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1983-ish Thunder II Bass, fretless.

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Post by DuoFuzz Sun Feb 14, 2010 4:45 pm

I thought I'd include this because it's both a looker and it's cheap!

Westone Thunder 2 fretless electric bass guitar, w/hard case - 99p Starting Bid (reserve not met)

I did a bit of detective work this one. This version only seems to appear in the 1983 catalogue and it came with a 22 fret, 32.25'' short scale neck. This is painted in the lovely Onyx finish and it still has it's Super Boomer 1 pickups and better than that, it still has all of it's brass including them knurled control knobs that usually go AWOL. It looks like the neck has been converted to fretless, Westone make no mention of a fretless version at the time?

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Post by grogg Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:54 pm

I dont think its a fretless conversion, could be wrong, if it is nice job.
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Post by Warrn Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:52 pm

I didn't think fretless Thunders ever had fretlines or dot markers, so I'm guessing it was a conversion.
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Post by grogg Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:28 pm

Shorter neck you say, might have a stab at this one.
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Post by Warrn Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:15 pm

From experience, the 32.25" scale is EXTREMELY comfortable. 1983-ish Thunder II Bass, fretless. Icon_biggrin
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Post by grogg Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:51 pm

I emailed the seller and it is a fretless conversion, professionally done.
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Post by DuoFuzz Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:18 pm

It's been snapped up for £101.11

Anyone on here get the winning bid?

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Post by DuoFuzz Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:24 pm

Here's a cheeky one for ya!

I thought I recognised THIS newly listed bass, so I checked back through the past listings and found it in this old post.

I am certain that it's the same guitar but at a very different price. The last owner sold it for £101.11 and now the current seller is asking £295 Buy It Now or Make An Offer!

Can't put a fella down for trying to make a profit can ya! pirat

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Post by DuoFuzz Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:12 pm

This has been re-listed HERE, same price.

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Post by DuoFuzz Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:42 am

This one went for £218.

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