The McDermott G-Series is the brand's largest cue line and the one built standard around McDermott's G-Core shaft, a maple shaft with a triple-layer carbon-fiber core through the first 7 inches. We carry 53 G-Series products, 27 currently in stock, priced from about $400 up to about $2,340 (our range runs wider than McDermott's own G-Core pricing tier because we also carry some older G-Series cues built on McDermott's discontinued Intimidator i-Shaft). Flagship models in the line include the G302, G904, G1002, G1602 and G1702.
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The G-Series is McDermott's volume playing-cue line and, at 53 products, the largest single series we carry from the brand. Every G-Series cue is built at McDermott's Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin factory through the same 150-plus-step process the company uses across its catalog, starting from kiln-dried, hand-selected North American Hard Rock Maple for the shaft blank. Published retail listings credit McDermott's three-piece butt construction generally with helping its cues hold balance and stay stable, a claim that applies to the G-Series as much as any other McDermott line, since it is built on the same butt-construction method. What separates a G-Series cue from the rest of the McDermott catalog is standard equipment: it ships with McDermott's G-Core shaft rather than the plain maple shaft on the GS-Series below it or the carbon-fiber Defy and i-Shaft options above it. That combination, standard-issue carbon-core shaft technology at a mid-range price, is why the G-Series functions as McDermott's default recommendation for a player who wants more than an all-maple cue but isn't ready to pay Vanquish or top-tier i-Shaft pricing.
G-Core takes a traditional maple shaft and adds a triple-layer carbon-fiber core running through the first 7 inches, the section of the shaft that takes the direct hit off the cue ball. McDermott says that construction increases shaft stability by 65% over a plain wood shaft and tightens radial consistency, the shaft's tendency to deflect the same way no matter which way it's rotated in your bridge hand, while keeping the shaft's outer surface, taper and hit feeling like a conventional maple shaft rather than carbon fiber. In practical terms, a shaft with poor radial consistency will deflect the cue ball slightly differently depending on which side of the shaft strikes the cue ball on a given shot, since wood grain is not perfectly uniform around the shaft's circumference; a carbon-fiber core evens that out because carbon fiber's properties don't vary by grain direction the way wood's do.
Paired with the carbon-fiber core, G-Core shafts also carry McDermott's CT Technology, a carbon-fiber ferrule core built into the joint between shaft and tip. McDermott positions this as making the ferrule assembly stronger and more responsive than a standard ferrule, which matters most on hard-hit shots where the ferrule takes the brunt of the impact.
G-Series cues use McDermott's standard 3/8x10 joint pin on most models, the same joint pitch found across the bulk of the McDermott catalog, which is why a spare G-Core shaft bought separately will thread onto another 3/8x10 McDermott butt if you ever need a backup. The shaft's outer taper is a standard pro taper profile McDermott uses on its maple-based shafts generally, keeping the G-Core's carbon-fiber core an internal upgrade rather than a change to how the shaft tapers or feels in the bridge hand.
McDermott's own materials position G-Core-equipped G-Series cues as a mid-to-upper tier within its lineup. Our G-Series category runs wider than that tier, from about $400 up to about $2,340, because the category also includes some older G-Series models built on the discontinued Intimidator i-Shaft rather than G-Core; those higher-priced cues reflect the pricier shaft they were originally built with, not a change in what a current G-Core G-Series cue costs.
Among the 53 G-Series cues we carry, a handful of flagships show the range the line covers: the G302 and G201 sit toward the lower end of the G-Series price band, the G904 and G1002 sit in the middle, and the G1602 and G1702, both built with the i2 shaft rather than G-Core, sit at the top of the range. The G203 and G204 round out the lower end of the flagship list alongside the G302 and G201, all priced at or near $400.50 in our current catalog, showing how tightly McDermott clusters pricing at the entry point of the G-Series before the jump to i-2-equipped models like the G1602 and G1702. Across all 53 models, the median price lands at $549, roughly in line with the G904 and G1002, which puts the bulk of the line closer to McDermott's official G-Core price ceiling than to the discontinued i-Shaft outliers at the very top.
Of the 53 G-Series cues we carry, 50 use McDermott's standard 3/8x10 joint and 3 use the McDermott Quick Release joint. On shaft diameter, 52 ship at 13.00mm, the standard G-Core tip size, and 1 at 12.75mm. All 53 use a classic wood shaft, since G-Core and the i-Shaft variants found in this category are both wood-faced constructions rather than exposed carbon fiber. Wraps split across 35 linen wrap, 6 wrapless, 6 leather wrap and 6 reptile-skin finishes. If you already own a G-Series cue and want a spare or upgrade shaft rather than a full replacement, McDermott's G-Core and i-Shaft options are both available on their own in our shafts category. Finish-wise, the G-Series runs heavier toward traditional wood tones than bold colors: 27 of our G-Series cues are tagged tan and 26 brown, against smaller color runs like blue (6), grey (5), red (3) and green (3), reflecting the line's use of birdseye maple and stained hardwood forearms rather than painted finishes.
