Westone corsair.

[straycat]

Any westone owners out there? I have had a few over the years mostly the higher end neckthru models.Just did a trade for an 87 corsair anniversry model.Dinky style body rosewood board pointy headstock 2 active humbuckers and a floyd.great guitar tones of tone, plays like a 80s guitar should.

[Accept2]

Corsairs are a great value. You can pick them up all day long on Ebay for less than the price of a Chinese made knock off........

[straycat]

This one was a virgin not a scratch or ding.I don't think a screw had been turned hell the original 9 volt battery was still in there as was the paper protective cover on the electronics cavity cover.The trem is perfect not a speck of deterioration.Frets are perfect.
This one is an 87 anniversary model in sky blue with black body binding.The 2 hum(active) was only made in 87.The anniversary models were only 87-88 according to catalog scans.
Its a very well made guitar and plays like butter.It may get an EMG 81 and 60 soon.

[442w30]

There is a lefthanded westone Raider that I keep seeing around here for $275. Looks kinda like that Washburn Ace Frehley guitar. Not my thing, I thought westone was like "silvertone" - you know a sears/wards brand.
Sounds like I am wrong.

[Newc]

Wasn't the Corsair the one Trevor Rabin used? I can never remember the name of that model.

[straycat]

No Trevor Rabin used a Pantera model.I think his signature model was a Pantera 790.I had an 85 Pantera X350 and loved it alder body with a curly maple top, maple neckthru with rosewood stringers,ebony fingerboard, pearl inlay and two magnaflux alnico 5 hums.A very nice guitar.
The newer stuff is low end Korean and Chinese mfg.The Matsumoto (japan) plant stopped producing westones in 87- 88.AFAIK.
I love this corsair, poplar body, pointy headstock and fast as hell neck.Cool thats its a limited production guitar 1 year only and active pickups.( only model that had them as far as I can tell.)

[Accept2]

Rabin also used the Corsair. He also had his own custom jobbies from them...............

[Jackson-Charvel]

Anyone remember the late 80's early 90's Westone that had the crackle finish? What was that model? Reason is, is I remember that bridge pickup being some hard to find Dan Armstrong "Rock Monster" pickup and I had never heard anything like it at that time. Probably sounds like garbage now but back then I was wowed by the sound of it. Anyone else ever have an experience with this guitar/ mainly pickup?

[lerxstcat]

-I have a Westone Paduak II model I got in 1982. One pickup, a Gotoh distortion with coil tap, and an onboard preamp. It came with a vintage trem which I replaced with a vintage style drop-in Rockinger. It was my main player for a couple of years as it was my only guitar with a locking trem from 1984 to 1987. I rarely play oit now because it really needs a fret dressing, but I love that thing!

[beaner]

My first "real" guitar was a Westone Thunder 1A. It wasn't the best guitar ever, but it was really good. I kinda miss that guitar.

[JBall008]

My friend got a Westone back in sixth grade (about 15 years ago). It was white, HH, with a FR licensed trem. We would put black and yellow electrical tape and pretend we were EVH. Awesome!

[Sanctuary]

The Floyd they had was called the Bendmaster Deluxe. I have one on my Spectrum SX. Just like this one:

[straycat]

For a single locking trem they work well.The base plate looks like a floyd (hardened steel)one piece.They string up thru the sustain block like a v trem.Mine works just as well as any floyd.Comes back to pitch perfectly.

[Carbuff]

They used the bendmaster on some charvettes also.

[straycat]

I didnt know that.