Just ordered Diamond Pro & Light!

My friend has a Diamond Pro-Am table with Diamondwood sides and Diamond light. It is absolutely a great table to play on. I used to think the GC were incomparable, but the Pro-Am is even better. The Diamond light is awesome, particularly for someone like me who wears glasses.

The pockets are tight, and they will definitely get your attention. But they play fair. The more I play on this table, the more I appreciate it. I've never seen a Gabriel or some of the other premium tables, but I can't imagine a better table than Diamonds Pro-Am, particularly with their light.

You are going to love your table! Congratulations!
 
I got mine a couple weeks ago. It's Cherry with the matching light and cue rack. I got the Procut pockets and the table plays great. The only bad thing is the pockets play so fair when I go to the pool hall and play on their Gold Crowns I seem to rattle a lot more balls.

I still have to put my ceiling up and finish the painting in my basement. Then I will post some pics. Things seem to be moving a little slower on completing the basement since I got the table......
 
I ordered my Diamond Pro and light in JULY ...and am STILL waiting.

Supposed to be here sometime this month. Of course that is what they said last month.

The product is excellent but the customer service and delivery have something to be desired.


SR
 
nyneball said:
One of the diamond tables is said to have a one piece slate that weighs about 1500 lbs. anyone know which model that is??
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The pro-am 9' table has a 1 piece slate. It is really designed for tournament use and ease of setup. The slate itself weights 680 lbs.

SR
 
Congratulations!

I just got my Diamond Pro-Am installed on Monday. It is a 9 footer with one piece slate and Pro-cut pockets (4 9/16 inch width). The install was difficult due to the need to negotiate a set of slate steps around the back of my house but it finally got done without any damage to the table.

I also had to wait because the way Diamond works is that you have to buy from them as they only sell direct. Also, they will wait to deliver in your area to gang up other deliveries in your general area. This helps keep the delivery cost down somewhat. It is outrageous otherwise (considering the price of fuel these days.)

In general, the experience was good but the waiting was a bother along with a couple of other minor annoyances. Of course, it is a pleasure to play on and in the end, it worked out OK. The main thing is I can play anytime I want to. Yeah!!!!

Congratulations on your order. You won't be disappointed.

By the way, when I get a couple of things finished in the room, I'll post some pics.

Stephen
 
diamond pro vs. pro am

SloRoller said:
The pro-am 9' table has a 1 piece slate. It is really designed for tournament use and ease of setup. The slate itself weights 680 lbs.

SR
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So which is considered the best??? Which is more $$$. Im thinking of selling my GC III and trying a diamond. Any thoughts?
 
One of the main things i like about the diamond is the way the pocket is designed. You don't have a bulging lip around the curve of the pocket so when you setup for a shot over the pocket it is more natural. I am not sure how the pockets are designed on a GC.

Also, I like the tighter pockets as I focus more and play better. Playing on a wider pocket table feels like the pockets are big buckets. Not sure about the pocket size on the GC although the Tournament Edition Brunswick is supposed to be tight (4 1/2 in).

The one piece slate shouldn't go out of alignment and is easy to level again if necessary.

Hope this helps.

Stephen
 
nyneball said:
So which is considered the best??? Which is more $$$. Im thinking of selling my GC III and trying a diamond. Any thoughts?
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Which is the best? That's a tough arguement. The GCIII and Diamond are great tables that should outlast you and your children. IMHO, play on both and decide for yourself. Why are you selling your GCIII?

If you do decide to pull the trigger be aware that Diamond makes two different 9' tables: a 9' Pro-Am (one-piece slate) and a Diamond Professional (three-piece slate) table. The Diamond rep. told me the one-piece Pro-Am slate, cloth and rails are pre-built at the factory to ease in the transportation, set-up, and leveling for tournaments. While the Diamond Professional has a traditional three-piece slate. The only drawback to the Pro-Am is in the delivery. Because of the weight of the one-piece top, they can't carry it down basement stairs, they prefer a walk-out basement. Playability is the same.

The eBay link I posted earlier in this thread is a Diamond Professional for $2900 USD which is a good deal. I've seen these go for $2500-3500 used. You can buy a used Pro-Am after the DCC for around $3500. New, they cost about the same as a new GCIV, $4500-5000 depending on your choice of wood and dymondwood rails, etc.. IMHO, you can't go wrong buying a used table, you'll always get more value for your $$.

This might be a good question to ask a pro. I'm sure they could shed some light on any nuances between the two.
 
Diamond vs GCIII

nyneball said:
So which is considered the best??? Which is more $$$. Im thinking of selling my GC III and trying a diamond. Any thoughts?
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Nyneball,

I recently sold a GCIII (22 years old) and bought a new Diamond Pro. Both 9 footers. Both with Siminos 860 cloth.

The Diamond has tighter pockets which are very consistant with all the pocket openings (all 4 13/16 inch). The GCIII has inconsitant pockets anywhere from 4 7/8 up to 5 1/4''.
When an object ball was hit with much spin into the GCIII side pockets, the ball would spin out of the side pockets (never the corner pockets). The Diamond does not do this with any pockets.

The GCIII had a minor roll out when hugging an object ball down the length of the long rails. The Diamond does not.
The GCIII had a much quieter ball return than the Diamond Pro. And sometimes a ball will hang up in the steel/rubber rails of the ball-return on the Diamond. The balls never hung-up on my GCIII.

The Diamond has much flatter pockets making any shooting over the pockets much easlier. Even the top rails are angled much differently than the GCIII. The Diamond has flatter top rails with a very sight decreasing angle going outward thus making the Diamond more comfortable, while shootting when your hands are on the rails.

When banking balls on the Diamond the balls have a sightly lesser angle. It was easy to compensate for the shorter angles by the second day of play.

The Diamond (wood) is a nicer looking table vs the GCIII top rail laminate. The pure white markers (diamonds) are easier seen than the GC dots.

My new Diamond Pro cost me more than a new GC4.

So there you have my opinion.

Regards,
Hal
 
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