12 string?

[sarcaster]

Has Westone ever built a production 12 string? If so, what model(s)?

[corsair]

I don't think so. Thorn?? If it's a Matt 12 you're after, join the line - Vantage and APII both had electric 12's and APII had a couple of twin necks...

[Guest]

Yes and no, depends what you mean by Westone. Matsumoku never made a Westone 12 string the modern line of Westone guitars made for FCN does include at least one 12 string acoustic,

[sarcaster]

Did a bit of gooling as a thought Rabin used a westone 12. Found this:

http://blogs.guitarworld.com/covers/coverview.php?picname=75.jpg


Now the question is, how do I get one??????

[corsair]

Wow!! Spectrum LX or FX 12; gotta be a custom build?! Thorn???

[Barry]

Wow indeed!
There's barely enough room for the Westone logo on the headstock.
I tried enlarging the pic to read what's on the TRC but no luck. Guesses anyone?
Interesting bridge/stop tail arrangement too.

[Frenchy]

Interesting bridge/stop tail arrangement too.

Looks very similar to the Vantage VS695-12 and VS696-12....(tail piece and neck only) If Vantage had these, no reason Westone would not have made any in my mind....

Subject to change.....

P.

P.S. Something new to search for... a Westone 12...

[corsair]

Great, yet another guitar to scour the interwebs for!!! My wife will be just delighted....


Do any of you realise Just. How. Much. I. Want. That.? Do you?!?!

Thank you, Sarcaster. Thank you very much....

[Barry]

Sounds like the 12 step program you learned at the MAA meetings has gone all to buggery.
(Johnny's got GA-AS, Johnny's got GA-AS, Johnny's got GA-AS!!)

[Guest]

I think it's more likely to be a custom guitar than a production model. Might find out in a few days - I just bought a copy of that magazine, there's a fourteen page interview with them in it, hopefully they'll mention that guitar in the interview.

[corsair]

God, I could care less if it's a custom; I want that in the worst possible way... to paraphrase Homer Simpson...

(drooling...) mmmmmmmmmmm Spectrum 12!!

[Guest]

I tried enlarging the pic to read what's on the TRC but no luck. Guesses anyone?

It says Trevor Rabin.

[Barry]

Well, duh.
What else could it have been?

[Guest]

It does say something else under the name but it's too small to read

The article doesn't help with identifying it - it mentions Westone making custom 6 and matching 12 string Panteras for him, but that's definitely a Spectrum body. It does show his X390 - a Dull Black one (I thought he had the X390CB) and does say why there's no Pantera logo on the body- he had it sanded off.

"That's the only thing I don't like about it. If they'd done it in gray instead of white, it would've been less distracting"
There's a picture of him with another Spectrum (LX or FX) and Chris Squires custom Electra-Westone bass, but that's all the Westone related information in the interviews.

[corsair]

Hmmm... the mystery deepens?! I'd love to know where that is now.....

[sarcaster]

I think the only thing better would be a 12 string version of a Pantera 350. But I think the only way I'll see that is if I attempt to build a copy myself.

[DuoFuzz]

That's gotta be "Trevor Rabin MODEL", surely?

DAN.

[colt933]

There are a couple of good pictures of this guitar in the Big Generator tour programme.

It is almost certainly a custom one-off for Rabin and is quite possibly still in his collection.

He had Rainbows, Spectrum FXs, and of course Pantera X-390s.

[corsair]

Have you got one of these?; I'd love to see it!!

[Elan I]

here are some good shots!!!