Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- acoustic guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1978
Made from the late 1970s to mid 1980s.
6 -strings
Solid Cedar top (Hand stained antique Mahogany finish)
Mahogany neck, back & sides
Rosewood fingerboard & bridge
Brass nut & saddle
Brass dot main positions & side positions
Rosewood bridge pins & end pin
Rosewood headpiece facing with hand carved inlay (Daion Lyre logo)
1-piece Maple sound hole purfling
Maple bound headpiece fingerboard and body
Gold plated rotomatic-type enclosed machine heads
Specifications (16)
General
Binding | maple binding |
Finish colors | natural finish |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
Neck material | hardwood neck |
Number of frets | 20 fret |
Nut | brass nut |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Body
Body style | dreadnought-size body |
Soundhole | round soundhole |
Hardware
Bridge pins | rosewood pins |
Bridge | rosewood bridge |
Hardware color | gold-plated hardware |
Fretboard
Fingerboard inlay material | brass fingerboard inlay material |
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Prices (10)
Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
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1982 | £100 | new | Stephe | Not certain of year, but bought, new, for £100, with a Fender hard case thrown in for good measure. One of the best buys I ever made; I still cherish it. |
1996 | $600.00 | good | noe molina | Great guitar.....sweet tones |
2005 | $600 | good | nice tone | |
1983 | 900 DEM | good | ||
2002 | $200 | good | ||
1981 | $419 | new | ||
1978 | $0 | worn | Chris | No strings |
2011 | kr10000 | excellent | Simon | Lot of sustain, very loud sound |
1978 | $600 | excellent | ||
1978 | £169 | good | Chris Bailey |
Reviews (1)
DAION 78 DAION HERITAGE reviewed by Anonymous
Anonymous
I have a Yamaki that’s stamped that they have been in business since 1864, hard to say could be 1964.