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The story of Daion and Yamaki guitars is entwined with the histories of a number of other Japanese companies.In the late 1940s, brothers Yasuyuki and Kazuyuki Teradaira started working for Tatsuno Mokko, an instrument-building firm that later split into two different companies, one of which was called Hayashi Gakki.In 1954 Hayashi Gakki was bought out by, a large music distributor.In 1962 Yasuyuki left Zenon to start an instrument distributor he called Daion, located in Osaka and Daion is the Wholesaler of the Musical Instruments, and Daion distributed guitars exclusively throughout Japan. Daion means “big sound” in Japanese.In 1967 Kazuyuki left Zenon to produce classical guitars under the name located in Suwa City, Nagano Pref., an auspicious Japanese word meaning “happy trees on the mountain.By the early 1970s, Kazuyuki expanded the Yamaki line to include a large number of steel-string guitars, many of which were based on C.F. Martin and Co.’s designs and were distributed exclusively through Daion. Along with Yamaki guitars, Daion sold instruments from Shinano, Mitsuru Tamura, Chaki, and Hamox, some of which were built by Yamaki at various times, and guitars, which they imported from the US.Before Mr. Hirotsugu Teradaira joined the organization, Yamaki was the guitar brand and Daion is only the wholesaling company’s name, and it was not the name of the guitar brand. Yamaki factory produced the acoustic guitars and Daion distributed Yamaki guitars exclusively in Japan.But Teradaira Brothers market was only restricted to Japan when they started. Sometime in the late 1960s, Daion began exporting Yamaki guitars to America and Canada, where they were well received.Yamaki’s production capacity was around 1000 instruments pr month – or around 33000 in total.
Out of the 1000pcs. Production capacity per month some were under Yamaki name and also Washburn USA brand and finally the Daion name. These were roughly split into Daion 70%, Yamaki 20%, Washburn 10% (Wings, Stage, and acoustics).After Mr. Hirotsugu Teradaira graduated from the University in 1974, he joined his father’s distribution company. Daion Ltd in Osaka. Overall there were a total of 30 people working there.
The Yamaki factory was located in Suwa and there were overall only about 50 people at the factory.In 1975 Mr. Hirotsugu Teradaira negotiate with one of the biggest wholesaling company in Canada, who were already handling Yamaki guitars. Their name is Great West Imports Ltd., and their head office is located in Vancouver. As a part of that deal, The Great West Import company hired Mr. Hirotsugu Teradaira as a warehouse worker doing the daytim and he studied English at the Community Collage after hours. This lasted for good 2 year until 1977.After those 2 years Mr. Hirotsugu Teradaira came back to Japan and he started to designing acoustic guitars under the series name of The Year Series.
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This was in from 1978. After he had introduced The 78 Acoustic guitar he also started to add significant difference on each Year series and each electric guitars.Later he also designed several other Daion instruments including the Daion Headhunter as well as Yamaki and Washburn instruments.There are 3 dates on the different Yamaki/Daion instruments. 1954, 1962, 1967.1962 dates to when Yamaki was founded.1967 was when Daion was founded.That leaves 1954. This date is very interesting because there is a lot of history there. Adding an older image to the Daion brand, after talking to his uncle, Mr. Hirotsugu Teradaira decided to use 1954 as this was the first year that his uncle made his own guitar as a luthier.Besides Canada, Mr.
Hirotsugu Teradaira appointed one distributor in one country so there were the exclusive distributors in UK, France, Norway (incl. Sweden, Denmark), Finland,Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Australia, Singapore.By the early 1980s, however, Daion felt that the Yamaki Martin-style guitars were getting lost among similar instruments from other Japanese builders like Takamine, Yasuma, and C.F. Mountain, so they redesigned the entire acoustic line and started building acoustic-electrics and solid-body electrics as well as oddities like double-neck acoustics.
They dropped the Yamaki name and rebranded their instruments as Daion guitars. Daion began an extensive advertising campaign to introduce the new line around 1982, but this was a time when musicians were more interested in the new MIDI-equipped synthesizers than inguitars.In 1983 Yamaki moved from Suwa to Shiga, but both place are in Nagano Pref. And in fact, those 2 places are not too far away apart.In 1 984 Yamaki/Daion stopped exporting guitars to America and went out of business. At the time of bankruptcy, it was nothing but chaos.After the bankruptcy of Yamaki/Daion, Teradaira brothers split and their correspondences came down to almost zero.After Yamaki/Daion, Mr. Kazuyuki Teradaira moved and start producing Persimmon Wooden golf club heads.
