555 Headhunter Serial List?
Since I am doing all the others, might as well include these…
To be on the serial list, I need model (Headhunter, just so I know which list to put it on), color (tobacco, sunburst, goldtop, etc…), serial number, your location, and any odd features (left hand or anything similarly significant). Send info to michaelcallahan01@gmail.com
Please post comments about other models on appropriate category pages. I cannot move posts to other pages, so unrelated posts will be removed or not approved.
555 HEADHUNTER SERIAL NUMBER LIST
82237H Honeyburst (IL,USA)
April 20, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Hi, I’m the guy that registered the Headhunter listed above.
A friend of mine has one of these but we can’t find a s/n anywhere.
There is no label in the body cavity. Any place else it could be?
Thanks,
Richard
April 20, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Not being an owner of a 555, I’m not real sure. Sounds like the label fell off at some point in the past. I’d grab a flashlight and search around in the corners of the body to see if the label is still in there.
May 4, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Daion HeadHunter
82218H
Deep Burgandy. This Guitar is very near mint and is with it’s OHSC! I absolutely love it. I play “Bobby” in a Grateful Dead cover band, and this guitar finally gives me the ability to reproduce (severe limitations only as a result of my playing inadequacies) the ridiculous sweet sounds that Bobby miraculously created and contributed in the 70 while playing his 335. it will also crank out any mood that I am in with ridiculous tonal flexibility and crazy dynamics. I’ll get you a picture of my all my babies as soon as I can.
August 22, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Hello,
Just listed a Headhunter 555 in burgandy on ebay. It is the first guitar made in 1982 by Daion. Serial number 8201C (or G). Hope you’ll bid!
October 27, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Hi!
I live in in Geneva, Switzerland, and I own a Daion HeadHunter 555 serial #8218H.
This guitar was bought in 1982 by its previous (and first) owner, and I got it this year.
Best regards.
November 8, 2010 at 6:22 pm
On the topic of serials for the HHs.
Mainly most highend Daions had a sticker at the bottom of the OHSC where both model and serial was indicated.
Of course this is often lost over time,and for most of the Daions it doesn´t do all that much as the serial can be found at the back of the headstock.
Not so with the Headhunter.
I´ve only seen a few this far,my own included,and have yet to see a Headhunter with its serial indicated anywhere on the guitar.
My own lacks it too,but the sticker is still on at the absolute bottom of the case so i guess in my case it´s all good.
Conclusion MIGHT be that the Headhunters for some reason never got attributed with a serial on the actual guitar?
Other highend jap semis i own indeed has a sticker inside the body-read F-hole.
Never with the serial though.Model only.
November 9, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Jesper, I’ll double check, but pretty sure my friend’s 555 has the sticker in the F hole with the serial. On the Caribou/Gazelles, the serial is printed on the butt end of the neck, up inside the body. You have to use a flashlight and get the angle just right to read it. I’ll check Russell’s Sunday night, if we play.
As for the case serials… good luck, lol. I don’t think I have seen more than a couple of Daions with the number tag still on the case (I have one), but even rarer is to find the case with a serial number tag that matches the guitar (mine does not). Remember, when Daion went under, the dealers DUMPED them. They just slapped whatever guitar in whatever case fit and shot it out the door. Same with the warranty cards… the warranty was null and void, as the company no longer existed. I have one warranty card, but it’s not for any of my guitars. They didn’t bother matching numbers up, best I can tell.
November 16, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Serial # location confirmed on Russell’s brown 555 Headhunter. The serial is in the upper right hand corner of the label, inside the F-hole. It’s possible that there is a stamped serial somewhere inside the body, as well, but the one on the label is certain.
January 29, 2011 at 2:52 pm
I bought my Headhunter 555 honeyburst in 1987 or so and I am the second owner. The serial number label was not in my guitar either. Mine has the label on the outside of the OHSC. Unfortunately a portion of the label was scraped off. All that is left of the Serial number is the first part 8259. The label shows 555 and the serial number on the second line.
February 4, 2011 at 9:29 pm
A friend of mine has me setting up his Headhunter 555 and the serial number is 88,177H
Is this possible? A 1988 Daion??
January 7, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Hello,
I am the original owner of a 1982 Daion Headhunter 555 and the serial number is : 82108h
February 2, 2012 at 3:46 pm
got a headhunter 555 in tobacco sunburst. serial number is:
82363D and another headhunter 555 in deep burgundy with serial number 83031; both mint, both original, except these ugly poti knobs, which i have replaced. also original cases. location is nuremberg/germany.
February 7, 2012 at 12:22 pm
i have a Daion Headhunter 555, which looks to me is an 1983 mod. serial nr. 83019
March 10, 2012 at 12:05 pm
I have a Daion Headhunter 555 made in Japan 1983, bought used in 1992, S/N 83046H, it is all original, Tobacco Sunbust color, it never had problems and still plays very well. My location is Pistoia/Italy