Member's gear database...

[corsair]

Corsairs' Westones....

Model Year Modified/standard s/n
Spectrum GT 1985 Std 5041705 blueburst
Spectrum ST 1987 Std 7012642 White
Spectrum GT Bass 1986 Std 6041173 Black
Clipper CL4112 1987 Std 87101370 Sky blue
Genesis II 1986 Std 6100289 White
Phoenix X195 1984 Mod 4010620 (new bridge) blueburst
Clipper CL4112 1987 Std 87101368 sky blue

...my gear's in storage so this is off my insurance data...

[Steve777]

Steve777 Westones

Model Year Modified/standard s/n

Genesis II 1987 Mod 7012904 ( New Artec Bridge PU ) Platinum Blue Burst
Dimension IV 1984 Std 4110762 Red
Thunder 1a 1985 Std 5092624 Black
Thunder 2a 1983 Std 3063207 Pearlised cream

[anaerobe]

Ian's stuff

Westones:

1986 x-70 (natural finish) S-H - hardtail
1985 Spectrum DX snow white H-H - Bendmaster, locking nut, stock pups (no markings), totally stock save the trem bar.

First guitar: 1974 Yamaha SG35 (yes, I'm a recovering Yamaholic)

Most recent guitar: Aria Pro II RS Deluxe V

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Guitars currently in the family:

1974 Yamaha SG35, grover tuners, SD '59 at the neck and SD pearly gates bridge pickup

1978 Onyx (Yamaki built ?? - not confirmed by anyone) "Japanese Wing" style neck through body, dual rail humbuckers, beautiful sounds from this one

1986 Westone x70 (check out members Westones), single coil plus humbucker config, natural finish, body truss rod adjust, maple neck.

1985 Westone Spectrum DX, locking nut, bendmaster, snow white, body truss rod adjust, purple rosewood fretboard.

1974 Epiphone acoustic FT-130 MIJ - blue tag Matsumoku

2008 Gibson LP standard, '60 neck, honey burst

1993 Takemine acoustic (Western)

1969-ish Yamaha acoustic (classical)

1977 Granada Les Paul Custom (MIJ - Matsumoku) - flame maple top, H-H, mother of toilet inlay, Canadian market brand, "house" brand for some conservatories.

1982 Vantage Entertainer, stock electronics and hardware, h/h, bound neck, bound body, MMK 45's, double coil cut switch, glossy black, arch top, chrome hardware, dot inlay, rosewood fretboard, neck truss rod adjust.

New - 1982 Aria Pro II RS Deluxe-V strat clone, MAPLE neck, stock electronics and machine heads, MMK single coils s/s/s, gold hardware, trem, 5-way selector, candy apple red body with white pick guard and single coil pups, plays, sounds like a strat, neck truss rod adjust. Issues - needs a new 1/4 " jack. This is a nice instrument for chicken pickin' or Texas shuffle stuff.

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Traded for the Aria Pro II strat clone - 1986 Vantage Avenger ("The Mule" - possible transition model) - TV yellow, gotoh tuners

Past guitars include ESP viper, a couple of late model Samicks, Ovation 12, etc..

[hendrik]

my stock so far:

- Spectrum ST(X135) red, black head and neck serial no. 6010048
- Concord II metallic green serial no. 1110009
- Spectrum MX(X139) blue, Bendmaster trem serial no. 5061962
- Spectrum SX (X188) red, Bendmaster trem serial no. 6021406

H.

Non Westone guitars

- Hagström XL5 (2008) red
- Hohner G3T black
- Fender Telecaster black (early 90's)

I'm not finished with looking for Westone's, but I'm going to extend my collection with some Hagströms.

[Barry]

Well now let's see, in order of acquisition...

