The Jacoby MAG series is Jacoby's most accessible production line, marketed to give a player on a budget the feel, control and playability of the company's pricier collections. MAG1 cues are ebonized Hard Rock Maple with a large Jacoby logo on the forearm, priced at $375; MAG2 adds pearlescent acrylic inlay work at $475. We carry 16 MAG cues, our best-stocked Jacoby series with 14 typically in stock, all built on a 13mm Hard Rock Maple shaft.
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MAG is Jacoby's entry point into a lineup that otherwise runs well into four figures, built in the same Nekoosa, Wisconsin shop as every other Jacoby cue rather than farmed out to a cheaper production line. Jacoby markets MAG directly at value: these cues are highly affordable while still retaining the feel, control, comfort and playability of the more expensive Jacoby cues, in the company's own words, a claim aimed squarely at a player who might otherwise assume a budget cue has to feel like a budget cue. That positioning matters because it draws a line under where Jacoby's core construction philosophy stops changing based on price. The description found in published retail listings of Jacoby running smaller production for the sake of precision and quality control is a company-wide claim, not one reserved for the premium end, and MAG is the series where that promise is tested against the lowest price Jacoby sells at. We currently stock 16 MAG cues, 14 of them in stock at any given time, making it Jacoby's best-stocked and most consistently available series on our site, a reflection of how much of Jacoby's overall production volume runs through this one line compared to the smaller HB and Heritage runs.
MAG1 cues are built from hand-selected, high-grade Hard Rock Maple that is then put through an ebonizing process, a treatment that darkens and seals the wood, finished with a large Jacoby logo on the forearm. It is a simpler build than Jacoby's inlay-driven lines, relying on the ebonizing finish and branding rather than pattern work for its look. Starting from hand-selected, high-grade maple rather than a lower wood grade is the detail that separates MAG1 from a generic budget cue elsewhere in the market, even though the finished cue skips the pattern and inlay work Jacoby charges for on its higher series.
MAG2 steps up from MAG1 with pearlescent acrylic inlay work on the forearm and butt sleeve, paired with stacked white and black phenolic ring work and a black phenolic joint and butt cap. It is still built on the same high-grade Hard Rock Maple base as MAG1, the inlay and ring work is what separates the two models and accounts for the $100 price difference between them.
Every MAG cue, MAG1 or MAG2, comes standard with a 13mm Hard Rock Maple shaft, and Jacoby builds the line to accept an upgrade to any of its Performance Playing shafts if a buyer later wants to move to a different taper or material. That upgrade path is worth knowing about specifically because it means a MAG cue is not a dead end if a player later wants Jacoby's Ultra shaft or a BlaCk V4 carbon shaft, the joint and fit are built to take it. In practice that means someone starting on a $375 MAG1 can spend later on a better shaft without replacing the butt of the cue at all, spreading the cost of moving up Jacoby's technology ladder over time instead of paying for it all at once.
We stock MAG1 in eight colorways, black, blue, brown, gray, green, pink, purple and red, each priced at $375. All eight share the same ebonized Hard Rock Maple build and forearm logo, with color as the only differentiator between them, similar in structure to how the Element line differentiates by color at a higher price point. At $375, MAG1 is the least expensive current Jacoby pool cue in our stock, undercutting even the flat-priced Element line by $100, which makes it the natural starting point for a buyer who wants a Jacoby cue at the lowest possible entry cost.
MAG2 carries the pearlescent acrylic inlay and phenolic ring work described above at $475 on Jacoby's own site, a $100 step up from MAG1 for a buyer who wants the added inlay detail without moving all the way up to the HB or Heritage collections. Between the two models, MAG covers Jacoby's full budget range from $375 to $480 in our stock. A buyer deciding between MAG1 and MAG2 is really deciding whether the pearlescent inlay and ring work is worth $100 over the plain ebonized forearm, since both start from the same Hard Rock Maple base and both take the same 13mm shaft.
