It ' s kind of like my friends saying Ah shut up , ya faggot . Its . A . Joke . <| sep |> I ' m not a cue maker , but am a furniture building woodworker . The general principle is that properly gluedlaminated wood is both stronger and more stable than solid wood . Solid wood is notoriously unstable i . e . prone to movement . In a shaft this shows up as warp . Even wood seasoned to the highest standards over many years , still absorbs and gives off moisture depending on changing humidity levels . This leads me to personally trust laminated shafts over solid wood . I do believe some of the high end production cue makers are getting totally carried away and seem to be marketing the idea that the more pieces a shaft is made of the better it is , which is ridiculous . The Predator P 3 has a 30 piece core for example .