Gibson ES-330 TD--1964
Goya G10 classical--circa 1969
El Degas GB25--circa 1975
Ovation 1983 Collector's Series--1983
Westone Spectrum ST--1985
Ovation Elite 1868--1990
Danelectro U2 '56 reissue--circa 1998
Vintage TC200BD (telecaster clone)--2007
Epiphone Les Paul Studio--2007
Westone Thunder IA--1981
Westone Spectrum S--1985
Parker PM-20 Hornet--2005
edit:
Vantage Avenger AV325--1981

You'd think that would be enough wouldn't you, but no-o-o!
Never enough Uncle Mats guitars, eh?
(Um, someone care to explain to my wife??)

[corsair]

(Um, someone care to explain to my wife??)

Nope; do your own grovelling; we all have to!!

[Pollyanna]

Never enough Uncle Mats guitars, eh?
(Um, someone care to explain to my wife??)

Ha, ha, ha, ha, - I don't have that problem...

Aren't I the lucky one?

Polly

[Trevor]

Trevs' stuff,

86 Westone Spectrum SX
84 Vantage invader
81 Vantage Spirit VLP500 LP copy
82 Vantage Avenger AV325
72ish Aria 1803t
78ish Aria RE550 Bass Ric 4001 copy
85 Ibanez EX404 Bass
92 Samick LC650 Set neck LP custom copy
94 Samick KRT664 "Prophet" Neck through Super Strat

Cheers

[Warrn]

Assuming this is just for Uncle Mat stuff...

1985 Spectrum GT Bass, candy red (5060968)
1984 The Rail, black (84009)
1985 Dimension IV Bass, black (5051370)
1985 The Rail, red (506383)
1985 The Rail, white (507209)

And my single non-Westone Mat:

1970(?) Aria Model 1540 (Jazz Bass copy, no serial number)

[anaerobe]

I have always striven to maintain my groveling skills to a razor's edge.

[Barry]

...Ha, ha, ha, ha, - I don't have that problem...

Ah, would that they were all like our Polly
cue Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful (Westone) World....sigh.

[corsair]

We used to perform that and as our singer was finishing the last word in the song, our drummer would rush out from behind the kit with a big towel to wipe the sweat off the singers' face... (Alan was spotlit and the rest of the stage in darkness!) cheesy as hell but the punters got a giggle out of it!!

There's some nice Westones showing up here, eh.... Go, Trev, you good thing!! (Vantage are my particular predilection...)

[Hyperion]

Westone Thunder IIIa 1982
Westone Thunder III MK2 1983

[sticky]

My guitars,

westone thunder 1 - 1981
westone thunder 1a bass - 1983
westone thunder JET - 1984
epiphone G400 (SG)
ibanez GRG170DX
ibanez S320
ibanez MSC650VV (acoustic)
Stagg acoustic

All those in two years ive tried to stop but buying guitars is addictive! lol. I'm trying to stick to collecting Westones now

mark.

[Barry]

I'm trying to stick to collecting Westones now
mark.

Hi Mark. Well you're showing amazingly good taste in instruments!
Nice to see that Uncle Mats' quality is appreciated by the next generation; makes an old rocker warm and fuzzy , um, on the inside.

Turn 'er up!

[colt933]

Current axes:

1986 Westone Pantera X-390CB (factory bendmaster deluxe - not kahler pro) with OHSC, currently with licensed Floyd with D-Tuna, kahler deluxe string lock, and Dimarzio tone zone and Fred pickups.

1987 Westone Rainbow II (with aftermarket locking Sperzel tuners and a Bigsby installed by previous owner).

1986 Charvel Model 5 with Kahler pro and SD JB and 59 neck.

Warmoth custom strat, lightweight swamp ash body with flame maple top factory finished yellow to black burst, birdseye maple neck with kingwood fretboard, SD Classic 50s pickups.

Warmoth custom VW, lightweight mahogany body with 5/8" carved flame maple top factory finished yellow to black burst, short scale mahogany boat neck with Macassar ebony fingerboard, SD JB and Jazz pickups.

Line 6 Variax 300 (nice toy).

