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Post by metal321 Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:10 am

I've wondered about this guitar Rik Emmett plays
in a live version of the song Magic Power for a long
time. It is a 12 string, single neck guitar and I am 
pretty sure it is a Westone but I have never seen 
another one like it. I really like the tone he gets when 
he goes from acoustic to electric with it. This isn't the
same as the Westone Thunder guitars I have seen.
This guitar is a double cutaway. Unfortunately Triumph 
has never released an HD version of this concert. 
The only footage is pretty low res. Here is a link to 
the Youtube video along with a couple of images
that I pulled from the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfAP92MtxBU

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Post by Barry Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:33 am

Looks very much to me like it could be a Matsumoku made Vantage VA912 12 string:
LINK

That would kinda fit since Triumph was a Canadian band and Vantage guitars were very heavily marketed in Canada.

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Post by metal321 Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:08 am

Barry wrote:Looks very much to me like it could be a Matsumoku made Vantage VA912 12 string:
LINK

That would kinda fit since Triumph was a Canadian band and Vantage guitars were very heavily marketed in Canada.
 
Yeah, I did a search and it looks to be the same guitar.
I've wondered for years about the make of that guitar.
Thanks for solving it for me.
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Post by Barry Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:13 am

Glad I could help. Wink

The Vantage line is well worth buying. Well made, solid and reliable Mats quality.

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Post by Allang Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:13 pm

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Or it could possibly be a Thunder 3. I was told there were 25 made but I’m not sure how true that is.
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Post by Barry Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:58 pm

Virtually the same guitar.
The 12 string would have been a custom build and as I said above my money would be on the Vantage label because of the Canadian connection. Wink

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