DAION 78 DAION HERITAGE #unknown

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  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar, body close up
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar, back
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar, back close up
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar, bridge close up
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar, soundhole lable
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar, headstock front
  • Daion 78 Heritage acoustic guitar, headstock back

Picture credit: 

Photos from the owner, used with permission

Owner: 

Rob Lloyd, Cornwall, UK

Brand name: 

DAION

Model name: 

DAION 78 DAION HERITAGE

Serial number: 

unknown

This is a Daion '78 heritage model, these were made from the late 1970s to around the mid 1980s. The specifications for this Daion '78 Heritage are

6 -strings (a 12 string model was available the '78 Heritage/12)
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

Source 1982 Daion Acoustic Guitars Catalog

In 1982 the suggested retail price for the 78 model was $479.

Sold for £797 in online auction  April 2010.

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Yamaki Heritage 78 6 string

Submitted by Roger Brocke (not verified) on

Have one only owner
Same finish, purchased in 1978 in Northern BC
Brass nut Chocolate brown finish with no pick guard.
AYO78S 8 could be a 0
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