Bassassin Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Worth keeping an eye on this, if you're an early 80s Matsumoku fetishist: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150174701351"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150174701351[/url] Westy Thunder in a hard case, listed simply as "Electric Bass Guitar", pick up only from Barnet, £20 start. Fingers crossed, then. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 [quote name='Bassassin' post='79065' date='Oct 24 2007, 08:01 PM']Worth keeping an eye on this, if you're an early 80s Matsumoku fetishist: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150174701351"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=150174701351[/url] Westy Thunder in a hard case, listed simply as "Electric Bass Guitar", pick up only from Barnet, £20 start. Fingers crossed, then. Jon.[/quote] Lovely instrument, well I love mine anyway. Can't justify two. I'd like the case though ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I scored one in a classifieds for £45, was trashed though. It seems a really nice bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Thunder Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Mmmmm... If she lets me then I might just add this to my collection.... Uncle Mat made some greats eh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_D Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='stewblack' post='79076' date='Oct 24 2007, 08:29 PM']Lovely instrument, well I love mine anyway. Can't justify two. I'd like the case though ...[/quote] +1 I'd pay £20 for the case! Looks like they fit nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='The_D' post='79189' date='Oct 25 2007, 01:31 AM']+1 I'd pay £20 for the case! Looks like they fit nice [/quote] Haha... My first reaction was: "what a horrible case". Just goes to show - beauty is in the eye etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='The_D' post='79189' date='Oct 25 2007, 01:31 AM']+1 I'd pay £20 for the case! Looks like they fit nice [/quote] You and I both too far away to collect though. If the bass went for say 70 'twould be worth buying for the case then reselling - these can fetch anything up to 150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='stewblack' post='79252' date='Oct 25 2007, 09:52 AM']You and I both too far away to collect though. If the bass went for say 70 'twould be worth buying for the case then reselling - these can fetch anything up to 150.[/quote] What? 150? What? *Holds heart, then head, then heart again, then sits down* I don't think that's an original case - I had an original Westone case with mine which was a brown tolex and plywood job, with a westone silkscreen logo on it and it fitted the bass properly. That black one doesn't look like it's fitted to that bass - around the bottom, waist and horns mainly. I've got something almost identical that my Gordon-Smith guitar came (but guitar sized obviously). I don't know for definitel, but I think the shell is plastic (with possibly some laminate ply in it or something) and is probably about the same age as the guitar - '83. My Westone case looked like the below: Thunder Boy up there has a couple of these cases for his Westones as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) [quote name='john_the_bass' post='79256' date='Oct 25 2007, 10:00 AM']What? 150? What? *Holds heart, then head, then heart again, then sits down* I don't think that's an original case - I had an original Westone case with mine which was a brown tolex and plywood job,[/quote] You are quite correct sir. And yes £150 - you heard me correctly sir. Your case is much nicer. I need a 2 and 3 to complete my collection. So lock your doors. Edited October 25, 2007 by stewblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='stewblack' post='79268' date='Oct 25 2007, 10:22 AM']You are quite correct sir. And yes £150 - you heard me correctly sir. Your case is much nicer. I need a 2 and 3 to complete my collection. So lock your doors.[/quote] What? £150 for one of those sh*tey black cases? Christ I think I'm going to sell that one then and buy a Hiscox and something nice with the profits! That Westone is long gone now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boy Thunder Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='stewblack' post='79268' date='Oct 25 2007, 10:22 AM']You are quite correct sir. And yes £150 - you heard me correctly sir. Your case is much nicer. I need a 2 and 3 to complete my collection. So lock your doors.[/quote] I have a lovely heeless Thunder II in ivory. [url="http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/mrolsen/pearlwestone.jpg"][/url] You can see it in the avatar. I bought it in 92 from a local shop for £90. It was my first bass. I seem to have fallen for them though. I only need a few more to complete my collection. I'm not certain that the hard case is an original Westone Thunder case though. I'm happy to be wrong but if it is for a Westone then it might be for a Paduak as they had slightly wider hips... I will investigate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 [quote name='john_the_bass' post='79271' date='Oct 25 2007, 11:27 AM']What? £150 for one of those sh*tey black cases? Christ I think I'm going to sell that one then and buy a Hiscox and something nice with the profits! That Westone is long gone now[/quote] Ah - I come to the conclusion that I misrepresented myself - I meant the guitar. Apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 i came close to having to lie down in a darkened room there Stew. (I very nearly wrote, "You nearly had me lying down in a darkened room", but there was something wrong with the way that sentence read ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 There was a Kay case in the vintage music shop in Bath. I don't think it was for sale but the figure £350 is popping into my head for some reason. It was pink with yellow stripes (I think) though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 [quote name='paul, the' post='82516' date='Nov 1 2007, 11:39 PM']There was a Kay case in the vintage music shop in Bath. I don't think it was for sale but the figure £350 is popping into my head for some reason. It was pink with yellow stripes (I think) though.[/quote] If it was Rare & Vintage or however they style themselves it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to sell a tennis racket with broken strings for £2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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