Wanted! Westone Corsair GT

[funkmuffin]

So, many moons ago, I bought a Corsair GT new from a local shop. Played it for a long time. Had to give it up to get a bass when I switched over from guitar.

Flash to now -- finally have the space and $$ to start piecing the favorites back together, but can't find one of these anywhere...

I know someone on this board has one, and I'll bet at least one of those people could use the money.

Can anybody help a brother out?

[Pollyanna]

Hello Funkmuffin and Welcome!

(I can't call you that! Do you have a 'proper' name? )

I thought that I'd seen one on eBay but I've just had another look and it was a Spectrum GT!

Bugger, I must need another eye test!

I'm sure someone might oblige you here but you might have to wait a while... depends on how desperate they are for the dosh!

Good luck!

Pauline

[funkmuffin]

Thanks for the welcome, Polly. I'm Ryan if you just can't bring yourself to type Funkmuffin. I must confess that it's one of those nicknames you wish you could get rid of, but will never be able to shake. I simply decided to stop fighting it. The guys in the band selected it after I objected to the first thing they chose for me, and as we all know, you only get one nickname-rejection...

Just imagine you finish singing "Wonderful Tonight" to 3000 people at a festival and on your way back to your spot on stage, one of your best "friends" says "Give it up for the Funkmuffin!" into a VERY loud microphone... Alas, the stories I'll have for my grandchildren.

Thanks for the response -- I am glad to wait it out, and am also glad to pay appropriately for the privilege of re-aquiring something I never should have let go of in the first place. :-)

Now off to locate that early-90's Ibanez RG570...

[corsair]

G'day Ryan; which version of the GT did you have? I'll assume you've seen this...

http://www.westone.info/corsairgt.html

I'm sort-of after a Corsair 1440 in shocking pink myself!! "sort-of" because there are other guitars I MUST get before that one...

[funkmuffin]

G'day Ryan; which version of the GT did you have? I'll assume you've seen this...

http://www.westone.info/corsairgt.html

I'm sort-of after a Corsair 1440 in shocking pink myself!! "sort-of" because there are other guitars I MUST get before that one...

Mine was more or less exactly like the first (blue) one on that page, but with the bridge from the red one.

[corsair]

In which case yours could have been a Japanese Westone rather than a Korean one, but we'll probably never know now, eh! It must be said, they are a good looking guitar, and I've found that Bendmaster bridge a very good one for a single locking set-up...
Did yours have a reverse headstock?

[funkmuffin]

In which case yours could have been a Japanese Westone rather than a Korean one, but we'll probably never know now, eh! It must be said, they are a good looking guitar, and I've found that Bendmaster bridge a very good one for a single locking set-up...
Did yours have a reverse headstock?

Yes, mine was a reverse headstock, in metallic red with full covers on all three pickups and the Bendmaster instead of the Kahler. As I recall, it was also a very good player.

[Westbone]

Corsair GT , Have a red Spectrum series II sp 6112 in red seethru maple top, bendmaster delux trem, white closed p/ups, in good nick, plays very well. Basically same guitar.

[funkmuffin]

Corsair GT , Have a red Spectrum series II sp 6112 in red seethru maple top, bendmaster delux trem, white closed p/ups, in good nick, plays very well. Basically same guitar.

Oooh. Can you send me a photo ot two? I'm new here, so I don't know if that's normally done via PM or email. I believe I set my email to be public, so that should give you what you need.

Let me know!

[corsair]

Umm; have we seen this beast, Westbone?! And we post our Westone guitar porn in the Member's Westones, Ryan, and our other guitar porn in Non Westone Discussion, so get cracking!!

[Court_W]

Hi there:
Not sure if you are still looking, but I have what I think is a Corsair GT (#052235) that I'm looking to sell. I bought it used in 1992 and it was my first guitar. It is book-matched maple with a cherry sunburst finish. It has a couple of nicks, but is otherwise in in pretty good shape. Give me a shout if you are interested, Ill be happy to show some photos.

[nasticanasta]

The worst piece of junk ever....

[corsair]

The worst piece of junk ever....

Now that's hardly constructive criticism, now is it?! What do you find is the problem with them; I have 3 on various guitars - properly set up, of course - and find them as reliable as an FR or anything else I've ever played in 30 years....

Court, could you put some pictures up of your guitar; I'd like to see it and I'm sure some of the other bods would too?!!

[nasticanasta]

The worst piece of junk ever....

