DAION 78 DAION HERITAGE

Overview

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  • acoustic guitars

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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

Bindingmaple binding
Finish colorsnatural finish
Number of strings6 strings

Neck

Body fretNeck joins body at 14th fret
Neck materialhardwood neck
Number of frets20 fret
Nutbrass nut
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Body

Body styledreadnought-size body
Soundholeround soundhole

Hardware

Bridge pinsrosewood pins
Bridgerosewood bridge
Hardware colorgold-plated hardware

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialbrass fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialrosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersdot fingerboard position markers

Prices (10)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
1982£100newStepheNot 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$600.00goodnoe molinaGreat guitar.....sweet tones
2005$600goodnice tone
1983900 DEM good
2002$200good
1981$419new
1978$0wornChrisNo strings
2011kr10000excellentSimonLot of sustain, very loud sound
1978$600excellent
1978£169goodChris Bailey

Reviews (1)

DAION 78 DAION HERITAGE reviewed by Anonymous

4
Average: 4 (1 vote)
I have a Yamaki that’s stamped that they have been in business since 1864, hard to say could be 1964.

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