The Jacoby Elements Collection is six cues, Earth, Ether, Fire, Light, Water and Wind, each named for one of the classical elements and each priced identically at $475. Jacoby positions the line as simple in design but visually striking, built on the same veneer construction the company uses across its wood-shaft cues. We carry all six colorways, with 3 typically in stock, all sharing the same Radial joint and 13.00mm shaft.
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The Elements Collection is Jacoby's single-price, six-cue line, built in the company's Nekoosa, Wisconsin shop alongside every other Jacoby series, the same shop David Jacoby and his son Shane started as a cue repair business in 1982 before building their first cue. Brandon Jacoby, David's son and the company's current owner, now runs the day-to-day work that produces a line like this one. Jacoby describes the collection as featuring six different cues, each representing a universal element, and frames the design philosophy directly: like the simplistic beauty found in nature, these cues are simple in design and yet visually striking, a design brief that runs counter to the inlay-first approach behind most of Jacoby's other work. That framing sets Element apart from Jacoby's inlay-driven collections like HB and Heritage, where the material and pattern work carries much of the price. Element instead leans on color and finish, Earth, Ether, Fire, Light, Water and Wind, to differentiate six cues that otherwise share the same construction and price. All of Jacoby's cue building still runs through the same Nekoosa shop and the same American-owned-and-operated production process regardless of which series a customer buys, so an Element cue is not made to a lower standard than the rest of the catalog, just a simpler design brief. That single flat price also makes Element the most straightforward Jacoby series to shop: there is no price ladder to climb through the way there is on the HB Collection or the Heritage line, just a choice between six finishes at the same $475 mark. That broader description of Jacoby as a smaller-scale builder focused on precision and quality control, drawn from published retail listings, still applies here, even though Element sits below Jacoby's inlay-heavy work on price.
Jacoby attributes the Element line's playability specifically to its veneer construction, describing it as adding extremely sound playability properties to the cue. Veneer construction, thin layers of wood laminated together rather than a single solid piece, is the same underlying principle behind Jacoby's Ultra shaft technology used on its higher-end lines, applied here to the cue itself rather than just the shaft. It is a build method Jacoby leans on across its catalog for consistency and durability rather than reserving it only for premium models, which is part of why a $475 Element cue and a $1,895 Heritage cue can both draw on the same underlying construction logic even though they land at very different price points.
All 6 Element cues use Jacoby's Radial joint, a threaded pin-and-collar design rather than a quick-release system, paired with a 13.00mm classic wood shaft, the same shaft size Jacoby uses on its Hard Rock Maple production shafts elsewhere in the catalog. Unlike the HB and Heritage collections, which step up to a thinner 12.7mm Ultra Pro shaft, Element sticks with Jacoby's standard 13.00mm diameter, consistent with its positioning as a simpler, more accessible line rather than a performance upgrade.
Earth, Ether, Fire, Light, Water and Wind each represent one of the six cues in the collection, and each is priced identically at $475 on Jacoby's own site, a flat-price structure Jacoby does not use on any of its other standard lines. We carry all six colorways, typically with 3 in stock at any given time, so availability by specific colorway can shift even though the price does not. Our current stock spans blue and tan most heavily, with green, pink and grey each represented, plus single red and orange models, giving a real spread across the six-color concept even before you account for restocks.
Every Element cue in our stock ships with no wrap at all, a smooth turned handle rather than a wrapped grip. That is consistent across all 6 models, unlike the HB Collection, which mixes wrapped and wrapless options, or the Monster Crush line, which offers a dedicated wrap option for break play. If a wrapped grip matters to you, Element is not the series to shop, at least among the colorways we currently stock.
All 6 Element cues use the Radial joint and a 13.00mm classic wood shaft. Color is genuinely the differentiator here: our stock spans blue, tan, green, pink, grey, red and orange finishes across the six named colorways, more color variety in one series than anywhere else in the Jacoby catalog outside the MAG line. Because the joint and shaft spec is shared across all six, a spare or replacement shaft bought from our shafts section will fit any Element cue regardless of which colorway you own, which also means a player who buys an Earth Element cue today and later wants a spare shaft in a Wind finish's specs is buying the same physical part either way.
