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10th April 2008, 12:30 PM #1New Member
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Daion Guitars?? Familiar with these Jap guitars?
Hey people - I got a Daion Performer guitar off Ebay that looks like a Jackson/Ibanez (it's got Jackson looking headstock).... got a crazy 80's red/black electric paint job. Got Floyd Rose locking trem. Has 3 on/off switches for each individual pickup. One volume & one tone knob - the tone knob is stiff at about 5 so you can feel where you're at.... anywhere past 5 puts out a screaming tone. 5 is fairly warm and versatile.
Does anyone know much about these guitars.... I've only been able to find info on other more expensive models - I think this 'Performer' model is a cheaper export compared to some of the others I've seen via Google. I think Daion only produced guitars in the late 70s - early 80s.
Any information on what I've just bought for $290aud would be appreciated
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I always thought the early ones we're made by Ibanez...but reading their history probably not.
I've seen some of their early fender copies that are decent bargains for a couple of hundred bucks or less.
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10th April 2008, 05:39 PM #3
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Is it a true Jackson copy, like a Dinky or a Soloist. There were a plethora of them from '85 onwards, own one myself. Is the floyd stamped with the manufacturers name? Mine is - but it is a Vester, which is a soloist clone.
pups? H/s/s like true jackson?
Probably agathis. I chucked an EMG 85 in it and its is an OK instrument. Certainly held up to light gigging and home use. Tuning is a little dubious, and it needed a good setup and fret dress. Check the saddles on the floyd for excessive wear and rotate or replace the pivot pins if they waggle around in the screw holes too much, generally they have a threaded insert. I have also used (cringe) plumbers thread tape to tighten them up. Make sure your top-locks are flat and even. Have found a few low end instruments with excessive fret buzz that are fitted with floyds. Bad factory setup - if any - IMHO.
Jam a straight edge across the frets when it is unstrung, they tended to use Jumbo fret wire to hide wobbly fretboards. I have never succeeded in getting a truly low action out of them, I just don't think the tolerences are good enough. Remember most of these axes are sweatshop models, not super CNC production models, so the human error factor is up there a bit. You can see the marks from the spade bit they used to pilot the pickup cavities.
You can do a fair bit with them, but dont expect miracles.
"Screaming" is probably a cr@ppy pot in the tone circuit, if it is shorting or wotnot then they can cause microphonic feedback as their cases yowl - no joke. for $5 replace it, or cut it out completely like I didCheers!Mongrel
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