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I am looking for a fretless Daion bass. If you have one to sell please email me at the addy at the bottom of the main page!



The nine-piece neck construction of the Daion Power Mk.XX-B really shows in this shot. This one is mine!

The Basses

There were three bass models to choose from. The Savage, Mk.X-B and Mk XX-B.

All models used identical pickups and electronics, and hardware differences were limited to color changes only. The Savage and Mk.X-B had chrome finish hardware, while the Mk. XX-B featured gold colored plating.

The Savage was a bolt-on neck construction and had 22 frets, while the Mk.X and Mk.XX were both neck-through and had full two-octave 24-fret fretboards. The Savage and Mk.X fretboard were rosewood. The Mk.XX came with real ebony.

All Daion basses were 35" scale, which probably had a lot to do with the great tone of these instruments. Very few basses have the longer scale, even today, and those that do are usually VERY expensive. Another example of the extra effort put forward by Daion.

The Savage



This White Savage is currently residing in Bruce Diamond's shop and is available (see the link to Bruces site on the Home page). Having owned a black Savage, I can honestly say that it is one of the best bolt-on neck basses I have ever played. The neck is asymetrical, with more meat on the E-string side, so it kind of falls away from your hand as you start playing on the D and G strings, pure genious. (I hate to admit it, but I actually like the neck on the Savage better than the Mk.XX!) With the the extra long scale and hard hitting pickups, it is truly a great bass.



A yellow Savage from "down under" sent in by Graham Burkin. This one has upgraded pickups, too.

The Mk. X-B



I thought I was just dreaming about the mid-range model until I got a heads-up from a friend about this Mk.X-B for sale on E-bay. The Mark X was a really nice bass with nearly all the features of the much more expensive Mk.XX at a slightly higher price than the Savage. (sorry about all the white in this shot, I didn't realize it needed trimming until I posted it. I'll rectify that, soon.) It's primary competition would probably have been the Yamaha BB300 (I think that was the neck through Yam, anyway). They had both in the shop where I bought my Savage and I liked the way the Mk.X sounded and played much better, as compared to the Yamaha.

The Power series Mk. XX-B



This is the full shot of my personal Power Mk.XX-B that I got from Andy Jackson.

The MK.XX was built to compete with extremely high end basses. It features a nine-piece laminated neck, and laminated body with layers of rosewood, maple and rosewood. The body is two pieces glued to the neck with three lamina on each piece.

The attention to detail on these basses is amazing as even the back electronics and switch covers are cut out of matched rosewood to keep the back of the bass continuous.

This bass is a little road worn, and the electronics are not original. It has a set of EMG pickups with active electronics installed (same P/J setup as used in some of the Spectors). It looks great and sounds just absolutely fantastic. When I walked into practice with it, the guitar player, who knows gear, BTW, thought it was an Alembic. They really are THAT good.


If you have something that is not pictured here, or a pictured bass in a different color, or with modifications, email a pic to me at the address at the bottom of the home page.
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