SolidGoldFX buys Diamond Pedals and revives the Canadian brand

December 1, 2022 · 3 sources

SolidGoldFX purchased fellow Canadian pedal brand Diamond in December 2022, over a year after Diamond closed down due to a lack of funding¹. SolidGoldFX announced the purchase in a statement to Instagram, saying it had the "massive honour of taking on the legacy of Diamond pedals"¹. The company bought the Diamond pedal brand and intellectual rights from Polyblend Inc, Diamond's parent company¹.

SolidGoldFX said Diamond would continue as a separate brand operating out of the same shop, and that the two brands would stay completely separate¹. Diamond would get updated parts and manufacturing processes, but the circuitry of legacy pedals would stay the same¹. Because no parts or stock were included in the purchase, SolidGoldFX said it might not be able to repair previously built Diamond pedals¹.

A later account describes Diamond building pedals in SolidGold's Montreal facility while operating independently as two separate brands². Guitar.com reported in May 2023 that Diamond had launched five new devices building on the original designs of its flagship pedals, with all design and manufacturing at its Montreal facility³. Those were the Memory Lane, Comp/EQ, Bass Comp/EQ, Drive and Tremolo³. Guitar.No US prices were given in these reports.