Westone Thunder III

Hi,

It's not an ebay item. I know somebody who sells a Westone Thunder III in good condition (dark green). Here in France.

http://www.westone.info/cats/83/p7.html

Price is around 600$

Let me know ... I will provide the seller contact

jp

Is this offer still valid?

thunder III in sweden: link

silence86 wrote:thunder III in sweden: link

Just spotted this one myself. It's lovely!

Lovely!

This is a little off topic, but.....

The Thunder III in Sweden looks like it has a rosewood fingerboard. Some later catalogs state ebony - others rosewood.

I have an '87 Rainbow II that looks like it has a rosewood fingerboard. The earlier catalogs state ebony.

Might this be Macassar ebony?

It surely does not look like Gabon (regular) ebony.

Thoughts???

Bloody hell, Colt - how do we tell which ebony is which?! Is one a lighter shade than the other?

corsair wrote:Bloody hell, Colt - how do we tell which ebony is which?! Is one a lighter shade than the other?

Macassar usually has light brown stripes against a dark brown background Like This...

When you think of ebony, you're probably thinking of Gabon which looks Like This...

Both of them are smoother (less noticeable grain texture) than rosewood.

Check out Ed Roman's awesome Macassar stash Here...

God, that Macassar Ebony is just gorgeous!! I fancy the neck thru at the top of that page....

Thanks for that; like i needed MORE GAS...

corsair wrote:God, that Macassar Ebony is just gorgeous!! I fancy the neck thru at the top of that page....

Thanks for that; like i needed MORE GAS...

One of my Warmoth necks has a gorgeous piece of Macassar on it.

"ebony" is the result of a disease of the heart of certain trees (diospyros). The wood color is not naturally black : the disease gives it this color. So the coloration of the wood can be partial depending on the illness of the tree, and geographical origin.

Macassar diospyros are less affected by the disease than Gabon ones

A sane Diospyros would be totally brown, and less hard, than a ill one.

I've been living in Africa for 8 years, the men who collect ebony told me this, and it's not widely known...

JP

f***...did you follow the auction on the thunder III guitar in sweden? 810 USD!!!

Bloody hell - that's a little OTT, eh!!

Thats what I thought, was in the bidding until the last couple of minutes when it went mad.

something must have changed in the past months since i have got to know westone...if that development proceeds, westone guitars will me more expensive than ricknbackers in about half a year...

The Thunder III is a high end guitar. 810$ is not expensive for this kind of guitar.

How much would you pay for a new PRS, or ESP ?

JP

Yeah, I know, but it still grates just a little because not more than 12 months ago you could pick up a Westone or Vantage or Electra for next to nothing! My feel is that there are a lot of muppets out there selling, and buying, these guitars because they have suddenly become 'fashionable", which, of course, we in here have to take a little responsibility for as we sing their praises very highly indeed, and someone, somewhere has taken notice!

And one thing is for sure; they will not get any cheaper...

I have never played a PRS, but the ESPs I have played didn't seem any nicer than the cheap models in the shop...

there are 2 thunder III's with magnabass-pickups on ebay uk...:
left-handed: link
right-handed: link