I just bought my second piece by Burner Glassworks. I really like my older tube, the diffusion is unbelievable for the $75 that I paid for it. (This is the older one)
The dirty one on the left is a few months old, I picked up the one of the right for $190 today. Its right at 13 inches tall, the base is wide and heavy, I can sit sit it down on the carpet without any fear of it falling over. I've been wanting something with a bent neck for a long time, I've only had straight tubes and I'm tired of them.
They're blown really close to where I live and their company is fairly new. I've been told by different people at different shops around that some guys that worked with SYN are blowing glass for Burner now. They make great glass from everything I've seen and heard. Here's there website, they have some of their work pictured.
http://burnerglassworks.com/about.html