1985 Alvarez-Yairi DY-74 with pickup and OHSC

Previous Westones:

1986 Westone Pantera X-390CB all original with OHSC
1986 Westone Pantera X-390CB all original with OHSC
1986 Westone Pantera X-390DBK all original with OHSC
1986 Westone Spectrum FX white with non-original pickups
1986 Westone Pantera X-300 dark red all original with OHSC
1984 Westone Thunder II-A dark blue all original with OHSC

[anaerobe]

Hey - nice collection.

My Kingdom for one of those former Panteras! Can't seem to find one of these up here in the frozen Taiga.

[Warrn]

Well, if we're listing ALL our gear, I can post up a list of all my stringed instruments...

BASSES (12)
1. ~1994 Peavey International Series Milestone II
2. ~2000 Peavey Grind 6 NTB
3. 1985 Westone Spectrum GT Bass
4. 1987 Peavey Patriot
5. 1984 Westone The Rail (black)
6. ???? Carlo Robelli 12-string (tuned eeEaaAddDggG or ebEaeAdaDgdG or g#bEc#eAf#aDbdG)
7. 1985 Westone Diminsion IV
8. 1985 Westone The Rail (red)
9. 2008 Dean Playmate Electric-Acoustic Bass
10. 1982 Peavey T-45
11. ~1970 Aria Model 1540 (Jazz Bass copy, Uncle Mat)
12. 1985 Westone The Rail (white)

GUITARS (5)
Esteban acoustic-electric (black)
Esteban acoustic-electric (natural)
Esteban acoustic-electric (blue with cutaway)
Yamaha acoustic
~2005 Yamaha EGV103 electric

OTHER
Carlo Robelli A-style mandolin
Hohner HU212 soprano ukulele

I only know my way around the basses. Chords drive me nuts so I can't do much with the guitar or mandolin. The uke has nice wide string spacing though, so I'm starting to learn on it, and will move up to the guitars and mando. If you guys want pics of any of the non-Westones, I'll be happy to provide. Peavey made EXCELLENT basses back in the day. I'm not so fond of their lousy record keeping (they can't tell me anything about my MIK models), but that old T-45 has massive, MASSIVE tone. It actually sounds better than my Spectrum, but because the Spectrum weighs half what the T-45 does, the Spectrum gets top billing.

[DuoFuzz]

Since I'm sitting here having my brain cells rotted by British daytime TV, and my soul destroying search for a job is slowly killing me, I thought I'd cheer myself up and give you a laugh at my collection of cheap guitars.
Be under no illusions, none of these are highly collectible. I've never bought any big name high end stuff, I don't think I'm good enough to be honest !. I much prefer the models at the cheaper end of the market.
Most of these are secondhand and many of them have needed a bit of TLC to get them playable again. It's getting to a point now that I actually think I'm running a sanctuary for badly mistreated guitars.
I've also put my dads guitars on this list. When he passed away a few years back, me and my brother got his guitars and we've never got round to who owns what, so we just seem to share them!

Anywhoo, on with the list:

