Samashton12 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Happy New (Old) Bass Day! Picked this up on eBay, totally worth it just for the looks. It's surprisingly really nice to play and everything is working fine Now I need a gold anodized pickguard and some John Entwistle licks! http://i.imgur.com/iaQVFTD.jpg http://i.imgur.com/EQzsnXl.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Nice! Substantial and honest bass. I like the green Dunlop Tortex picks too. Edited October 14, 2015 by Dandelion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samashton12 Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1444855488' post='2886804'] Nice! Substantial and honest bass. I like the green Dunlop Tortex picks too. [/quote] Green 88's are the one, my man. Starting to play with a pick less and less now. The band has a few songs where it is necessary, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Nice - do you know anything about it? Age/ factory it was made in etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckman67 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) [quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1444906847' post='2887147'] Nice - do you know anything about it? Age/ factory it was made in etc? [/quote] Daions are typically associated with Yamaki but like most 70s MIJ brands, it's not exactly set in stone. I'd say this is an early (mid 70s or earlier) Daion because it doesn't appear to have traits I'd associate with later basses, such as the odd truss adjuster system: Also the big black oversprays on the body contours suggest it's not solid timber, which I'd expect to see on later Yamakis. It's probably laminated butcher-block with front & back veneers, like many copy-era MIJ basses. I don't know enough about Daion as a brand to say whether they used specific other factories but if I was looking at this without the brand, I'd say it was from Chushin Gakki or one of the Matsumoto manufacturing group companies. But that would be a guess, to be honest. Jon. Edited October 15, 2015 by Bassassin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Untighten! Love it 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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