He was quite successful making those.Any Daion instruments you see after mid 1984 were made by unknown luthiers. No Yamaki people produced any instruments around mid-80’s.If you want more info about Daion/Yamaki/Washburn feel free to join the group. We keep adding more and more info about these as soon as we have the info confirmed. Source: Interview with Mr. Hirotsugu Teradaira shared by Michael Bechmann, Michael Callahan and Anne Jarrod Amohau email 3 Feb 2018Catalogssee,Images eBayBarbarian below courtesy ofImages Mugen acoustic reverb.comSavage 1982Ray Benson advertisementsee.
Area servedWorldwideProducts(since 2002)Valley Arts Guitar was an American manufacturer. The company was taken over by in mid-1993, being then bought by in 2002, which used the brand 'Valley Arts' to name guitar stores. History Mike McGuire and Al Carness founded the company in the mid-1970s in, a district of in the; the name 'Valley Arts' is a reference to the firm's original location. Partners in a music store and repair shop, their repairs and customizations gained the attention of Los Angeles and guitarists such as. They began building custom guitars from scratch in 1977, and by 1983 demand for these guitars had increased to the point of requiring a separate manufacturing facility. Most of their guitars had a radical styling similar to that of a; others were modified versions of 's popular designs, the and the. 'Signature' Valley Arts features often included highly figured wood grain on the front, translucent colored finishes, gold hardware, locking, and humbucking pickups.In late 1990 the store was destroyed by fire.Underinsured, McGuire and Carness found it necessary to sell the store and concentrate on the manufacturing side of the business.
In an attempt to expand their business, in 1992 they sold half of Valley Arts to the guitar manufacturer. One year after, Samick bought the whole company. Pre Samick Valley Arts GuitarsMcGuire and Carness became dissatisfied with their positions in the company and the quality of the guitars manufactured by Samick, and by 1993 they had moved to positions at.Through the 1990s Gibson was moving to expand and diversify its brands, and by the late 1990s they had decided to acquire the 'Valley Arts' name as an outgrowth of the Gibson Custom Shop. In late 2002 Valley Arts reopened as a music store, repair facility and small manufacturer specializing in custom guitars in downtown Nashville. Al Carness managed the store; Mike McGuire is operations manager of the Gibson Custom division, which oversees the Valley Arts line of guitars. The Nashville store closed in 2005.
Mike McGuire officially retired August 3, 2012. References.Original Valley Arts Guitars (pre-Gibson, pre-Samick) ValleyArtsGuitars.com has 687 members. Pre-Gibson, pre-Samick Valley Arts Guitars! Register your. Bourgeois Guitars' mission as a company has always been to merge their love for vintage guitar. Find great deals on eBay for guitars serial numbers. Valley Arts Guitar was an American electric guitar manufacturer.
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The brand was acquired by Gibson in late 1990s, using it to name guitar stores. Mike McGuire and Al Carness founded the company in the mid-1970s in North Hollywood, California, a district of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley; the name 'Valley Arts' is a reference to the firm's original location.Hey Everyone,I'm hard pressed for information on a guitar I bought recently.Its a Valley Arts California Pro (serial number CAL 01084) - from the Samick/Valley Arts Overlap period from the looks of it. Its really well made, and plays great.
Weighs in at a hefty 9.13 pounds. Body looks like Ash. All the parts say 'Made in the USA', the humbucker is a Seymour Duncan Trembucker (TB-4), the single coils early Duncan SSL-1's (confirmed on the SD forum), the trem is a Kahler, tuners are valley arts. The headstock is Samick designed as I've learned.I found another posting about a guitar which is exactly like mine barring the tremolo:From what I have learned Samick bought Valley Arts outright in 1993 and there was an overlap period from 1992-93 with the original valley arts guys. Manufacturing was then shifted to the Far East and the guitars were ultimately produced under Samick's own brand name, while the US Custom shop also kept going for a few years utilizing parts and possibly woods imported from Korea (Duncan designed pickups etc., cheaper electronics etc.) producing better quality instruments than the ones made in Korea under Samick's own brand.Does anyone have any information on which year this guitar can possibly be from? Did these Samick headstocks start only after mid-1993?Any help would be appreciated!
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