We have seen instruments stamped with the Westone ‘bird’ logo accompanied by the word Weston.
That should tell you all you need to know.Īvoid! (More info on Indian Westone in this Forum thread discussion ) Addendum April 2016 “Weston” brand (no “e”) This site also sold similar poor merchandise under bastardized versions of well known brands such as Givson and Fendar. These were cheap and somewhat gaudy looking acoustics and bear absolutely no resemblance to a Mats made instrument whatsoever. We’re also aware of the Westone brand that was featured on a now defunct Indian site selling guitars of dubious quality. They are considered to be inferior instruments and are definitely not covered here. ChineseĬhinese made “Westones” are also seen occasionally but are mostly copies of traditional American styles. Our Best guess is that they were likely made in China but under relatively good quality control. The products in no way resemble the MIJ or MIK post-Mats models, but were copies of traditional guitar configurations. Germanįor a brief period, roughly late 2010 to early 2012, the Westone brand was revived by a German company, Musik-Meyer, which is still in business but no longer selling Westone guitars. While you may find a few early post-Mats Korean made instruments listed here, we do not feature them, concentrating primarily on the Japanese made Matsumoku’s. We are also gathering information on the range of Westone Prestige guitars designed by renowned British luthier Sid Poole and built by Status-Graphite in England in the late 1990’s. Here, you will find information, history, pictures and specifications of these amazing instruments. Louis Music during a period of 10 years from 1981 to 1991. Westone guitars and basses were made by Matsumoku (or “Uncle Mats” as we affectionately refer to it) in Japan and subsequently in Korea for St. In general, most favour the SLM versions to the PCM ones and the documentation and models are better represented by the SLM versions.The guitar legacy of Matsumoku Industrial Co. Pacific Coast often have an X on the headstock or the pickguard. Both companies often imported from the same source. Pacific Coast Music's Electra logo was nearly identical to the SLM Electra logo from 1972 to 1975 except instead of the SLM gold text, a black text on a white background was used. Bernard Kornblum's Saint Louis Music (SLM) Electra brand competed with his own brother David Kornblum's California based Pacific Coast Music (PCM) Electra brand yet the two were not connected. SLM changed the brand to Alvarez (it's acoustic brand) and switched production to other plants, including Korea. By 1987 or 1988 Singer Sewing Machines had bought Matsumoku and killed guitar production. By the beginning of 1984, the brand became Electra-Westone and by the end of 1984 just Westone. In the fall of 1983, the Electra Brand becomes Electra Phoenix. Some Korean production began in the early 80's. By around 1981 ties with Matsumoku further solidified and decision eventually made to merge SLM's Electra brand with Matsumoku's Westone brand. Open-book headstocks changed to wave or fan shape by 1978. In 1975 the Tree-of-Life guitars debut with a leaf pattern carved into the top, and the Electra line expanded to 25 models. The first guitar, simply called The Electra, was a copy of the Ampeg Dan Armstrong lucite guitar and issued in 1971, followed quickly by a variety of bolt-neck copies of other brands. The Electra line replaces SLM's Japanese made Apollo and US made Custom Kraft lines. Most of the instruments were made by Matsumoku in Matsumoto Japan.
#Electra westone guitar knob series
It was the only model in all the Electra Phoenix/ Westone Spectrum series to be available in a sunburst finish.Įlectra guitars were imported from Japan by St. The second series was almost a different model entirely- no pickguard, it had pickups mounted flush against the body, like all Phoenix models to follow.
#Electra westone guitar knob serial
Most had a brass '1982 commemorative anniversary' plate on the back of the headstock with an additional serial number. The first series was a deluxe version of the X130 model with special metallic paint and black pickguard like the X130, brass nut, trem bridge, brass knobs. This guitar was a bolt neck double cutaway with ash body, maple neck, chrome hardware, and three single coil pickups with 3-way selector and fat switch (middle on), and brass knobs. This one had the H-S-S (humbucker, single, single) configuration on the pickups while it originally had a S-S-S set up. It's a modified version of the X-145 (vintage sunburst color, X-145VS) guitar they produced. I found out it was made in 1982 by the Matsumoku plant in Japan. I picked up this guitar in August of 2008 and it has a market value of $102.50.
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