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Between 2 and 3 K...

You should look it up in the Bluebook... I don't have a copy of it and have never been interested in acquiring this model so I didn't pay much attention to the prices they fetched. A quick search...

It was made under licence from Giannini who made/makes the original Craviola. The Westbury (defunct Japanese brand) is better built. Japanese vs Brazilian quality: no contest.
If you happen to have...

In my experience, Tusq is brighter than bone. YMMV.
Archtop bridges are entirely different animals. They are floating, not glued, and very few have a bone insert on top.
Usually, archtops have a...

I believe at the time, America hadn't yet decided it had a better spelling for it, so this would have been a "Dreadnaught".
But as the old Chinese saying goes, "Whatever floats your boat, Dude..."

Couldn't tell you, I'm not familiar with Taylors.

So much of it is tradition... Classical guitars have totally flat fretboards, 2" wide, presumably for easier fingering. Doesn't work for my...

12" (Gibson) and 16" (Martin) are the 2 most common, but there are a few others, including compound radii.

I got 3 sets from Dman and I don't intend to sell any of them, with or without a guitar...
Thanks for sharing your pics, guys. Any close-up shots showing the wood on the buttons...?

Beautiful! I don't think I'd ever seen that pic with the maple buttons [Edit: These ARE mahogany buttons as stated in your post. Another brain-fade on my part]
Was it lacquer you put on it finally?

It's sooo quiet in here, I thought I'd show off a bit and put a porn picture of mine on the wall...



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Looks like a nice catch! Enjoy...

Sorry Strum, just saw your post now...

Sharp eye you've got...
That green background reminds me of a vintage Daion too.

Masterful job, indeed...

[quote=evenkeel] The pic you posted over the the washie forum look much more like martin clones.[/quote

I agree with you. But you know, if the bridge of this Mark V were conventional (like in the...

Great, actually reminds me a lot of my D-67SJ Washburn. Now that I think they were made by the same people, it doesn't surprise me all that much.
However, the bracing of the two is quite...

Sounds like a Japanese hot-rod all right...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h66/espiti/Daion%20Mugen%20Mark%20V/DSC07355web.jpg
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Oh, poop... That's some let-down.

Thanks, I needed that. My chakra was slightly out of wack lately. Since reading this, it got torqued back in shape so fast it didn't make sense.

Parkwood is the name of their SW line, more or less similar to Timbercraft for W

Hey Strum, check this thread...
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=6714

There are quite a few all-SW Chinese made guitars in the 200-250 range (new street prices). I'm not personally...

That's one beautiful spruce top! Congrats...

My hunch is that it's the same guitar as the Johnson Carolina II (or Petaluma at Costco!).
I haven't tried any of them but would love to if I could hand-pick one...

Within the following link are...

Thanks for sharing the pics...
Looks like it was worth waiting for. Nice catch!
Interesting bridge. I assume it's original but did not notice it on the first one...

Wow... I'd be mildly ticked too.
I'm sure Montana' QC will get you a good one in time but IT IS disheartening coming from a high profile US guitar company.

Glad you like it.
The fretboard is indeed bound in some kind of semi-transparent plastic.