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I bought a Westone back in 1990, I think. Its a strat style with the inverted headstock. One double and 2 single coil pick ups. Its sky blue in color. And has a floyd rose copy tremolo, I think. Also has locking nut at headstock. Does anyone know what model this may be?

I looked at every picture on a website. Didn't know they made this many different models. None of the pictures looked like mine. I think I payed around $400 US. Don't really remember.

Just wondering.....thanks!

anyone? anyone?

Got me. I have seen a number of superstrat Westones, but never a model number associated with it. I am pretty sure the Westone label continued beyond the Matsmumoku years but I do not know who was making them. On the main guitars page is a link to the only Westone site currently up. You might try there.

Thanks, I have already been to that site and looked at every single photo. A couple of the very last photos looked sorta like mine. But the body was slightly different and they didn't have the inverted headstock.

If I was to post a picture here. Just how would I do it?

lo

I have a (poor) scan of an advert 1989 with Trevor Rabin (the group 'Yes') showing guitars of the type you describe: inverted headstock (6 in line and pointy); Floyd Rose type trem; 3 pickups HB at bridge, S middle, S neck. They look a bit ugly - double cutaway with long horns (soz) and some have flat bodies with binding.

The ad shows they were being marketed by St Louis Music. I understand these are post Matsumoku. The few references I have found say they were made in Korea. The only names that owners have given to them are 'Strat' and 'Super-Strat'.

I have never seen a pic of one anywhere on WWW or on any auction site. Please send me some pics and I'll see if I can dig out more info.

Bye
Emu

How would I post a picture of it here? Just click the Img*, then insert my pic and click Img* again to close it?

lo

post image



1. click Img (in box above when composing)
2. paste image url (cant send the images - it has to be on-line somewhere)
3. click Img (in box above).
4. uncheck 'Disable BBCode in this post' (in box below when composing)
5. try preview to make sure image shows up
6. done ......

I think your's (not the pic - thats MK-1300 Aria) might be the Westone 'Viper' model

bye
Emu

ok, another dumb question. "On line somewhere" Like if I have a website I put my pic of my guitar on, then copy the url to here?

St. Louis Music used the Westone name into 1990 from what I can tell, before starting to use their previously acoustic only Alvarez brand name on electrics.

lo

posting images: - i have some free lycos webspace and i just did a test to see if it works displaying images here... it does

the image http://members.lycos.co.uk/emu999eggs/vantage%201.jpg is below.



so you can just go to lycos and sign up for for free for some web space, upload your images there - then insert their adress here.

Bye
Emu