Looking for info on Artisan Designs By Advanced Billiards pool tables
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I have this 8' Beach table. Got it used and rebuilt it. Beach is out of business but pretty sure they were made in the USA but the slate was made in Italy. I completely rebuilt the legs and the table. Ditched the dolphins, new 860, Artemis cushions, extended the sub-rails and new leather pockets. I got the table for $300 so it was worth it to do the upgrades and I did all the work myself. Plays fantastic! Of course I would rather have a Diamond or GC 9' but I am lucky to have this.
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I think you could get a Diamond for that kind of money.
Shoot, billiards direct wanted $9700 for the Beach Dolphin table!!!!!! Anyone who really paid that got ripped off completely
billiards_watch
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A Diamon is kind of ugly though. It would look horrible inside a house.
SunDogAZ
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That looks great. Can you post a pic of the badge / emblem?
I paid $400 for my Artisan Designs Aspen, and went to the seller's house and did the dis-assembly, move, and re-assembly myself, after watching an excellent youtube vid first.
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Yeah lol I was hyper motivated when I got it, now I just want to play!
I black composite tables may not be very attractive but the Cherry Dymondwood tables were beautiful.
People also have different tastes, to me tables with skinny rails and nothing but a piece of leather wrapped around pocket irons look cheap, I would much rather have an "ugly" Diamond.
billiards_watch
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Have you seen a Diamond table? It's pretty cheap too.
It's like a crackhead trying to make fun of an alcoholic.
Diamonds are built like tanks. People buying D's are buying a good playing table not designer foo-foo furniture. Most of these home furniture tables go in homes of people that hardly ever use them.
billiards_watch
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Not really.
People are buying Diamond because they see it at their pool hall or on TV. If it was XYZ shit smelling table then I guarantee people will put it in their homes. We are all pool players here and we give into the crap they sell in our industry and myself included. It's just that I'm starting to realize it. LOL
I have seen many Diamond tables and play on them quite regularly, I also happen to love the look of the Cherry Dymondwood tables. Most of the people who buy Diamonds buy them because they want a quality table and because that is the table they are likely to be playing on at tournaments. The people I know who are good tournament players buy Diamonds, the people who buy the "pretty" tables are more often than not not familiar with how a table should play, not familiar with pocket size, and use it about once a month. If they become more serious players they will soon trash the "pretty" table and buy a Diamond. Most of the "pretty" tables are built with pressboard or fiberboard which can only be assembled and disassembled a couple of times at most before all of the screw holes are wore out, good pool players actually use their tables and need to have them covered every 5 or 6 years like my ugly Gold Crown. Because I went the quality over "pretty" route for a table choice I don't need to worry about replacing my table because it needs new "felt".
billiards_watch
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Don't bring Gold Crowns into this. I am talking about Diamond tables because I think Gold Crowns are the best looking tables to have for a home.
SunDogAZ
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I will say that my table gets played quite a bit. I prob played 15 games last night, just by myself; and most days I play minimum of 3 games...
Also, I like Diamond tables for the fast cloth and tight pockets. I would like to re-cloth mine (again, lol) and replace the current facings with 1/4". I ordered a set of 1/4" facings last night...so we'll see how it goes...
you're clueless bud. ever sat and watched a Diamond put together? I have, both Pro and ProAm. They are stout. WAY better than any pos home table. They got popular in rooms/bars/etc for a reason, they are well made(in the US to boot) and play great. Add in that Diamond supports the game from grass root level all the way to world class pros. There IS a lot of pure crap out there in pool-land but Diamond tables aren't one of those, far from it.
Are you kidding me lol you can have a linebacker hip check my diamond and it won’t move
I don’t give into crap. if I did as a person who is a fan of predator that’s what I would have… but they are junk. You’re obviously one of those guys if everyone likes it you hate it lol go watch the video on YouTube showing the process of how diamonds are made and educate yourself. If you say you don’t like the way they play that’s cool. To each his own but you can’t question the quality.