Barry wrote:
RSBBass wrote:
A lot of these instruments were sold with out brand name indications. Different badges were put on by the distributor who ordered them. DIA may have been a distributor, or even a music store brand...
"DIA" short for DIAmond maybe? The design around the name certainly echos that.
Dia shows up on several lists of brands that Matsumoku guitars were sold under, and there are plenty of old "anyone heard of Dia?" threads out there on various forums, mostly pertaining to acoustics. Dia acoustic guitars seem to be much more prevalent than the few electrics I've found. These electrics are typically Dia branded Les Paul and SG clones, but there's no real notion of whether they were a store brand, a specifically non-U.S. brand or what. These threads on Dia electrics that I
have found tend to originate from places like Europe, Australia, and South Africa, which makes it even more curious as to how my specific guitar ended up hanging in a little Mom-and-Pop pawnshop on the northwest side of Houston, Texas.
It's a difficult, trash-filled Google search since you pull up so many hits for diameter, dia de los muertos, diagram, etc. You have to be really specific and creative on your search terms and exclusions.
It's a great guitar and while its Matsumoku heritage is unmistakable, I just can't help but wonder
"where did you come from?"