Need Help Identifying this westone

Hey could someone tell me which model and the aproximate year of this westone? Im thinking it is a spectrum II but not sure and dont know what year. I would like to sell it and it would be easier if I knew what it was. Thanks for any Help.

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I don't recall Westies having strat bodies like that, its not a Spectrum, they have horns. Looks fishy to me, a Westone neck on another body? A Chinese Westone? There are more knowledgeable cats on here than me, perhaps they will help.

I'll go with hobster. Screams partcaster. (not always a bad thing) Seems to have lost the stringclamps on the nut.

Challenger WE3400



Appears in the 1989 ‘New Horizons’ catalogue and Oct 1989 US pricelist. (New price $450)

Manufacturer:


St. Louis Music (SLM)

Production Date:


circa 1989

How about this one?

Shapes are different but apart from rounded of corners, a lot of similarities. Odd.

How about the electronics, that would tell a lot!

Maybe someone in here can identify the trem (bendmaster double locking?)?

well it looks like a challenger to me, and the bendmaster. the man to ask here is probably Brainfertilizer.
if it is, its a plywood guitar made in Korea.
can we see more pics? including the back please

Could be a Challenger, but the Challenger has a Bendmaster FR bridge; your one - to my eye at this remove! - has a Bendmaster Deluxe with the usual behind the nut stringlock, sans lock washers.

Detail shots of the bridge, the back, and the neck plate would help....

Challenger, with an FR trem, for sure.

WE3400RD

Early Challenger. Saehan production using some Matsumoku parts. Soft Maple body - Matsumoku Bendmaster Deluxe - First Gen pickups made both in Japan and Korea via original Westone spec. Models were later changed due to lack of original Matsumoku parts. New parts were obtained thru Fuji, Cort/Westheimer, Maxon etc. Without more detail, this is my best guess.

tom, I was led to believe the challengers were a ply bodied guitar, is that not the case?

Thanks Tom, always good to see you posting on here. You should come around more often! Maybe the early Challengers were of better quality? No ply and Matt parts.

Hello Tom. Good to see you back!

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That's not an early one then.

That there be a FR trem indeedy

Sure is!!