My Daion Journey

I first saw a Daion in 1984 (or 1985?) at Brook Mays Music store in Northpark Mall in Dallas Texas. As I remember, it was the only Daion in the store. My bass at the time was a black Peavey T-40 with a rosewood fingerboard. The Peavey was my first bass (not a bad bass to start on actually). At that time I had been taking lessons for about two years or so and was already playing in bands in high school. Compared to the Peavey, the Daion looked exotic. It was an ‘84 Wine Red Mark XX – a 24 fret nine-piece neck-through bass with all it’s beautiful wood grain exposed under a shiny clear lacquer.