You have got to be kidding....I guess some people will "put up" with any old crap. I wonder what the % of Floyd to bend is on Pantera's... I bet we find that most people swapped out that master junk for a real working Floyd. here's a picture of my X-275 Pantera I naturally gutted in favor of EMG's and a nice Kahler... there are these little extensions that hold down the string on a bendmaster.... ugh what junk... dive bombing with that crap rubbed against those and caused the strings to go out of tune... I played in bands playing rock and roll.... doing Trower divebombs with a bendmaster would be pointless.... I'm fully aware of how to set up any tremolo, I set up my 72 tele custom maple neck on an 85 Fander strat body with a stock floating bridge and spertzel locking tuners... that thing never goes out of tune... here's a picture of the fender and the pantera .. I also have a Trevoer Rabin Signature Series III with a TRS-1 Floyd rose type westone tremolo... it beats the crap out of the "get bent master". And my Ibanez RG4EX1QM (with its so-called problematic Edge III which is because people try to set the Edge III parallel to the body ....incorrect!!)beats the sh!t out of whatever the "get-bent-master" could ever hope in far off dreams to be. Even if you ever got the tremolo to work which i seriously doubt dive bombing that crap cause it never could handle even average use,the pickups sucked also... as you can see all my guitars are gutted for EMG's nuttin' wrong with wanting the best.


Now that's hardly constructive criticism, now is it?! What do you find is the problem with them; I have 3 on various guitars - properly set up, of course - and find them as reliable as an FR or anything else I've ever played in 30 years....

Court, could you put some pictures up of your guitar; I'd like to see it and I'm sure some of the other bods would too?!!

[corsair]

Calm down; it's only a guitar, not the solution to world peace!!

Look, I've also played in all kinds of bands and done my own luthiering for nigh on 30 years now and, really, have found nothing wrong with with the Bendmaster at all; so, that's subjective as well - you haven't given any reasoned argument why you dislike them so much!

there are these little extensions that hold down the string on a bendmaster

Where? The strings on mine come up over the roller saddles, straight through to the locking device and then to the tuners....

I bet we find that most people swapped out that master junk for a real working Floyd

..and in here, I'll bet we don't!! Wrong forum for mindless slagging off of the brand, bro. Perhaps you'd be happier somewhere else?

As for the swapping out of the MMKs to whack in EMGs without giving said MMKs a decent wring out: all that's going to do is make you sound like every other widdly guitarist out there and I have always preferred to sound at least a little different to the herd!!

As I said at the start, settle down, take a deep breath and discuss the issue like a reasonable human being, eh, with reasoned points for discussion; not

ugh what junk.

?!

[nasticanasta]

your first mistake is to think that one kind of pickup controls my sound to the extent it will sound like everyone else... are you sure you play guitar.. for real I mean.. not just picking with it in yer basement learning the brady bunch theme?
They have these things called amplifiers that get different sounds fo ryou... and things called speakers.. all different kinds... maybe if you got you head out of westone's ass you might discover you sound like every other one here who didn't swap em out.by your own statment... if you all use those pickups then you all sound the same... so I'm saying take your own advise and calm down. I know what I know.. not what I bow down too, you're just going to have to deal with how I feel on the subject. As for your discussion points... nothing of value was added. I actually told you what was wrong.. it can't handle a dive, even the locking nuts suck. just pieces of metal... absolute junk. So even though I don't like them...calm down it's only a guitar, not the solution to world peace.

Calm down; it's only a guitar, not the solution to world peace!!

Look, I've also played in all kinds of bands and done my own luthiering for nigh on 30 years now and, really, have found nothing wrong with with the Bendmaster at all; so, that's subjective as well - you haven't given any reasoned argument why you dislike them so much!

there are these little extensions that hold down the string on a bendmaster

Where? The strings on mine come up over the roller saddles, straight through to the locking device and then to the tuners....

I bet we find that most people swapped out that master junk for a real working Floyd

..and in here, I'll bet we don't!! Wrong forum for mindless slagging off of the brand, bro. Perhaps you'd be happier somewhere else?

As for the swapping out of the MMKs to whack in EMGs without giving said MMKs a decent wring out: all that's going to do is make you sound like every other widdly guitarist out there and I have always preferred to sound at least a little different to the herd!!

As I said at the start, settle down, take a deep breath and discuss the issue like a reasonable human being, eh, with reasoned points for discussion; not

ugh what junk.

?!

[Warrn]

You are quite abrasive.

[boutjp97]

[silence86]

roflmao, that's quite what i thought

[corsair]

it can't handle a dive, even the locking nuts suck. just pieces of metal... absolute junk.

..as are the locks on the FR, halfwit!! I can certainly accept that you don't like them; I'm just saying be constructive as opposed to mindless ranting!!