Thunder II pasive, in the good old USA

Here's one for you fellows over there.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Westone-Thunder-Guitar-Japan-Matsumoku-Set-neck-no-resv-/260743861801?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cb58b9629#shId

PEQ tone control, phase switching, Don't see many of these.

Very nice! Love the colour.
Still broke.

Got my eye on it!

If the phase switch has been changed I'd check it. It only works when both p/ups are selected.
I've placed a wiring diagram on the Westone info site.
These have MMK53 pups and sound f 'king great, once your used to the PEQ. series/parallel
I,ve 2 of these same colour, midnight blue. Only made them for a couple of years. Don't often see them.....BUY.....

Oh, way to make the destitute feel better Westbone! Already in pain.
Sheesh!

You want to stop buying?? those Quest guitars. just old Vox White Shadow bodies.
Buy this it's 10x's better. Spend some tokens! you won't regret it. Tight wad.

I used to have a IIa in this color. It was a good playing and sounding guitar but the active electronics were dated in my opinion. I bet this non-active II sounds great.

Westbone wrote:You want to stop buying?? those Quest guitars. just old Vox White Shadow bodies.
Buy this it's 10x's better. Spend some tokens! you won't regret it. Tight wad.

Hard to buy when you're seriously broke.

I might have been able to "find" $100 somewhere, but $200? Plus Shipping, taxes and duty (assuming they even ship to Canada)? Dunno 'bout that. If I show up with another guitar I'm a dead man.

It is gorgeous though.
And I did, um, ask about shipping to Canada.

Help.

Same this side.
20% plus 20% on the postage+post office bit(£8.00) Not el cheapo.

Just got a reply from the vendor:
USDS$65 to ship it up the east coast from Florida to me!!
Friggin' highway robbery!

That is exspensive!!
Just received some new exhaust for my Harley('77 FLH) only $68 postage and was here in just over a week. A lot further to the UK from the US.

Sounds like they're trying to make a few bucks on the postage.

Westbone wrote:...Sounds like they're trying to make a few bucks on the postage.

It's rampant! With very few exceptions, everything I buy or look at on EvilBay is like this. It's like the old "bait and switch" tactic (illegal most places) where they suck you in with a reasonable sale price then switch you to something else at a higher price 'cuz the originally advertised item is out of stock. In this case they pile on the shipping and "handling" charges.
Example: I just picked up a NOS Danelectro gig bag for the amazing price of $9.95! The shipping and handling...Another $23.91!!! And then they had the stones to tell me that UPS would charge another $15 fee on top of that! I refused to pay it. The seller ate that charge.
Gimme strength.