1. 1980 Aria Pro II CS250 Cardinal. (Early version, no model type on trussrod cover. Different control layout. All original Uncle Mat!)
2. 90's(?) Aria Pro II LBE-STD Libra Standard. (Strange white burst finish. Aria ART-1 Floyd style trem. H/S/S layout.)
3. 70's Avon Les Paul Custom. (One of dads, bro fitted it with EMG's! but I still have originals. Made in Japan, must be collectible .)
4. 2004 Burns Nu-sonic Player Series. (Cheapest model but fitted with 2 Tri-sonics and a hot Burns bridge H/B.)
5. Cruiser SJ550. (Cheap LP junior copy by Crafter. P90's sound good but now has neck problem. Project to sort out)
6. 1998 Danelectro U2 reissue. (Limo black, great guitars and so easy to play.)
7. 1989 Epiphone 435i. (Super Strat style, H/S/S. Good guitar until the Floyd trem exploded , yes honestly, kaboom !)
8. 2004 Epiphone Les Paul. (Plus top model flame front. Alnico II Pro Seymour Duncans fitted.)
9. 2003 Epiphone '58 Explorer. (Korina. Want a black pickguard for it. SD Custom 5 bridge + Jazz neck zebra p-ups)
10. 2003 Epiphone SG Gothic. (Polished original satin black paint. EMG 81 + 85 Zakk Wylde p-up set fitted. Rock machine.)
11. 1996 Fender DG3 acoustic. (Crap! trussrod knackered. Setup for slide. Added DeArmond 210 p-up, worth more than guitar!)
12. 1991(?) Fenix Tele. (In bits. Post lawsuit model. Just needs rebuilding. One of many projects)
13. 2007 Gretsch Electromatic Pro-Jet. (Modded. Now fitted with Bigsby B7 and a pair of TV Jones filtertron's. US spec electrics.)
14. 2007 Hamer XT Series SATFP90. (Honeyburst flame top. I love P90's)
15. 1991 Hohner TE Custom XII Tele. (Always wanted to a 12 string. All original with it's EMG Selects still fitted. Weighs a ton.)
16. 80's Hondo HL5BFBB. (One of dads. L5 copy. Front smashed in. I will try to repair it if possible but it's a lot of work. Project!)
17. 1981 Hondo II H1052B. (Fender Lead II copy. Current project. Never seen another one?)
18. 1984 Ibanez Roadstar II RS135. (Dads guitar. 3 S/C's, Powerocker trem. 21 fret maple neck. Lovely guitar.)
19. 70's(?) Jedson Tele type thing! (Tiesco made, I think. 1" thick body, cheap trem, slide switches, and plays real good! One of dads)
20. Manhattan Jazzmaster thing. (Cheapo thing I bought to modify, just one more project!)
21. 70's Satellite LP copy. (Neck like a baseball bat. Used for slide work since end of trussrod fell off! Sky PAF+ p-ups)
22. 1990 Squier Strat. (Made in Japan. Dad was building this when he passed away. I finished as a tribute to him. Jim Cairnes p-ups.)
23. 90's Squier Strat. (Silver Series, Japan. Bare Knuckles Irish tour p-up set fitted.)
24. 2004 Squier Thinline Tele HH. (Set neck. Don't see many of these, nice guitar. SD '59 bridge + Jazz neck p-ups.)
25. 2007 Squier '51. (love this guitar. Great maple neck and not many about. original for now!)
26. 1990 Squier Strat. (MIJ. Has no right to sound and play as well as it does. MDF body!)
27. Spanish Guitar. (Thought to be a "Tatra" ? Has fake F holes after previous owner fitted steel strings an caved the front in!)
28. 1983 Westone Thunder 1. (My first and so far, only working westy! Some new hardware with SD P-Rails and special electrics.)
29. 198? Westone Thunder 1. (Version 2 type, no serial. Originally clear red, then over-painted black . No hardware other than bridge and controls. The bridge plate and control cover both inscribed with the words "Arts In Corrections" !?! Yet another project.)

So there you go, this is what happens GAS hits overdrive and you don't know when to stop! And if you think this looks bad, then think about the 107 FX pedals I currently own.

Yes, FleaBay has a lot to answer for!

DAN.

[halo71]

Westone Corsair-1987Kramer Pacer Deluxe-1986Kramer Pacer Custom 1-1987Kramer Focus 1000-1985Kramer Focus 2000-1986Kramer Focus 3000-1986Westone Dana Limited 1- year ?Peavey Tracer Custom- year ?Fender Discovery- 2002 ?Ibanez RG550Ibanex RG220Ibanez AE60Alvarez PDS60Fender HM Strat-1989EDIT: I dont know why the hell when I post something on separate line it does like the above. Or why emoticons dont work for me.