Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

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Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  boutjp97 on Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:41 am

Looks to be in pretty good shape with case. Knobs look as though they may have been changed along with the toggle switch cap and maybe the tunning pegs (can't tell from the picture). Starting bid at $299.00 US is very low.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Westone-Rainbow-I-Guitar-Japan-Matsu-OHSC-clean-no-resv_W0QQitemZ370331875189QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item56397ff775

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  Barry on Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:06 pm

Really nice.
But did Uncle Mats see the irony in a black Rainbow??

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  Westbone on Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:31 pm

Looks as if the bridge has been changed as well.

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  boutjp97 on Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:10 am

You have a better eye than I do, I looked very closely and still don't see anything strange about the bridge...help me out. What do you see????

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Post  caucajun on Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:47 am

looks like a schaller roller bridge to me.

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  Warrn on Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:22 am

Here is an absolutely beautiful Rainbow I, also in the US, BIN only for $600. Looks to be all original (not sure about the knobs?), in perfect shape, and comes with a Gibson hardshell case.

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  Barry on Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:09 pm

Man, she's purty!

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  silence86 on Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:33 pm

hi,

i was lucky enough to hold one of those black rainbows in my hands recently and from what i can tell it's definitely a different bridge on this one...the knobs seem to be the same und the switch was black on the one i saw...

BIN only for $600


is that the "normal" price for a rainbow 1 in the usa these days? seems a little bit high to me...(also if it is still a reasonable price for such a nice and well built instrument...

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  Warrn on Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:30 pm

Rainbows and Sessions both typically go rather high, so this is probably an okay price.

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  boutjp97 on Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:46 pm

I paid around $400 OR $450 USD for my Rainbow I and $800 USD for my Session II in the US. That bridge had me tricked on that black Rainbow, I looked pretty close and still didn't see thyt it was changed. Good eye everyone for noticing the bridge was swapped.

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  colt933 on Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:46 pm

Warrn wrote:Here is an absolutely beautiful Rainbow I, also in the US, BIN only for $600. Looks to be all original (not sure about the knobs?), in perfect shape, and comes with a Gibson hardshell case.


I always wondered if it would fit in a Gibson case - my Rainbow II didn't come with one. This one is pretty!

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Re: Westone Rainbow I Guitar on eBay US

Post  kazzelectro on Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:26 pm

It'll fit in a Gibson 335 case but you'll have about an inch of spacing on either side of the body. The Rainbows I and II are narrower...but not the older Rainbow I (like the $600 bin model on ebay right now) ...this older model is as wide as a Gibson.

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