue 1st .. coz end of the day no matter what cue u r changing / using , u still need time to get use to the cue . need time to read the charactor of the cue itself ...

regards
jh leong

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Added on July 15, 2008, 3:26 pm

hi , jh here . if u wan to get a omin cue from penang .. u can go to ace snooker centre and look for mr. goh boon sun or mr.charles chow . tell them jh leong recommand u wan .. u'll get special discount or maybe some free gift . ok ?

i'll be coming to penang around september ..  maybe we can meet up there too ..

keep up the snooker spirit .. snooker BoleH !

jh leong

Hi all,

I am new here.
May I know where is ACE SNOOKER CENTER?
I would like to get an O'MIN cue from there.

Thankss.

Hi Guys,

I'm currently working in Penang on a project for the next few months. So kind of bored in the evenings, nothing much to do and thought of playing snooker again.

Could anyone help me out with locations of snooker centres around Georgetown? I went to this place along anson road, but the tables there were very slow. Anywhere with nice tables?

Thanks very very much.

Cannot explain in words lah...

just watch how the pros hold theirs. Ding Junhui, Steve Davis, Ronnie O' Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, etc, etc