All 16 MAG cues we carry use Jacoby's Radial joint and a 13.00mm classic wood shaft, with none wrapped, a smooth turned handle across the entire series. Color runs widest here of any Jacoby line we carry: tan leads at 8, with black, blue, brown, red, green, pink, purple and grey each represented at 2, a spread that reflects the eight MAG1 colorways we stock plus MAG2 variants layered on top. Because MAG is built to accept a Performance Playing shaft upgrade, our shafts section is the place to look if you want to move up from the stock 13mm Hard Rock Maple shaft without replacing the whole cue.
MAG suits a player who wants a genuine Jacoby cue, built in the same shop as the rest of the lineup, without paying HB or Heritage prices, and who is comfortable with a simpler ebonized or logo-forward look rather than hand-placed inlay. It also suits a player buying a first serious cue rather than a house cue, someone who wants the option to keep the cue and upgrade its shaft as their game improves rather than replacing the whole thing down the line. It is also a reasonable starting point for a player who expects to upgrade later, since the shaft can be swapped for a Performance Playing shaft without buying a new cue. Jacoby's sponsored roster of six touring professionals, including Elliott Sanderson, Emily Duddy, Jason Lynch, Briana Miller, Albany Gonzalez and Jon Kramer, plays on cues from across the lineup, not specifically MAG, but the shared construction standard Jacoby applies company-wide, the one described in published retail listings as precision building and quality control, is the throughline between what a touring pro uses and what a MAG buyer gets. Sanderson, who partnered with Jayson Shaw to represent the UK at the 2022 World Cup of Pool, and the rest of Jacoby's roster are proof points for the brand's overall build standard, since the same Nekoosa shop and quality-control process behind their cues is the one building MAG as well.
MAG cues carry the same lifetime warranty on components as the rest of Jacoby's lineup, covering material and manufacturing defects while excluding warpage and normal wear parts, the tip, ferrule, finish, wrap and bumper. Coverage means a free repair or an equal-value replacement, it stays non-transferable to the original buyer, and it only applies when the cue came directly from Jacoby or an authorized Jacoby dealer. The warranty does not survive third-party alterations, after-market parts, mishandling, or repairs made by anyone other than Jacoby. Jacoby's return policy cuts off at the 30-day mark after purchase, and an approved return on an unused cue comes with a 20% restocking fee. As with the rest of the lineup, some spec sheets list a separate "Limited" tier alongside "Lifetime," but Jacoby's own warranty page describes one uniform lifetime policy on components, so the coverage above applies to MAG the same as any other Jacoby series. On a lower-priced cue like this, it is still worth buying through an authorized Jacoby dealer rather than an unverified secondhand listing, since that is the condition Jacoby's own warranty page sets for coverage to apply at all.
Feedback on Jacoby from the AZBilliards forums is generally positive on build quality and describes the company as easy to deal with, though that feedback is about the brand broadly rather than MAG specifically. Resale value came up as a consistent weak point in that discussion, though it matters less on a series priced at $375 to $480 than it would on one of Jacoby's pricier collections, since there is simply less money on the table either way. 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 that is aimed at Jacoby's design-forward work rather than a production line like MAG, but it still speaks to the standard the same shop holds itself to across every price point. Shaft taper opinions were split between posters who called it great and one who described Jacoby's tapers as thick, feedback that referred to the brand's shafts in general rather than the 13mm Hard Rock Maple shaft used on MAG in particular.
See the rest of the range in our Jacoby pool cues category, or browse our full pool cues selection to compare MAG against other entry-level options from other brands before you decide where to spend your budget.
The joint is what decides whether a shaft fits, and every cue in Jacoby MAG Series 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.
MAG1 is ebonized Hard Rock Maple with a large logo on the forearm. MAG2 adds pearlescent acrylic inlay work and phenolic ring detailing for about $100 more.
MAG1 is priced at $375 and MAG2 at $475 on Jacoby's own site, making MAG Jacoby's most accessible standard series.
Yes. MAG cues come standard with a 13mm Hard Rock Maple shaft but are built to accept any Jacoby Performance Playing shaft as an upgrade.
MAG cues use Jacoby's Radial joint, the same threaded pin-and-collar design used across most of the Jacoby lineup.
We stock MAG1 in black, blue, brown, gray, green, pink, purple and red, all at the same $375 price.
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