Paul S

Me too - its still here, folks!

I bought this incredible bass 2 years ago after a long search and much patience. They are very rare and don't come up very often - I actually picked this up in Holland. However, I have probably only used it a dozen times in that period - finding myself moving towards passive basses and the precision bass tone. So - a Westone Pantera Deluxe X790. These were made in 1986/7 and were the top-of-the-range, flagship model for Westone basses made, as we all know, in the renowned Matsumoku factory. Here is a link to the catalogue of the day: [url="http://www.westone.info/cats/86pantera/06.html"]http://www.westone.i...pantera/06.html[/url] and here is a link to a page about them in the Westone Guitars website: [url="http://www.westone.info/x790.html"]http://www.westone.info/x790.html[/url] In 1986 these cost £595. A lot of money! The build quality is stupendous - a work of art! The body is carved, the neck is bayonet mounted (a posh set neck), tuners and bridge are inset. Fretboard is ebony, 34" scale, 24 frets, 40mm at the nut (which is graphite). Weight is around 9lbs. 2 x magnabass pickups with toggle selector, vol knob, active eq requiring 2x 9v batteries with 2 controls - bass boost/cut, treble boost/cut. It is very black with a mother-0f-pearl Westone inlay in the headstock and Pantera stencil in white on the body. Mine has had a small red LED fitted into the control cluster that illuminates when it is plugged in - this was done a long while back and looks pretty cool. It comes with the original, Westone logo fitted hardcase which is still perfectly functional albeit with a few dinks. When I acquired it the headstock had some of the laquer lifting. I had Andy Rogers (Andyjr1515) refnish the headstock for me and he made a cracking job of it. Diary thread here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/243975-westone-pantera-x790-headstock-refurb/page__p__2539813__hl__x790__fromsearch__1#entry2539813"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2539813[/url] Andy said at the end of this '...[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]one of the nicest basses I've held in my sticky mitts'. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Sound-wise it is very powerful and modern-sounding. Very aggressive.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Condition-wise I'd say it is a 9/10 - should be in a guitar museum, really.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I am asking[s] £500 for this including the hard case (itself a valuable thing - I've seen one go for £100 on eBay) collected from SS7 in the North Thames Delta. This is what I paid for it and doesn't take into account going to Holland to collect it or the work Andy carried out to bring it up to almost perfect condition.[/s] Price drop to £400 Insured overnight courier would be £30. Could deliver or meet within reasonable distance for fuel.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Pictures are pre-headstock renovation, but the thread I linked to has plenty. I will take some more soon if needs be but have these already.[/font][/color] [attachment=192704:pantera1.jpg][attachment=192705:pantera1.jpg][attachment=192706:pantera2.jpg][attachment=192707:pantera3.jpg][attachment=192708:pantera7.jpg][attachment=192709:pantera5.jpg][attachment=192710:pantera6.jpg]

Another 'why has nobody bought this yet' bump! Renowned MIJ quality, with top quality upgrades, for less than quality price. Cool as heck, too.

Still here!

Thank you Sir.

And sold!