Westone Thunder 1A - *WITHDRAWN* £300 Caterham, Surrey

[edwn]

WITHDRAWN

 

After a little TLC and repair, together with extensive shootouts with a Sandberg VS4, this bass is too good to sell and will be remaining in my collection for now.

 

Thanks to everyone for their interest.

Edited May 17, 2024 by edwn

[TheGreek]

Ridiculously Priced!!

 

Far too cheap...

 

GLWTS 

[roger]

11 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Ridiculously Priced!!

 

Far too cheap...

 

GLWTS 

Closely followed by ‘won’t hang around for long’

[Shaggy]

On 26/03/2024 at 18:58, edwn said:

......... One final toggle switch has broken off. I never knew what it did (not much) but it could easily be replaced with a switchcraft replacement and a little soldering.

 

 

Fairly sure that’s the coil tap switch, to switch between dual coil humbucking and single coil; see:

http://www.westone.info/manual/index.html

Lovely bass in stunning condition, I do prefer them in the “blond” natural finish like this.   For some reason Thunders seem to be the last of the classic vintage basses that can still be had cheap, no idea why. 🤔

 

Bump and GLWTS 👍

[themoo]

My first bass was one of these and I would have this BUT... it's not red! Mine was red!

 

For sure it will go quickly!

 

 

[floFC]

On 29/03/2024 at 16:40, Shaggy said:

 

Fairly sure that’s the coil tap switch, to switch between dual coil humbucking and single coil; see:

http://www.westone.info/manual/index.html

 

The linked manual if for a guitar with humbuckers (3 switches). On the bass (2 switches) I believe it is a series/parallel toggle.

[edwn]

Update: I sourced a replacement switch and soldered it in. It switches between serial and parallel mode aka 'Dual Tone' as people here have kindly pointed out already.

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

I have a black one of these. The active preamp was fried, but I swapped it for an Aguilar, and it is my favourite bass currently. Super slim, fast neck. Heavy but not noticeable really. 

[TheGreek]

I had one of these as my first bass back in the 80s.

I had no idea it was heavy. 

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

29 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

I had one of these as my first bass back in the 80s.

I had no idea it was heavy. 

Compared to newer stuff it's heavy but I like it. It's reassuringly solid. 

[TheGreek]

Because I didn't know it was supposed to heavy,  it wasn't..

 

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

11 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Because I didn't know it was supposed to heavy,  it wasn't..

 

Is this some sort of meta commentary?