Element suits a player who wants a clean, single-color cue at Jacoby's mid-range price without paying for inlay work, and who cares more about a distinct look, an Earth green, a Fire red, an Ether-toned finish, than about upgrading shaft technology beyond Jacoby's standard 13.00mm build. It is priced well below the HB and Heritage collections and above the MAG series, sitting in the middle of Jacoby's standard lineup on price while standing apart from all of them on design philosophy. Jacoby's own description of the line as simple yet visually striking targets exactly that buyer, someone choosing Element for its look and its flat, predictable price rather than for a step up in specs or a change in shaft feel. It also works as a straightforward comparison point against the MAG series: both sit in Jacoby's accessible tier, but MAG differentiates by construction detail between MAG1 and MAG2, while Element differentiates purely by color across six otherwise identical builds. Jacoby's sponsored roster of six touring professionals, including Elliott Sanderson, who partnered with Jayson Shaw to represent the UK at the 2022 World Cup of Pool, plays on cues from across Jacoby's full lineup, and the same Nekoosa shop and quality-control process behind those cues is the one building Element as well, even at its lower price point. Jacoby has also placed highly in the American Cuemakers Association's Cue of the Year People's Choice vote at the Hopkins Super Billiards Expo every year since the award began in 2008, recognition earned mainly on the strength of Jacoby's more design-forward collections rather than a simple, single-price line like this one, but it still reflects the overall standard the same shop applies across every price point it builds to, Element included.
Element cues carry Jacoby's standard lifetime warranty on components against material and manufacturing defects, excluding warpage and normal wear parts, the tip, ferrule, finish, wrap and bumper. Jacoby repairs or replaces a covered cue with a product of equal value free of charge, limits that coverage to the original buyer, and honors it only on cues bought directly from Jacoby or through an authorized Jacoby dealer. Jacoby voids the warranty over third-party alterations, after-market parts, mishandling, or outside repair work. Outside of warranty claims, Jacoby stops accepting returns 30 days after purchase and charges a 20% restocking fee on an approved return of an unused cue. Some spec sheets separate coverage into "Lifetime" and "Limited" tiers, but Jacoby's own warranty page describes a single uniform lifetime policy with no such second tier, so treat the lifetime-on-components language above as the manufacturer's standing policy for Element as much as any other Jacoby series. As with any Jacoby purchase, coverage depends on buying directly from Jacoby or through an authorized dealer, worth confirming even on a lower-priced cue like this one.
Community discussion of Jacoby on the AZBilliards forums is generally positive on build quality and describes the company as easy to deal with, feedback about the brand broadly rather than the Element line by name. The most repeated caution in that same discussion is resale value, with several posters saying Jacoby cues have not held value as well as some other premium brands, a point that applies to a lower-priced, single-finish line like Element as much as to Jacoby's inlay-heavy collections, though a $475 cue represents less money at risk on that front than one of Jacoby's pricier collections, and most buyers at this price point are choosing Element to play with rather than to hold as an investment piece. Shaft taper feedback in the thread was mixed, though it referred to Jacoby's shafts generally rather than the 13.00mm build used on Element specifically. None of that forum discussion called out the Element line by name, so treat it as a read on the Jacoby brand as a whole rather than a review of this specific collection.
See the rest of the collection in our Jacoby pool cues category, or browse our full pool cues selection to compare Element against Jacoby's other series and against other brands at a similar price.
The joint is what decides whether a shaft fits, and every cue in Jacoby Element Cues uses the Radial pin. That is the same Radial pin used across JFlowers and Universal, so shafts move between them — always confirm the exact pin before buying.
Every Element cue is priced identically at $475 on Jacoby's own site, across all six colorways: Earth, Ether, Fire, Light, Water and Wind.
Element cues use a 13.00mm classic wood shaft, Jacoby's standard diameter, built on the same veneer construction principle as the rest of the line.
No. Every Element cue ships with no wrap, a smooth turned handle rather than a wrapped grip.
All six Element cues use Jacoby's Radial joint, a threaded pin-and-collar design standard across most of the Jacoby lineup.
Since all six share the same construction, joint and shaft, the choice comes down to color: Earth, Ether, Fire, Light, Water or Wind.
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