This time it's a beautiful 70's "Strat" style Daion Performer in a wonderful sunburst finish, with a maple fretboard and the funky large headstock.
I haven't worked out fully which Daion Performers have the "Epochal Rod System" Truss Rod Adjustment and which ones don't, but this one's got it.
There are substantial seller comments, and like always, comments, link and pics are below.
http://www.ebay.com.au/Daion Performer in the UK
1970's Daion (Yamaki) Performer Strat for sale.
This high quality jap guitar is in great shape for a guitar thats heading towards 40 years old and everything works as it should.
Everything on this guitar oozes quality and this model was a higher end model with Yamaki build quality through and through.
The Senn Ash body has a nice weight to it without being a boat anchor.
The neck again is a very comfortable Soft V at the nut great for chord work, going into a lovely Rounded C as you go up the fretboard to the dusty end, this is something you only find on hi end guitars.
The "Epochal Rod System" truss rod adjustment is similar to what you find on Warmoth necks where you can tweak the trussrod without having to slacken the strings off.The pickups sound sweet and the five way gives all the usual inbetween tones as expected on a strat.
Yamaki never did sell loads of guitars in the uk so the brand is pretty much a rarity and in my opinion theyre a future classic as prices start to rise on these quality Jap guitars.
The guitar has dings and scratches over the body and the lacquer on the neck has worn through in places, but if it was prestine it wouldnt be right as these guitars are tools for playing not looking at.
Why buy an artificially worn guitar when you can buy the genuine article thats seen some good use over the years, it sounds and feels great just like comfy old worn slippers.
I'm based in exeter and you're welcome to come and pick it up
Ive priced the shipping to include insurance with a reputable courier. Please dont bother emailing to say that i can get it sent cheaper.. The parcelmonkeys hermes etc dont insure musical instruments so i wont use them.
Email for more info etc
Oversea's buyers please ask for shipping costs
Cheers for looking
On 13-Nov-13 at 17:59:15 GMT, seller added the following information:Image of the pick up cavity added to show that it has a solid body
and it doesnt have a thin veneer over a piece of crap wood. :)
Hello there down under!
ReplyDeleteLovely site and many nice guitars.
Here is some info on the 1970's Daion (Yamaki) Performer Strat.
The Daion Performers from the Yamaki factory, have the "Epochal Rod System" Truss Rod Adjustment.
In other words the Yamaki branded ones in the Daion branded ones in the late 70`s.
That was just before Daion desided to design their own electric guitars like the Dion Savage,Barbarian,Power Mark,Power Mark XX and the Daion 555 Headhunter.
All of these were made in the Yamaki factory.
Yamaki did some of the first Wasburn Wing guitars around -80.
Yamaki went down around 84-85 along with the japanese handmade daions.
I bought my first Daion -84. It is a brown Power Mark XX and I still use it.
My collection has now widen a bit and contains one White Savage whith black headstock one brown Headhunter and one Yamaki made Washburn Falcon in tan.
Best regards
Niclas Ericsson Sweden
Hi Niclas,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the extra information, I'm sure all the Daion fans appreciate any information they can get.
Cheers
Darren
Hi Aussies and Niclas
ReplyDeleteSorry for "hijacking" of thread.
Niclas, you seem to know a lot about Daion. I have a 1982-83 Daion Performer Start Copy. On the head it says "Daion Electric Custom" and ioon the plate on the back "Made in Japan". If you know anything about that type, please mail me on g_tengstrom@hotmail.com
Ragards and Merry Christmas!