It’s a great guitar, and I think it’s only gotten better with age. I was living in Japan in 1990, but somewhat ironically I didn’t find this guitar in Japan, but in Branson Missouri after I returned to the states. I bought it used; a Branson musician was selling it via consignment to a local guitar store. Came with an awesome case.
A few years ago it needed some fret work, so I took it to a luthier at Texas Music Emporium in Houston. When I went to pick it up he asked me about the guitar, and told me it played and sounded awesome: equal to the best guitars he had in the shop.
I haven’t recorded with it a lot. Lately I’ve been favoring 00 or OM sized guitars, and playing a Martin OM-35 a lot. However, I did recently use it on a recording, along with the OM-35 I just mentioned. On this recording the DY-67 is the fingerstyle guitar panned slightly left. (The OM-35 is strummed and centered.) I do plan on using the DY-67 more going forward, though. Getting it out to record on that song reminded me what a fantastic instrument it is. That recording probably isn’t the best showcase for the guitar. Not only is it mixed in with the Martin and my vocal, but it also needed a string change. At the time I recorded I was too impatient and just went forward with somewhat dead-sounding strings.