Brand/model of pool table for the house?
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Gold Crown, no doubt.
I don't care for the furniture look. I like the commercial look.
Some people might say Diamonds are better but I dissagree. I have only played on one and still play on it every other day, or so... The Diamond sits too high and the big rails make it even harder to stretch. Table is as low as it will go... So it seems... It also takes FOREVER for the ball return to spit out the balls. Waiting for the CB is a pain and you have to wait a lifetime for the last ball to come out to rack. You would'nt think that would be a problem but it is quite anoying when you are playing fast.
Get a Brunswick Gold Crown and never look back. Here is the order to look for - GC4, GC2, GC1, GC3.
Black ones with chrome are the sweetest
I don't care for the furniture look. I like the commercial look.
Some people might say Diamonds are better but I dissagree. I have only played on one and still play on it every other day, or so... The Diamond sits too high and the big rails make it even harder to stretch. Table is as low as it will go... So it seems... It also takes FOREVER for the ball return to spit out the balls. Waiting for the CB is a pain and you have to wait a lifetime for the last ball to come out to rack. You would'nt think that would be a problem but it is quite anoying when you are playing fast.
Get a Brunswick Gold Crown and never look back. Here is the order to look for - GC4, GC2, GC1, GC3.
Black ones with chrome are the sweetest
You got that right.CaptiveBred said:Get a Brunswick Gold Crown 4....
Black ones with chrome are the sweetest
Just like my Harley - Silver and Black.
So I would too get a GC4 that is Chrome and Black.
CaptiveBred said:
Not a new one. The room where I play has about 15 GC3s that were new 10 years ago. In the time since, they have had to replace between 40 and 60 cushion sections. The rubber turns into rock. The first symptom is when you shoot a lag shot and the cue ball ends in the middle of the table. In the same room are a bunch of Medalists (GC look-alikes from Brunswick) on which the cushions have held up better, but some have died.
This is pitiful. Brunswick has done nothing to make this right. Don't get a new Gold Crown unless you get a written guarantee specifically for the cushions including free recovering if the cushions go dead.
Better is to get a Diamond. They use real gum rubber cushions from Europe, and I've been told that the rubber costs about 10 times more.
glaze said:
I would get the best you can afford they last a lifetime. I have a GC 2 that I got an redid and it plays as good as any table I have played on. I also have an old Sanyer Wilhelm (sp?) I had set up for quite a few years and although it looks like a beautiful antique it played like crap. I need to get rid of it one of these days. My GC I expect will be my table from now on. If I were in the market I would be looking at Diamond probably although I did like a Kim steel I played on once but I don't know that much about them.
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I have a GC II now but I'd trade it for a Gabriel.
I have a gold crown 1 that I have had for over 10 years. I have yet to have to replace the rubber. I hear all the time that brunswick rubber gets hard. I have been selling them for over 10 years and have yet to have a customer complain to me about hard rubber. So could someone please expound on this for me.
That is nice to know. Brunswick seems very popular on this forum with Diamond getting some good mentions also. I'm most familiar with Brunswick because they are everywhere. I just want to look at everything before I buy a Brunswick.
Thanks
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That is nice to know. Brunswick seems very popular on this forum with Diamond getting some good mentions also. I'm most familiar with Brunswick because they are everywhere. I just want to look at everything before I buy a Brunswick.
Thanks
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And I have a GC1.5 that may have the original rubber and it plays fine. That table was made in the 1960's. The people who made that rubber are not the same people who make rubber for Brunswick now.NineBallNut said:
OK. Three rooms in this area opened between 10 and 15 years ago. They all had Gold Crowns. They all had problems. If you're really interested in learning more, contact me privately and I'll give you some names and numbers.
If that's the way you go, ask about a guarantee for the rubber. Ask for it in writing. Maybe Brunswick has found a reliable source for good rubber.Mike said:
[/QUOTE]NineBallNut said:
You must have the original Monarch Cushions made in Chicago.
Now, Brunsw's cushions are made by D and R overseas.
They are kaka imo.
