Daion “THE 82” Jumbo Yamaki Japanese Limited Rare Woods

Body Color

Clear

Right Or Left Handed

Right-handed

Type

Acoustic

Yamaki-made Daions are high-grade Japanese imports along the lines of nicer period Yairi guitars. Seriously alarmingly-good guitars. This is perhaps the best Daion acoustic I've played. The bigger-body Daion acoustics use cedar tops with '50s-ish Martin-style X bracing. This gives that direct, punchy, and loud "Martin-like" experience and adds some "instant vintage" to the sound through the use of cedar -- which tends to be warm, open, and sweet right from the get-go. Many cedar guitars age-in to almost too much warmth, but the Daions seem to age into a richer velvet on the bottom-end without much top-end sacrifice. Cedar's pretty easy to "get started," too, so it responds to the pick pretty fast. This model was the "year's special" in the Daion line (they made a special model each year that was different in body-shape and styling from their normal catalog fare) and it specs-out per the 1982 catalog as "solid cedar top with rosewood-family back and sides." This example has INSANE figure to the Brazilian rosewood. The guitar is basically built along the outline and handling of a J-185 -- it has a smaller 16 3/8" lower-bout than "true" jumbo guitars like the J-200, though it still has deeper sides and a wider waist than your average "archop-shaped" mini/small-jumbo guitar. It has a Martin-ish long scale and the neck is cut like a '50s or early-'60s Martin -- medium and C-shaped and with the cool diamond "volute" at the rear of the headstock. Includes hard to find jumbo hard shell case at full asking price Trades considered for high end watches or ?

Brand

Daion