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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:46 pm 
looking for year make model cant seem to find any photos of single hum and single knob? sound preety good? did they come factory with a nirvana sticker?..(kidding) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWN:IT


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 6:51 pm 
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Looks to me like an X110.

http://www.herons.ca/electra/x110vw.html

Yours is a little later than the one pictured, with the black headstock and rosewood fingerboard instead of natural maple, but I think it's still an X110. You can tell the year by the first digit of the serial number on the back of the headstock, i.e. 4 means 1984, which I bet is the year yours was made.

What I want to know is: can you pull out one of the knobs for coil tap (switches humbucker to single coil for thinner sound)?

Nice guitar! I saw that on ebay and hoped someone would get it who appreciates it! Congratulations!


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:06 pm 
Huh?..that does look like it so they started using rosewood in 84ish?
Wierd I cant seem to find any single knobed models..wonder how many they made


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:10 pm 
Oh yes I just won this so thats the reason for all the question..yea your right..With this type of setup you would be lacking a tone control if it didnt


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 10:56 pm 
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I don't know what it is! you're right, all the Westones and Electras I find in the catalogs, even the ones with a single bridge pickup, all have two knobs.

Cool rarity!


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:55 am 
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good point! inquiring minds want to know!


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:22 pm 
Should be here any day Ill let ya know..Almost looks like a switch at the bottom next to the nirvana sticker?...still one pot?..hmm this is fun


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:55 pm 
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Good! We want to see detailed pictures of everything!

(let me know if you need help posting or hosting pics)


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:21 pm 
Ok heres the scoop...Its a model x125 1986 is the year..only one humbucker no tone controll just a volume,tremolo bridge.. action is great really low and fast, rosewood neck, only good for rock as the acoustic sound is a little high for my taste its screamin loud though..Ive got about eleven guitars and this one puts out some serious squeeling sounds ..great harmonics too..I like it alot ..I found a web site that had a picture that said it was a low end model..If this is a low end westone..Im getting some high end!


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 4:51 am 
previousjackson wrote:
I found a web site that had a picture that said it was a low end model..If this is a low end westone..Im getting some high end!


Can you post a link to the site?


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:21 am 
here it is..Just about the only thing online... http://www.serendipity.clara.net/x125.html


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:48 am 
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Here's another one like yours:

http://www.gbase.com/gearlist/guitar_picture.asp?guitar=579780


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 5:35 am 
That's at Ron Bush here in Saint Louis. Did you get load of that price? He's awfully proud of his stuff (all of it is priced like that). He's had a couple there that I wouldn't mind having but there was no talking him down.


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