Another revival of the brand came in 2010 when German company Musik-Meyer began producing Weston-branded copies of traditional instruments from other companies, such as the Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster and Gibson Les Paul.
Oh yeah, Ive got a Westone Pantera bass too. Some quality work came out of the Matsumoku plant, and many of their good guitars can be had for a really decent price. In 1998, renowned luthier Sid Poole built some prestige guitars in England under the Westone name. Anyhow, I LOVE this guitar(two humbuckers, though most Panteras have one humbucker and two singles like you mentioned). Many Westone guitars and basses have since become collectors items. Though initially popularized as inexpensive, entry-level guitars particularly useful for students, the transition to Asian manufacturing in the 80s brought a fundamental change in production, with designers emphasizing features such as custom pickups and electronics. Louis Music replaced the Westone brand name by Alvarez in 1991.
With Matsumoku ceasing operations in 1987, production was moved to Korea in 1988 and most of the innovative models disappeared. The majority of Westone guitars of the 1980s were made by the Matsumoku factory in Japan and imported by St. My favorite model, the Pantera, as well as the Clipper were featured in this blast from. Hi everyone.I did play on my friend's Westone Pantera X750 yesterday and this bass just make me to understand what exactly means good P/J bass.It was put on Peavey TKO 115 (because band play metal-not saying that Peavey is only good for metal )and it was sounded amazing despite of been with relatively old strings.Very clear sound ,not much growl but enough.It was sound better compared to my. In 1984, they merged both brands to make the "Electra-Westone" brand, before dropping "Electra" from the name entirely from 1985 onwards. Westone is obsessed with making quality guitars since 1975. They began importing the Westone-branded guitars to the United States as a replacement for their previous line of Custom Kraft–brand instruments manufactured for them by Kay and Valco since the mid-1950s. Discover amazing local deals on Westone for sale in Hertfordshire Quick & hassle-free shopping with Gumtree, your local buying & selling community. Louis Music registered the Westone mark in the United States in 1976 to market Matsumoku instruments in the country. I seem to recall that they originally sold for around 700. The first guitars to bear the Westone name were made by manufacturers in East Germany and Italy until 1975, when Japanese company Matsumoku acquired the rights to the Westone name, producing acoustic guitars and copies of some US models. Guitars in General Westone Pantera X390 n8cjohn n8cjohn Member Messages 366 1 They only made 96 or so of these - back in the mid 80s.
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