White Genesis I

[SunDog]

Won that one on Ebay today. Probably overpaid at $242.50.

Anyone have one of these?

[Warrn]

I wouldn't call that overpaid unless it's in rough shape.

[SunDog]

Here is the link. Condition is pretty good. Probably no trem bar.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200437801946&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

[corsair]

Nope; looks good there, man! Very much like my Gen II; came colour and hardware, the difference being that the Gen II had an extra control pot, and mine has it in a very odd position besides!!
I got mine in a pawn shop in Christchurch , New Zealand about 4 years ago for NZ$200 - mine had the wang bar but not the string lock pieces, so you're a step ahead there as they're impossible to find nowadays! Be aware that underneath the string on the stringlock, there will be some 1mm shims - don't lose 'em!!
Nice score - there's not too many on the forums, eh; I like mine to play onstage, too, so they're definately not just show ponies....

[Frenchy]

Great price, great looking guitar, looks in perfect condition... You got yourself a good deal in my mind.

P.

[Warrn]

Definitely a good deal, especially with the case.

[SunDog]

The seller says that he found a trem bar that will work. We shall see. I have seen some bad attmpts at forcing a round peg into a different sized round hole.

Feeling better about the price paid. I had been trolling for an x300 or x390 for a while and the last two decent x300s went for around an avg of $175 US. This is cleaner than either of those (by the pix). I am a little apprehensive about the shape of the neck

[madmarcus1960]

Best of luck with it. You beat me. I went to $210 and thought that was alot. I looks pretty.

[SunDog]

There were three bidders. I got it at $242.50. The second place bidder went to $240. The only other bidder went to $230. Nobody stopped at $210 according to Ebay.

All those bids were submitted 2.5 days before the end of the auction (never understood that). I expected some action near the end - and actually submitted my bid from my blackberry while traveling back from a weekend trip. My high bid was $281. The BB is a pain in the rear to bid with - so I was just going to take the one shot.

[madmarcus1960]

Check it again. I went and checked after your post and it show 6 bids including my first for $199.00 and subsequent bid of $210.00. Enjoy the guitar either way.

[SunDog]

Terribly Sorry. I guess I have no clue how to read these bid reports then. It only shows three distinctive bidders. It looked to me like the same person that put in the first $210 bid also bid $240 later. The other person that had a $210 bid later had a $230 bid.

No offense intended.

Interesting note for follow up:

This guitar is coming out of a shop in Saratoga Springs NY. I lived there from 1985 - 1989, and bought my Pantera X750 bass brand new from a local music store (cant remember the name). I am guessing that this may be a hot bed of Westones coming up for sale. I told the seller to be on the look out for more and to let me know when they surface.

It would probably be a worthwhile excersise to document where people purchased their westones as new instruments - and see if a significant number of them remained local. It would be a good idea to use this data for craigslist searches.

[madmarcus1960]

No problem, I have a XA1630 Genesis II in pieces right now. The guitar came with a crack in the body from the bottom thru the control cavity. I've stripped it down and plan on securing the crack and refinishing it in a colored stain with clearcoating. You winning this just kept me from putting this project off :>(

Take care and enjoy your Westone. My XA1220, XA1330, XA1440, and X275 will keep me from mourning too badly ;>)

[SunDog]

Have you seen the Genesis body for bid on Ebay? Less than what you bid for this one last I checked.

[silence86]

i'd love to have a genesis II in platinum blue burst...

[madmarcus1960]

Thanks man, I on it. The price is steep, I've contacted the seller to negotiate. I have everything to make this whole if I can get the body.

[SunDog]

Thanks man, I on it. The price is steep, I've contacted the seller to negotiate. I have everything to make this whole if I can get the body.

You are most welcome. If I were in your position and the guy refused to negotiate - I would probably just pay him and be done with it. This opportunity will not come along again for a while.

Best of luck. Let us know how it works out.

[SunDog]

That body action was ended. Did you get it?

[madmarcus1960]

YEEESSS!, I was going to post, but didn't get to it. All is forgiven or beating me to the XA1530 :>). He was a reasonable guy and sold it outside of eBay, so he could give me a better deal. By next Wednesday the beast should be all back together again.

Thanks so much for the heads up. If you ever need any Westone advice or other brands, I'll do what I can. I need to post pictures of all of them. I get to it after I put this one back together.

[SunDog]

Outstanding. If the body is in great shape - are you going to keep it as the original color?

[SunDog]

Also - if you dont mind - when you get this thing all together - please share how much $ you put into the project.

Thanks,