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Post by Iceman Wed May 09, 2012 9:02 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-RED-WESTONE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-W-SPECIAL-QUALITY-PICKUPS-/310399733560?pt=Guitar&hash=item4845440f38

Anyone gotta niece or nephew that is just starting out??
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Post by Brainfertilizer Wed May 09, 2012 10:04 pm

That's a red Challenger.
Mine!
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Post by Brainfertilizer Wed May 09, 2012 10:12 pm

The thing that doesn't make sense to me...two things, actually, are:
1) the we3400 Challenger shouldnt have a neck plate.
2) by the catalog and by the example of the one I have, it has the wrong trem bridge.

That makes it more likely that the black one at music go round is a challenger, too, but with yet another trem bridge variation.
It was like the wild west in Korea in the late 80s, it seems.
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Post by Sgt. Vimes Thu May 10, 2012 2:25 pm

interesting stringing technique....must try that sometime!
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Post by Westbone Thu May 10, 2012 2:47 pm

That's an FT bridge same as they used on early Pantera's

Yep, interesting stringing. Did that ourselves in the 60's when not much dosh and strings were expensive.
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Post by Brainfertilizer Thu May 10, 2012 5:45 pm

Westbone wrote:That's an FT bridge same as they used on early Pantera's
And on Dynasties.
And on the 1989 Spectrum 1 and 1A

But it doesn't explain why it is on the Challenger when the catalog specifies it should have a Bendmaster FR. The FR on my yellow Challenger stays in tune better than any other Floyd-style trem I've ever used. I haven't had to adjust the fine tuning knobs in months.
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Post by Brainfertilizer Thu May 10, 2012 5:50 pm

A clue!

(one that I missed earlier)

The neckplate has the serial number as 88 xxx xxxx.
I would guess that means it was built in 1988, before they put out the catalog. Not quite a prototype, but maybe before they finalized what the design specs would be?
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Post by Westbone Thu May 10, 2012 6:08 pm

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