Members Chubbyirishman Posted July 27, 2019 Members Share Posted July 27, 2019 Just wondering if anyone is familiar with this bass at all. I picked it up today for $50 and I can’t seem to find much info on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 28, 2019 a little...Dia's instruments were manufactured by Matsumoku, one of the notable Japanese Instrument manufacturers during the 70s. I have seen mainly P-Bass copies by Dia, never a Lester...I would bet it plays and sounds pretty good. Many well regarded labels came out of the Matsomoku factory. Your bass looks very much like the mid 70s Greco Les Paul 'Lawsuit' copy....and it also has some obvious similarities to the Univox Les Paul Copies of the era, which were also made by Matsumoku [plus Aria, Vox, Greco, Epiphone, Maestro (under Norlin),Yamaha, Ibanez, Elektra...and Dia.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chubbyirishman Posted July 28, 2019 Author Members Share Posted July 28, 2019 Thanks for the reply, daddymack. I haven’t had much time to spend with this bass yet, but from the few minutes I sat down with it, I was actually impressed with how it felt. Just plugged it in momentarily to make sure the electronics worked, but didn’t dial in any tones with it. For $50, I think I scored pretty good. I just couldn’t seem to find much info on it. Glad to know it was made at the Matsumoku plant though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I moved this to the Bass forum ... I think you might get more replies / interest over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted July 29, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 29, 2019 Looks like my daughter's bass. I'll have to dig it out later and see if the similarities are more than superficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted July 29, 2019 Members Share Posted July 29, 2019 I can't add anything but welcome aboard and Happy New Bass Day. It should be a nice player after some TLC. It looks like the bridge needs to be replaced and some general cleaning up but that's about all. Why can't I ever find bargains like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just wondering if anyone is familiar with this bass at all. I picked it up today for $50 and I can’t seem to find much info on it. I'm not sure if this applies to all models, but according to this old HC thread... https://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/Bass/acapella-17/437943- ....many DIA basses were MIJ in the Matusumoku factory. There's a possible connection / association between DIA and Diamond / Aria. Yours has the expected MIJ on the neck plate, but doesn't say Matusumoku or have a serial number on it, which doesn't mean it wasn't made there, but it does make it more questionable IMO. Have you tried checking inside the control cavity to see if there are any codes on the potentiometers? If there are codes on the pots, they can often be helpful in dating the instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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