Westone Thunder £40

[Thornybank]

Spotted this -

[url="http://forsale.oodle.co.uk/view/westone-bass-guitar-80s/2314608378-bury-st-edmunds-sfk-en/"]http://forsale.oodle.co.uk/view/westone-ba...edmunds-sfk-en/[/url]

[danbowskill]

wow!sounds to good to be true?! hmmmm

bargains like this never seem to appear near my neck woods!

[Thornybank]

I would have it in a heartbeat if it was near me....

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='danbowskill' post='1045042' date='Dec 2 2010, 01:31 PM']...bargains like this never seem to appear near my neck woods! [/quote]
Me too.

[The Twickerman]

That looks [b]EXACTLY [/b]like my first bass. Down to the use of the first Westone logo too.

Can't say I was ever fond of it - but those who aspire to own a precision should take note!

[skippy_moogoose]

It also appears to be a Thunder 1A, with a knob missing, meaning it's the active version, albeit with a whole 1 band preamp, and the need for 2 9 volts, but still, pretty cool, and it has a passive switch,also the old logo means it likely actually dates from 78/79 rather than the 80's

Bloody good deal, I love my Westone 1A,solid,dependable japcrap with a nice precision tone

Edited December 3, 2010 by skippy_moogoose

[Bassassin]

[quote name='skippy_moogoose' post='1045859' date='Dec 3 2010, 12:25 AM']the old logo means it likely actually dates from 78/79 rather than the 80's[/quote]
Westone was actually a Matsumoku house brand, which was apparently launched in 1981, so there ain't any Thunders older than that!.

That's a ridiculous price, someone really should get this, if it's still there.

Jon.

[alanbass1]

I actually like these - had one many years ago

[Paul S]

[quote name='alanbass1' post='1047162' date='Dec 4 2010, 10:33 AM']I actually like these - had one many years ago[/quote]

I actually like these and still use it a lot. Superb things. Sound immense when played actively - just rolled into the low boost and 'Wow'. And the neck is sooo good. For my money a better instrument than the much lauded VM and CV Squiers, so for £40 an absolute steal. I imagine with hotter pups it would be awesome - considering an upgrade for mine.

Edited December 4, 2010 by Paul S