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Westone Raider II Bass

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mcbrat

Post subject: Westone Raider II Bass

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:13 pm

Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:30 pm
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Location: Central Iowa

it finally got here! woo hoo...

Westone Raider II

needs a new jack, and pots cleaned, but otherwise all looks good...

more pics...
http://www.ultimatesubaru.net/80s/mick/ ... aider2.jpg
http://www.ultimatesubaru.net/80s/mick/ ... aider3.jpg
http://www.ultimatesubaru.net/80s/mick/ ... aider4.jpg
http://www.ultimatesubaru.net/80s/mick/ ... aider5.jpg
http://www.ultimatesubaru.net/80s/mick/ ... aider6.jpg

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Anonymous

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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:01 pm

Very cool. That finish is out of this world.

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X189player

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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:49 pm

Joined: Sat May 22, 2004 12:17 am
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Wow! It looks like you could surf with that thing! What a great shape, too!

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Anonymous

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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:12 am

That is a very nice example of an early Raider II Bass in Yellow/Blue Sparkle, you do not seen many of these.

Be careful not to cut yourself on those sharp edges

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mcbrat

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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:04 am

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what kind of knobs would this originally have had?. it's got little bell/hat shaped one with V and T on the tops... don't really seem original to me given the rest of the components....

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:27 pm

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I've got some proper gold knobs on the way now, and I replaced the jack, and cleaned the pots...
1/2 turn on the truss rod, and it's much better now.

I was able to snag a westone case off eBay, but it's a case for a Dimension 4 Bass, and the Raider won't fit without some modifications....

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:00 pm

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ooh... what a rare case!

can you modify it so it could be restored? (you never know when a DimIV bass may show up- way more often than the case for one, I'll tell ya that.)

lovely bass man, congrats!

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mcbrat

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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:02 pm

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X189player wrote:

well, the "form fitting" bottom section is just styrofoam, and it's already damaged....

some of the angles are a bit different. I'll take a look at it again later...

messing with the bass again, and it still has too much neck relief...
so maybe tomorrow, off with the neck again.....

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