The G-Series is built for a player who wants a carbon-core shaft without committing to a fully carbon-fiber cue like McDermott's Vanquish line or the top-end i-Shaft models. McDermott's own no-charge personalization program, weight, shaft size, wrap and stain all listed as interchangeable, applies here as it does across the rest of the catalog, so a stock G-Series cue can typically be tuned to a specific player's preferred spec at order time. Because the line spans from about $400 to about $2,340, it also covers a genuine range within itself: a G201 or G302 buyer is generally shopping on price and finish, while a G1602 or G1702 buyer, paying for the i-2 shaft specifically, is shopping on shaft performance more than anything else. McDermott's shaft-diameter warranty caveat also matters here: because turning a shaft down below 11.75mm voids the Lifetime Warranty, a G-Series buyer who wants a thinner tip than the stock 13.00mm should specify that at order time through the personalization program rather than have a shop thin the shaft later, since a factory-specified diameter keeps the warranty intact in a way a post-purchase modification would not.
The G-Series's closest sibling in the McDermott catalog is the GS-Series, which uses McDermott's Classic All-Maple shaft, plain North American Grade AAA Hard Rock Maple with no carbon-fiber core, in place of G-Core. Published retail listings frame the maple-only shaft as most common on entry-level GS models, while the G-Series and other McDermott lines step up into carbon-core or full carbon-fiber shafts. Choosing between the two mostly comes down to whether the added stability and radial consistency of G-Core matters more to your game than the lower price point of a plain maple shaft.
G-Series cues, being American-made, are covered by McDermott's Lifetime Warranty against manufacturing defects and warpage for as long as the original purchaser owns the cue, provided it was purchased through an authorized McDermott retailer; the warpage portion only applies to cues built since 2004. Turning a G-Core or i-Shaft down below 11.75mm voids the warranty, worth knowing if you plan to customize the shaft diameter after purchase. McDermott also backs American-made cues, the G-Series included, with a free Lifetime Maintenance Plan, though you cover return shipping (a flat $25 domestically via insured UPS Ground with signature required). None of the maintenance-plan refinishing exclusions McDermott lists, the Sledgehammer SH1, Stinger, Star, Lucky and Element models, apply to the G-Series, so a G-Series cue's butt refinishing is included under that free plan where those five model lines are not.
Community sentiment on the G-Series and its G-Core shaft runs more positive than the debate around the McDermott brand overall. Posters on an AZBilliards thread specifically about the G-Series describe McDermott as having sold thousands of cues built around the G-Core shaft, and call it about as much cue for the money as a buyer is likely to find anywhere. That said, a minority of posts elsewhere on the forums describe deflection complaints tied to McDermott shafts, though those complaints tend to reference older or entry-level shafts, like the discontinued Flex-O-Matic design, rather than the current G-Core construction used across today's G-Series. That contrast matters given the broader brand debate: even in threads that question McDermott's reputation relative to its retail visibility, the G-Series specifically tends to escape the harshest criticism because of its price-to-performance reputation among the players who post about it.
For McDermott's other cue lines, including the maple-shafted GS-Series and the carbon-fiber Vanquish, see the McDermott Pool Cues category, or the full pool cues selection.
The joint is what decides whether a shaft fits, and every cue in McDermott G-Series Cues uses the 3/8X10 pin. That is the same 3/8X10 pin used across Elite and Stealth, so shafts move between them — always confirm the exact pin before buying.
McDermott's G-Core shaft comes standard on G-Series cues: a maple shaft with a triple-layer carbon-fiber core through the first 7 inches that McDermott says increases stability by 65%.
McDermott prices G-Core G-Series cues within a mid-to-upper tier of its lineup, but our G-Series category also includes older models built on the discontinued Intimidator i-Shaft, which price higher and widen the range to about $2,340.
Most G-Series cues, 50 of the 53 we carry, use McDermott's standard 3/8x10 joint; the remaining 3 use the proprietary McDermott Quick Release joint.
Posters on the AZBilliards forums describe the G-Core-equipped G-Series as about as much cue for the money as a buyer is likely to find, and note McDermott has sold thousands of them.
The G-Series ships with the carbon-core G-Core shaft; the GS-Series uses McDermott's Classic All-Maple shaft with no carbon fiber, positioning the GS-Series as the more affordable, traditional-feel option.
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