Super Rare Daions
Got this in an email today, very possibly a prototype Daion Mk.XX! Note the squared off body, no fretboard, rosewood knobs, and even rosewood pickup rings. Brass fret marker dots are in the rosewood neck laminations. The pickup coils are split by pulling out the vol knobs! Bought at a guitar show in the late 80s in Dallas TX, currently living in NW Alabama. Serial number 792716.
Then we have a similar squared and bound Mk.X…
The goldtop H-555 Headhunter, formerly owned by Bruce Diamond…
Left hand Headhunter
Michael Bechmann’s odd single coil Savage with tremelo bridge!
If you run across a Daion that is really odd and/or rare, please send me an email michaelcallahan01@gmail.com
April 4, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Has anyone ever seen a Daion with a different headstock design than the ‘tuning fork’ symbol? I have an 84 Mark XX 6 string, all original inc. case with the word ‘Daion’, in their fancy font like on the case, set into the headstock instead of the symbol. How rare is that?
April 4, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Sometime in 1984, they switched over to the name logo, in place of brass inlaid lyre. Probably a move to lower costs. Decal is a lot cheaper and less labor intensive than an inlay. Check the serial number list to see on what number the Lyre disappears.
April 6, 2010 at 10:56 pm
the head on my 80/12 doesn’t have brass,and the head is not slotted,like others i have seen.it also has a small inlayed logo on the base of the heel.
April 6, 2010 at 11:04 pm
The inlay logo is common to a lot of the acoustics. Have not seen a solid headstock on a 12 so far, but I know very little about the acoustics (I am a bass player, but only a guitar owner).
December 10, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Hi! I have a model like the first up the list but in black!!! I am really knocked because I know my guitar is a DAION just a few minutes ago!! The mine is from 80′ years, (the serial number starts 80..)maybe was the same model than the one in the pictures. It’s really the same!
February 6, 2011 at 1:03 pm
i have a headhunter goldtop identicle the third one down!
so now i only know of 2 goldtop headhunters and mine is up for sale .
November 12, 2011 at 5:21 pm
is it still?
March 4, 2011 at 10:07 am
Is the goldtop HH still for sale? Let me know. Thanks.
January 8, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Sorry, sold it years ago. IF I had known it was a ‘custom order’ I sure would have asked a LOT more for it. I’ve yet to see another one. but there’s GOT to be at least a few others out there. Happy hunting!! Diamond Strings
December 7, 2011 at 6:27 am
Hola quieres una honeyburst?
December 7, 2011 at 6:28 am
Vendo Daion HEadhunter 555 honeyburst
January 8, 2012 at 7:28 pm
I have a Power Mark X 791543 that they will pry from my cold dead hands only…well sometimes I play my 1959 Supro…but onlyfor blues….Mark X fills the bill admirably forallelse