I just got my first chance to play on a Diamond bar table and it was the best bar table I've ever played on- certainly better than the Valleys and other generic tables I've played on. The local pool hall where I practice has very good 9 foot gold crown's, which led me to think, does Brunswick make 7 foot gold crown's?
Are there Gold Crown bar tables?
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Strange you should ask that. Gold Crown Billiards in Erie, Pa had them! Paul just recently sold them to install four more small Diamonds. If you can find no other source of information, contact Paul Schofield on AZ Billiards.
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Brunswick did make a Gold Crown Bar table some time ago, not any more. There were some pictures of them on some past threads.
I've neither seen nor ever heard of a 7ft gold crown.
Although it might be fun to try and make one.
hmmm...A mini-GC4 with the bronze package and super tight pockets would be way cool. Especially if that was all the table you had space for.
I've never played on a 7ft. Diamond, so my questions to you are...
a) how tight are the standard pockets on them?
b)are the side pockets tougher than the corners ala the Valleys?
c) in general, does the table play with balance like a well-set up Diamond 9ft?
or, is it that huge corner type of play found on all bar tables that I've ever seen?
...the easier the table the more turn the operator gets.
Although it might be fun to try and make one.
hmmm...A mini-GC4 with the bronze package and super tight pockets would be way cool. Especially if that was all the table you had space for.I've never played on a 7ft. Diamond, so my questions to you are...
a) how tight are the standard pockets on them?
b)are the side pockets tougher than the corners ala the Valleys?
c) in general, does the table play with balance like a well-set up Diamond 9ft?
or, is it that huge corner type of play found on all bar tables that I've ever seen?
...the easier the table the more turn the operator gets.
I've neither seen nor ever heard of a 7ft gold crown.
Although it might be fun to try and make one.
I've never played on a 7ft. Diamond, so my questions to you are...
a) how tight are the standard pockets on them?
b)are the side pockets tougher than the corners ala the Valleys?
c) in general, does the table play with balance like a well-set up Diamond 9ft?
or, is it that huge corner type of play found on all bar tables that I've ever seen?
...the easier the table the more turn the operator gets.
The pockets on the Diamond 7s at our local pool hall look the same at the 9's and rattle bad shots out just as often. They definitely play different from Valley BBs
I've neither seen nor ever heard of a 7ft gold crown.
Although it might be fun to try and make one.
I've never played on a 7ft. Diamond, so my questions to you are...
a) how tight are the standard pockets on them?
b)are the side pockets tougher than the corners ala the Valleys?
c) in general, does the table play with balance like a well-set up Diamond 9ft?
or, is it that huge corner type of play found on all bar tables that I've ever seen?
...the easier the table the more turn the operator gets.
The one I played on had tight pockets for a bar table- accommodated about 2 balls maximum, maybe not even 2.
I didn't notice much of a difference in the side pockets as compared with other tables.
The table played very balanced- no roll offs that I could notice- however, it could be because the bar just got it about a week ago. The felt was new and played fast, but not way too fast.
I was very happy overall with the table. As I said, best bar table I ever played on and I've been playing for about 16 years
Cool! This next weekend I will going down to Denver for a pool weekend with a couple of buddies. I heard that Felt has some relatively new Diamonds where the old GC's were...does anybody know if they have the Diamond BBs?
Don't know about Felt, but Wynkoop has some.
Gold crown bar box
You should post this in the ask a mechanIc section. Definately more knowledge there.
You should post this in the ask a mechanIc section. Definately more knowledge there.
Gold crown bar box
You should post this in the Talk to a mechanic section. Definately more knowledgeable responses there.
You should post this in the Talk to a mechanic section. Definately more knowledgeable responses there.
Brunswick never made a GC bar box, closest to it was the already pictured GC2000, in 7 and 8 ft sizes. This was Brunswick's 3rd attempt at building coin-op pool tables, and the best one so far, and was the first coin-op built that used the same size cue ball as the object balls, had a blue dot on it that when passing through the cue ball separator would kick it off the ball track and return it, only problem was that after about 6 months it quit working, so you had to switch back to the over-sized cue ball
the table also had quite a few design flaws, so Brunswick discontinued production, which was in about 87'-88':grin:
So the GC2000 name was just a marketing ploy?
It does sound like it had advanced features for the time it was in production.
It does sound like it had advanced features for the time it was in production.
Brunswick never made a GC bar box, closest to it was the already pictured GC2000, in 7 and 8 ft sizes. This was Brunswick's 3rd attempt at building coin-op pool tables, and the best one so far, and was the first coin-op built that used the same size cue ball as the object balls, had a blue dot on it that when passing through the cue ball separator would kick it off the ball track and return it, only problem was that after about 6 months it quit working, so you had to switch back to the over-sized cue ball
One of the best coin-op's in it's time, even came with super-speed cushions, just built with to much particle board used, and 5" corner pockets:grin:
RKC or anybody...
Any thoughts on what it would take to cut down an 8 or 9ft GC and make a 7ft GC. (I know, just buy a 7ft Diamond)
I still think it would be a cool project for someone with skills.
Any thoughts on what it would take to cut down an 8 or 9ft GC and make a 7ft GC. (I know, just buy a 7ft Diamond)
I still think it would be a cool project for someone with skills.
That looks a rebranded Valley bar box. During the 70's Ford took a pinto, gussied it up, had Farah Fawcett drive it around and tried to sell it as the Ford Mustang II? Was this Brunswick's attempt at the Mustang II?
That must've been the Real King Cobra edition (^_^) , with promo ad of Farah Fawcett beating Jim Rempe, not!
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