Pair of Vintage 1980's Westone Thunder 1 & 1A Passive & Active, Fretted & Fretless Basses - *SOLD* £495 TS (UK)

[eubassix]

PAIR of Vintage 1980's Westone Thunder I & 1A Passive & Active Electric Basses from Matsumoku Factory, Japan -  Fretless & Fretted. Manufactured between 1981 and 1989.  Serial numbers 2021811 & 4071308
Check out the Westone website as it holds useful information. Different eras of this iconic bass but otherwise very much the same instrument (other than being fretted/fretless + active/passive). The f/less bass has been converted from an originally fretted bass. There are the usual signs of pitting/wear to the original metallic hardware (SEE PHOTOS).  Pots run smooth with no crackle currently when played. Knobs pitted and aged.  There are signs of surface scratching and small dings etc. as photographed. One set of the original 'westone' tuners have been replaced with a generic set. Not tried it, but the necks could be swapped across if the active circuit preferred in the fretted bass. Each instrument has a basic, somewhat tatty, generic hardcase, so they'd have to be courier'd separately. I'd prefer to sell as the pair but might consider splitting (and relisting) IF there's interest in both individually.

Edited Tuesday at 07:38 by eubassix
fretted bass sold

[rwillett]

If anybody is only interested in the fretless one, I might be interested in the fretted one...

[Skybone]

They're ace. GLWTS.

[eubassix]

On 17/06/2025 at 21:03, Skybone said:

They're ace. GLWTS.

... thanks. Update - the fretted bass is now sold, so if anybody is interested in the fretless bass please PM(DM) me.

 

With the price etc. being 'fixed' (cannot be altered), I'll probably close this in a few days and relist the fretless independently.